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He meant to erase the memory.
Instead, it stayed—her pulse, her power, and the dangerous calm that followed.
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#Threadbound
She was something else entirely.
Something he didn’t yet understand.
And for the first time in centuries,
he wasn’t sure if he wanted to.
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She was something else entirely.
Something he didn’t yet understand.
And for the first time in centuries,
he wasn’t sure if he wanted to.
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She’d told him she didn’t answer to the Ancestors.
He believed her now.
And that was the part that unsettled him most.
Because the Ancestors he could fight.
She’d told him she didn’t answer to the Ancestors.
He believed her now.
And that was the part that unsettled him most.
Because the Ancestors he could fight.
When he opened his eyes again, the courtyard was empty. The family had gone inside. Solana was the last to disappear through the archway, her brown hair lit briefly in the torchlight—warm as ember before the dark took it.
When he opened his eyes again, the courtyard was empty. The family had gone inside. Solana was the last to disappear through the archway, her brown hair lit briefly in the torchlight—warm as ember before the dark took it.
He’d felt a thousand kinds of power in his life—witches, curses, rage—
He’d felt a thousand kinds of power in his life—witches, curses, rage—
The sight did something odd to him.
Not jealousy. Not pride.
Something quieter, harder to name.
He drew a long breath, eyes closing for just a moment.
The sight did something odd to him.
Not jealousy. Not pride.
Something quieter, harder to name.
He drew a long breath, eyes closing for just a moment.
Instead, he stayed above them, hidden by shadow, watching the family gather in the courtyard. Solana emerged from the far archway, pale but steady. She said something he couldn’t hear—
Instead, he stayed above them, hidden by shadow, watching the family gather in the courtyard. Solana emerged from the far archway, pale but steady. She said something he couldn’t hear—
His family.
They were alive.
And Lucien was dead.
His family.
They were alive.
And Lucien was dead.
The quiet rushed back in, thick and restless—the kind that followed battle, not peace.
Klaus reached the railing of the balcony in time to see the four of them gathered in the sitting area in the courtyard—
The quiet rushed back in, thick and restless—the kind that followed battle, not peace.
Klaus reached the railing of the balcony in time to see the four of them gathered in the sitting area in the courtyard—
Behind him, Solana exhaled, the air around her still faintly charged.
He’d seen what she could do—and she’d seen that it unsettled him.
Behind him, Solana exhaled, the air around her still faintly charged.
He’d seen what she could do—and she’d seen that it unsettled him.
She met his eyes, steady. “Then let them.”
He looked at her a moment longer, the barest hint of a smile ghosting through the exhaustion, before turning away.
She met his eyes, steady. “Then let them.”
He looked at her a moment longer, the barest hint of a smile ghosting through the exhaustion, before turning away.
Klaus’s gaze swept her face—fascination, wariness, something else he didn’t dare name. The corner of his mouth lifted, half a breath of a laugh.
“Careful, little blaze,” he murmured.
Klaus’s gaze swept her face—fascination, wariness, something else he didn’t dare name. The corner of his mouth lifted, half a breath of a laugh.
“Careful, little blaze,” he murmured.
“You…” His voice was hoarse, roughened by disbelief. “You weren’t channeling them. You were the conduit.”
“You…” His voice was hoarse, roughened by disbelief. “You weren’t channeling them. You were the conduit.”
Klaus flinched, eyes flickering gold as the force of it shuddered through him. He saw what she’d carried: the strain, the quiet defiance, the raw command of power that had bent but not broken.
Then—release.
Klaus flinched, eyes flickering gold as the force of it shuddered through him. He saw what she’d carried: the strain, the quiet defiance, the raw command of power that had bent but not broken.
Then—release.
The courtyard.
The earth split open, the ley lines blazing like veins of molten light.
Solana kneeling, her hands pressed to the ground.
The air thick with power that didn’t belong to the dead but to the living, to the world itself.
The courtyard.
The earth split open, the ley lines blazing like veins of molten light.
Solana kneeling, her hands pressed to the ground.
The air thick with power that didn’t belong to the dead but to the living, to the world itself.
A flicker of warmth, a hum that climbed through skin and memory until the room itself blurred at the edges.
For a heartbeat, she saw him instead: the wall of restraint behind his gaze, the ghosts crowding his silence.
A flicker of warmth, a hum that climbed through skin and memory until the room itself blurred at the edges.
For a heartbeat, she saw him instead: the wall of restraint behind his gaze, the ghosts crowding his silence.
A silent answer passed between them — not yes, not no, just now.
His fingers found her temple, light as breath.
A silent answer passed between them — not yes, not no, just now.
His fingers found her temple, light as breath.
When he lifted his hand, it was unhurried, palm hovering near her temple — not demanding, not taking, just waiting.
She didn’t move.
The air between them trembled. Her eyes flicked to his throat—
When he lifted his hand, it was unhurried, palm hovering near her temple — not demanding, not taking, just waiting.
She didn’t move.
The air between them trembled. Her eyes flicked to his throat—
“I didn’t say you couldn’t see,” she murmured, eyes fixed somewhere between defiance and distraction.
“I didn’t say you couldn’t see,” she murmured, eyes fixed somewhere between defiance and distraction.
Victory demands a tally.
Tonight, they counted the living—and called it mercy.
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Neither spoke as they crossed the courtyard, the hum of the wards and the soft drip of rain filling the space where words would’ve been.
When he reached his door, he didn’t stop her.
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Neither spoke as they crossed the courtyard, the hum of the wards and the soft drip of rain filling the space where words would’ve been.
When he reached his door, he didn’t stop her.
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