Cold Hearted | Damon Salvatore

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15. Gone Girl

"Nadia?" Katherine called out.

"Please, I need to know" Nadia whispered, hallucinating because of Klaus's werewolf bite.

"Nadia? I'm right here" Katherine assured, walking over to her daughter, "I'm right here".

Nadia looked at Katherine, "I was dreaming, how I searched for you from village to village".

"I know, I heard you, you said that I abandoned you" Katherine said, "You were ripped from my arms as a baby, it's completely different".

"Not for a child without a mother" Nadia said.

"You know, all this guilt is really taking all the fun out of this mother-daughter outing" Katherine said, "I'm sorry Klaus bit you, but you're not going to die".

"Did you at least try asking Klaus for his blood?" Nadia asked, "He would always give his blood to Aria".

"Oh, my, you really are delirious" Katherine replied, "Nadia, he would love nothing more than to watch my daughter die".

"And you don't want to risk being outed" Nadia realised.

"No, I don't" Katherine agreed, "So that's why I called him".

"Nice to meet you, I'm Dr. Maxfield" Wes introduced, walking over to the mother daughter duo.

"And luckily for us, he'd love nothing more than to study your blood" Katherine told Nadia.

"Well, werewolf venom isn't easy to come by" Wes informed, kneeling by Nadia.

"Get away from me" Nadia snapped.

"It's okay" Katherine assured, "Nadia, it's okay".

"Listen to your mother" Wes said, "The venom in your blood is a toxin with basic chemical properties, once I study its makeup, I can create the antidote".

"It's okay, come on, come on, there you go" Katherine said, rolling Nadia's sleeve up, and Wes easily taking some of Nadia's blood out.

"If I'd known I just had to die to drag your attention from Kol, I would have tried it a long time ago" Nadia told Katherine.

After taking Nadia's blood, Wes turned to Katherine, "We had a two part deal".

"I know" Katherine said, pulling out a test tube out of her jacket, "Aria's blood, as promised".

"Great" Wes said, taking Aria's blood, "I'll see you two soon".

"If you're trying to make me feel guilty, it's almost working" Katherine told Nadia, after Wes had walked away.

"I'm just glad you're here now" Nadia said.

"Me too" Katherine said, "I'm going to be a better mother starting right now, I promise you, I'm going to save your life".

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"Are you kidding me?!" Caroline snapped, "All this time Katherine has been hovering around us, and the minute we find a way to bring Aria back, she disappears?!".