Kindred (The Hybrid and The Wolf - Book 2)

Chapter 21 - The Battle of New Orleans

Hayley was watching me as I paced the room with worry. Last night, Jackson and Oliver were running an errand for Klaus regarding the stones for the moonlight rings but they weren't back yet.

"Will you stop?" Hayley asked, irritated.

"No!" I snapped. "Where the hell are they?"

Elijah walked into room and instantly noticed the tension. "What's going on?"

"Jackson and Oliver haven't returned yet," Hayley told him.

"Call Klaus," I demanded. "Now."

Elijah did as I said while looking at me with concern.

"It appears our wolves have gone astray, brother," Elijah told Klaus when he answered his phone.

"They should have been back hours ago," I said.

"We need to find them," Elijah added.

"Well, that might be a bit tricky. You see, we've located their car on a back road in the middle of nowhere. I suspect they've been shanghaied."

I stopped pacing and looked at Elijah, even more worried when I heard this.

"And you didn't feel the need to share this information?" Elijah asked his brother.

"It was my intention to present you with a problem only after I had found an appropriate solution."

"Well, do enlighten us."

"I'm closing in on it as we speak. The only person bold enough to snatch my wolf allies is the one who has the most to lose."

"Marcel."

"No, he'll kill them," Hayley said, growing worried.

"Genevieve assures me that Marcel has procured a cloaking spell, the only witch who will aid Marcel is Davina. I just need to get one last bit of leverage before I pay her a visit and there it is."

When Klaus hung up, I knew that he was going after Josh and will probably bite him to get Davina to do what he wants but for some reason, that didn't bother me. I just wanted my brother back safe.

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Elijah had gone out to help Klaus find Jackson and Oliver and here I was, pacing again.

"Elijah should've called back by now."

"Worrying isn't gonna help," Genevieve said as she entered the room. "You should sit down, try to keep calm."

My jaw tightened when I saw her, I didn't like her and I didn't trust her. Despite the fact that she saved me from dying at Mikael's hands, I later found out that she has been sleeping with Klaus and I don't know why but that made me hate her even more.

I glared at the witch. "What are you now? Magician-slash- Zen life coach?"

"The treatment of pregnant women has advanced, remarkably since I was a nurse but even I know that high blood pressure is bad for you and your baby. Especially now that you're so close to term."

I sighed and rolled my eyes as I sat down next to Hayley. "Look, just because you and Klaus are sex buddies now, it doesn't mean you can tell me what to do."

Both Hayley and Genevieve looked at me in shock.

The redhead smiled at me. "You sound jealous."

I scoffed in denial. "I am not jealous, I just--I hate this. I feel completely useless."

"Don't you get it? You're the point of all this, Klaus and Elijah running all over town, it's all for you. If anyone should be jealous, it should be me."