To Love a Phoenix (Elijah Mikaelson story)

Chapter 13: Repercussions and Confessions

A/N: Hello everyone! I am back with this story too! It's been a while due to finishing up undergrad, but I am finally here! Just as a warning, there is talk of suicide in this story, so I will mark that part for those who do not wish to see the explicit parts about that!

I apologize for the much shorter chapter, but here is a chapter nonetheless!

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Chapter 13: Repercussions and Confessions

"every night her thoughts weighed

heavily on her soul but every morning

she would get up to fight another day,

every night she survived."

-r.h. sin

"Confession is always weakness.

The grave soul keeps its own secrets,

and takes its own punishment in silence."

-Dorothy Dix

Elizabeth slowly opened her eyes when Elijah sighed. Not too long after, they separated as a commotion sounded from within the building. Elizabeth looked up at him as she asked him,

"What's wrong?"

Elijah tiredly responded with, "It's my brother, Kol. He's causing trouble again. He never could resist."

Elizabeth chuckled at that as she said, "Sounds a lot like someone I know."

Elijah could only shake his head in amusement. It did prompt them to move closer to the source and witness all the events that followed. Not too long after, Elizabeth bode Elijah a good night and headed back to her place. Elijah reluctantly let her go, but was feeling lighthearted despite everything.

As he walked back in, he heard his mother come up to him and exasperatedly admit,

"No violence. That was all I asked. Rebekah and Kol disgraced our family tonigt!"

Elijah's brows furrowed a little at the bitterness to his mother's tone, but thought nothing of it as he said,

"It won't happen again, mother. I'll deal with them."

Esther smiled warily as she put her hand on her son's cheek, looking grateful as she said to him,

"Thank you. Elijah. I wish the others were more like you."

With that, she let Elijah go. The man did not notice the guilty look of his older brother, who had been hiding in the shadows and watching the interaction with their mother. But he quickly hid it as he appeared where Elijah used to be as he asked,

"Are we alright to speak freely?"

Esther sighed as she answered him with,

"Yes. The sage still burns."

Finn closed the door behind him as he asked, "Are you having second thoughts?"

Esther looked at her eldest son with a curious glint in her eyes as she said,

"Of course not. It's just Elijah... He's so moral."

Finn became quiet, feeling conflict in his heart as he told his mother,

"You're doing the right thing, mother."

The curiosity in his mother's eyes seemed to disappear as she smiled warmly at him and said,