Redemption - Reborn as Mikael

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - MIND TRICKS & EXPLAINING

"I will make her pay for everything she has done to us." He continued quietly.

Slowly Mikael pulled away from her and took a deep breath in. Ayana gave him a moment, only reaching up to wipe the wetness under his eyes with her thumb

As their eyes met Ayana put her hands to his cheeks, giving a soft kiss to his lips.

"And I will not stop you."

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The remaining Mikaelsons sat in the living room patiently waiting for some sort of information.

Henrik and Rebekah sat together on one couch, not really sure what even was going on being the two youngest ones of their family.

Kol and Niklaus sat on one couch, quietly whispering to each other, both having heard something, but not absolutely sure on what or who that whole deal was.

Elijah sat on a chair by himself, one leg over the other, thinking quietly about the whole situation. He could remember his parents talking about someone called Freya and logically the woman from before was somehow connected to it all.

Finn was in the worst state of them. Sitting by himself on a chair while his leg bounced up and down. Finn hid his face in his hands as memories almost overwhelmed him. He could remember everything. His dear sister, his best friend, the person who understood him as a child more than anyone. Then she was taken away.

The group's attention shifted to the door where Ayana walked in with a uncharacteristic look on her face.

"Please." Was the only thing she said quietly before sitting next to Finn on a free chair. She took his hand and gave him her silent support.

A moment in complete silence went on, before a tired looking Mikael walked to the living room. Before anything he went over to the drinks, took a glass of the strongest whiskey they had and with that on hand he sat down at the edge of the chair.

He leaned his elbows to his tighs and fiddled with the glass on his hands.

"Before I start to explain everything, I need you guys to understand why I have not talked about this until now. All of it have been to protect you from everything. I failed once, I will not fail again." Mikael said as he glanced each of the children.

He gulped the whiskey in one go and put the glass away before turning his gaze down on the floor.

Mikael opened and closed his mouth time and time again, not finding the correct words to express what he was feeling.

Well, he didn't exactly know where to even start.

Mikael took a deep breath in as multiple memories assaulted his mind and punch of painful feelings filled his chest.

He would explain from the start.

"Esther always wanted a child, a girl or a boy, no matter. And so did I." Mikael finally started, albeit a bit hesitantly, to tell the story from Mikael's past.

He was going towards a road he could never come back from. Nobody, not a single soul besides Esther and Mikael on the Earth knew about the experiences they went through together.

"We tried for a baby, to grow our little family and have a heir. We tried and tried. As young as we were, we felt like that was the right thing to do at the time." Mikael admitted in a quiet voice, clasping his hands in front of his mouth.

He looked at the floor, eyes glazed over.

A small smile appeared on his face for a second before disappearing as Mikael sorted through his memories.