Inseparable

So-Called Truce

"This family was ruined long before we knew about the cure." Kol speeds to face her and holds the white oak dagger above her heart. I turn to face the both of them. "Kol!" Kol glances between Bex and I. "I won't let you raise Silas." Nik speeds in and breaks them apart. "Enough of this foolishness. Put it down, Kol." Kol looks at me and we speed out of the house.

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Kol and I made it our mission to find and kill the Bennett witch. We walk through the hallways. I see her talking on the phone. We both speed over to her. I push her against the wall choking her. "No one can find the cure if you're too dead to find it." I vamp out and she uses her magic to break mine and Kol's bones. She leaves suddenly.

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Kol and I are walking to the Gilbert residence when his phone rings. He puts it on speaker so I can hear.

"Jeremy Gilbert. Nice to see I'm still on your speed dial, mate. Hey, you want to meet up at the batting cages in Denver?"

"Actually, it's Elena Gilbert."

I roll my eyes at her voice. Kol continues speaking to her. "What a treat. Yeah, I was just thinking of all the clever ways I could have your brother killed, but I'd settle for ripping off his illustrated arm instead."

"I need to talk to you – in person. And alone."

"I wanna call a truce in the name of Silas."

"You want to talk about Silas?"

"I'll meet you wherever you want. I'll come to you."

I speed to behind a tree so they don't know I'm there. I continue to listen in.

"I'll tell you what. How about I come to you?"

Kol rings the doorbell.

"If you want a truce, open the door and invite me in."

I can tell Kol is getting impatient.

"I'm waiting. Let me in and let's talk truce."

"Hello?"

"Wouldn't that be kind of stupid to invite you in?"

I scoff and start wondering what she's trying to accomplish.

"On the contrary, I can't kill your brother with my own two hands, or I'll suffer the hunter's curse and spend the next 20 years trying to off myself in gruesome ways."

"And I've heard that vervain's back in town, so I can't compel you to kill him either. So I think it's fair to say you're semi-safe, for now."

I hear Jeremy whisper to Elena. "I'm the only one that can invite him inside."

"He's right, obviously."

Elena finally opens the door.

"You'd think being alive for over a thousand years would teach me some manners, but I couldn't resist stopping by."