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"go, eden

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"go, eden. i...i don't want you here unless you want to be."

A LIFE DEBT in the Wizarding World if unpaid could result in catastrophe. Thankfully, Eden had fulfilled her life debts. Almost.

And often, Eden, like many others, didn't focus entirely on owing life debts or saving them. They were more common during the war, but returned soon thereafter, or not at all.

The only unpaid life debt she owed was to Draco Malfoy, but it was substantial and he didn't hold her to anything or demand obligations.

But now, she had two life debts.

One to Draco Malfoy.

And one to Katerina Petrova.

"You do not have to do this, Eden," Elijah reminded her gently, hand moving over her hair softly.

Logically, Eden knew he was right. Katherine had done more damage to her family than good, but she had saved Eden's mind in quite possibly her weakest moment since the Manor. And, indirectly, her life.

Eden couldn't stand aside as Klaus ruined her.

"I know," she nodded, pressing a kiss to his palm. "I'll see you tonight."

"Hurry," Elijah responded. "Klaus will not wait."

"And what are you planning?"

Elijah didn't respond and they both knew what that meant. He was resuming the original plan — the destruction of his own brother. Someone Eden shouldn't care about — and didn't, truly — but that she felt oddly protective over.

She didn't say anything in return, and he sped off.

She supposed silence was as painful as his lies.

Or, at least it hurt just as much.

Eden opened the door to Alaric's apartment with a quick Alohamora, feeling a swell of pride surge through her. That didn't even feel difficult. She'd come so far from that first night in Mystic Falls.

Whether it be the town or the people in it, or simply her own inner strength; Eden was finally on the right path.

"Hello, kitten," Katherine's voice — so like Elena's, and yet, so eerily different — purred as Eden walked inside. "Come to break me free?"

Eden shrugged, closing the door behind her and leaning against it. "No," she answered easily. Katherine's face fell a fraction, a minute detail she would've otherwise missed if she didn't have Elena's face. "Klaus will only chase you again, fueled with more anger and betrayal, and it will only make everything worse."

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