Prologue

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Drip. Drip. Drip.

The blood dripped slowly from the cut on her wrist. She felt sluggish. Her lips felt dry. And she was bound by rope and spell. The little movement her restraints offered her could not help her break free. She glanced up at the blonde woman in front of her. Even in the dimly lit hut, she recognized her captor.

Esther Mikaelson. The Original Witch.

Esther had finally done it. She had finally completed the Immortality Spell. Only this time she had used Faith's blood to do it.

Faith. For that was the girl's name. The girl who was held captive by Esther. The girl who was tied up to the chair and whose life was slowly being drained out of her.

Faith thought back to the circumstances that led up to this moment.

The Mikaelsons finding her in the woods.

Her awakening in a completely different world.

The family she had found here.

As she recalled everything that had happened, their faces flashed in her mind. Elijah. Niklaus. Henrik. Rebekah. Kol. Finn. Mikael. Esther.

So your life does flash before your eyes when you're about to die. She thought to herself. She chuckled softly and made Esther turn in her direction.

The blonde witch clutched the knife in her hand and walked towards her.

Tears stream down her face as she thought of all the suffering that will fall on Elijah and his family. In her dying moments, Faith had only one thought in her mind: Elijah, my love, I'm sorry.

Then everything went black as Esther plunged the knife into her heart.

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