~E v e r l a s t i n g~ {book two}

~twenty-five~

"Well, it looks like him and Josh are missing," Davina informs them and reveals the texts.

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Kol and Davina are sitting at a table when Anastasia returns with Aiden in tow.

"So much for having a secret lair," Kol remarks with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't mind him," Anastasia tells Aiden. "Did you bring the stuff I asked for?"

"Yeah." He reaches into his bag and pulls out a hairbrush and a toothbrush before handing them to Anastasia. "This is everything that Josh left at my place."

"Wow. Practically moved in, has he?"

Davina elbows Kol in hopes of getting him to shut up. "Kol, stop talking."

"There is a very easy way for you to get me to do that, rather than elbowing me in the ribs," Kol smirks. Davina rolls her eyes when she sees him wiggle his eyebrows.

Anastasia places the toothbrush and hairbrush onto a map of New Orleans, where a candle burns nearby. She sprinkles some black sand onto the map, preparing for a locator spell.

"Okay, here we go."

Kol sighs impatiently and holds one of his hands out, as well as one of Davina's out. "Alright, come on, then. Channel us. It'll be quicker."

Anastasia takes both of their hands in hers and all three of them begin to chant. The sand moves on the map until it piles into a specific location. "Right there. This street corner."

"Oh, yeah, I know it. It's the little bodega the witch, Lenore, used to run before my mother hijacked her body," Kol states.

"Great, thank you for the help," Aiden nods and gathers his things.

"Wait, you're not going to go alone, are you," Davina inquires. "Because you shouldn't."

"Well, to be absolutely clear, here—technically, he definitely could go alone," Kol points out.

"No, it's a suicide mission," Anastasia adds.

Kol exasperatedly gestures around at the four of them. "And what's worse than a suicide mission? A mass suicide mission."

"I'm not leaving Josh trapped with some nut-job that hates vampires," Aiden exclaims.

"Neither are we," Davina nods, making Kol groan. "Would you be keen on coming along of your own free will?"

"Fine, fine, let's just pretend that we're not all walking into a death-trap," he mumbles.

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The front door of the shop where Finn was keeping Marcel and Josh hostage opens and Kol strolls right in.

"Brother," he greets.

"What are you doing here, Kol?"

"I heard a rumor that you had taken Marcel prisoner—" He picks up a knife from a nearby table and examines it. "—and it just so happens that I owe him." Kol stabs Marcel in the hand with the knife, making him groan in pain.

"Ohhh, son of a—I'm going to kill the both of you!"

Davina rushes into the store a moment later, as she was part of the plan to distract Finn. Anastasia and Aiden were getting Josh out through the back entrance. "Kol, what—Finn..."

"Davina," Finn sighs, looking annoyed. "Whatever the two of you are doing here, I'm not interested. All good grace was lost with me the moment you sided with our wretched siblings."