Chapter 20: Death Is Upon Us

Tatia told me that Gabriel had been murdered with a stake by one of the founding families. She and Niklaus wanted to first accuse Evan and Ian, but me and Elijah knew that it couldn't have been them since they were with me all night long. So that brings it down to 4 other founding families, I told them that I had to leave to process Gabriel's death, but the truth is that I wanted comfort from Ian right now, I just wanted to be in his arms so I could feel safe and be able to overcome Gabriel being dead! So that's exactly what I did, me and Ian spent the rest of the day talking about how much I would miss him, how he was like family to all of us, and who could've done it? That was when Ian told me some terrifying news, there was a vampire hunter in town. And he was out for all of our blood!

To tell the truth, I was scared, even though me and my sibling are immortal and can only be killed by the white oak stake, which we burned to the ground in the 1490's, it still made me feel safe just being with Ian. I had a few drinks, off of him, and when the day turned to night I decided to stay with Ian for the night, just make sure he was safe, and to avoid the heartbreak at home!

It was the next morning and when I woke up I felt sorrowful and sad, like a lump on my throat I couldn't swallow. I was up all night trying to process that Gabriel was dead, I knew after a few days I would be fine but for today, all I can think of is him and how I never got to say goodbye, it wasn't his time, even if he has been a vampire for the last 400 years, he never asked for any of it, and now that's gotten him killed. I can't help but think it's all my fault, it was my blood that turned him and I wasn't there to stop Elijah from killing him! So now I just have to try to get on with my life and move on from all of this, it'll be hard, but I'll try!