The next day, Lizzie was quietly sitting at the dining room table waiting with Klaus, Jo, Luke and Faye for Elijah and Sage to arrive.

Faye was wearing a top with a brown leather jacket, a jean and some boots.

Lizzie was wearing a T-shirt with a leather jacket, a pant and some boots.

"There you are. Finally." Luke dramatically claimed leaning back into his chair.

"We were delayed." Elijah sighed.

"Our guest of honor will be here momentarily." Klaus smiled.

" Strange, our house is conspicuously absent of our lupine guests. I do hope it wasn't on me and Sage's account." Elijah said.

" I sent Hayley and her scruffy husband off to spend the day with their werewolf brethren to test the limits of their new abilities. Leaving us to deal with family business as we see fit." Klaus laughed.

"Niklaus, Josette, Luke, Elizabeth, Faye, Rebekah's situation has taken a turn. We may need Freya's assistance. So, whatever you are planning here? Don't." Elijah says nodding, a frown appearing on his lips.

"I believe Nik is planning on having a simple chat with your long lost sister. I for one am intrigued about Freya." Lizzie said.

Klaus rolled his eyes, saying "Please, it was Elijah's idea to hear her out."

"And you yourself said that would be idiocy." Elijah replied.

"Did I? Well, it does sound like me. Regardless, on the off-chance Freya has some information that could protect me and Kiara's children, I'd prefer she share it on my terms. " Klaus smirked.

Lizzie heard footsteps echo on the wooden floorboards, so she said "Looks like she's arrived."

Klaus stand up as he said "Sister! Well, come in! Come in! Make yourself comfortable."

Jo, Sage, Faye, Luke and Lizzie stands up as well.

"It's nice to meet you. I'm Elizabeth but you can call me Lizzie." Lizzie said.

"Ah, yes. My sister in law. Which make you Luke and Jo, Elizabeth's siblings. I'm sure my brother has something planned." Freya smiled.

"I'm Sage."Sage introduced herself.

"And I'm Faye Bennett. The Bennett Heretic and your brother Elijah's girlfriend."Faye smiled.

"Join us." Lizzie says, guiding Freya to a seat beside her.

A few moments later, Freya stands by a cabinet in the dining room holding a carved wooden artifact.

"This witch-hoop, it's Danish. Is this from when you all lived in Copenhagen in the 1500s?" Freya analised.

"Quite the eye!" Klaus exclaimed fake clapping.

"Forgive me, are we here to discuss family heirlooms, or do we have more pressing concerns?" Elijah stated impatiently.

"Please excuse my brother's lack of decorum. He's been in a foul mood of late. But, he is right. I did ask you here in the hopes that you would share some of Dahlia's secrets. So, without further ado, let's get to it!" Klaus told her.

The Parker siblings, Sage and Faye take seats reaching out for several croissants.

Freya clears her throat awkwardly before she begins to speak "The first thing you should know is that Dahlia is the most powerful witch I've ever seen. She craves more power still. Right now she is like me, limited to one year of life in a century. But, she wants to be free of that restriction. To gain true immortality. And that is why she will come here, drawn by your children to take the children's power for herself. And she would kill anyone who would defy her."

"And yet you would defy her?" Jo asked.

"I don't have a choice. She will never let me be free. My one chance is to align with you and kill her." Freya sighed.

Lizzie, Faye, Jo and Luke share a look with the brothers noticing their distrust.

Luke lifted his glass smiling at Freya "Well, now that we're all suitably motivated, let's talk specifics!"

"For you to understand, I need to start from the beginning." Freya told them.

"Back to when when Dahlia took you." Faye told her.

"Yes. After taking me from my family, Dahlia used me to forge a new brand of connective magic, one that augmented my power even as it allowed her to draw from me. Once we were bonded, Dahlia became unstoppable. She wasted no time proving her might. The chief of a nearby village threatened to run us off, accusing Dahlia of witchcraft. She decided to make an example out of the entire encampment, men, women, children. She killed them all with a wave of her hand. That was my first inkling of the power Dahlia had. Over the course of a thousand years, she's only grown stronger. And she will bring all her power to bear against you when she comes for your children." Freya says, nodding while looking at Klaus and Lizzie.

Elijah's phone beeps so he says "It's Rebekah. Excuse me."

He steps out into the hall and answers the call.

After the phone call, Elijah came back as Sage poured herself a large glass of bourbon, downing the entire thing in front of the others.

"Your stories are fascinating, and Dahlia does indeed sound dreadful, but Elijah and I have killed our fair share of evil witches." Klaus commented.

"Not like her." Freya told him simply.

Sage asked "What are her weaknesses?"

" She's paranoid. Obsessed with power. She hungers constantly for what's been denied her, be it love, or revenge." Freya explained.

Elijah smiled slightly looking at Klaus "Yes, I believe I'm familiar with the type."

" When I was a child, she would tell me tales of her own youth, being victimized by those stronger than her. Dahlia vowed never to be weak again. She bargained for the firstborn of Esther's bloodline, intending to raise us in her own image, forming a coven of her own from which she could draw endless power. That plan was foiled the day she learned that Esther had ended her bloodline by turning her children into vampires. And so the burden fell to me. Dahlia demanded that I bear the firstborn that would add to her power, but, I would not allow a child of mine to live as I did...as a slave." Freya explained.

"What happened?" Jo asked.

"I vowed never to love. Never to have a child of my own. Of course, the more I resisted, the harder Dahlia fought to control me. Until the day that she took the last of what little freedom I had left." Freya answered.

"Your ability to live freely." Luke sighed.

"She cast a spell. We slept, our magic accruing over time...until we woke, filled with immense power and allowed to live a single year of life. That has been the existence I've suffered for the last ten centuries." Freya says, nodding.

Klaus begins to laugh fakely, and Freya shoots him a glare " Well, that's quite the ordeal, isn't it? But, it does beg the question, why not end it yourself?"

Lizzie hit his arm hard as she scolded him "NIK! That's beyond insensitive."

"A high enough bridge, a tight enough noose? You must have considered it." Klaus continued.

"Long ago, I did consider it. But, Dahlia would never give me even that freedom. I would later learn that the spell made me like her, immortal and impervious to harm." Freya sighed in frustration, closing her eyes.

She laughs bitterly and wipes the tears from her face "So, you see, I am like you: a creature of great power, cursed for all time."