"I know, darling," she said in a soft, comforting voice, petting back Elena's straight hair and scooting in closer to her till she could pull the girl into her side with an arm tucked around her waist. "But it's not something we have to think about now. They're not here. Not the versions of them that matter, at least." Katherine knew that Stefan and Damon would lose it if they learned Elena was with her, they would both assume that the vampire just wanted to use the girl and then throw her away, but that was so far from the truth. Katherine hadn't even wanted to leave the brothers in 1864, it was just that she hadn't had a choice then. And now she did, the only difference was that she didn't want them, she wanted Elena, even if they were related.