He hesitated a moment, eyes dropping. “I have not met you in the dreams,” he admitted. “Hope is a mere baby. To keep her safe Niklaus and Hayley sent her away with Rebekah while we made the city safe for her. Except Mother returned from the grave.”
Elijah took another sip of his coffee. “She wished to offer all of us the same ‘present’ she made to Kol and Finn. New human bodies. She held me prisoner, worked her witchcraft on my mind. ...she cleared a haze, Freya. She made me remember that I killed Tatia.”
His fist clenched almost without conscious thought. “She told me to clean myself. To hide my sin while she took care of Tatia...of her body. I killed my first love.”