"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift." Mary Oliver A story of a 1000 years vampire that falls in love with the human doppleganger. Is it too late for him to redeem himself? Or as the noble Elijah says, "Elena's best quality, is compassion". Will she have enough compassion to forget all the atrocities Kol has done? Will he have enough strength not to make any more mistakes?