[There's a note of finality to everything. How did this happen? The most he'd had to worry about before was finding out about the Original family. (Who's he kidding? They're still the biggest threat.) He'd only just found Mikael's name. He just -]

So that all happened. [He felt it, of course he did. The same thing that made him leave Jeremy and Elena behind when they needed someone. A big, cold wave, ready to overtake him.] But when? No one's died in town lately.

[Klaus dead. Tyler dead. Caroline afraid of him and Damon wary. Since when was Damon wary of anyone? How had he gotten to this point when last week he'd been trying to stop Damon from killing people and ended up with a snapped neck?

Immediately he tugs the ring off with violence, scraping and turning his finger red from the effort. He shoves it into Damon's hand.] Take it. Throw it over the wall or something. Get rid of it. It's not too late, right? I haven't done anything.