[It's not necessarily Evelyn's fault that Freya assumes that's the course things would take - that's just simply been her experience with people as a whole. As vile as Klaus can be, he would rather play the monster than the victim. She's seen people presume the worst of him - herself included - even when he's done nothing wrong.

It isn't that Klaus hasn't earned his reputation. He has. But people sometimes forget that even evil can be broken.]

What do you think I'm trying to do? Willfully ignoring it and hoping she never appears again? My intention is most certainly to kill her.

[She holds up the book in her hand, an old magic reference that she hopes will give her a workaround of some kind.]

I know that I cannot do it by my own hand, but she is not easy to kill, and I would rather have a plan of attack to follow before people volunteer and get themselves killed in my stead. I wish to have a means to protect people. These things take time. I am not one to speak before I know what I'm speaking to.

[And she's used to having to do these things alone. In Freya's mind, teamwork does not make the dream work.]