One Day You Will Understand

Cleo invites Kaleb and then Josie to enter her mind to see if she is malevolent. They learn how she sacrificed herself to Malivore and was trapped in a cave alone with him for years before she managed to trap him in a vessel she controlled and escaped. Alaric releases Cleo after learning that she was trying to get Hope to kill Malivore and that for Malivore to be defeated, Hope would have to die. Hope struggles to reconnect with the recently returned Landon, whose erratic behavior leads to him beating up a former bully at Mystic Falls High. Landon reveals he learned to fight to protect himself in the prison world and he and Hope take down Malivore's vessel together, with the artifact destroyed in the fight. Hope confesses that she does not want to become a full Tribrid, but Landon is convinced that it is inevitable and they are doomed to destroy each other. He breaks up with her and leaves for the bus station, where he meets and bonds with Cleo. Finch fits in well with Jed and the pack and decides to stay at the Salvatore School and date Josie.

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