Elijah felt a sudden blaze of rage explode within his chest, and he threw Lisette so hard that her back splintered the door. She landed heavily, and Elijah leaped over her, his eyes on the trees at the far edge of the manicured lawns. The protection spell stopped there, and he could almost taste the freedom that lay on its other side.

A hand wrapped around his ankle as he jumped over the veranda steps, and dirt and gravel filled his mouth as he crashed to the ground. Lisette scrabbled for a better hold, clutching at his burning arms and the back of his head in a desperate bid to bring him back under her control.

- The Originals: The Resurrection, Chapter 21