A/N: this fic is actually a prompt requested by my twitter and Asian squad friend Nashia. Nashi I hope you love it.
I am pretty excited about this idea. I hope the rest of the readers also like it.
JAVERIA sometimes I think the only thing I say to you is THANK YOU SO ONCE AGAIN A HUGE THANK YOU FOR BUCKING ME UP.
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TRUE DECEPTION
CHAPTER 1…
A crossbow shot at the balcony of an apartment at the twentieth floor of a residential building curved around the railing producing a metallic clink sound.
Other end of the crossbow soundlessly transported a man in an all black attire over the balcony safely. He landed with a leopard's grace. Using a crossbow was certainly nothing new for him and every time he was on a case it gave him a rush an adrenaline high he was addicted to.
However this case and this time his crossbow employment had been unconventional. He was breaking into the apartment of a woman who was currently the owner of something worth a king's ransom. He had never broken into an apartment of a woman and no it was not because he was moral but because he had never needed to do that women just welcomed him with open arms. It was mostly due to his roguish looks his blonde hair which had a tendency to curl when wet, his electric blue eyes, his wolfish smirk and cherry on the cake was his sexy British accent.
His boss who was also his father had declared that this assignment will be the milestone that will dictate if he was ready to head the family business.
Family business was actually a hilarious choice of words for unlawfully smuggling arms, money, diamonds and even art plus it also involved contract killing.
This time the assignment was unique and something he had been counting the days for, by his standards because it entailed stealing diamonds from a woman who worked at an art gallery and later killing her after procuring the diamonds.
So basically it had all the things he loved diamonds, art and murder.
Walking noiselessly into her room after picking the lock of her balcony door he saw that there was a huge yet impressive canopy bed at the east wall of the room. Moonlight pooled into the room when he drew away one curtain to ascertain if any nosy neighbors would fancy a peek and ruin his plan.
Once sure no one was peeping he moved closer to the bed. There in the middle of the bed was lying the woman he was supposed to rob and kill. Yes he , Klaus Mikealson thief and assassin par excellence was going to kill Caroline Forbes.
Caroline he mentally chanted her name and ran nimble fingers over her petal soft cheek. Her blonde tresses were fanning over the pillow and she was tucked in a blanket. He was instantly mesmerized by her beauty and innocence. He had seen her picture when his father had assigned him to this case but that picture didn't do her dazzling beauty any justice. Still ensorcelled he leaned forward her stunning features just a few inches from his face and took a thorough survey of her ravishing features and thought he had to draw her. He wished her cobalt blue eyes were open right now he wanted to see them but if they were he wouldn't be able to fulfill his assignment.
Bridling the sudden urge to kiss her soft pink lips he moved back standing upright. He waited a beat to drown the instantaneous flame to his lust and passion her beauty and elegance had given.
When his heartbeat leveled again he moved to her closet which according to his information had the built in safe which housed the diamonds. The diamonds which were ultimately going to seal his destiny as the new mafia king.
He very cautiously opened her closet to get to work but couldn't help but look back at the sleeping beauty. Sleeping beauty he thought with a boyish grin and wished if only he could wake her up with a kiss.
Unconsciously shaking his head to clear his lustful thoughts he turned back to approach the safe but something furry crossed between his legs and he almost jumped when he noticed it was a cat. Damn it where had the cat come from he thought looking around the room and saw a small cot styled in a canopy for the cat lying at the other side of the bed.
He had been so enraptured by one sleeping sexy Miss Caroline Forbes that he didn't notice the cat's bed and of course since Kol his younger brother was responsible for gleaning information about her it was a given he was bound to miss something.
He was in a pickle right now as the cat which after playfully circling around his legs had decided to stare at him up until a moment ago was now sashaying towards her mistress's bed. She let out a meow and Klaus in a flash moved behind the curtain.
The cat's jump on the bed and her guard-doggish meow woke up Caroline with a start. The cat then jumped, moved in front of curtain he was hiding behind and began running her whiskers over his shoes.
Caroline got off the bed and called out in a provocative sleepy voice, "Marie Curie come here. "
When the cat continued to ignore, Caroline came over to pick her cat making Klaus a little apprehensive that he was gonna get caught. But thankfully the cat turned it's head to look back at her mistress and Caroline bend down to pick it up. She began cooing to the cat like a mother would to a baby in her signature sexy voice of hers, " Why are you awake my fluffster wuffster my bubba boo? "
The cat purred at it's mistress's attention and Klaus thought why a woman coddling her cat was turning him on. He all of a sudden wanted to see Caroline Forbes his curiosity won slanting his head slightly he peeked through the side of the curtain.
An unwitting smile formed on his face when he saw her walking back to the cat's bed even her walk was sexy that gentle sway of hips bringing those erotic thoughts back. She bended down providing him an ample view of those long feline legs and that sweet butt and the fire to his lust flamed higher.
She was wearing "hello kitty" pjs which reached mid-thigh paired with a purple top that said "I judge you if you don't love museums" in pink writing.
What a package Klaus thought. Too bad he was going to have to kill her but thought of murdering her at the moment wasn't sitting well with him. Again dropping of his libidinous fantasies about her he devised a new plan. He now would wait for her to go back to sleep but his plan seemed to gown down the drain when she sat on her bed and opened up her laptop.
Stars were not aligned in his favor today. Unknowingly he palmed his necklaces and held onto one with a hummingbird for a second or so.
He saw her take out a pair of glasses and put them on. So she was a sexy cat loving nerd interesting he mused.
The ring of a cell phone jarred them both out of their preoccupation. She leaned over to pick up the mobile from her night stand and her top rode up a little and Klaus saw that she had a belly button stud. Sweet baby Jesus have mercy on him he was definitely going to get a boner in a minute.
She pushed up her glasses and answered her phone, "Hello daddy? "
"No i haven't been staying up late Marie Curie woke me up. She was hungry I just gave her milk. Of course it's still here but I'll check it again for your peace of mind."
Her father must have asked her to check on the diamonds because she got up went to the closet and opened the safe to make sure the diamonds were still there.
"It's still here daddy. Don't worry. "
Shutting the safe and putting in the combination to the safe, which Klaus's sharp eyes didn't miss. Well at least the night held one good omen knowing the combination to the safe it'd be a piece of cake to break in next time, she turned around and said, "But daddy I'm still a little paranoid. I think we should talk to Detective Lockwood and take this matter to the police. "
Her father might have inquired about her not trusting him because after a short pause she replied walking over and sitting cross-legged on her blanket , "Of course I trust you daddy. But... Okay okay i know it was imperative for me to bring it home tonight. Daddy if somebody is threatening us it is serious and I personally think as responsible citizens it is our duty to tell the police because those diamonds are states property. "
When she called her father as a responsible citizen Klaus rolled his eyes and deduced apparently daddy's little nerd didn't have any idea about his extracurricular activities.
Bill Forbes was anything but a responsible upstanding citizen. He was currently Klaus's father Mikeal's only rival in this mafia business. Whatever poppycock he had told his daughter about the diamonds was obviously not true. These diamonds were worth more than money to both Mikeal and Bill Forbes and where Klaus was concerned these diamonds would lead him to his ultimate fate and destiny.
Again a short pause and she said, "No daddy I'm not patronizing you. I'm just saying if some faceless people are threatening to rob the museum and the gallery then other things are at risk too. Like the new Giovanni Bellini we've displayed. "
Fantastic so they had new Bellini at their gallery he might have to visit Forbes Gallery sometime to collect a few souvenirs for his private collection.
"I told you daddy I trust you. Ahan. Ahan."
"No i won't sleep for a while yet. I'll work on my research paper."
" I know I know I work too hard. "
"Ughh please don't call me butterscotch anymore I'm the curator of our gallery now. " Klaus scrunched his nose when he heard his father called her butterscotch. She was not a butterscotch but maybe more like a chocolate lava cake that you'd want to slowly lick off of your fingers. God he really needed to reign in his lecherous thoughts.
"Okay. Good night daddy. "
"I love you too." saying that she hung up the phone. If she was going to stay awake the chances of him being discovered were very high. He pressed a button on his watch its lid flicked open. His watch was linked to Kol's phone through a wifi. It were to send a signal if Klaus was in trouble which he had never been before so all in all this assignment had really been singular in every aspect.
A moment later Caroline's doorbell rang. She got up and went to check giving Klaus an opportunity to escape.
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"Are you jesting right now?" Mikeal roared at the top of his lungs.
"Father there's no need to create pointless drama. I told you I have a perfect plan to snare those diamonds this time. " Klaus calmly replied crossing his legs at the conference table of his father's study.
Mikeal stood up from his chair dissatisfied and said, "Like your last perfect plan. Niklaus I told you how vital this mission is in your succession as the new Mafia king if you even care? "
"Father of course I care. I am the rightful heir." Klaus now antsy got up. "Look when have I ever screwed up before and I wouldn't have this time around too if it weren't for Kol who's forgetful arse failed to mention that she had a cat. "
As if on cue Kol entered the study and said,"You had plenty of time before that Niklaus. I could see you through my state of the art UV rays frequency emitting telescope. You sniffing around the lass is not my fault. "
Klaus bristled at Kol's revelation outraged he asked, "You were spying on me?"
"More like protecting you. Talk about being ungrateful. " Kol announced taking a chair at the conference table in his father's spacious study and sitting cross legged just like Klaus was sitting earlier.
"Kol I've told you one too many times I work alone. I don't need your panty waist arse to babysit me." Klaus grumbled walking in a rage over to where Kol was sitting intending to punch him before he could through with it Mikeal chastised. "Enough you two. Kol call your siblings, Rebekah and Elijah we need to formulate a new plan."
"There is no need to call in the cavalry I already have a new plan. " Klaus replied agitatedly.
"Niklaus. " Mikeal said but Klaus interrupted. "Father please trust me. Believe me this mission is of more paramount importance to me than it is to you. "
"Okay. But if you botch this up Kol and Rebekah would take over and Elijah will navigate this then. "
"Fine. But I only need a week or two at the most. Trust me it's child play for a pro like me. "
"I'm giving you another chance. I need to leave I'll have to satisfy "The Suzerain". Mikeal said and left.
"Brother I'd say overconfidence hath a fall." Kol teased.
"I'm not over confident. I'm absolutely the best at what I do and nothing is going to ruin my best laid plans. Nothing. " Klaus repeated the last word for emphasis and walked out.
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Caroline Forbes entered the gallery with a perturbed expression on her magnificent face bending under the yellow police tape. The phone call that the gallery had been vandalized and robbed had almost given her a cardiac arrest.
Surveying the damage she saw that many of the precious masterpieces were gone. Majority of the art pieces that had been modeled at the gallery were missing. It literally hurt her art-loving curator heart to lose those pieces. She was still at threshold but when she moved forward to enter into the main gallery area she was stopped by an officer, " Miss you can't go inside. "
"Officer I'm actually the curator here I might be able to help and.. " she was ready to launch into a very persuasive speech when Detective Lockwood came to stand next to them and said, "It's alright officer she's fine. "
Caroline granted both the detectives with one of her sad smiles.
Caroline Forbes was more than just fine in fact she was downright sexy and alluring Detective Tyler Lockwood thought and today she was dressed in cream colored slacks and blazer with an olive green silk shirt beneath her blazer paired with pumps. Her hair was loose this time rather than styled in a bun the first time he had met her a week ago when she had come to the station to report a missing cat but it had turned out her cat was actually kind of kidnapped by her neighbors kid. Her blonde hair, blue eyes and sweet smile were giving him wet dreams and not to mention those horn-rimmed glasses she tucked on her nose higher every time she was nervous.
"We are still taking an inventory of all the valuables which got stolen Miss Forbes. The forensics team is here too. You're right you could help us but not at this instance. I think you should go back home you seem upset so I don't reckon you could help us much in this condition. We can talk to your father." Tyler said walking with her to the main area and trying to be considerate without sounding unprofessional.
"But detective I know more about the gallery than my father. I've been the curator here for more than 6 months now and... "
"I understand Miss Forbes but you.. "
Before either of them could continue Bill Forbes who was earlier giving his statement to another cop came over to his daughter to hug her and said, " You okay butterscotch? "
"Not now, not exactly but I am gonna be fine. I'm stronger than you think. " Caroline replied.
"Still I think you should go home and rest. I'll deal with the police business. " Bill Forbes said before Bill could proceed the detective he was talking to earlier called out, "Mr Forbes?"
"Yes. I'm coming." he said and left.
"I agree with your father Caroline I mean Miss Forbes." Tyler said and placing his hand on her arm squeezed a little for reassurance.
"It's okay you can call me Caroline if it is not too unprofessional Detective Lockwood and thank you for being considerate. I guess I should leave then." Caroline replied with a sad smile.
"You're welcome. And If I need you I'll give you a call. "
"Good bye Detective." Caroline said and walked away through the same enterance she had come in.
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The next morning Caroline was feeling much better but the vandalism at the gallery had left her pretty shaken up. She had felt as if she had lost her personal belongings. Working at the gallery she had become attached to those pieces more than a tad and it had actually magnified her love and fascination with art and history.
She was ready to go to the gallery and renovate everything well technically she wasn't the one doing the renovations but she had to talk to the interior designer, the electrician, the plumber and also the company who were responsible for the security.
Securing her glasses firmly in place she grabbed her bag just as she was about to leave the doorbell rang. She opened the door and saw a blonde charismatic guy with the bluest eyes standing on the other side of the door. He gave a charming smile and said in a to die for British accent, "Hello Caroline. "
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