KLAUS' TWILIGHT

As you can see, I've starting the rewriting. Sometimes, nothing changes, sometimes I add a couple of details, or sometimes I add a few lines... Mostly I've fixed some mistakes, like Rebekah's name that was misspelled.

I hope you'll like this version of the story... In some chapters I'v added over 200 words so make sure to read it all over before I reach the epilogue. I'm going to delete the older version of the chapters before I start updating some more.

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Lorelei Candice Black

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Chapter 1:

Bella's POV:

Bella was in the gardens of her father's summer property.

She loved it here.

They arrived in their summer house a few days ago and she was immediately reminded of how much she used to love it there.

She still did.

She hadn't been here in a few years and the place held so many memories of her mother that she loved to come whenever her father would allow it. For the past few years she had been isolated from everything while living with her sick grandmother and now that she had passed away, Bella was back with living with her father and her brothers.

If the passing of her grandmother had brought her a great deal of sadness, it held a positive side to it: she was now able to live with her father again and if she was still isolated, it still felt better and less extreme than it did before.

It was the beginning of summer and the flowers were beautiful.

She was particularly fond of roses and had several different kinds in the gardens her mother started and that occupied most of her time during the pretty days.

At the moment, she was sitting on a stone bench reading poems but she had a hard time concentrating on her readings.

Her father had warned her he wanted her to get married as soon as possible. He would find her a husband before the end of the summer. She knew that she was living her last days of freedom and she hated it. She was afraid she'd end up as the second wife of one of her father's old friend. She hated the idea of being with someone she didn't love.

Also she understood her father's reasons… She looked a lot like her mother and seeing her was a constant reminder of the woman he had loved and lost once upon a time. She had been very close to her father when she was a little girl but as soon as she had turned 6, he had forgotten all about her and they had drifted apart… Her father had treated her like she didn't matter ever since…

Even now, every time she had heard him talk about her upcoming marriage, he only mentioned who would make the best deal with him… She was nothing more than merchandise to him anymore…

Why couldn't girl make that choice for themselves? She knew that her father loved her and only tried not to think about her mother, whom he still loved, when she was there but couldn't he at least give her a selection and let her make a choice for herself?

Bella shook her head the clear it.

Now wasn't the time to think of this.

She considered going back inside and in the library to switch to a book that would manage to hold more of her attention but decided against it. She knew her father had visitors and didn't want to get in the way.

Her big brother Emmett told her that they were 2 brothers who were rich and important Lords around here and that they knew the royal family. She could only guess that they were old and greedy like all of her father's friends. They met her father at a party that he threw a few days ago. Well, that's what her brothers told her anyway and she had no way of verifying it since she, off course, had not been allowed to go, because her father decided to wait for her own party to introduce her to the world. It would take place in a few days and she would be introduced to her "suitors".

She hoped that there weren't too many of them and that she would be able if not to love, to at least tolerate the man her father would choose for her. She dreamed of true love but would be happy with just being able to call her husband a true friend.

She knew that she should consider herself lucky for still being single at her age.

The truth was that when she turned 14, her father found someone he called "a suitable husband" for her. The man was very old and Bella had only met him once. She remembered hearing her grandmother and her father planning the wedding until, one day, her future husband came and announced that some urgent business called him away and that he absolutely had to go and that he had to postpone the wedding for a while.

Bella had been very happy.

The 'urgent business' kept the old man (very old according to Bella's opinion at the time) away for over 2 years until, about 6 or 8 months ago, they learned that he had died, without getting more details. Bella hadn't been surprised but very happy. Of course any death was sad but it meant that she wouldn't have to marry the old man, so she couldn't help but be happy about it.

Of course her father had started searching for a new suitor but she was already considered old now and she had prayed that he didn't find anyone. She'd rather be alone than married to an old man she could never grow to love. She didn't want her heart to harden from lack of love. She would hate it.

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She looked up at the sound of a door opening in the background and saw her brothers leaving her father's office, after having met the Lords, and went to get their horses to ride.

She sighted and looked at them until they rode out too far for her to see. She wished she was allowed to ride a horse sometimes, so she could feel the freedom of speed and the wind flying in her hair.

Her father and her brothers treated her like she was made of glass sometimes, like she would break if she fell. But she loved them anyway, she knew they only wanted what they thought was best for her, even if they sometimes went too far.

Suddenly, she felt eyes on her.

It was weird since she thought she was alone. Did her father send a maid to look out for her again? Couldn't he at least trust her to be safe sitting on a bench in their closed and guarded garden?

She stood from the bench and looked around only to see that she was, as usual, alone. She must have imagined it... She let out a disappointed breath and closed her book, putting it by her side. She decided to take a small walk among the roses.

She hated the loneliness she was forced into, it felt like a glass cage.

Her brothers had each others and stopped playing with her when their mother died. Maybe she reminded them of her too, just like her father, or maybe they simply followed her father's example, like any little boy would be expected to do. She had been alone and isolated ever since, as if losing her mother at such a young age hadn't been enough, she had lost the rest of her family soon after. Even when she lived with her grandmother, she had company a few hours a day when the old woman wanted her to knit or sew things with her and then she was back to being alone…

She hated the fact that she was used to loneliness. Why couldn't she at least have a friend?

She had loved her grandmother of course and had been devastated when she died a couple of months ago, sending her right back to live with her father. She had been sent to live with her grandmother when she turned 10 and had grown used to the old woman and Bella didn't feel as lonely with her than she felt here...

She shook her head, thinking of her dead suitor and of her dead grandmother (who were the same age) wasn't the best way to cheer herself up.

Klaus' POV:

Elijah and Klaus had been invited at some noble man's house. His name was Charlie Swan and the only reason the bored brothers were wasting time with him was because the man had thrown a great party a few days ago and they had had a lot of fun. They were also curious as to why they couldn't compel him and wondered if it could be controlled. They had no problem with his sons but couldn't do it on him. Since they couldn't smell any vervain on the man, they concluded that it was probably some kind of immunity that he was born with and that went with heredity. That or he had a very powerful witch working on him and if it was the case, then they wanted to know who she was and if they could use her in some way.

"Hello Mister Swan, my brother and I would like to thank you for the invitation." A tall brown haired man said.

"It's very nice to see you 2 again. I don't know if you've met my sons Emmett and Jacob." Charlie said as his twin sons shook hands with the two lords.

"Yes, I believe we've crossed path at a few parties." Klaus said smiling this smile that he knew to be charming and could manipulate anyone.

They sat in the leather chairs and were served some scotch as Emmett asked his father:

"Father, where is Bella? I didn't see her in the library..."

"Probably in the gardens… You know her, if it's sunny, she'll go in the gardens and read among her roses." Jacob answered in his father's place while rolling his eyes.

"Who is Bella?" Elijah asked politely, curious.

"She is my 17 year old daughter. Isabella Marie Swan, but we call her Bella. She loves to spend time in her garden whenever the weather allows it."

"I don't remember meeting her at the party." Klaus mentioned, wondering if the girl could be compelled or not.

"Oh no, I didn't let her go. She is old enough to marry now and I wanted to wait next week to introduce her at a special party. I will then meet the suitors and decides who will wed her. I wish her to find a husband before the end of the summer" Charlie explained.

"Oh, she'll love that." Emmett laughed.

When he saw Elijah's questioning glance he added:

"Our sister is kind of a free spirit. She wishes women were free to choose what they want to do with there lives. Bella will hate to be imposed a husband." Jacob said, smiling too.

"Sounds like our sister Rebekah don't you think brother?" Klaus asked smiling at his older brother.

Then a maid came in and said:

"Mister Emmett? Mister Jacob? Your friends are waiting for you at the gates."

Then she turned toward Charlie and handed him a note before leaving.

The Swan brothers said their good byes as Charlie excused himself to speak with the maid about dinner. Klaus stood up and went to look through the window, curious about the daughter of Charlie Swan.

He could see a young woman sitting on a bench with her back to him, looking at her brothers as if wishing to join them. He could see the side of her face and her shiny brown hair hung on her back. To him, she looked like an angle, or maybe a princess...or both.

"She's stunning..." Klaus said, forcing his brother to get up and come see what he was talking about.

"The Swan girl?" Elijah asked, not seeing what was so extraordinary about this girl for her to catch Klaus' attention so fast.

"I think so… Look at her, brother. She is beautiful." Klaus couldn't take his eyes off the girl.

They waited a few minutes and as they saw Emmett and Jacob riding out he saw her disappointed look and watched her turning around, like she could sense that he was watching her. Of course, she couldn't possibly see him from where she stood but he finally had a clear shot at her face. She was pale and had a heart-shaped face. He could see her brown eyes and as the sun landed on her hair, he could see that she had a little bit of red in them.

He was speechless for the first time in his life, it lasted a few seconds, or an eternity, he couldn't really tell. He could feel a strange and pleasurable warmth spreading from his heart through his entire body. All he could think about at the moment was "I have to make her mine, she can't marry anyone else!" He noted that she obviously loved flowers and made a mental note to send her some as soon as he got back to his place.

"What has you so quiet brother?" Elijah asked his brother who was still staring out the window.

"I want her." Klaus declared passionately.

"As dinner?" Elijah asked exasperated, knowing his brother's ways.

"No! I want her to be mine. I… I've never felt that way before, not for Tatia, not for anyone…I…" he couldn't continue.

He was speechless. He couldn't admit to his brother that he was in love.

"Surely you don't love her already? You haven't even met her yet." Elijah rolled his eyes, thinking his brother was playing him a trick.

"I don't know… I just know that I can't allow anybody else to have her..." He said to his brother as Charlie came back in, apologizing for abandoning them.

The managed to convince Charlie to invite them to the party he was throwing for Bella, which wasn't very hard considering the man was trying to make a deal with them. While his brother made small talk with the man of the house, Klaus kept his ears on Bella, listening to her heart beating as she quietly walked around the garden.

At some point, he got up and walked back to the window, watching as Bella bent over slightly to smell one particular rose. Charlie noticed the interest the young Lord seemed to have for his daughter and was pleased. His daughter had a chance to marry into high nobility… This meant a very good deal for him… Maybe even a chance to meet with the royal family some day…

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As they got home, the two original brothers looked pensive. Rebekah was away for a few weeks so they were pretty much alone in their castle.

"Rosemary!" Klaus called as soon as they entered his private living room.

He knew that the woman would hear him wherever she was in the castle. Elijah turned to his brother with an eyebrow raised, wondering what was going on. The young woman came in, followed closely by her friend Trevor.

"Yes my Lord?"

"I need a favour. I want you to go and work for a young girl, Isabella Mary Swan. I will write you a letter for her father, Charlie, telling him that you're a gift from me to his daughter."

"So I'd be her handmaid?" She asked, surprised by that request.

"Yes. I want you to look after her. I need her to be safe." Klaus looked troubled as he added "I need to know her tastes as well so that I can win her over."

"You want me to look after the girl as I become her handmaid and confident?" She asked for confirmation as Trevor asked:

"Why?"

"I don't have to justify myself over to you Trevor! Yes Rosemarie, that's what I want you to do. I find the girl quite intriguing and wish to know more about her before I tell her father that I wish to marry her. And before you think you can start spreading rumours, I order you to keep this a secret until I see fit to reveal anything." Klaus said before he went at his desk.

He started writing the letter for Charlie as Elijah explained everything that happened that day to them. As Klaus turned back with the closed letter in his hand he said:

"If you do as I ask… If you keep her safe and report back to me as I asked, you will be rewarded Rose. Please me, and you will get to keep this day-walking ring and you'll get one for your friend Trevor." Klaus said handing her the letter and a simple lapis lazuli ring.

"Brother, maybe it would be wiser to wait until tomorrow to send Rosemarie to them." Elijah proposed.

"You're right. Well, I want you to report back to me every night Rose. Trevor, you'll go meet Rosemarie every evening and bring me back her reports. Rosemarie, I don't want you to leave the girl alone." Klaus said as the two young vampires nodded.

As soon as they left the room, Elijah excused himself as well and saw his brother taking out his drawing material to put on paper the face that was now haunting his mind.

Bella's POV:

The day went by pretty fast and before she knew it, it was time for her to go to bed.

She had spent the entire dinner listening to her father talking about the two Lords that came this afternoon and that did them the honour of coming to the party he was throwing her. She ignored him and held her thoughts back. She didn't want to get into an argument tonight with her father because of a wedding that would be forced on her anyway.

Bella woke up the next morning in a good mood.

Once again, the sun was shining and she couldn't think of a better way to wake up in the morning than feeling the sun warming up her face. She always felt that it warmed her up to her heart.

After getting dressed with the help of one of her father's maid, she went down to join him and her brothers for breakfast.

"Ah, Bella, something came for you early this morning." her father said as he saw her entering the room.

"What is it father?" She asked.

"Even though he didn't meet you, it seems that you made quite an impression on Lord Niklaus Mickealson. He sends you these flowers, this note and a handmaid." Charlie said.

Bella took the note and looked at the flowers. They were different kinds of roses, all very beautiful.

She smiled and opened the note that read:

"Miss Isabella Swan,

These roses cannot compare to your beauty but I hope they will please you as much as seeing you among them pleased me yesterday.

I will send you more of them everyday until the day of the bal were I will make myself known as one of your suitor, surely the most fervent one.

I enclose a drawing I made after I saw you yesterday.

I will offer you the moon shall you ask for it.

Yours,

Lord Niklaus Mickelson."

She blushed at the nice words the man sent her. Along with it was a sketch of her smelling a rose. The sunlight around her looked like a halo of light. She looked not only beautiful but also divine in this drawing.

"He seems to be quite taken with our little sister." Jacob joked.

"Yes, he also sent you a maid Bella. This is Rosemarie. She is here to serve you and keep you company." Charlie said, introducing Bella to a pretty woman that didn't seem to be in her place in maid clothes.

"This is very nice of him… But I don't know if I can accept this… I don't now Lord Niklaus…" Bella protested, blushing under everyone's stares at her.

"Lord Niklaus saw you among your roses yesterday Miss Bella. He was immediately struck by your beauty and knew that he wanted to be the one to marry you. He is used to get what he wants and he will stop at nothing to win your favours." Rosemarie spoke after a nod of approval from Charlie.

After hearing this, Bella blushed some more, making her brothers and father laugh at her. She sat down to eat her breakfast as she asked:

"Could you send the flowers to my room please father?" He nodded and motioned for a maid to show Rosemarie where it was.

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As the days separating her from the party went by, Bella grew close to her new handmaid. Rosemarie was nice, funny and wise.

Every morning, she came in and awoke Bella with a fresh vase of flowers from Lord Niklaus.

Every day, the flowers were different.

"Rose, how is Lord Niklaus?" Bella asked the morning of the ball.

"He is a few years older than you, tall and blond. His eyes are very… captivating. He likes to draw, as you saw when he sent you the picture he made of you. He also likes to hunt… He loves his horses and he is quite cultivated."

"Is he close to his family?" Bella asked as Rose brushed her hair.

"Most of them, yes." Rose answered quickly before changing the subject toward the dress she would wear tonight.


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Lorelei Candice Black