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Chapter 2: "She's crying now but she'll laugh again"
"I'm going to make you my mistress."
Elena couldn't believe the words she had just heard. She couldn't believe that the man in front of her, Damon Salvatore, wanted her to be his mistress. She didn't even know that that was possible! She was only seventeen. She had never had a boyfriend in her whole life, and now he wanted her to be his mistress.
His blue eyes were searching her face waiting for her to answer, and a smirk appeared on his face by the sound of her next words.
"Why?"
He approached her, making the small space between them even smaller.
"That's the only way I can keep my father's hands away from you." He whispered, making her blush with the intimate gesture. "That's the only way you can escape from a misery life."
Elena turned around, not being able to handle his intense gaze. She couldn't understand why he was so worried about her life. She couldn't understand why a man like him, a powerful man like him, preferred protecting her than punish the boy that had hurt his brother.
"That's the only way I can keep your brother safe." He whispered one more time, trying to bring her to reality.
She turned to him and nodded, not believing that she was trusting a man that had all the reasons to hate her.
Elena took a quick glance to the three men that were holding her little brother.
"What if they say something?" She asked following their movements with her eyes.
He didn't need to turn around to see who she was referring to.
"They won't." He said firmly, his eyes never travelling away from her form.
She returned her attention to him, shivering with the intense connection she felt when their eyes crossed.
"Because if they do something like that…" He paused looking back to his guards. "They're dead." He pronounced the words slowly, to make sure they understand the message.
"Let's do it." Elena said, breaking the silence.
Damon focused on her and nodded.
"Give me a second." He started walking towards the guards, not giving her time to answer.
Elena examined his every movement. She had heard he was beautiful, but she never thought that a man could be as perfect as he was.
She noticed the ring he was wearing on his left hand. He was married to Caroline Forbes and she knew it, but at that moment she didn't want to think about it. She didn't want to think about what she would have to handle, when Caroline discovered that her husband had a mistress.
"It's time to say goodbye." She jumped with the sound of Damon's voice, too lost in her thoughts to heard his footsteps.
He smiled with her reaction and continued.
"You have two minutes. A ship leaves the coast in half an hour so you must hurry. I'm gonna leave you two alone."
She nodded, looking at Jeremy who was with a confused and scared look on his face.
"Come here." She said softly, opening her arms as she talked.
He hugged her strongly, trying hard not to cry.
"What's happening?" He asked his voice barely more than a whisper.
"Damon Salvatore made an arrangement with me." She said stroking his hair.
He let go of her embrace and focused on her brown eyes.
"What kind of arrangement?"
Elena took a deep breath and looked at Damon who was talking to the three men.
"You don't have to worry about that." She answered, knowing that if she told him what kind of arrangement it really was, he would never accept to leave her behind. "You just need to know that he promised to send you to a safe place where no one can hurt you." She smiled trying to encourage him.
"I don't want to go without you." He said, his brown eyes filled with tears.
A tear escaped her eye, and she pulled him into her arms one more time.
"I promise you, that we're going to be together again, sooner than you think." She whispered, her voice trembling because of the tears.
"It's time." Damon said, interrupting heir moment. "He has to go now, or he won't be able to reach the coast in time.
Elena kissed Jeremy on the cheek one last time.
"Don't forget what I told you."
He nodded and turned to Damon, who was standing next to the couch.
"Thank you." He said extending his hand.
Damon grabbed it, and was preparing to talk, when Jeremy next words surprised him.
"Take care of her." Jeremy whispered, only loud enough for Damon to hear.
Damon nodded and held his hand firmly.
"I will."
Jeremy gave one last hug to Elena, who was with a confused expression because of the small talk between her brother and Damon.
"Take care." He said to her, like he was the one that had to protect her.
She chuckled with his words.
"Take care." She repeated his words, holding her tears when two of the three guards, grabbed him by the arms and took him out of the house.´
"Are you okay Elena?" Damon asked, approaching her while he talked.
She faced him and nodded.
"I'm fine."
And then she repeated his words in her head. He had called her by her name.
"How do you know my name?" She asked, feeling frustrated when his smirk appeared on his face for the twentieth time that day.
"Do you really think I wouldn't get all the information about you and Jeremy before I come?"
She smiled noticing how naïve she was being, trying hard to keep Jeremy away from her thoughts.
"That's what I thought." He said, understanding her silence. "You should start packing. We have to be in the palace in an hour. "
Elena left him in the room and went to her bedroom to grab the few clothes she had.
She returned one minute after, holding two white dresses in one hand and a brown coat in the other.
Damon stared at her with a shocked expression.
"That's it?" He asked. "That is all you have?"
She grabbed a bag from the counter and threw her clothes into it.
"We are not rich." She answered him with a distant voice.
"I know." Damon said as he managed to compose his shocked look.
Elena put the bag over her shoulder and focused on his ice blue eyes.
"I'm ready."
He opened the door and held it for her to pass.
"That one." He said, pointing to the most beautiful carriage Elena had ever seen.
Elena stopped in front of the gold door, not sure if she should open it or if she should wait until Damon did it. People like her were not authorized to touch things like that.
"What are you waiting for?" He asked as he took the bag from her shoulder and threw it inside the carriage. He opened the door and made a gesture for her to enter. "After you."
Their trip was silent, the only sound coming from the horses that were pulling the carriage.
Elena noticed Damon's eyes on her several times but she didn't return the looks. The only thing that she could think about was Jeremy. He was so young to go to a new place where he didn't know anyone. A fifteen year old boy shouldn't have to do something like that. He should be worried about spending time with his friends and dating a girl. Not with having to earn money to take care of himself.
Elena's thoughts were interrupted by Damon's voice.
"Here we are."
Her chocolate brown eyes found his ocean blue eyes.
"What should we do now?" She asked softly, afraid of the answer. Afraid that he would tell her that she was on her own now and that he didn't want to have anything to do with her.
"Now you let me do all the work." He smiled trying to comfort her. "You just have to stand behind me and follow my story."
She looked away from him with an insecure expression.
"Hey…" He said as he approached her and grabbed her hand. "You have nothing to worry about."
She continued looking at the floor trying to ignore the goosebumps that his touch was causing.
"Look at me." He whispered to her, lifting her chin up at the same time.
He locked his eyes with hers and pronounced the words slowly.
"I won't let anything happen to you." She tried to look away, but he didn't let her. "I promise you, that I will die before I let anything happen to you."
"Why?" Elena whispered. "Why would you do that?"
He let his hands fall from her face and looked away, leaving her question without an answer.
"You can't do that!" She yelled at him, making him look at her again.
"What?" He asked confused with her reaction.
She threw her hands up in the air and talked with a lower tone not wanting the whole palace to hear their conversation.
"You can't want me to answer your questions all the time, when you never answer any of mine!"
He closed the small space between them, making them so close to each other that Elena could feel his breath on her skin while he talked.
"We're going to be late." He said as he got out of the carriage leaving a speechless Elena inside.
She couldn't believe his impudence. She had never met someone so shameless!
"Let's go." He said to her waiting for her to get out.
She adjusted her dress and was preparing to come down, when he held his hand up to help her out.
"I don't need it." She said as she stepped down on her own.
He lowered his hand and smirked.
"Cocky." He said mocking her. "I like it."
She locked her gaze with him.
"Weren't you in a hurry?" She asked teasing him.
He approached her and whispered softly to her ear.
"I still am, Lena."
She stepped back trying to keep the goosebumps that were started to fill her skin, away as long as possible.
"Don't call me that." She said as she started walking towards the palace.
"Why?" He asked as he followed her. "I think it's sexy. Lena." He pronounced the name slowly, like he was savoring every letter.
"Just don't." Elena said as she tried to convince herself that that the shivers she was feeling when he talked were nothing but cold.
She stood in front of the big doors waiting for him to enter first.
He reached her in a few seconds and held her hand while he talked.
"Remember what I told to you." He said as he intertwined their fingers. "Just follow my story."
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