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Alright all! This story is a repost of an old one. I've searched through it and have decided to revamp it, and some chapters may be all out scrapped- we'll see how it goes. Please, I do accept criticism as long as it is done in a constructive, and polite way. Please drop a review! Thanks for viewing! It is greatly appreciated!
Pulling into the gates of my apartments I slowed to a stop once I turned into my spot. I parked the Plymouth and got out. I looked to Kol who'd been eerily quiet on the less than ten minutes drive from The Legacy.
"This place is quite exquisite." He said his voice soft as he looked around. His eyes looking over the massive pool, and then he turned moving over the gym building.
"Yeah, it's not bad." I shrugged as I walked towards my townhouse.
"So…" He began following closely behind me. "You live with the Wolf-boy?" He finished as I pulled the screen door open.
"No Kol." I said in an annoyed tone pausing before I could open the door leading into the house . "I told you already. I don't love him- and that's more than he knows. So cut the jealousy out."
"Jealous? Oh no, love. I- I'm not jealous-." He began defensively.
"It's clear you are." I replied turning to face him with my own little smirk. "He currently has something that you see as yours. Your vampire instincts have always demonstrated that- even before your brother turned me." I said softly leaning in closer to him. His scent was always intoxicating. My mind drifted to when I'd first met him.
"My dear, this is the Mikaelson Family." My father introduced us. He'd must've brought his work meeting home with him tonight because obviously being the governor was an endlessly demanding job.
"Charmed." I said softly with a curtsey. My eyes moved over the gaggle of people standing in the foyer to our mansion. I treaded down the stairs slowly careful not to slip on the ends of my petticoats along the way down. Each stranger was more beautiful than the last. The woman- long glossy blonde hair and bright blue doe eyes.
I moved along the line of people to see the rest were men. Each having different lengths of dark hair and matching pair of dark eyes. Their faces were almost perfectly symmetrical- they could have passed as pieces of art. Strikingly beautiful. My stare noticeably lingered when I looked to a very different looking male at the end of the line. His shock of blonde hair atop his head caused my curiosity to spike. He was different from the rest of the men. His wild blue eyes held mine in a hypnotic state.
"Aubrielle." My father said as he met me at the bottom of the staircase. I took his hand and stepped down to the first floor.
"Hello. It's a pleasure to have you all here." I greeted them with a dazzling smile of my own. The third man down the line stepped forwards and took my hand and brought it to his lips.
"Pleasures ours, I assure you my darling." He told me as he straightened up wearing a grin.
My breath caught in my throat and I felt my heart rate pick up. I recognized the woman as someone my brother- Emil had spent more time than was appropriate with. I never did pick up her name before then.
"I'm sorry my dear. Where are our manners?" The blonde man spoke up stepping in closer to me as the darker haired gentlemen had. "I am Niklaus, This here is my brother, Kol." He said gesturing to the man who'd caused the spike in my heart rate. "These are my other siblings, Elijah and Rebekah."
I blinked away the hypnotic effect these strange people had over me as I looked back to my father. "Do you… work for my father?" I asked confused as to why they were invited over.
"No sweetheart." My father cut in as he pulled me back lightly from the four before us. "I invited them here as my guests."
"Although… we do in fact have some business to attend to." The blonde man drawled as he turned to face my father standing next to me.
"Ahh yes." My father began, "But first why don't we celebrate." He said as he turned to open the wine cupboard we'd kept in the sitting room. "Come sit, my new friends and have a drink with my family and I." Emil had been in the sitting room as well finishing up his studies when he took notice to Rebekah entering. He stood quickly, too quickly that he looked clumsy when he'd slammed his knee into the wooden table. I chuckled taking a seat by my brother as our father poured wine into each of the glasses before him.
"What exactly is it that we are celebrating, Father?" I asked curiously as I brought the wine to my lips.
"Our new partnership." He told me wearing a big smirk across his features. "To our partnership with the Mikaelson's." He said raising his glass. Emil and, I did the same as The other four did as well each of us sipping on our drinks. The man- Kol kept looking to me from over his glass through out our conversation. Our gazes meeting fleetingly before I tore my gaze away. I had to get some air with the daze these beautiful bunch had put me in. It was stifling, I needed to clear my head.
"Excuse me." I muttered as I put the glass down and stood to walk out on to our porch. I took in a steadying breath as I walked off to the side of the house. My hands rested on the railing. A step from behind me against the wooden floor made me jump. I turned to face off with Kol.
"Sorry." He grinned, sheepishly. "Didn't mean to frighten you, darling." There was that word again. My body just seemed to react to it. I felt the quickened beating of my heart thudding in my chest as he moved in closer.
"I- I just didn't realize you were out here." I said softly. His presence made me nervous and jittery. How could this be? I thought. I've only just met this man. I fell into that dazed state as I stared into his eyes.
He smiled down at me. "Smart girl, you know it don't you?" He asked me softly his hand brushing hair behind my ear, I'd opted for a half- up do this afternoon not sure whether Father's guests were accustomed to fancier lifestyles.
"Know what…?" I asked softly as I felt us moving closer to each other like magnets.
"You know to be scared." He grinned as he licked his lips. My heart was racing as he suddenly turned my body and pushed me against the railing. I felt his lips at my throat. I gasped as I felt him kissing me there. My body had reacted before my brain could process anything as my hands slid up to the back of his neck and into his hair at the nape. I moaned as my back arched giving him more access to my neck and causing my backside to grind against him. He groaned as well pulling back to tilt my head to face him.
His dark hazel eyes locked onto my blue ones, "You will only feel pleasure at my bite. You will know that I won't do anything you are uncomfortable with. No pain shall befell you at my hands." If I was dazed before, I was practically hypnotized now. "Understand, darling?" He asked his smirk only widening at my heart rate. I nodded slowly at him.
Then I felt it for the first time. His fangs unsheathed and in an instant he was in my skin drinking the blood that flowed freely from the wound. However, instead of feeling the sharp stinging of any pain I felt amazing. My body relaxed in his arms I groaned my hands moving to the sleeves of his suit jacket as I gripped it tightly. "Kol" I gasped out as my head began to feel light and, dizzy.
He pulled back quickly sheathing his fangs back where they remained hidden. I turned to look at him as he wiped away what little remaining blood was there by his mouth.
I blame it on still being hazy, and dizzy, and him being so goddamn beautiful, but before he could stop me I leaned up on my tip toes and pressed my lips to his. Kol reacted just as I had before. His arms went around my waist pulling my body to him tighter. We pulled away from one another slowly. He, himself, seemed shocked at how he'd reacted.
Suddenly his eyes locked on mine, and he began to speak in a very creepily calm voice, "You will forget what happened here between us. You will forget that I'd tasted your blood, but nothing else. The pleasure- you kissing me…"
I just nodded listening to him . He leaned down and captured my mouth in his. I blinked a few times trying to remember how- or, why I was here, then I recalled kissing Kol.
"Oh no." I gasped covering my mouth. "I- I'm so sorry." I told him feeling ridiculous as my fingertips touched my lips- where his own had been not a moment before. "It's alright darling-." He began only to have me push by him and walk in the party out of embarrassment.
Back in the present I huffed pushing the front door open as I walked in my town house. "Jake?" I called tossing my purse on the shelf next to my door. "Babe?" I'd heard from the living room, "You okay? I hope that fucking vampire-." He'd stopped short meeting us in the hall. His eyes flashed as they found Kol behind me, "What the fuck, Aubrielle?!" He cried out. "What is he doing he-?"
"I am an old friend." Kol began with a smirk as he motioned to himself by pressing his open hand to his chest. "Did you really think I'd be that easy to get rid of? Her and I have history."
Jake just stood there glaring. He scoffed. "Yeah, I'm sure." He'd said with a shake of his head, "Look, Aubs I don't know what you think you're doing but-. There's-. We have ground rules, with the pack, remember? I-I can't afford to have the boat rocked. If he's gonna be here then I'd better go."
I shrugged not really sure what to say to that.
"Seriously?" Jake asked looking at me with an incredulous expression, "We've been together for what? 4 months now? Yet this guy shows up for fucking five minutes and I'm the one that's leaving?"
I opened my mouth to apologize or defend myself, I wasn't sure how to feel but, before I could I heard Kol's voice.
"Uhhh… I'm sorry." Kol chuckled out. "I've been around for centuries, mate. As I've said we have a… history of sorts." He said it all in his normal Kol smartassed fashion. "So if you're going to keep feeling insecure over you're pathetic 4 month relationship perhaps it's best done at a different time, and preferably not in my presence. Besides it's not even a relationship. She'd have to actually develop feelings for you for that to happen."
I closed my eyes letting out an annoyed breath. I knew he was antagonizing Jake- and he was doing so quite well. Jake's breathing became heavier and heavier with every word Kol said. His eyes were a bright yellow.
"Jacob. No, not in my house." I told him sternly my focus all on him.
"You're really going to pick this- this vampire over me?" He seethed. I could see him practically shaking from trying to contain his anger. "Jake…" I said softly my concern heightening.
"Oh, please. She never even loved you, wolf." Kol cut in I could sense his annoyance growing. "Get over it." He finished. "This clinginess is not an attractive quality, man."
I stared hard praying that he'd remain even a semblance of control, but I watched as the shaking increased. I felt my fear prickling across my skin. Kol could sense the change in me and he knew what to expect. We watched as Jacob began to change into his wolf form. I yelped as his clothes ripped and fell away. Jake's wolf was massive as the dog-form filled the hallway. Kol moved using his original speed putting himself between me and the wolf. A bite from Jacob would kill me- but, simply weaken Kol for the next few days.
"Kol. Don't." I told him my voice fierce.
"Don't?" He asked disbelief in his tone. "Don't? Really Aubs? He's a freaking Wolf for Christ's sakes, his bite will kill you, slowly, and very, very painfully. Don't tell me not to hurt him."
"Try not to kill him, Kol. I mean it." I said as his arms moved to guard me from the growling wolf with the glowing golden eyes. "I can't afford to have him dying. It would start an all out war here in Texas."
"Okay, yeah… I'll try not to harm the growling salivating beasts that is looking to rip our throats out…" He grumbled as he stepped away from me and closer to Jake.
"Look, Jake. I know you're feeling insecure, but this is no way to work through your relationship problems." Kol said causing my eyes to roll. Yeah, because that's helping. I thought.
Jake growled and snapped his jaws in Kol's direction, he padded forwards slowly closer to Kol.
"Good boy." Kol said wearing a smirk which caused another growl to rumble in Jake's throat. "Jacob! Stop it!" I called from behind Kol. The wolf's eyes went from Kol to me- where I could visibly see them soften. He was too preoccupied with staring at me to notice Kol's sudden and slow advances until Kol sped behind the wolf and wrapped his arms around the wolves chest. Kol squeezed as he walked towards the living room where Jake had just exited. Kol then tossed him out the window. Closing and locking it he huffed staring at me.
"Man, You sure do know how to pick 'em, don't you, darling?" I swallowed hard at that word again.
"Please. Stop." I said softly after a pause. Trying hard not to look at him.
"Stop what?" He asked suddenly standing inches from me.
"You know what." I replied still not meeting his gaze.
"Ohhh… You mean the whole darling thing?" He began his smirk widening. "Ahh yes, I remember the way it effected you." His hands suddenly ran down my arms.
"I remember how much I'd enjoy hearing your heartrate pick up- or, how- after you'd turned, it would effect your body in other ways." His voice got lower as he spoke his lips by my ear. "I've missed your voice- especially those noises that you can make." He whispered this in my ear. My hands instinctively moved to his chest- they were splayed across it. I wasn't sure if I was about to push at him or pull him in closer.
"You remember those nights too, don't you, Darling?" I sighed tilting my head back my eyes half-closing.
"Kol…" I softly sighed. I was at war with myself- my brain screamed that this was the opposite of what I'd wanted while my body just reacted without permission.
"Yes love?" He asked one hand at my back pressing me to him while the other stroked wherever it could reach.
"Kol. Stop." I said as I felt my brain regain control. "Please." I tacked on for good measure. "We- we can't do this."
"And, why not? You just became single sweets."
"You are not, and we-. We want different things. I'm not going to settle for our same old, flirt until the tension builds enough for us to sleep together and then part our ways. I'm sorry, but- but I just can't do it anymore." I muttered pulling out of his hold and using my speed towards the stairs to the bedroom.
"Where're you going, love?" He asked me dazed as I was half way to the top.
"My room. I'm to pack if we're leaving, am I not?" I asked him smartly.
He just nodded as he began to look around at my things. "By the way, thank you for- for Jake." I told him softly. He locked eyes with me and nodded. I moved into the bedroom with a million thoughts running through my head. He is with that woman- Davina. How are they going to be around each other with her being there. All they've done since he's come here is flirt. Something I don't think his new love is going to like very much. I sighed knowing that we'd have to make a detour to change that before moving on back to New Orleans.
Kol had been more than irritated when I'd told him I needed to make a stop that was rather out of our way before returning to his family in New Orleans, but he went along all the same. We'd driven down through Texas and stopped at Brownsville- where I'd chosen to leave my car. Much to Kol's audible dismay.
"Why on earth did you leave your car back there, love? You know how much I hate senseless walking in an desert-like climate." I huffed and rolled my eyes at his snarky-ness.
"You want my help with your family's problem? You'll have to let me get things done before I can do that." I snapped as we came along a river.
"That's the Rio Grande." I said changing the subject as my eyes took in the site before me.
"Yeah? So…" He trailed off still ticked off at being dragged here with me. "What about it?"
"We're gonna cross it." I told him shortly as I began backing up.
"What?" He asked surprised, turning to face me. He hadn't been expecting that. "Wait- you never said we were going to Mexico. Darling, we could've just flown there." He sighed with a chuckle.
"What?" I asked behind me as I put more distance between the river and myself, "And, miss all this lovely bonding time?"
He chuckled with a shake of his head as he sped over to me. "So what's your plan, love? We're to jump, are we?"
"Ehh… this is one of the smaller sides of the river. We'll be fine."
His gaze fell on me, "You know, you never did tell me what we were doing…" I stared as my hands went to my hips. I was still in the jeans I'd been in since he found me last night. As we moved further south through the heat, I'd changed my t-shirt to a black tank-top.
"Oh, I know." I replied as I took off at break-neck speed and leapt over the river. I'd been bracing myself for a rough landing only to find myself wrapped up in arms. I'd opened my eyes anticipating none other than Kol- only to see it was a Spanish vampire. I recognized him from somewhere, but couldn't place it.
"Who the hell are you?" I heard Kol's voice suddenly. It was hard, and angry- he was instantly on the defensive.
The vampire holding me placed me down and smiled. "Don't worry. I was just sent to bring you to your destination." His eyes then found my face, "Yes, Aubrielle. She knows you're coming, and she knows what you're intending to ask of her." I gulped knowing that Marta was an all-powerful witch- she must've seen that Kol and, I were arriving in the town of Chihuahua. I knew I'd have to tell Kol sooner, or later. I also knew that if I'd told him what I'd planned before getting to our destination- he'd be dragging me back to my car kicking, and screaming.
The night was falling around us—and light was draining from the earth fast.
"We almost there?" Kol grumbled from behind me as I followed the man. I'd halted suddenly as the slope we were walking up flattened out and I saw a small womanly figure was standing in the desert holding a candle. Kol narrowly avoided walking into me, but he turned around to look at me all the same, "Aubs… are you alright?" He took a couple steps closer to me causing my gaze to shift from the woman a few yards from us to him.
"I- I'm alright." I told him.
"What're we doing here?" He asked again for the seventeenth time. I huffed as I began trekking in closer to the older woman. Ignoring his questions all together.
"Aubrielle. Kol." She greeted with a nod to each of us. The darker older woman wore a flowy dress and her long grey hair whipped in the late wind.
"I- I'm hoping you can help m-." I began softly after some silence I'd wanted to get to the point. We'd already wasted enough time traveling out of our way without making polite small talk.
"Of course I can child." She answered, "But, Magic kinda has a mind of it's own. So if it is allowed- then I shall."
"Magic? Aubs, she's a witch?" Kol asked clearly disgusted. "You brought me with you to a Mexican witch?! C'mon, you know my history with these witches…" Kol trailed off.
"Ahh yes, Kol Mikaelson- you knew my mother." Marta interrupted.
"Ah. Well I've known many witches in my time- it is possible… I'm not sure if I'd need to apologize, or…"
"You helped her. She always had people chasing her and breathing down her neck- but thanks to the dark objects you'd created together. So she could keep the people at bay." The witch paused and looked between Kol, and myself.
"Are you sure you want to be doing this? Once it is done, it cannot be undone." She asked only confusing me further.
"I- I'm sorry. What're we doing?" Kol asked as his arms crossed over his chest angrily.
'Look," I began turning to face him. "In order to be there with you, your family and- more importantly your girlfriend. I have to stop whatever this is that I feel for you. That's my deal." I told him. "Take it or leave it. I can't keep this up, Kol." I finished.
Kol's face was unreadable. I saw anger flash in his eyes once it clicked, "You want to forget me?" He asked his voice void of emotion.
"No!" I cried out moving closer to him, my hands gripped his crossed for arms. "No love. Never. I- I just can't feel the way I feel for you." I told him. His eyes studied me- he no doubt read the raw emotion all over my face. It was my past six months of trying to hide from memories, and these feelings that refused to go away.
"I just can't love you from a distance if, I'm not going to be... distanced. The pain I feel is too great." I remained honest and true about everything. I knew he had to be hurting on the inside from my decision, but he hid it well.
"Aubri-."
"I-." He'd continued trying to form sentences, but was failing. There was only a handful of times where I'd left Kol speechless and this was one of them. "If- if this is what you want to do…." He said softly his tone carried the hurt he was hiding so well. His arms fell away and he held my hands in his.
"I- I do love you." He told me. His eyes glanced in the witches direction from staring at me, but she'd busied herself by gathering what she'd brought for the spell.
"I know that." I told him as I felt my eyes begin to water. "But, your heart also belongs to another…." I trailed off. Kol leaned in suddenly and pressed his lips to mine in what was a surprisingly soft, and chaste kiss. It was the polar opposite from what we usually do. It struck me as though he were telling me good bye.
The witch came up to us as he pulled away, and stepped back "It is time." She said. She held up a piece of ginger root and handed it to me. Kol and I just blinked back at her.
"This will feel kind of funny, but I want to ensure you that this works. I've tried it myself before." She said as I took it from her. She had the ginger root in one and the black candle in the other.
"Please, Aubrie… Look at Kol. Look at Kol and just open your mind- Let all your emotions pass through into the gingerroot you're holding. It will absorb those feelings of, anger, sorrow, passions and love. Feel it- thoroughly, and fully. Let the emotions flow through your body and down to your hand holding the ginger."
I turned to look at Kol's form in the light of the fire the Spanish vampire had started. He stared at me and I could see his hurt through his eyes before he turned to walk off. Probably not wanting to watch.
"Okay. Let me see this, please." She said taking the ginger root. She walked over to her bag where the rest of the ingredients were. She wrapped the ginger root in a black cloth and tied a knot around it three times muttering in Spanish.
"Uhm.." I started softly unsure of what to do.
"Alright querida, here. This is your spell… when you are ready. Take this ginger root. Bury it in dirt, and once you do. Say this spell. The longer the ginger root sits under the dirt the more it will decompose and as it does… your feelings for him will too." I glanced down at the little note she'd written for me.
My heart is now unchained,
My heart is strong and free,
No more shall I pine for you,
With this binding, so mote it be.
I looked up to her and opened my mouth to say thank you but, she interrupted me. "Listen to me, querida. This- this spell works. I know it does, but… if the love between you and the one you want to dispel is true than this will have very little effect."
"So, there's a chance this might not work…." I said looking to her incredulously. The witch tilted her head.
"Maybe…" She replied. I huffed taking my lower lip between my teeth feeling annoyed that I'd paid this woman, and I was left with a service that was quiet unsatisfying. "Although… if this spell does not work. None will."
I huffed as I followed Kol's form with my eyes- he was on his phone with his family- I'm sure telling them we'd be on our way shortly. "I hope things work out as you'd like them too, querida." She told me her hand gripped mine in a supportive squeeze.
"Me too." I told her as I carried the ginger held in the black cloth bag towards Kol.
"Hey, are you ready?" I hollered to him in the dark.
"Always." He grinned at me. He stood behind me suddenly. I could tell that something between us was changing, but I couldn't put my finger quite on what. "Let's head home, love." He said as he took my hand and we sped off back to the U.S
Alright everyone thanks for the read. I'm going to be re-uploading some chapters as I work on them further.
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