Summary: (AU) She is a wolf princess. He is the Hybrid. A contract based marriage it is.
Pairing: Klaus and Caroline
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0o Chapter 2 o0
*** His bride ***
After the wedding Caroline didn't get any chance to stay close to her pack. She was taken by Klaus, into a large group of vampires. Or so she thought. There were not only vampires, but wolves. She found there were witches as well as humans in the group too.
Of them, Caroline recognized Elena's father, John Gilbert and a witch named Gloria. Caroline had less interaction with witches and had newly met a powerful witch line, the Bennetts.
The rest were unknown witches, humans and vampires. And she had a little intimacy with wolves of other packs.
She felt like the introduction part went forever. Finally, Klaus turned to her, taking her to a corner where drinks were placed.
"What do you prefer?" he asked regarding the drinks.
Before she could control herself, her words were out, "Uh, finally. I thought you forgot that I have necessities."
He raised curious brows at her sassiness. "Aren't we feisty, love?"
Holding back an eye roll, Caroline took a glass of wine and turned to him. "Seriously," she muttered slurping her sparkling wine, "I feel like I'm de-hydrated."
Klaus gaped at her. She wasn't like he had expected her to be. Reserved was his first impression.
"You speak your mind," he commented taking his glass standing by her side.
"A very bad habit of mine," she replied glaring at her father who was talking to wolves other than his pack.
Following her gaze the ancient Hybrid smirked, "I assume you don't like this arrangement." She glanced back at him, completely surprised. "It's not like that," she mumbled trying to sound polite. Caroline knew who she was messing with? The one and only ancient Hybrid.
Their short conversation was interrupted by Bill. "If you don't mind can I borrow my daughter for a minute?" he asked in a deadpanned tone.
Klaus sighed wanting to object, but didn't. "Not a problem, Bill."
Bill led his daughter towards a glass door leading to where they could get a nice view of the whole city.
Klaus had never eavesdropped into someone's conversation, but this time was different. His wife was involved in it and he didn't like the way his father-in-law was acting.
Klaus just admired how the evening rays were reflecting when they fell upon her skin. As if she were an angel, shimmering in gold color and dressed in white.
Wasn't she stunning?
He brought glass of wine to his lips as he heard the conversation.
"What's going on between you both?" Bill asked angrily.
Klaus felt the rudeness in his voice. Surprisingly Caroline didn't even flinch, not even a bit. And that intrigued the Hybrid even more.
"Oh, father. It's none of your concern, now."
Her sharp words made her husband slightly smirk. Bill clenched his jaw while looking around. "Caroline, I told you before and I'll remind you again. Don't do anything that will cause havoc. Am I clear?"
"Of course, father. It is my responsibility to the goodness of your name."
Klaus didn't miss the sarcasm in her voice one bit. He concluded once again that she didn't like this arrangement.
He decided to have fun from now on.
Soon the first dance was commenced. Klaus waited for his chance to hold his bride. He felt her tense in his grasp. She wouldn't even look at him. The way she bit her lip was shaking the ground under his feet.
She, for sure, was going to play a major role in his life. He led her into a turn and she trembled when his breath touched her neck.
"Why aren't you comfortable love?" He asked as more couples joined them in the dance.
Caroline glanced up at her smirking husband. "I am," she muttered.
"Really?" He teased. "Then why is your little heart skipping a beat from the very moment we started to dance?"
Klaus chuckled quietly when he received a glare from his wolf bride. "Being mad suits you, I quite like it. I wonder how you'd look when you smile."
Caroline was shaken by him, but not in a frightening way. Once or twice she felt his heated gaze upon her and convinced herself she could handle him. Right now, she couldn't take it anymore.
She stopped suddenly. "I think we danced enough," she blurted. "I need another drink."
Klaus obliged her content in his victory in making his wife realize she felt something for him. The second round of drinks had Kol introducing himself to the bride.
Klaus was well aware that his little brother had no liking towards wolves. So he decided to make it easy for Caroline.
"Hello, darling," he smirked at her. "We haven't formally met. Kol Mikaelson," he took her hand and kissed the back of it. "She smells like you, Nik," he commented smugly.
Caroline shot a dagger at the younger Mikaelson.
Infuriating brother.
Still he was lot older than her and more importantly he was a vampire, an Original. She had to be careful around him. She heard that Kol was highly volatile of the Originals. Like her mother had instructed, she had to keep her sassiness in check around them.
She forced a smile on her face, "That's very sweet of you. Thanks."
Klaus took a deep breath hearing his brother's comment, but Caroline's reaction was not the one he was expecting.
"Love, my little brother Kol, is unbearably outspoken." Klaus explained.
Kol replied with another smirk of his own. "Look at you, brother. Married less than two hours ago and already possessive about your little wife." He teased. "By the way I have a party to enjoy. See you wolves around."
Get lost already, Caroline mentally scoffed.
"Kol is a smart mouthed rake, but he's fun to be around." He murmured distantly.
"You have siblings to share. That's all matters," she replied sadly while nodding.
She was an only child. Not that she was alone. She was having many friends in and out of pack. But to have a sibling was something different.
For a moment they both stared at one another, each lost in their own world.
***His bride***
It was almost nine in the evening when Klaus brought Caroline to his mansion. They both sat in the car in silence. Klaus waited for her to respond. But she wasn't feeling easy.
The way her heart thumped had begun to annoy him.
"Stop it," he groaned tiredly.
"What?" She mumbled. Completely taken aback with his tone.
It only increased that sound in Klaus' hearing. Fucking great.
Klaus tried to stay calm as he said, "I won't eat you, love."
"I'm not scared," she muttered.
Klaus raised his brows and huffed. "Yeah, I can sense it."
Caroline didn't appreciate the tone of his voice. "Living with a bunch of blood suckers is not very comforting, ok?" she snapped at him.
He threw her a pointed look. "Finally you want to speak to me." He scoffed. "And for your information, no one lives in this mansion except you, me and a maid." A second later her references sank in his brain. "Wait, did you just call me a blood sucker- mutt?"
He began to think that they were getting along so well. Perhaps it wasn't going to be that easy.
The wolf gulped gaping at her hybrid man. He was kidding, right?
"Alone with you?" she squeaked ignoring his insult.
Klaus snorted. "You know what, little wolf. I guess you'll find problems with every single thing." Opening his door he got out then ducked his head to her level. "When you're done with your drama, feel free to come inside the house."
With that, he slammed the door making her flinch.
Caroline hated this. She removed her gloves hastily and put back her ring which was given to her as token of being a part of Mikaelson family. The ring was made of platinum in which ruby and lapis lazuli were engraved.
She inspected the ring although her mind wasn't fully present. She felt lost. Water welled up in her eyes as she stared at her wedding ring.
She had to get hold of her emotions. Nothing was there in this world except selfishness. Tyler was selfish. He promised her that he would get an acceptance from Bill to marry her. But he had looked after his own comfort.
Bill was selfish. He gifted his daughter to a dangerous person, just like that.
Liz was selfish. She didn't want to take any pain by supporting her daughter.
Her own family had thrown her at Klaus. How could she expect him to be all romantic and caring?
She wiped her face with those gloves and looked into the rearview mirror. "I will not be weak! I will not show any kind of emotion to Klaus! I will not be weak!"
Once the self-pep talk was done Caroline entered the mansion and was immediately dumbfounded. So much for not showing any emotion she thought silently to herself.
It was bigger than she thought. The whole interior was made of dark wood. There were amazing paintings hanging on the walls, here and there.
Klaus definitely had very good taste.
It was then she saw him at his personal bar. He was carefully observing her while slurping some kind of scotch.
"Decided to show up I see." He placed his empty glass on the table. "Come I'll give you a nice tour."
"Well if you don't mind," she obstructed him, "Let's go to bed-room first."
Klaus gaped at her and grinned a minute later, "With pleasure, love."
She recognized the bluntness in her words and sighed. "Don't get the wrong idea. I need some rest. You know it's been a very long day."
Klaus shrugged and signaled her to follow. "Do you have any spare room?" she asked looking around. "Can I have my space?"
Her words shocked him. Stopping on the stairs he turned to her side. "You want to stay alone?"
She nodded while looking away. Klaus, for sure, didn't like that.
But at least her heart rate was in control. He looked a little disappointed, but soon he plastered that Mikaelson smirk on his face and spoke. "Fine. Come with me."
He stopped at second door and pointed at it. "You may use this room for now. Mine is that one." He pointed to the one next to hers. Caroline nodded opening the door and going inside.
She waited for him to leave, but he didn't.
"Good night Klaus," she whispered. Listening his name from her, for the first time, brought a smile to his face.
"Good night Caroline." He replied and turned around.
*** His bride ***
Caroline groaned as she woke up in the morning. It was eight thirty and she still wanted to pull up her covers and go back to bed.
She really forgot everything and slept peacefully. She didn't find any inconvenience with new bed or new surroundings. This bed was the softest ever.
Her pajamas were ruffled just like her hair. Nobody could believe, if she said, she was married the previous day. She looked a mess. Thanks to Klaus, who brought her suitcase despite the fact that they had a little spat over the last night, she could shower and start the new day clean.
After freshening-up, Caroline went straight to the kitchen as her stomach started growling like a baby wolf. There she found Klaus already sitting at the dining table reading the newspaper.
"Rise and shine sleepy head," he purred placing the paper down and blew her a dimpled smirk.
"Morning," she replied groggily. "Where is your maid?"
"I've sent her to bring things you need," he replied sinking his head into paper.
"What's her name, by the way?" she asked opening the fridge door trying to find something, anything.
"Maid."
"I asked name."
"I call her Maid. That's it," he replied callously.
She rolled eyes. What an arrogant bastard.
It was then she heard the door bell ringing. "Guess she's back already?" Caroline closed the fridge door and made for the front room.
Klaus frowned. "Nope. It isn't she. It is they."
He blurred towards the main door in a second. Caroline completely forgot about his 'powers.' When he opened the door he found two familiar faces.
Caroline looked surprised finding Elena's dad, John Gilbert and the witch Gloria. Their eyes fell upon the wolf girl who stood behind Klaus at a distance.
"We would like to speak with you both," the witch smiled.
*** His bride ***
"What's the matter?" Klaus asked slightly frustrated with their appearance.
Gloria and John were on the sofa while the newly married couple sat in chairs across each other.
The witch was the one that spoke. "It is nice to see you both didn't rip each other's hearts out, yet." She chuckled and John joined her.
Both Klaus and Caroline didn't find it funny at all. Together, they were glaring at the treaty members.
"We are happy for that. And we came to check whether you both have consummated the marriage or not?"
"We are living in the same house," Caroline shrugged. "What else you want?"
John turned towards Klaus and reminded him. "I told you before Klaus. The girl has to bear your mark or at least you have to claim her."
For Caroline, the world had stopped.
What the heck?
No way was she going to be his- whatever. And Klaus knew about this?
Once again she was reminded of what she was really doing here? Yeah, she was a part of deal. A freaking deal. She wished her father was here. She would have ripped him into pieces.
"Just give us some time to adjust," Klaus replied watching his wife's faded out face.
Gloria turned to Caroline. "The sooner it happens the better for both of your clans. Peace can be broken at any point of time. Keep that in mind."
And they both stood up. "We'll come again." John said before they left.
"What the fuck?" she hissed.
Klaus suppressed a smirk as he turned around to see his wife pacing back and forth.
"Seriously! They want me dead. That's the reason they involved me in this crap. I'm not doing what they said ok?"
Caroline had completely forgotten that she was talking to Klaus, an ancient Hybrid, and her husband.
"You knew this before?"
He shrugged, "Not clearly, but the gist."
"So basically I'm the fool over here."
She exhaled and inhaled for a couple of times. Damn it was still freaking her out.
"You have no problem with what they want?" she asked.
"Actually I'm a bit excited as I have slept with many vampires, but never a wolf and never bitten one. So this is something new for me also. And I'm looking forward to the occasion." He was talking as if he was discussing some hot-news. Very much interested. Dang!
Caroline nodded in realization and huffed. Before she could lose her temper she decided to return to her room. Not even glancing back again she climbed the stairs and went inside.
Klaus just smiled enjoying all those inconvenient reactions from his wife. He wasn't bothered about some bloody treaty. He would wait and see if this might lead Caroline straight to him and his bed.
That's going to be fun.
*** His bride ***
0o Chapter 2 o0