Before I could get out of the car, Sky was in the front seat.
"We're going shopping," she exclaimed.
Fan-effing-tastic.
"Not so fast, love. I need my little hybrid. Remember darling sister, she hasn't fed yet," came Nik's voice and suddenly he was pulling me out of the car. Thank god.
"Oh come on Klaus! Fine, whatever!" With that, Sky got out and skipped inside to do who knows what.
"Thank you so much, Nik, that would've been bad!"
"Wait, what did you call me?" He stared.
"I called you Nik, isn't that your name, Niklaus?" I shrugged and kept walking.
"Yes, how did you know that?"
"I don't know, but what am I going to eat?"
"Well, love, you need a blood bag, then we can go hunting."
"Mkay, boss. Whatever you say. What about my father?"
"He'll be fine. You don't need him. You need to feed now so we can get started, you'll need your strength." He didn't look very happy about what he said. He looked regretful.
"Nik? What's wrong. What are we going to do?" I was worried. Not much scared me but the look on Nik's face was enough.
"You need to break the sire bond. Also you need to meet the family," he grimaced at the last part.
"Is that it? You're worried about me meeting your family?" I laughed out loud. Honestly the poor guy.
"If only. Come on I'll explain when we're all together," he said and grabbed my hand. Then he dragged me into the Sky's house.

When we walked in, the living room was crowded. There were more people there than there had been when there wasn't a party going on. On the couch there were four people sitting together. I only recognized one. Sky sat on the closest end and smiled up at me with her clear blue eyes. Next to her was a handsome man with dark hair and dark eyes. He was in casual jeans and a flannel that was unbuttoned and, to my discomfort, was showing some very nice abs. I noticed the two of them holding hands, a wedding band on each. Nik was telling the truth, they were married.
Next to them, was another couple. The woman, who was next to Sky's husband, was a pretty blonde with a kind face that definitely could look bitchy in an instant. I was thinking that I liked her. She was holding hands with a cute boyish guy about my age. He was blonde too but his hair was darker. His eyes were bluer than Sky's.
On the chair across the room there was a man with a woman on his lap. The man had short hair and a serious face. The woman on his lap had red hair and, sorry had to be honest, its a virtue, was not very pretty. I didn't focus on them really because I saw the last person in the room.
He was standing by the fireplace. Dressed in a suit, he was extremely handsome. He had short cropped hair brushed to the side so you could see his face. When I looked at his eyes, they were shocked and, more importantly, staring right at me. In a blur he was there in front of me. I was practically suffocating from the tension coming from those around us. His hand went tentatively forward and brushed my cheek. When our skin met, there was and electric shock. Nik growled and I felt his hand on my shoulder just before he yanked me back.
"I don't appreciate that Elijah," Nik growled. I looked at him with wide eyes.
"Niklaus!"
Everyone jumped when I yelled. The attention turned from them to me.
"Enough." Nik turned his angry gaze away.
"Fine. This is Kol, Sky's husband. Next to them are Rebekah and her husband Matt. Over there on the chair are Finn and his wife Sage. This is Elijah."
Each person nodded in turn but Elijah's eyes never left me.
"The reason I called you all here was to talk about my hybrid. This is Christa. Lockwood. I'm going to have her break the sire bond."
"No!" It took a minute to realize the outburst had come from Elijah.
"I mean, if you have her break the sire bond, she won't have loyalty to you anymore. Shell leave you."
Nik walked over to his brother and got in his face again.
"Are you sure that's the reason, brother?"
Suddenly I started to convulse and seize and I fell on the floor. Blood was coming out my nose and my vision was red.
"Nik it hurts! Help me please!" I screamed. Then I blacked out.

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"Well why didn't you give her some when she got here?" Elijah.
"I got sidetracked, okay?" Nik.
"Brother-" Elijah again.
"Elijah don't start this. I don't want to repeat the past."
I sat up.
"Sorry, love. Here," Nik said and handed me a blood bag. It was gone in two seconds.
"What do I need to do to break the sire bond?"
Silence.
"Tell me now, or so help me..." I let the threat hang.
"You need to shift. One hundred times." Nik looked down.
My mouth went dry.
"What?"