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Chapter 3:
Elijah never came to my bedroom, but when I walked out to the kitchen in the middle of the night I passed Aldéric's bedroom and thought for a moment that I heard him talk seductively with someone. I wanted to go inside and catch him cheating on me, but I was more drawn to Elijah's bedroom and wished to talk with him.
However, Elijah was not even sleeping in his bedroom, but sitting in the lounge and looking more than just frustrated. I walked in to him and could see a glass of what looked like red wine. I went to take a sip of it, but Elijah quickly grabbed it from me and drank the last of it.
"A lady does not drink wine after midnight…" he said drowsily, which made me worry if he had had more than one drink.
"That is strange. I have never heard about such rule," I said teasingly, trying to cheer him up. He smiled weakly and I looked around before taking a seat on his lap and wrapping my arms around his neck. "Why didn't you come?"
Elijah was quiet at first, but then he placed his finger under my chin and made me look deeply into those warm, dark brown eyes of his.
"I thought that you might want to be alone after how my brother offended you," he said, caressing my cheek gently. I could smell that same metallic scent in his breath, but this time it was stronger. I guessed that it was the wine, but wondered why it would smell metallic. It never had before. "I apologize for his… lack of manners."
"You should not be apologizing for something your brother did."
Elijah leaned in to kiss me tenderly, but he caught sight of something behind me. I quickly turned around and saw a shadow fly by at the doorway. It sent a shiver down my spine and I wondered if something was in the château.
"It is not safe for us to be together here," Elijah said, making me look back at him. "Does a walk in the woods sound good?"
I nodded and kissed him once again, this time it was more passionately and we both lost track of time for a moment, until Elijah suddenly pulled back and caught me by surprise by swooping me up into his strong arms and carrying me to my bedroom that was closets to the lounge. He too thought that he heard something coming from Aldéric's bedroom, but he didn't stop to take a look, because he was more interested in spending time with me.
When we reached my bedroom, he placed me on my bed and we continued the passionate and delicate kisses. I did not know if it was the red wine or something else that had made Elijah loosen up, but I was enjoying that he was letting go of his inhibitions and was letting go of my own tonight – even if it meant that I was going to do something I would regret.
All I wanted was to be with him right now.
However, I still had some inhibitions left, for when Elijah's hand began sliding up my thigh and underneath the fabric of my chemise I instinctively stopped him and pulled away. He moved his hand away and gave me a soft kiss on my cheek instead.
"Elijah, I must ask you of something important," I said, the tip of our noses gently touching each other and it felt like he was looking right into my soul with those dark eyes of his. "Are you married or engaged?"
Elijah looked surprised of my question, but he gave me another kiss and did not become nervous like Aldéric had become when I asked him about his intentions.
"No, I am not married nor am I engaged," he said honestly and I believed him. He was a man of honor after all. "I am guessing that you have more questions for me."
I nodded and bit my bottom lip. "Why do you have to leave in six months?"
Elijah sighed now and sat up. I sat up too and wrapped my arms around his waist. "I cannot tell you why I have to leave and I do not want to lie just to give you an explanation."
I sighed heavily and sighed that Elijah would just tell me the truth. I did not care if he was wanted for murder or if he was a thief. I just wanted to know the truth before I gave my virtue to him.
"Please, Elijah. I want to know the truth. I want to… fully trust you," I said. "Do you not trust me?"
Elijah opened his mouth to answer, but the door suddenly opened and we saw Klaus enter the room with a devilish smirk on his face. He had blood stains on the collar of his shirt and looked like he had just been out drinking.
"Do not fret, ma chérie," he said teasingly. "I promise I will not tell a living soul about your little affair if you just hand me that beautiful necklace of yours."
I frowned and instinctively put a hand up on the sunstone. "Why do you want my necklace?" I asked worriedly.
Elijah narrowed his eyes at his brother and I noticed that Elijah had seen the blood stains too. He shifted uncomfortably on my mattress and looked like he wanted to throw his brother out of here. But we all suddenly heard a loud howl coming from inside the château and the howl was soon followed by a woman's scream. I instinctively pulled myself closer to Elijah and felt his protective arms around me.
"Looks like it is a full moon tonight," Klaus merely said and grinned as if he did not fear whatever was in my home. "Take the necklace and come before her little fiancé finds us."
I looked confusedly at Elijah, who was looking at my necklace, and felt a twinge in my heart. Had he merely been after my necklace all this time?
"Maeva, I… I never intended on falling in love with you, but… we have to leave your home now before Aldéric finds us," he said. "Please. Trust me."
I looked into his eyes and even though I was hurt by the fact that he was after my necklace, then I could see that he was a genuinely good person, so I nodded and let him pick me up into his arms just as a large, grey wolf burst inside the bedroom and growled loudly at us. I thought about what Elijah had said about "before Aldéric finds us" and wondered if the wolf was Aldéric.
Was it even possible?
Did werewolves really exist?
I had heard stories and legends about them, but my father always said that such creatures along with vampires, witches, and magic did not exist. If those creatures really did exist, then they would either be killed by hunters or the almighty God.
"What is that?" I asked, trying not to panic.
"Aldéric," Elijah said, taking a step back and jumping down on the other side of the bed. "Close your eyes, Eva. I will get us out."
I reluctantly closed my eyes and felt a rush of adrenalin go through my body. It felt like… like I was floating on a cloud. But the feeling disappeared after some time and when I opened my eyes, I was no longer in Brussels, but in the neighboring town. I looked confusedly around as Elijah carried me inside a beautiful house and placed me on the sofa.
"Wait! What about my father?" I asked worriedly, nearly running out of the house again, but Elijah held me down.
"He is… already dead," he answered. "I am truly sorry, Maeva. Had I known that Klaus would come and cause so many problems…"
"But… I do not understand. Father…?" I broke down crying of the thought of never seeing my father again. Now I had lost both my parents and my fiancé was a werewolf that was trying to kill us.
"Maeva, I know it hurts. Trust me, I do. But I promise I will not let anything happen to you." Elijah said, pulling me back into his embrace.
I felt safe in his arms and stayed in his embrace all night long. Elijah never left my side, but protected me as promised and held me close to him to let me know that he was not going to leave. I didn't know if he fell asleep too, because when I woke up the following morning he was wide awake and looking at me with love in his eyes. I smiled weakly and wrapped my arms around his neck, resting my head on his shoulder again. His heart was beating calmly and he was breathing slowly.
"You are in love with me…" I said softly, enjoying the sound of it.
"Yes, I am," Elijah said, smiling weakly. He gently caressed my face and gave me a kiss on the side of my lips. "You are very… hard to resist."
I chuckled and pressed my lips against his, but then I remembered why I was in this here and pull with tears brimming in my eyes. A tear escaped my eye, so Elijah wiped it away with his thumb and tried making me calm down by making me look into his eyes. It helped, but I still missed my father and was trying hard to understand what had happened.
"Why do you and Klaus want my necklace?" I asked worriedly.
"Because of the sunstone… It is very valuable," he answered. "But… not in the way you think. It holds a lot of power and we do not want creatures like Aldéric to have it."
"You mean… werewolves?"
Elijah nodded and buried his fingers in my hair. "He knew that you did not want to take it off for him, so he had to gain your trust. Like I did."
"But you fell for me?" I smiled at the thought of it even though most women would be angry to hear that they had been deceived.
Elijah nodded again and looked away now. "It is a common mistake… or so I have been told. But I cannot let go of you. I will not let go of you."
He looked back at me and I sighed. "And what about Klaus?"
"Klaus…" Elijah took a deep breath and sighed heavily before continuing. "I do not care about what Klaus thinks about love. He always says that love is a… is our greatest weakness, but love can be such a beautiful thing."
I nodded in agreement and kissed him once again, wanting nothing more than to forget about what happened tonight and focus on my feelings to him instead.
The touch of his soft lips trailing down from my lips and to the side of my neck sent jolts through my body. I wanted to melt in his embrace, to melt by the delicate touch of his fingers, and mostly melt in his passion filled kisses that made the desire inside me explode with such a force that the only way to control myself was by digging my nails into his back and holding my arms tightly around him.
I now understood what this desire inside me was and could say without the least doubt that I too had fallen in love with Elijah. He had successfully shown me what true love was and it was beautiful.
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