A/N: HEEEY *facepalm* I wasn't even supposed to update this right now but... blegh here's another chap!
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Chapter 4:
The man let out a muffled plea for mercy as Kenzie sunk her fangs into his neck, drinking his blood greedily as she continued moving her barely covered body seductively on his lap.
There were definitely a lot of advantages to being a vampire disguised as a stripper, because not only would she regularly get blood but she could drain whoever she wanted to.
The only thing she had to do was batting her dark eyelashes seductively and whispering empty promises of an unforgettable night with her that would turn out to be their last night alive.
Of course she had to let some of them live so she wouldn't draw any suspicion to the strip club, but whenever she did kill someone the manager – Bobby – would get rid of them.
The best thing about her new occupation was that Kol wouldn't find her.
Or so Kenzie thought until she finished draining the guy and walked back out to the other customers, finding Kol questioning Bobby about her whereabouts.
Bobby noticed her exiting the private room and suddenly pointed accusingly at her, his body trembling of fear because Kol was baring his fangs at him.
Kenzie instantly fled the club and went outside through the back entrance, running in her high heeled black stilettos as fast as she could.
However, she never expected Kol to be working with someone and was suddenly pinned to a wall by a female vampire, one with long raven hair and stunning emerald green eyes.
The vampire smirked as she held her pinned, tightening her grip on Kenzie's throat.
"So you're the little hunter-turned-vampire who broke Kol's heart?" she asked, her voice low and menacingly.
Kenzie frowned, wondering who the fuck this woman was and why she was working with Kol.
"Let me go or kill me, bitch! I don't have all night, you know!" she snapped.
The raven haired vampire raised a perfect dark eyebrow and tilted her head to the side, looking curiously at Kenzie for a moment.
"You certainly seem very feisty… I know Kol likes feisty girls but how you made him fall in love with you is a mystery to me. Tell me, what's the secret?"
Kenzie bared her fangs, but she didn't get to attack the vampire as Kol suddenly appeared by her side and pulled Kenzie towards a car.
"Hey, what the fuck do you think you're doing? You can't just force me with you!" she screamed, fighting him with everything she had.
"The fuck I can!" Kol growled. "You need help, Kenzie. And your brothers miss you."
Kenzie snorted and rolled her eyes. "I have no family. Just let me go and let me live my life!"
He ignored her and threw her in the back of the car, injecting vervain into her neck so she would pass out on the backseat.
Kenzie was out within a few seconds.
"Quite the little fighter, you have there…" Sienna said, smirking darkly. "I have to admit that hiding in a strip club was very well-thought of her."
Kol glared at her in response because he found none of this amusing. The thought of Kenzie showing her body to those pervy men sickened and enraged him.
He decided to take her back to his hotel in Las Vegas as taking her to Mystic Falls would be too dangerous when she was in this state.
"I tried compelling her, but it's like she's gone completely numb. There are no feelings left in her." Kol said as he drove.
"Well, that happens when a vampire decides to turn his or hers emotions off. You of all people should know that, Mr. Jack the Ripper…" Sienna said teasingly.
Kol frowned, remembering that particular time in his life when people thought he was some crazy murderer who went after prostitutes.
They were true about that but they were far from right about what he was.
"They must've tortured her a lot since she chose to turn her emotions off…" he muttered, sighing because he could only imagine what Kenzie's own father had put her through.
"She'll survive." Sienna said matter-of-factly.
Kol fell silent and didn't utter another word throughout the rest of the trip. He carried the unconscious Kenzie upstairs to his suite once they arrived at the hotel and made sure to chain her arms and legs to the bedposts.
"Why not let her run freely? She obviously had a good time there…"
He was tempted to throw her out of the window, but she was right.
Why was he trying to change her?
The only thing he had to do was to save her and he'd done that. She was her brothers' problem now – not his.
Kol left the suite and called Kenzie's brothers, informing them about Kenzie's whereabouts so they could come pick her up.
"I gotta go for a moment. Do you mind keeping an eye on her?" Kol asked as he was talking with Lee on the phone.
Sienna nodded and smiled innocently, waiting until Kol had left the suite before she turned her gaze back to Kenzie.
She waited patiently for the young vampire to wake up and once Kenzie's eyes fluttered open, she approached her, grazing her sharp nail along Kenzie's bare leg.
Kenzie realized that she was chained to the bed and started pulling in the chains but they were too strong for her.
"Where's that dick? And who are you?" Kenzie hissed.
Sienna snickered. "Oh you mean Kol? He's fetching your brothers and as for whom I am, then I'm someone who really wants to be alone with him. I love Kol and know what he wants and needs."
Kenzie raised a brow. "Why are you telling me that? I'm not together with him anymore."
"No, but Kol obviously still has feelings for you. I need those feelings gone. His love for you is making him weak. It's pathetic to look at, quite frankly."
"That's not my problem. If you want him, then take him!"
Sienna raised a brow and smirked darkly. "Let's make an agreement. I let you go and you stay as far away as you can from us, yes?"
Kenzie narrowed her eyes.
Is this bitch for real? She was about to answer the question, but for some reason she wanted to say the opposite of what Sienna was hoping for.
He broke my heart too when he kept helping Klaus… but that's in the past. I don't feel anything for anyone anymore.
"Fine," she said after a few minutes. "Now let me go, you crazy bitch!"
Sienna's lip twitched but she removed the chains calmly and within a few seconds Kenzie was out of the door and back in the streets, in desperate need of a drink.
Since she already was in Las Vegas she decided to get her hands on some proper clothes in a store nearby and "borrowed" a tight black dress with sequins on it and a low-cut V-neck that definitely would distract men from her fangs.
Ready and dressed to the part, she went into a casino in the other end of the city and hid among the mass of gambling people, grinning because she knew for sure that Kol wouldn't find her there.
Or at least not until she'd found a new place to stay.
"Hello, baby doll! Mind blowing my dice?" a pervy looking man asked drunkenly.
"Sure, if you don't mind giving me your blood later," Kenzie whispered as she compelled him. "After this game you'll take me to your place and let me drink from you."
He nodded absentmindedly and threw the dice after Kenzie had gently blown on them, earning himself a lot of money.
But she started growing impatient by his constant gambling and decided to pull him away from the game, taking him somewhere remote where she could feed on him.
Unfortunately, she hadn't expected the man's drink to be laced with vervain and when she tasted it in his blood she started coughing, cursing at herself for being so foolish.
"I figured a vamp might show up around here…" an unfamiliar voice said.
Kenzie frowned and looked up at the innocent-looking priest who stood beside her, armed with a syringe filled with vervain.
For fucks sake! Not again!
"A hunter disguised as priest… how clever of you," she said sarcastically, leaning against the wall behind her. "Have I mentioned how much I despise hunters?"
The priest narrowed his eyes, prepared to attack her if she made a move, but she wasn't planning to attack him in this state.
Especially not when he'd just lead her somewhere and torture her.
"Does it matter? You are a vampire. All vampires hate hunters," he said. "But I am not in a disguise. I am a soldier of the Lord and will cleanse this world of abominations like you."
Kenzie snorted. "You sound like my father. He's a hunter like you and like I used to be."
That seemed to surprise the priest, but he didn't let himself get distracted by that. "Then you know that you have to die."
She shook her head and stood up properly, baring her fangs. "Becoming a vampire was the best fucking thing that happened to me. Emotions make you weak and they will be your downfall, priest!"
Kenzie swiftly darted away as fast as she could even though her head was throbbing and her vision had become blurry.
She had to get away before the hunter would get her and drove a stake through her heart.
~~oOo~~
When Kol returned to find Sienna alone in the suite, he felt a stab of panic in his heart.
No no no no! Where is she?
"What happened?" he more or less snapped at Sienna.
"She broke free and snapped my neck," Sienna growled, rubbing her neck. "But just forget about her, Kol. She's not our problem anymore, right?"
Right… Her brothers can find her.
Kol nodded reluctantly and sent an apologetic look to Lee and Simon, who cursed at him and stormed outside again.
He sighed and looked at the broken chains.
How did Kenzie manage to break free of them?
She'd been sedated with vervain and weak, so she shouldn't even be able to break them and the fact that she'd taken down Sienna made him think of two things.
Either Sienna had led Kenzie get away or Kenzie was far more broken than he imagined.
She'd become a true ripper and he blamed himself for it, because if he hadn't left he'd be able to protect her.
But he couldn't stay either when Gabriel was around all the time.
"Kol let it go. She's a big girl. She can handle herself and she made it pretty clear that she didn't want to have anything to do with you anymore." Sienna said, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"I suppose you're right…" he murmured and felt her lips press against his.
He grinned against her lips and pulled her legs up around his waist, carrying her to the bed as the kissed turned deep and passionate.
He couldn't shake the nagging feeling of that Kenzie might be in danger right now out of his mind, though, and soon broke the fierce kiss.
"I can't do this. I have to find her, Sienna. She needs me." Kol muttered, sighing.
Sienna narrowed her eyes and opened her mouth to say something, but changed her mind and swiftly rolled him under her, pinning his arms to the bed.
"Kol, please trust me. Kenzie will be fine. You have to let go of her. She's not yours anymore," she said more softly this time. "I am yours though and I have missed you so much."
Kol closed his eyes, muttering a swearword or two because he didn't know what to do.
I hope Kenzie will forgive me for what I'm about to do…
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