Note: Hey! So, I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm probably only going to update over the weekends because I have a horrible case of procrastination with homework, which means I don't do it until Sunday night, which means I usually write chapters during that time period to keep myself busy and have a reason not to do my homework. Someone pointed out to me that it's strange how quickly Ebony was falling for Kol, and I really did take that into consideration. My reason being that she only saw him as a monster, but after seeing that tiny glimpse at a gentler side of Kol (before Alaric staked him) she thought maybe she could be friends with him. But when Alaric staked him, she panicked and after seeing the possibility of becoming his friend, she freaked out and stayed with him. Kol got confused, and she started to think that maybe she could even learn to love him, but as Kol is a 1,000 year old vampire who doesn't "love" humans, once he was confused over how he felt toward her, he did the thing that most vamps tend to do in TVD. He went to get drunk xD but then Ebony shows up, and at his confusion toward her, he saw a girl eye-raping him, so he decided to take her to sedate his hunger, thinking it might make all the confusion he's feeling go away.

Warning: Sadness. Compulsion. Hurt.

Slight A/N: Sorry it's so short, I ran out of time and couldn't make it any longer. Promise that next chapter will be longer, just remember it probably won't be up until Friday night.

Chapter Four

Ebony woke up to the bright light of the fluorescent bulb in the room. She cracked her tired eyes open and gazed at the window, which showed absolutely no sign of sunshine. She turned over onto her back and looked at the bedroom door, where a bloodstained Kol was stumbling. At first she thought he was hurt, so she sat up, but then her eyes spotted a sadistic smile over his face, slightly hidden by blood that was messily caked open his face, as if he hadn't cared much except for the thrill of the kill.

"Ebony," he said in a sing-song voice that made her shiver. He was a monster—she moved slightly back on the bed, trying to get away from him. His eyes were now half-lidded and his smile was gone. "I see you moving away from me, dear."

In a flash he was in front of her and Ebony jumped—nearly screamed. Everything she'd felt from before was slowly disappearing with every breath she took. She could now see the monster he truly was. He was unstable; too unstable to actually care for anyone but himself. Ebony stared into his eyes, afraid to move away from him. Kol watched her with hard eyes and when Ebony smelled his breath she realized he was drunk.

Even better.

"Ebony, don't be afraid." Kol had a smile on that resembled a child who was playing with a doll they'd just ruined. Ebony felt her nerves go crazy and she wished nothing more than to get away from him. She wished Elijah hadn't come to get her, or that she'd closed the door in his face so he wouldn't have compelled her to come. Ebony looked down at his mouth and had to hold back a scream when she saw all the fresh blood on his face and how his fangs were already starting to point in hunger. Ebony moved away slightly on the bed.

"Get away from me," she whispered. Suddenly Kol's face was hard and he gripped her head in lightning speed. Ebony's hand went up to grab his to get him away from her and she looked away from him, shutting her eyes. She could feel his breath on her neck and she almost started to cry in absolute terror. It was like the first night all over again.

"I said don't be afraid." His voice was hard and emotionless. Ebony pushed her hand out at his face, but once he'd grabbed her wrist she knew he was going to bite her. He gripped onto her harder as she tried to pull away.

"Let go of me!" she screeched, trying to back away. Kol's eyes had turned red with bloodlust and before Ebony could even comprehend it, there was a stinging pain in her wrist. She let out a scream of pain and terror at the same time and tried to pull away. She looked at his face as she held back another scream and could see the veins under his eyes dancing and bulging in the fluorescent lighting above them. Soon his eyes snapped open and he looked up at her and then he was letting go of her wrist. Ebony brought her hand up to her chest and cradled it, staring accusingly at Kol.

At the monster she thought she could be friends with.

His brown eyes met hers and then he grabbed her face between his hands and made her look at him when she tried to pull away. Ebony could see the blood on his teeth and how he looked at her like a hunter would look at his prey. But that's what they were, weren't they?

A hunter and his prey.

Ebony looked fearfully into his eyes and wondered how she didn't see this earlier. He watched her with hard, emotionless eyes and she remembered how she'd felt when she stayed with him when he was staked. But then, in a quick blur, he was at her neck, biting in roughly. Ebony let out a voiceless scream and gripped his head and shoulders, trying to push him off of her. Kol's arm went around her waist and his other gripped the back of her head to keep her neck exposed for him. Ebony struggled and pushed more, pain blinding her vision. He drank and drank—he didn't stop. Ebony could feel her life slowly draining and her grip on reality was slowly fading. Ebony tried one more time, grabbing onto his broad shoulders underneath his shirt and tried to push him away. He didn't budge. Kol only gripped her tighter and bit down harder and Ebony could feel her body slowly shutting down. She took in one last lung full of oxygen, let out a strangled noise, and then she fell limp in Kol's arms.

Kol didn't want to stop. He drank and drank and drank, trying to quench his thirst and satisfy his hunger. He didn't even notice when Ebony fell limp in his arms—there was just something about this girl, he thought, that made him want to be the best for her.

The door burst open, but Kol didn't lift his head from Ebony's white neck. He kept drinking but then something knocked into his jaw and sent him spiraling over the bed and onto the floor. He stood up quickly, baring his fangs menacingly at his attacker. He lunged at his older brother, but as soon as he had, Elijah had him pinned to the wall by his throat. Kol stopped, let his face contort back into his regular humanized face and glared down at his brother. Elijah let go of him and went over to inspect Ebony's unconscious form. Kol finally looked over at the damage he'd caused and didn't understand why his heart started beating rapidly when he saw the blood flowing out of the girl's neck rapidly. Elijah turned around, glared at Kol slightly and then picked Ebony up. Before Kol could react, Elijah and Ebony were gone.

Kol felt himself stumble off of the wall in shock and he looked toward the door that Elijah had left quickly from. He looked down at himself and his appearance—he was covered in Ebony's blood. He knew that Elijah would most likely have taken her to the hospital simply because he didn't want anyone to turn into a vampire like they had. Kol went to the bathroom to clean himself up before going to the hospital.

When he got there, Elijah said nothing, only left and Kol was left to sit down in the hospital chair, wondering if Ebony would wake up or not.

Ebony's eyes opened slowly and she could hear a faint beeping. She felt something on her neck and she felt her heart beat quicken and she sat up as fast as she could. Once she did, she cringed at the pain it brought in her head. She groaned and looked around, observing the white room she was in.

She was in the hospital?

She stopped and looked around, freezing when she saw a figure sitting in the chair next to her bed. She met Kol's brown eyes and looked at him warily. He got up and moved toward her bed and she backed away from him.

"Lay down," he told her softly. "You still need to heal."

"Get away from me," she whispered venomously. He looked at her with a mask devoid of emotion and she knew she'd gotten roped in with a monster. He reached out to caress her cheek but she flinched at his touch and he moved his hand back to rest in his pocket. "Don't you dare touch me," she said to him, glaring. She reached up to touch the wound on her neck that was covered in a white gauze to stop the bleeding. She felt herself get dizzy but refused to lie down—she wouldn't do what he told her to do!

"You know," he mused, still watching her in an emotionless way, "I only kept you for entertainment."

Ebony laughed humorlessly and nodded. "Figures."

Kol took in a deep breath and then looked down at the rail of the bed and softly traced over it with his fingers. "But you were so different." He looked up at her and she couldn't move her eyes away. Kol leaned over to look into her eyes better, but kept his distance as to not scare her. "I wanted to observe you, see how you worked. I need you to know something, Ebony." She blinked and stared at him warily as he moved a bit closer, gripping her cheek softly. She didn't flinch this time. "You deserve your own life, and I shouldn't be getting in the way of that. You shouldn't know about us—about nature's abomination. You need to live your regular human life, and I'm going to make sure you do just that." Ebony furrowed her eyebrows as she saw a sad smile cross across his face.

"What do you mean?" she whispered. He leaned up a bit to softly brush his lips over her forehead in a comforting gesture—she didn't know which one of them he was trying to comfort, though. He looked back down at her and she stared at him in confusion. She didn't have time to look away before she saw his pupils start to expand and retract quickly. At the moment, she was lost in his gaze.

"You are going to forget about vampires. You won't remember anything that has happened between anything supernatural and yourself—all you remember is dancing with Kol Mikaelsen at the ball 4 nights ago and you haven't seen him since. Do you understand?"

Ebony slowly nodded automatically and replied with, "I understand," before Kol brushed both of his hands against her cheeks. His smile faltered into a frown.

"Close your eyes," he whispered, and she could feel her eyelids grow heavy and she closed her eyes. There was a small brush of cold air against her skin and when she opened her eyes, she was alone. Ebony looked around and then lay back down on the bed, closing her eyes to get a good rest.

She only slightly wondered why there had been tears in her eyes.