Chapter 4

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Note: Previously, in "Blood on the Moon," Klaus tugs Caroline into bed and heads to Elijah's mansion in the Garden District, where he gives Elijah and his witch girlfriend, Amelia, the heads up on his mission, as well as his plan to protect Caroline from Kol.

Thank you for the great reviews! I apologize for the lack of updates, but real life and other writings got in the way. I'm here now, so I'll post this next chapter. No spoilers, except the action takes place two days later.

New Orleans Police Department – 2 Days Later...

Caroline stepped out of her car and walked toward the entrance of the precinct house. She was thinking about the case, both the one they were currently investigating and her mother's, as well as her encounter with the mysterious Klaus Mikaelson. She didn't really understand his purpose here, even though she had agreed to let him help with the investigation. She also couldn't get his accent out of her head, no matter how many times she tried to drown it out.

"We have got to stop meeting like this. People are going to talk."

Speaking of the devil, Caroline heard that familiar, rich British accent and looked over to see Klaus leaning against one of the cars in the parking lot. How the hell did he know where she worked? Deciding not to worry about it for the time being, Caroline raised a curious eyebrow at him.

"You're not funny, Klaus." She sighed. "So, what are you doing here?"

Klaus chuckled. "Well, I thought that since we're going to be working this case together, I should meet you here."

Caroline then remembered the conversation that they had the night before, and she knew that she couldn't go back on an agreement. "All right, I guess I can't argue there. Come on, let's get started then." She walked toward the door, Klaus following behind her. "And don't do anything to piss off my boss. His attitude depends on the day."

Klaus nodded, taking that into consideration. He had dealt with that sort of thing, but he wasn't about to tell Caroline that, thinking that it would scare her before their partnership could even begin. They were met with Captain Galen Vaughn, Caroline's boss. Judging from the energy he was detecting off of the man, he didn't appear to be in a bad mood. In fact, he seemed to be in a rather good mood, which was probably either a good thing or a bad.

"Ah, Forbes, just the person I wanted to see," he said. "The ME just sent us the autopsy report."

Caroline nodded, knowing that he was referring to the young woman that was found dead in the middle of the Quarter. "What did she confirm?"

"Our victim was in fact stabbed," her boss replied. "Though, the blood draining is a bit of a mystery. One does not simply have no blood, despite being surrounded by a pool of it. Also, we found out that victim's name was Amanda Quartermaine, a student at LSU. She was twenty-two years old, blonde hair, blue eyes, and was studying to be an anthroplogist."

"Have her parents been notified?" Klaus detected a hint of fear in Caroline's voice when she asked that question. Apparently, she had been through this sort of thing before.

"Just called them an hour ago," said Galen. "Up until now, they had no idea that their daughter was missing, or even dead for that matter."

Klaus took the opportunity to speak. "With all due respect, Captain, why would the girl's family not know that their daughter was missing or dead? Surely, they had to have some inkling to her whereabouts, like a text message or even an email."

Galen gave Klaus a rather stern look. "Excuse me, but who the hell are you?"

"Captain, this is Klaus Mikaelson," said Caroline. "He's here to help us investigate the murder. Klaus, meet Galen Vaughn, my boss."

"Okay, that does explain why he's here," said Galen. "The thing I don't get is, why the sudden interest in the case, especially when this is out of his jurisdiction? Amanda Quartermaine was killed here in New Orleans, not London. I fail to see why Scotland Yard would get involved in something like this."

Klaus could feel his patience slipping and would've attacked the bastard right then and there if it weren't for the fact that Caroline was watching him, as were the rest of the New Orleans Police. He forced himself to keep his temper in check for the time being.

"Where I'm from doesn't matter," he said. "What does matter is finding out who killed that poor girl." He cleared his throat. "Now, I believe I asked you why Amanda Quartermain's family had no inkling to their daughter's whereabouts until they were just informed of her death."

"Hell if I know," said Galen. "Perhaps Amanda was the kind of girl that liked to keep secrets from her parents, her whereabouts being one of them."

Caroline listened to their exchange, waiting until they were done before interjecting. "Though, it could be possible that Amanda was suicidal and didn't want them to know. She didn't resort to the usual method of suicide, like slitting her wrists, or hanging herself. No, she probably wandered out into the Quarter and that's when she meets our perp, who then assists her with her suicide."

Holy shit, she thought. If Amanda was suicidal, what does that say about my mom?

Klaus noticed that Caroline looked puzzled about something and, excusing himself from Galen, he gently took her arm and led her toward an open interrogation room, closing the door behind them once they entered. The emotions that he was reading from her were all over the place and he was concerned about her.

"Caroline? What is it, love? What are you thinking?"

"I...I don't know," she replied. "For some reason, I'm beginning to think that maybe reopening my mom's murder case after all these years was a mistake."

"Is it because of Amanda?"

"Yeah," said Caroline. "I mean, what I said out there just now scared me. I mean, what if my mom was suicidal and I never knew about it?"

Klaus hesitated. Did he dare tell her the truth? She seemed to be awfully troubled by the whole thing. He then took her hand and led her out of the interrogation room, to the service elevator, which took them to the roof of the building. When they got there, Caroline, confused by his actions, yanked her hand out of his grasp.

"Klaus, what the hell are we doing up here?"

With a shaky sigh, Klaus decided to spill it. "Before I tell you, I need to know one thing."

Caroline raised an eyebrow. "Okay, and what is that?"

"I need to know that by the time I finish telling you, you still trust me."

"Of course I'll still trust you," said Caroline, even though she still didn't know what he was going on about. "Just tell me."

"There's something you should know about me," said Klaus. "I'm not like most men. In fact, I haven't been like most men for centuries." He saw the look on her face and decided to skip the intro and go right into the meat of the speech. "I'm a vampire, Caroline. No, I'm both a vampire and a werewolf, born of an affair that my bitch of a mother had with a werewolf. The reason I'm telling you this is because the one who killed your mother twelve years ago and Amanda is a vampire, and not just any vampire, a vampire named Kol, who just so happens to be my brother."

Caroline felt her jaw go slack as he explained himself. So, he was actually a vampire? No, wait scratch a combination of both a vampire and a werewolf? While it wasn't surprising, considering how the people in New Orleans practically worship the supernatural, it floored her to know that her mother's death and Amanda's death were connected, even if they were twelve years apart.

"Let me see if I've got this straight," she said. "You're both a vampire and a werewolf and you're telling me that your brother, Kol, who's just a vampire, was the one who killed both my mother and Amanda?"

Klaus nodded. "It's true."

"So, what does this all mean exactly?"

"I don't know," said Klaus. "I can tell you that there is more to this than you think. What that could mean I'm not entirely certain." He approached her and gently grabbed her arms with his hands. "But know this, Caroline, I will do whatever it takes to make sure that Kol doesn't come after you next. You have my word that no harm will come to you, not while I'm around."

Caroline didn't know what to say to this. While the information he gave her was a bit startling, she just promised that she'd still trust him and she had to trust him with her life.

"Should I tell Galen about this?"

Klaus shook his head. "No, he wouldn't understand."

"Okay," said Caroline. "But, he's going to get suspicious. You don't keep secrets from Galen Vaughn, not for very long. Sooner or later, he's going to want to know what we're up to."

"If he gets suspicious, I'll deal with him," said Klaus. "For now, we'll just tell him that we have a hunch as to who our killer might be and hope he buys it for the time being."

Caroline nodded. "Okay, but there's something else I need to know."

"What's that?"

"Do you have any more siblings other than Kol?"

"I do, actually," said Klaus. "My other siblings include Finn, Elijah, and Henrik. I also have a sister named Rebekah. I had another brother, but he died young."

Caroline nodded again. "Wow, that's quite a family. I'd like to meet them."

"Well, Elijah is here in New Orleans, so I think I can arrange for you to meet him," said Klaus. "He's also a vampire, but don't worry, he's not vicious, like Kol obviously is. He's actually quite tame and only uses violence in self-defense."

Note: Better late than never, huh? I thought that I'd have Klaus tell Caroline the truth about everything. I was also tempted to have them kiss here, but it's too soon. Don't worry, though, I plan on having them kiss eventually, just not right now. :) Stay tuned!

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