Thank you for all the reviews, favs and alerts. I have few ideas I'm toying with and I would like to ask what you think about someone becoming interested in Lydea. I was thinking maybe Silas or Kai, but I haven't really decided yet. Also who would you like to portray Lydea?

Chapter 4

Lydea stayed back and vigilantly observed Maddox who was casting a very powerful spell. The human, who apparently was a local history teacher, was sitting on the chair in front of Maddox. The human's eyes were closed, his body was completely motionless. Finally Maddox was done and took a step back. The human's eyes flew open, slowly he stood up. His lips curved into a familiar smirk when he looked at Lydea.

"What do you think, sister? How do I look?"

Curiously Lydea approached him and softly ran her fingers over his arm. The human was a little taller than Niky and his body structure was different. He smiled when she sniffed his neck.

"I can smell you in there," she stated.

"You can?"

She sniffed again, she could definitely smell him. Her wolf had already evaluated the body he was in, a strong human male, but not strong enough for her. Not that this human was meant for her anyway, but unfortunately she still needed to find a suitable male tonight; it was that night of the month, the moon was almost full. It seemed that Niky had forgotten that, he was too excited about breaking the curse. Of course Lydea was excited too, but she also felt the same discomfort she had felt once a month ever since she had become sexually mature after her first menstruation.

She could still remember how scared she had been; fearing that she was going to die, but she would have never asked help from her mother or Rebekah. Instead she had asked Niky who had been uncomfortable, but had done his best to guide her. Her strange urges had scared her even more than bleeding down there. Back then cold water had helped at least a little, but nowadays it didn't. Her body wasn't satisfied before she had mated.

"Alaric?" a female voice murmured.

Niky smiled and looked at their guest who was lying on the floor. Lydea turned to look at her as well. Katerina's eyes widened in fear, she tried to zoom outside as fast as she could, but she was stopped by an invisible wall, Maddox's spell. She had a good sense to be afraid when she looked at Niky and Lydea in turns. Lydea could easily tell how much her brother was enjoying this moment; he approached the Petrova girl slowly like a predator stalking its prey. She stayed back, this was Niky's moment.

"Zdravei, Katerina," he purred and cupped her face. "I've missed you."

Her eyes widened in shock.

"Klaus…"

"The one and only. I'm flattered you still remember my name."

She swallowed, she was more than nervous.

"Klaus…I…I…"

He raised an eyebrow.

"Where are your manners, my dear? If I remember correctly, you used to be quite a sweet young lady. That was of course before you ran and stole a little something from me."

She didn't say anything; she was smart enough to know that no words could get her out of this one. All she did was bow her head when he grabbed her arm and dragged her away from the door.

"Take a seat," he ordered and waved his hand towards the chair he had just sat. "It's time for you and me to have a little chat."

"Please…" she murmured tensely. "I'll tell you everything you want to know, just please…please kill me quickly."

Niky smiled and looked at Lydea.

"What do you think, sister? Shall we kill her quickly?"

Lydea glanced at the pretty brunette and shook her head. This girl had caused Niky suffering and that was something Lydea didn't forgive or forget. She was glad to see how much he was enjoying himself now. He clicked his tongue and lifted Katerina's chin.

"Tough luck, sweetheart. Let's talk."

2 hours later

"Now this is fun," Klaus stated cheerfully and poured himself some more bourbon. "Isn't it, Katerina?"

She didn't say anything; her whole body was shaking and covered with blood. She kept stabbing herself again, again and again. She had stopped begging a while ago, she knew that he was just getting started. This was nothing but a little warm-up.

"Do you want a drink, Dea?" he asked without turning his eyes away from Katerina.

"No, thank you," she replied, her tone of voice made him to immediately look at her. She was standing in front of the window looking outside, her clenched fists were shaking. Oh no… How could he have forgotten? He cursed silently and walked over to her.

"How bad?" he asked quietly and touched her shoulder. His touch made her flinch, she was that sensitive. "I see… Alright…"

He gritted his teeth and glanced at the warlock who was sitting on the sofa. Klaus hated this, he always had, but this was about Lydea's wellbeing. Nothing was more important to him.

"Would you accept Maddox?"

"Yes," she replied.

Klaus sighed and asked the warlock to come to them.

"Yes, sir?"

Fortunately Maddox had been with them long enough to know about Lydea's monthly problem. At least Klaus saw it as a problem; he had always hated anyone touching his little wolf.

"My sister needs… a mating partner," he stated, keeping his voice free from emotion. "Can you take care of that?"

Maddox could usually always control himself perfectly, but now he was certainly stunned.

"You want me to…"

"Yes," Klaus replied impatiently. "I want her to stay here until I'm finished with Katerina, but she needs this, so… Do you have a problem with that?"

The warlock needed a moment to pull himself together before he managed to reply.

"No, sir. If you're sure…"

"Yes, yes," Klaus huffed and turned to look at Lydea. "Is this alright, little wolf?"

She smiled at him gratefully and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you, brother." She paused and glanced at Maddox. "Come."

"Be careful," Klaus said. "Don't cause any permanent damage."

Maddox looked stunned.

"Of course not, sir…"

"I wasn't talking to you."

Determinedly Lydea led the confused warlock to the bedroom and closed the door behind them. Klaus tensed immediately and marched over to Katerina.

"Well, sweetheart, it's just you and me then. Unfortunately for you I'm not in a good mood, but no matter, I'm sure you can distract me."

He really needed a distraction in order to stop himself from doing something foolish. He had always been very possessive towards his little wolf and he felt the strong need to kill all the men who touched her. The alpha wolf in him saw her as his to cherish and protect. She was his blood, his pack, his family. There was no one else he could trust unconditionally. He took his anger and frustration out on Katerina, he had wanted to make her pay for over 500 years.

"I told you everything," she gasped weakly. "Please…"

There was a reason why Klaus was the most feared of the Originals, everyone knew how ruthless he was. He didn't show mercy to anyone. Finally Lydea returned, she had taken a quick shower and was wearing one of their "host's" shirts. The guy had no sense of style whatsoever.

"Better?" Klaus asked and sat on the sofa.

She nodded and poured him a drink, just like she always did; she knew how to calm him down. She was about to sat at his feet, but he patted his knee.

"Come here, little wolf."

She obeyed immediately and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I hope you didn't break him," he stated. "We need him."

"I was careful," she replied. "Just like you said. But I'm afraid I exhausted him."

"Hmm."

They stayed like that for a while; Klaus noticed that barely conscious Katerina was trying very hard not to look at them. Usually Klaus didn't allow anyone to witness these moments between them, not even their siblings.

"Where's my kiss, little wolf?"

She raised her head and kissed both of his cheeks. The fact that she never kissed anyone else pleased him greatly. Her heart only belonged to him and he would most certainly kill any man who would try to take it.