Thank you for the reviews, messages and just reading this. Bonnie and Klaus intrigue me…I just can't help it. Do I think that Klaus has genuine feelings for Bonnie…well…I think this chapter will decide that.

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Bonnie turned another page in the grimoire searching for a spell to locate a wolf pack. Although she had some reservations, she believed Klaus when he said he wanted to find his sister. As she turned another page, she thought about Caroline earlier that day. At one time, she, Elena and Caroline were inseparable. They did everything together and they told each other everything…there was no secret that they had that was not shared between the three. Everything changed when the Salvatores appeared. Her powers began to increase, Elena's life became one big melodrama and most of all, Caroline lost her life. Over the past year, they had morphed from the young girls who's biggest trouble was a pimple showing up the day before a hot date into young women who needed to protect themselves from everything that went bump in the night.

"Miss Bennett", Klaus voice drifted from the doorway.

Bonnie looked up from the grimoire, "Hi…"

Klaus walked in smiling at her, "Am I disturbing you?"

"Just trying to find a spell to locate that pack, the full moon is in a couple of days".

Klaus nodded, "So it is…but I have a question for you?"

Bonnie looked at him.

"I want to know why you didn't leave with Caroline today?"

"I wasn't ready to go", she shrugged, "I'm just trying to figure out a few things and being here is helping me".

"But…"

"But I feel like I am betraying them by being here with you…with Stefan…you killed people that I cared about…Stefan…he doesn't belong here".

"Bonnie have I done anything to harm you since you arrived here?" Klaus sat down in front of her on the bed, "I will admit that I did some repulsive things to your friends a couple of months ago…I know that, but I have been good to you since the day you came here…no?"

"You have been and that's why I feel so conflicted".

"Bonnie, there is no reason for you to be conflicted", Klaus caressed her face, "I am only here to help you realize your full potential and if that includes helping you to develop your powers with no pressure, then I will do just that".

"But there is something that you want from me…right?" Bonnie asked, "and it's not just about finding your sister".

Klaus moved closer to her and looked into her eyes, "There are many things that I want from you, Love…many things…but you're not interested in at least 50% of them anymore".

Bonnie shook her head and smiled, "You are charming, I will give you that".

"Not charming enough for you to trust me completely?"

"Klaus…I've learned over the past couple of months that I cannot trust anyone completely".

"I hope that day comes when you will trust me", Klaus replied.

"Why do you want me to find your sister…you had Elijah and you betrayed him, so I know that family is not as important as you would lead me to believe".

"Have you ever heard of a hybrid…a vampire who is also a werewolf…a witch who is also a vampire?" Klaus asked.

Bonnie shook her head.

"Because in essence they don't exist…there is no one that you can relate to or feel like you are not alone with, but if I can find my sister…the one who is also a hybrid, I will feel like I'm not alone in this world".

Bonnie looked down. She wasn't sure if Klaus was just playing her or not, but she believed him. She knew what it was like to be alone with powers and no one else could really grasp how you felt about it all, "I know what that's like. I mean, Elena and Caroline tried but they could never really get it…and my Grams died when I was still discovering all of my powers and my father…he's not around".

"So you understand feeling alone?" Klaus asked.

Bonnie nodded, "I do".

"So you understand why I want to find my sister and would be eternally grateful for your assistance".

Bonnie nodded, "I do…I just…"

"You don't trust me".

"How can I Klaus?" Bonnie asked standing up from the bed and walking over to the window.

"Well you can start by calling me Niklaus", Klaus moved in front of her, "I know…I did horrible things to people you care about…I know that, but…I care about you…"

"Since when?" Bonnie snorted.

"Bonnie…when we were together a couple of weeks ago, what did you feel?" he asked reaching up to touch her cheek, "tell me", he said softly.

She closed her eyes, "I felt like nothing mattered…like nothing hurt…that nothing was more important than that moment".

"And you felt good?"

Bonnie looked at Klaus gazing into his eyes, "I felt amazing".

Klaus moved closer with his lips inches away from hers, "Then why are you denying yourself right now?", he whispered.

Bonnie searched his eyes, "Because this is not right", she replied shakily walking away from him.

"Who says?" Klaus followed behind her.

Bonnie turned to look at him, "Who says…I say…I spent the better part of my life a couple of months ago trying to kill you…you spent the better part of the last couple of months trying to kill people I love, with a side of trying to kill me…I don't think that's normal".

"Bonnie…none of this is normal…", Klaus smirked, "you are a witch…I am a vampire-werewolf…loyalty…normalcy…is all fluid".

"I love my friends".

"And I know you do…I haven't done anything to them, Stefan is free to leave and so are you…but I don't want you to", Klaus smirked.

"And why is that?"

"Well despite your penchant for being good and pure…you are actually a tough little witch Miss Bennett".

"Well I have to be…especially when your best friend is the doppelganger".

Klaus nodded, "Touché…well, I will let you get back to looking through the grimoire".

"I will be going back to Mystic Falls tomorrow…I need some more clothes".

"Ronald will give you a ride", Klaus replied.

Bonnie nodded as she watched Klaus hesitate before walking out of the room. She found herself smiling…maybe he had turned over a new leaf, she hadn't seen the evil side of him since she woke up in this mansion…maybe he was being a better person...or vampire…or hybrid, but she was willing to see what exactly he was trying to be for a while longer.

SSSSSS

Klaus walked downstairs to the study and poured a glass of brandy. "Did you need anything else from me, Sir?" Ronald asked standing in the doorway.

"I want Miss Bennett to stay here forever", Klaus swallowed his drink looking out at the darkening sky.

"Is she going somewhere?"

"I want her never to want to go anywhere else, especially Mystic Falls".

"But how will you accomplish that…she cannot be compelled and she will want to return home at some point".

"That she may…"

"Then how will you get her to stay with you?" Ronald asked.

Klaus turned to the short and stocky man, "When I come up with a solution, you will be the first to know".

Ronald nodded.

"But you may go Ronald", Klaus replied turning back to the window taking a swallow of his drink.

He had to admit. When he first recruited Grayson to get the Bennett witch away from the group in Mystic Falls, he wanted to have her killed. She had foiled his plans and she was a loose end…he didn't like loose ends. However, from the moment she charged after him standing up to him and threatening fire, he was intrigued. She was quite beautiful, smart and powerful…three things that he admired in a woman. There was also that vulnerability and purity that he had not come in contact with in a very long time. He was honest when he said that he didn't want her to leave…and being honest was new for him.

He needed to figure out a way to make sure that Bonnie never went back to Mystic Falls.

He closed his eyes and remembered the night two weeks ago, when he and Bonnie were intimate. When she allowed him to taste her (in more ways than one); he knew that the necklace played a big part in what happened—but the only factor, one that he could not ignore was Damon Salvatore. Damon was infatuated with Elena, but he had a way of getting under Bonnie's skin and he was the key to helping Klaus get exactly what he wanted…Bonnie Bennett.

SSSSSS

Damon parked his car in front of the boarding house. It had been a successful night for feeding. He had feasted on a nice co-ed, who totally went for all of his jokes and his lines. He almost forgot how good blood was straight from the source. Since Elena decided that she had no interest in speaking to him because according to her, they lost both Stefan and Bonnie because of his behavior; he had no reason to be the good guy anymore.

"Here all alone...very interesting", Klaus appeared from the shadows.

Damon stopped walking towards the house, "Klaus, what do you want?"

"Damon…what makes you think I want anything from you?"

"Where are Stefan and Bonnie…are they here?" Damon looked around.

"No…but Bonnie will be here tomorrow…"

"She finally realized that you are just using her?"

"Using her?" Klaus raised an eyebrow, "I am treating Bonnie the way she deserves to be treated…she's a powerful young woman".

"And what exactly is she doing with her power while she's with you?" Damon asked.

Klaus smirked, "That is none of your concern".

Damon sped over to Klaus, "What are you up to?"

Klaus looked at Damon and smiled as he grabbed him, "You will know momentarily", Klaus grinned as he forced Damon to stare into his eyes.

SSSSSS

The next afternoon, Ronald parked the car in the driveway next to Bonnie's house and she took a deep breath, "You can wait out here…"she replied as he nodded.

It had been a couple of weeks since she'd been home, but she needed to get some fresh clothes and just be in her surroundings for a bit. She didn't hate being waited on hand and foot, but she was still a little weirded out by what exactly she was doing. She knew that she was developing feelings for Klaus. She felt it every time he touched her or smiled at her. She felt like a part of her was betraying everything she had ever known, but she couldn't hide it…she liked him and she liked that he appeared to like her and there was no supernatural seduction in it. Thinking back, she was convinced that was part of Jeremy's attraction to her…the supernatural part.

Bonnie took out her keys, opened the door and stepped in her house. It was weird; walking in, she didn't feel like she was home. It felt foreign…it felt lonely. She placed her keys on the coffee table and headed upstairs to her bedroom.

She opened the door and headed over to her chest to get some clothes and she paused at the picture of herself, Caroline and Elena on top of the chest. She picked up the picture and ran her fingers alongside it. They used to be so close…they used to be so carefree…she slammed the picture down on the chest and cracked the glass a little.

She turned and placed some jeans into a duffel bag, when she felt someone standing behind her.

"So you've come back…to what…run away again", Damon's voice said from behind her.

Bonnie rolled her eyes and turned around to face him, "What are you doing here and how did you even get in my house?"

"Bonnie, you know we became frenemies sometime ago and you never rescinded my invitation…remember?" Damon replied.

"I will have to remember to do just that", she snapped placing some shirts in her bag.

"So still shacking up with Klaus, huh?"

"Damon…just leave…" she turned her back to him.

Damon looked at her for a few moments and suddenly something switched off in his mind and he felt his face vamping out, as he felt something foreign take over and he rushed towards Bonnie turning her around and knocking her into the wall pinning her against it.

"Get off of me!" Bonnie screeched as the wind was temporarily knocked out of her. She was so caught off guard that her mind was scattered and she couldn't focus.

"What are you doing with him…are you planning to take us all down", Damon snarled as he moved his hand towards her neck and squeezing.

Bonnie struggled to breathe as she built up all of the energy she could and pushed Damon away from her sending him crashing into her mirror. She rushed over to her bag as he sat on the floor winded and she rushed out of her room. Before she could make it to the front door, Damon sped in front of her. "You know…you have tried to kill me once, maybe I should return the favor", he smirked at her as he grabbed her arm and pulled her to him going towards her neck. Bonnie lifted her hand and placed it against Damon's face burning the side of it. He flung her away from him sending her crashing into the coffee table as she felt the glass slice into her arm.

Damon began to charge towards her again and she held up her hand, "Paralycia!" she screamed as he stood frozen in place.

"Let me go!" he screamed at her.

Bonnie slowly got up from the glass on the floor and held her bleeding arm, "If you ever touch me again, I will kill you", she breathed as he picked up her bag and headed out of the door.

"Miss Bennett is something wrong!" Ronald asked rushing towards her outside.

"Get me out of here…I never want to come here again", she held her arm as Ronald escorted her to the car.

Damon felt the paralysis lift from his body and he dropped down to the floor as he felt his head. He looked around, "The Bennett house…what am I doing here?" he whispered rubbing his head.

SSSSSS

Bonnie rode in the back of the car as Ronald glanced at her in the mirror a few times. On the way to the mansion, Ronald stopped at one of the drug stores and wrapped her arm. It wasn't bleeding heavily, but he assured her that Klaus would heal her when they got back to the mansion. Bonnie could feel her body still shaking after the encounter with Damon. Sure, they were not friends…they were barely associates…but the way he attacked her in her house scared her. Damon could be an impulsive ass, but normally he saved that behavior for when he felt affronted. He went after her unprovoked…but then again, he was Damon…he could be unpredictable if he was hurt or angry and he appeared to be angry the way he went after her and continued to go after her. Bonnie closed her eyes as she felt the tears form as she replayed the events in her house over and over again.

"Miss Bennett", Ronald replied.

"Yes…"

"Your phone is ringing".

Bonnie suddenly heard the tone from the cell phone in her bag, "Hello", she said.

"Bonnie…oh my god…where are you!" Elena asked panicked.

"Leaving Mystic Falls…Elena…"

"Damon called me, he said that he was at your house…"

"Yes, he attacked me", Bonnie replied.

"He says that he doesn't remember".

"Doesn't remember…he attacked me Elena…he's lying to you, he said things…horrible things…and then he attacked me, threatened to bite me and I had to fight him off…"

"Something is wrong…he doesn't remember doing…", Elena began.

"Did you hear me Elena, I said he did it…I was there…my arm is cut because of it, why am I not surprised you are defending him again!" Bonnie exploded.

"Bonnie, I am not defending him…"

"A couple of weeks ago, he tried to choke me and now…he attacks me in my own home and now you are defending him and believing his lies…Elena, you can continue to defend Damon…ask him to take care of you…I don't care, but if he ever comes near me again…I will kill him, I swear I will", Bonnie hung up the phone and threw it back in her bag.

SSSSSS

When Bonnie walked into the mansion, Klaus was in front of her in seconds, "What happened…did he hurt you badly?" Klaus asked touching Bonnie's arm.

"I just got cut, but I'm…I'm ok…", Bonnie said looking over at Stefan who stood behind Klaus clenching and unclenching his jaw.

"Stefan, your brother is a barbarian…", Klaus turned slightly and then back at Bonnie, "you will be ok…I am going to take care of you…come…let me help you get cleaned up".

Klaus put his hand on Bonnie's back and led her upstairs to his bedroom. She sat down on the bed and watched as Klaus went into the master bathroom, existing seconds later with a water bowl and a washcloth along with bandages.

He sat down next to Bonnie on the bed and removed the bandage from her arm, "It looks worse than what it is…", Bonnie grimaced as Klaus began to clean the cut.

"But it could have been a lot worse", Klaus remarked.

Bonnie nodded, "Damon…we've always had our problems, but he never went after me without having a reason in his mind".

"Maybe he had a reason…"

"I haven't seen Damon since the night at the club, what could I have possibly done to him?"

"Well Elena cannot be too happy with him, he did help to push you away and Elena is his goal right now, am I right?"

"Well she's still defending him, so that can't be the reason…I don't understand…"

"Well you could always go back there and try to understand", Klaus suggested.

Bonnie looked at him as a memory of what happened with Damon earlier flowed through her mind…then the memory of him attacking her on her birthday…in the woods after Emily's betrayal…Grams…all the things he did to Caroline, Jeremy…and Elena's defense and forgiveness of him every single time, "No…I can't go back there…I don't want to go back there", Bonnie shook her head, "every time I go back there…every time I'm in Mystic Falls now, I get hurt…"

"Then don't go back", Klaus whispered touching her cheek, "you don't ever have to go back there…"

Bonnie looked into his eyes searching and then she nodded as he pulled her into an embrace.

SSSSSS

"I don't remember Bonnie being there!" Damon shouted as he knocked all of the glasses off of the drink cart at the boarding house.

"She says that you attacked her…when I got to Bonnie's house, her coffee table was broken and there was blood on the floor…who's blood could it have been Damon!" Elena screamed back at him.

"I don't remember…I don't know…", Damon rubbed his temples.

"But that doesn't make any sense…you just opened your eyes and you were in Bonnie's house…why would you even go there?"

"Look…I don't know…something is going on and I'm not the bad guy here…I know I'm not…yes, the witch and I have had our differences, but I wouldn't go to her house and attack her just because".

"Then what are you saying?" Elena asked folding her arms, "that Bonnie is making it all up".

"No…what I am saying is that if I went after Bonnie, it wasn't because I wanted to…someone set me up", Damon replied.

"Set you up…right…who?" Elena asked, "who has the power to compel…"

Damon looked at Elena, "Klaus…"

SSSSSS

Klaus watched as Bonnie slept in his bed fully clothed with the bandage around her arm. She refused to take any of his blood, but he was sure that would come later. He kissed her softly on the cheek and exited the room meeting Stefan in the hallway.

"She will be fine despite your brother's obvious attempt to kill her", Klaus replied walking down the stairs.

"I don't understand, Bonnie said that Damon was just in her house and he attacked her? Damon may be a lot of things, but that's not his style…and he wouldn't just attack Bonnie out of the blue…how did he even know that she would be in Mystic Falls?" Stefan asked.

Klaus walked into the kitchen and poured a glass of blood from the pitcher on the counter, "I have absolutely no idea", he replied sipping his blood.

"Did you set this up?" Stefan asked moving closer to Klaus.

"Stefan, why would I do anything like that…your brother is a loose cannon, he probably stalks Bonnie's house so when she returned he could bring her to Elena like some kind of trophy", Klaus shrugged, "and besides, Bonnie should stay here with me…she can only realize her full potential by my side".

"You engineered this entire thing…you know that Bonnie's on edge when it comes to Damon, you know that she hates him and that his attack on her birthday started this entire thing…you know she is in a tailspin where Mystic Falls and Damon are concerned".

"She belongs here", Klaus stated.

"So what did you do to Damon to make him attack her?" Stefan asked.

Klaus sighed, "I only brought out his true nature…I want Bonnie, no one in that little quaint town appreciates who or desires her as much as I do…you were not doing a good enough job of convincing her that this is where she should be…so I helped it along. Did I take advantage of the fact that Bonnie is emotional when it comes to your brother and she will always think the worst of him…yes…but this is for the best".

"Who's best?" Stefan asked.

"Mine and Bonnie's, of course".

"What are your plans for her?" Stefan asked.

Klaus smiled, "I don't trust you enough to tell you".

"Are you going to turn her?"

Klaus smirked, "I need to tend to Bonnie…", Klaus patted Stefan on the shoulder as he walked out of the kitchen.

Stefan's gaze followed Klaus as he disappeared down the hallway…

Klaus is the ultimate game player. He took what he knew about Bonnie and Damon and used it against both of them to get what he wanted. Bonnie's hatred and feelings for Damon worked in Klaus favor and unfortunately, Damon's track record didn't help either. Stefan is definitely the wild card now.