~Chapter 9

Elena POV

I felt my non-beating heart shatter as I heard Niklaus' story, especially the part about his tragic curse. I looked him sternly in his pale eyes, showing him that I was going to be on his side, no matter what.

"You'll always have me," I whispered. I reached out as I tenderly caressed his lovely angelic features.

"Oh my sweet, naïve, Elena," he whispered back as his lips came crashing onto mine.

He quickly pushed us into my enormous bed as I tore off his tunic with one swift movement and he quickly ripped off mine.

He kissed me roughly, leaving a trail of kisses down to my stomach.

"I want you," I breathed into his ear.

"You have me. For now and forever," he breathed into my hair, before thrusting into me. I moaned as I felt him inside me. This time was amazing. I couldn't describe its wonderful feeling.

"Klaus..." I moaned into his ear as he quickened his pace.

"That's the first time you called me by that," he breathed with a soft chuckle as he panted in my ear.

"Just do your bloody work," I ordered as I felt him slowing down, just for a fraction of a second.

"Bossy, aren't we? Remember you asked for it," he groaned as he slammed inside of me, repeatedly.

I felt that my release was near.

"Nick.." I whispered as we both came together.

He stood there on top of me for just a few moments gazing into my eyes with his pale ones, before he placed himself beside me. Niklaus lied there, with his head resting on his hand, which its elbow was propped on one of my pillows. He was staring at me as I was staring at the ceiling, quietly thinking.

"What are you so worried about my sweet?" he asked me as he saw my troubled face.

"I'm scared Niklaus," I whispered softly as I turned to face him, mirroring his posture.

"There's no need to fear anything as long as I'm beside you," he reassured me while he played with a strand of my hair.

"What would happen if I…" I whispered quietly to him before trailing off and looked down guiltily. I felt like a little child who did something wrong and was about to be punished. "I betrayed you or left?" I continued as he softly kept playing with my locks.

"I wouldn't bear it my dear," he replied sadly, lightly shaking his head.

"What would you do if you find me then? Kill me?" I asked quietly, still not meeting his eyes.

"Elena, my dear, I will always find you. No matter where you are and no. I wouldn't kill you. That would be too kind of me," he told me, half-smirking.

"What?" I whispered to him, almost gasping.

"I have no tolerance for those who dissapoint me, my sweet," he explained while looking into my eyes.

"So I would make sure you will be punished for eternity, my love," he continued as he tenderly kissed my forehead.

I shuddered lightly.

"If you love me then why?" I asked softly.

"Because I love you too much to let you go after what you would have done to me," he whispered with a flash of hurt in his eyes.

"And what about your family?" I asked him changing the subject, feeling frightened.

"What about them?" he asked casually, slightly shrugging.

"They're coming after us, aren't they?" I whispered, truly scared of this Family.

"Don't worry your pretty little head about it my dear. They'll soon be... Where they're meant to be," he reassured me again as pressed his lips to mine. I softly kissed him back.

"I love you so much Lena..." he whispered before taking me in his arms and I held on to him as if my life depended on it.


That night Niklaus asked me to wear my most beautiful dress. He declared that he was going to take me somewhere, but he didn't care to explain where. I decided to wear my blood red dress. I never wore it, as I kept it for special occasions only. I brushed my long wavy, chocolate brown hair before trotting down the stairs.

I saw Niklaus waiting for me just at the front door. He looked truly handsome. His shoulder-length blonde hair was as golden as ever and his pale, piercing blue eyes were boring into my chocolate ones.

"You look mesmerizing," he whispered before leading me into the carriage which was waiting for us just outside.

"So do you..." I replied breathlessly to him, still taken by his sight. He marched towards the driver and muttered something to him before rushing back to my side and helping me in the carriage.

He brought his hand out the carriage and tapped loudly on the top of it, motioning for the driver that we were set to go.

"Niklaus, where are we going?" I asked, seeing that he still have not mentioned to me where we were heading.

He didn't reply, he just looked out of the carriage's window.

"What's going on Niklaus? Where are we going?" I asked now getting impatient.

"We're finally going to wed, my love," he replied emotionless, still gazing out of the window.

"What?" I screamed as I felt my temper rise.

"I may have slept with you, but I don't want to marry you Niklaus!" I continued. He didn't respond, but just kept staring into the night.

"You're really fucking crazy!" I screamed as I crossed my arms sternly, just like a little spoiled girl who didn't get what she wanted.

"And you're truly mad, my love," he replied still without a hint of emoticon in his deep, British, voice.

"I wish I never slept with you! I fucking hate you!" I shot back. I didn't hate him, but at the moment I was so mad at him that the words just flew right out of my mouth. He didn't even flinch at my statement.

I suddenly grabbed him from his shirt, in attempt to shake him, as he wasn't paying attention to me. He then, broke his gaze from the window and turned to stare into my chocolate brown eyes, then to my hands which were still laced in his shirt. While gazing into my eyes with his cold, hard stare, as if in a slow motion, he clutched my wrists which were still on his shirt and pinned them to my sides. Then he pushed me lightly back in my seat, and his gaze returned to the carriage's window.

I nibbled on my nails as I was furious. God, I wanted to tear this carriage apart. It was like suddenly everything came tumbling down. Niklaus, was about to force me into marriage, I was so fucking hungry and his crazy family was after us. Great. Just how I wanted to spend my life.

Shortly after, I felt the carriage stop. Niklaus suddenly grabbed my arm and whisked us both to the front-door of a small church.

"I can't believe, I'm about to do this!" I hissed at him quietly, in attempt to control my anger.

"You're doing this, because I want you to," he hissed back as we walked into the church to find a priest there, his back facing us. He was on his knees, quietly praying.

"And deep down you know you want to too," he whispered in my ear before he rushed to the priest with his vampire speed, and grabbed him by the throat.

"You will marry us, without asking a question," I heard him whisper, "and after we're done, you will sleep for a few hours and when you wake up you will not remember us, understood?" he continued as he suddenly let him go. The old priest nodded slowly in a trance while mumbling something in response.

Niklaus came to my side and grabbed my arm.

"Go on my love," he whispered nodding to the altar as I didn't move an inch.

"No," I growled, still not shifting from the spot.

"Don't be a baby now, Elena," he warned me as he pushed me gently up the aisle.

"I hate you," I whispered as I heard the priest slowly commencing his speech.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this company, to join together this man and this woman in Holy Matrimony.." the priest rambled as I slowly tuned out his voice and kept staring right into Niklaus' eyes.

"Do you, Niklaus, take Elena to be your wife? Through sickness and health..." the priest continued.

"Blah blah," I whispered as Niklaus replied steadily, "I do."

"Do you, Elena, take Niklaus to be your husband, through-," the priest managed to say when I cut him off and replied simply, "I do," just to get this done and over with.

"I – I pronounce you husband and wi -" the priest's quivering voice managed to say before he was interrupted once more with a loud bang coming from the church's door.

"Who goes there?" the priest's thin voice squeaked into the night, as we couldn't see anyone. Niklaus dropped my hand, and he sped to the door in attempt to search for clues. I circled the church slowly, then I heard a faint gasp. I turned around and saw the priest lying on the floor, with his throat torn out, and his opened eyes staring at the ceiling. I gasped softly as I realized that someone was after us.

"Niklaus..." I whispered softly, shaking, looking around trying to watch out for something or someone.

"Nick..." I breathed again in the silence of the night. I couldn't see him anywhere. Where was he? I suddenly felt someone clamping a hand over my mouth.

"Aahhh!" I screamed, but it only came out in a muffled sound.

"LET GO OF ME!" I tried screaming, but something like, Et o oh me, came out.

"NIKLAUS!" I shrieked again, before suddenly everything went black.


A/N: So I'm planning the story 'might' be about 50 chapters long? Not sure though. Have written till the 19th chapter and planned till about the 31st chapter. There might be some major twists coming up. Please DON'T FORGET to REVIEW! It is extremely important to me that I know whether you guys are liking the story or not.

Shannon x