IX. The Ugly Truth

Klaus killed them? What Darren had said still burned in her ears, no, that was not possible Caroline told herself. She knew Klaus and while she knew that he could do some pretty horrible things sometimes, she knew that he was not monster at least when it came to her. Klaus would tell her if he had done something this bad, he had always been this honest with her.

Not to mention why would he adopt her in he had murdered her family?

"No," Caroline shook her head. "Your lying to me, Klaus would never so that. He loves me. . .as family. The Mikaelsons' love me. I'm part of their family." Caroline said sounding almost hysterical. "If they despised my family so much why would they adopt me. Why would they treat me as one of their own when they could have made me their slave or worse?"

"I don't know," Darren's voice grew cold again. "I don't speak vampire."

A part of Caroline wanted to run away or smash Darren's head against the brick wall, but another part of her was eager to hear the rest of the story. Caroline crossed her arms over her chest feeling a chill go down her spine. She couldn't believe that a few hours ago she had been enjoying her party and flirting with some many cute boys and now here she was trapped with some psycho who kept insisting that the Mikaelsons were evil.

"How?"

"Excuse me?"

"How do you know that they killed my parents eighteen years ago," Caroline raised a pale eyebrow in his direction. "How can I know that you're telling the truth and not just lying to my face."

Darren gave her a crooked grin. "Spoke like a true alpha." He handed her a stack of papers. "Here you go diary entries from several witches and wolves who saw or at the very least heard about the incident. Not to mention that I know a few facts about that night the reason that Klaus attacked your parents was because they didn't bow down to him, they didn't want vampires to rule the French Quarter. They fought back and they were punished for it. Klaus was going to kill you too, but the only reason that he didn't was because Elijah and Rebekah stopped him. You have powerful blood in your veins, Caroline. They know that you are capable of being a threat once you are in your wolf form, so instead they are content of you being their puppet. I know that is a lot to take in, but it is the truth."

Caroline stayed quiet, but she felt a lump in her throat. Was this true? Was Darren right, had Klaus honestly killed her parents. No it wasn't possible, was it? Rebekah had often told her that Klaus experience phases as psychotic rage, but never at her.

Darren gave her a sympathetic look. "I know that it's a lot to take in, kid, but it's the truth. You are the Alpha of the Luna Clan. You had a right to know. You can ask them yourself, but they will just lie to your face."

"What else?" Klaus back in the compound felt like he was growing crazy and if Katherine did not start talking then he was going to wipe that pretty smirk of her face, no matter what he had promised. "What else do you know, Katerina? Answer me!"

"Don't kill the messenger." Katherine said tightlipped. "But there is something else, something else that I didn't let Rebekah know."

Elijah gave her a cold, dark stare. "Don't judge me Elijah, I needed the leverage."

"What else?" Rebekah demanded and she looked like she was going to rip Katherine's throat out. "What else did you know?"

"Darren from that clan is going to make her sign something, you know like a contract," Katherine bit her lip. "Though it's a bit more complicated than that. Darren is part of the Crescent Wolf Clan. The document that they will make Caroline sign will link her soul forever to the Crescent Wolves. They will do it as a form of protection in order to ensure their own survival."

Klaus let out a series of curses as he turned to Rebekah and Elijah. "Follow me, but you stay here." Klaus gave Katerina a dirty look.

Katherine saw Elijah's jaw clenched as she turned towards him. "Wait,"

Elijah turned back to her and said tensely. "I believe that you have done enough for one night Katerina."

"Just listen," Katherine said through gritted teeth. "For once in your life just listen, I didn't inform you of this to be cruel and or to taunt Klaus. Maybe I did at first when I enrolled at Caroline's school, but I don't now." She hesitated. "I like Caroline, Elijah however that hard it may be for you to accept it. But you know what the best thing for her?"

"What is it, Katerina? Since apparently you know so much."

Katherine said without hesitation. "The best thing for Caroline is for her to leave. For her to leave your poisonous family, to live her own life. Her own human life. Perhaps then she will be free."

Elijah grimaced, but she saw the flicker in Elijah's eyes. She saw that Elijah knew she was right.

Klaus mind was raging with anger, but he didn't know who he wanted to kill more, Katerina, Darren, or himself. Darren because he had captured Caroline and therefore exposed her to truth, Katerina because he knew that she was right, and Klaus himself because he had killed Caroline's parents in the first place. And now eighteen years later he was bitterly regretting it.

He sniffed the air, he could smell her. Just a little bit closer. He snatched the door open of the cabin door and saw Caroline standing there with a pale look on her face. He gulped. She knew. His light eyes went towards Darren and before he uttered a single word he decapitated his head and it fell limply to the floor.

His breathing was heavy and his anger was legendary. It took him almost a moment for him to remember that Caroline was there. Her new party dress was covered with blood and she had a cold expression on her face. "I think it's time you told me the truth Klaus, the entire truth."

-End of Chapter Nine-

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