A/N: Hii, thanks for the lovely reviews, faves and alerts and again - sorry about the late update! XD

This is the last chap and I apologize for the shortness, but my muse has gone on a vacation this week (annoying little piece of...)

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xoxo Ascha

Chapter 10:

The first week Klaus spend trying to teach Viktoria how to control her hunger, but it was difficult when all she could think about was the sweet taste of human blood.

She wanted it way more than she wanted anything else in her life and it frightened her – especially when she'd spend 1000 years believing that drinking blood from innocent humans was wrong.

The hunger wasn't the only thing Viktoria had a hard time controlling. She could go from being happy and full of life to depressed and wanting to kill herself in a matter of a few seconds.

It was particularly today she had a hard time controlling her emotions and began throwing everything she could get her hands on, because of something he'd said.

"Viktoria! Stop it! I didn't mean it!" Klaus yelled, ducking quickly as she threw a vase at him.

"But you're right! I might actually kill someone and then…" She shook her head and sat down on the couch of the new home they were hiding in. "You should've let me die."

He groaned and walked up to her, making her look into his eyes. "Viktoria, we've been through this before. You're emotional and need to learn how to control your emotions."

Viktoria rolled her eyes. "That's easy for you to say. You have been alive for 1000 years."

He smiled weakly and pulled her close to him, kissing her softly on her cheek. "Relax, love. I know it's difficult, but didn't you always say to me that sometimes it's necessary to be patient?"

Viktoria smiled and looked at him again. "I did say that… Damn you, Niklaus. You always have to remember everything, don't you?"

Klaus grinned. "Of course, love. That's why you fell in love with me. You can't resist my charm."

She shook her head of him and took a look around in the trashed living room. "I cannot believe I actually did all that…"

"It was quite sexy, really. You need to become angry more often."

Viktoria pushed him down on the floor, but smiled and chuckled. "You haven't changed one bit, Nik, but I'm glad you haven't."

"Likewise." He quickly jumped back on the couch, pushing her down against the couch and moving in between her legs. "Feel better now?"

Viktoria nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer and kissing him softly for a moment.

Their quick soon turned more passionate as the kiss woke up a desire in Viktoria that she couldn't control and before Klaus knew it, he was suddenly on the floor with her on his lap, being pinned to the floor. She leaned down and kissed him passionately, sliding her tongue inside his mouth, while her hands explored the muscular skin under his shirt.

Klaus smirked and didn't fight her as she near enough ripped his clothes off, because he wanted her as badly as she wanted him right now.

Maybe even more.

But unlike when they first made love in their old life, then they didn't have to hide and worry about getting caught, because they were all alone in the house and no one knew where they were.

So Klaus let go of his worries, his fears and all plans about killing his mother as well as oldest brother and a certain Salvatore and just made love to the woman he'd tried keeping safe for a 1000 years, savoring every sweet bit of it.

They spent the night together that night and everything seemed perfect until the morning after when Klaus found himself alone in the bed.

He looked worriedly around for Viktoria and could hear that she was downstairs, so he quickly went downstairs and caught her in the process of leaving the house.

Leaving him.

"Tori?" he said, fearing the worst.

Viktoria stopped walking abruptly and turned around, but smiled like she wasn't in the middle of leaving him behind like most of his siblings had.

"Yes, Nik?" she asked curiously.

"I… um… where are you going?" he answered awkwardly.

She walked up to him, took his hand and led him outside to the porch, making him sit down on it and then look up at the beautiful sunrise.

"I have missed watching the sun rise. It reminds me about our home."

Klaus smiled weakly and suddenly felt silly for being so paranoid. This was Viktoria – not any of his siblings, his parents or an old friend. She would never betray him and in the time they'd spent together she'd been nothing but loyal to him.

"Marry me."

Viktoria frowned and looked confusedly at him. "What?"

He took her hand in his and kissed it gently. "Marry me, Viktoria. I know I should have asked before you were entombed, but... you know how hard it is for me to trust someone."

She smiled weakly. "And you trust me? Even though I'm emotional and have stabbed you five times this week?"

He chuckled, but nodded. "I want you and only you. Not revenge, not the constant killing and definitely not that messed up family of mine. You're the only one I can truly count on."

Viktoria placed a soft kiss on his cheek and moved closer to him, allowing him to wrap his arm protectively around her.

"Yes, I will marry you, but only on one condition. Leave the country with me and start living a little instead of all these plans of making hybrids and only God knows what else."

He nodded without a look of hesitation in his eyes and kissed her hand again. "I'm forever yours, but… I want to know something first and I want you to answer me honestly."

Viktoria didn't like the sound of that, but she nodded understandingly. "What do you want to know exactly?"

He took in a deep breath and then exhaled, asking calmly. "Do you ever… regret trying to save me that night my mother cursed me? You could have been a witch still and lived a normal life instead of becoming a vampire…"

Viktoria shook her head. "The only thing I do regret is that I didn't kill your mother when I had the chance. She is the reason why your family is as messed up as it is and why we were torn apart once. I never say this about anyone, but I genuinely hate that woman."

Klaus could only agree. Far too many times had his mother lied to him and he was sick of it. She was supposed to love him and protect him, but she only cared about herself.

"Let's get out of here," he said. "I want to… I want to take you anywhere you want to go. Just tell me and I'll show you everything you missed."

"Just living on the road together as husband and wife?" she said, smiling weakly.

He nodded. "As husband and wife, yes. I'm done making my life more complicated than it has to be. I just want a somewhat normal life."

Viktoria stood up and pulled him up as well. "Sounds like a good plan to me."

He pulled her in for a long kiss and just held her in his arms, reminding himself for the thousandth time that she was real and not just a dream.

"God, you still smell like sunflowers and grass…" he murmured into her hair.

Viktoria pulled away and giggled. "You silly, hybrid. You can enjoy my smell once we get to the first place we're visiting." she said teasingly.

He laughed and took her hand in his. "Of course. Let's go."

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