Two hours later, the carriage pulled up to the large mansion they had visited a few days earlier at Klaus' ball. Jeremy jumped as a man opened the door and offered his hand for Jeremy to take to get out. Regaining both his breath and composure, Jeremy courteously took the man's hand, thanking him as he stepped onto the cold floor below, hastily followed by Kol and Katherine. The trio hastily walked up to the heavily guarded front doors of the manor. The guards hastily stepped aside, blatantly aware of who Kol was.
As the trio stepped inside, Kol placed his hand inside the warmth of Jeremy's. Jeremy smiled at such a sweet gesture from a man who was seen to be so malicious. As Jeremy stepped down the stairs to the grand hall, he pondered whether or not Kol's venomous personality was a false persona and inside was a Romeo hidden behind a wall of thorns.
"What are you thinking about?" Kol asked squeezing Jeremy's hand.
"Just thinking of the work of a play-write we studied at school" Jeremy answered cryptically.
"Are you a fan of the theatre?" Kol queried looking for a perfect first date.
"I love the theatre, opera especially." Jeremy stopped himself before he raved on about his love of opera, in particular L'Orfeo.
"Would you like to go some time?" Kol looked deep into Jeremy's eyes when he asked.
"Okay." Jeremy smiled.
Jeremy looked around the room at the lavishly decorated interior of the house, when he zoned back into his immediate surrounding and away from the grand chandelier hanging above him, he noticed that the whole family had congregated around him. Noticing that he had finally placed his attentions away from the chandelier and one of his brothers, Klaus realised he had an opportunity to spend time with Jeremy alone.
"So Jeremy would you like a tour of the manor, you seem fascinated by the interior design." He chuckled quietly. Not wanting to evoke a negative reaction from Klaus, Jeremy cautiously accepted the invitation and followed Klaus into the next room.
As Jeremy crossed the threshold of the next room, the doors shut and Jeremy was pushed with a supernatural speed into the opposite wall.
"Niklaus, what are you doing?" Jeremy choked as the original started pressing kisses down his neck until he reached the jugular where Klaus scraped his fangs against Jeremy's neck, slowly puncturing deeper into the skin until a constant stream of blood pooled out of Jeremy's neck. Jeremy pushed at the original's chest as he felt him self feel light headed.
"Niklaus, stop I'm going to..." Jeremy's voice faded away as he drifted between consciousness...