Quick AN:

In this chapter I am bringing to light some of the things that are to come in the story.

If you remember in chapter 2, I mentioned Lady Katherine being pregnant. That is a big part of this chapter. I am also starting to tie Bonnie's story in it. I will finish Lady Tanya's and also begin Lady Rebecca's. And as you all know Caroline's story will continue!

-.- = A flash back

First of His Name

"Tell me what you see, Lady Bennett." Her hands gripped the banister tightly and her breath was becoming uneven.

Lady Bennett was on the verge of a panic attack.

"I don't see anything." She lied. She knew better. Her grandmother knew she was lying, but she wasn't ready to face what she had been hiding from.

"Bonnie." Her grandmother used her first name. Her first name was rarely used and the sound sent a chill up her spine.

"You were given a gift. Embrace it." She encouraged her. "If you continue to fight it. It will destroy you."

"I don't see anything, grandmother." Lady Bennett squeezed her eyes shut willing the images to go away.

-.-

"How do you know that for sure? What if she is really carrying the King's child?" Caroline's eyes filled with worry.

"I assure you she is not." Lady Bennett promised helping Caroline arise from bed. She placed her in front of the vanity and began to work on Caroline's hair.

"I promise that nothing like this will ever happen to you again." Lady Bennett promised.

Caroline nodded, but felt strange about Bonnie's promise. She was surely acting stranger than usual, but she couldn't exactly put her finger on it.

-.-

"Relax, Bonnie. Take a deep breath." She soothed. "And tell me what you see."

"It's… dark." Her face scrunched up unsure of how to interpret her thoughts. "I don't see anything…. I feel…."

"Lady Bennett?" Another voice broke her from her trance. Lady Bennett opened her eyes and came face to face with Esther.

Lady Bennett shook her head and slowly came back to reality. Her grandmother was dead.

She was speaking to her dead grandmother. She was surely losing it.

"Are you alright, Lady Bennett?" Esther looked at her suspiciously.

"I assure you." Her voice shook. "I am fine.

Lady Bennett bowed and quickly gathered her skirts. She began to to walk past the dowager queen.

"I knew your grandmother." Lady Bennett stopped dead in her tracks.

Lady Bennett turned and faced Esther. "Your grace?"

"I know what she was capable of doing." Esther's voice almost sounded like a warning. "I see it in your eyes. All of the Bennett's have that look."

"And what look is that?"

Esther smiled at her. It was almost haunting. "She didn't live long enough to tell me everything, child."

"Is that a threat?" Bonnie asked boldly.

"It's not a threat." She assured her. "But I do suggest you get yourself under control quickly or I will be forced to intervene."

"Wake up, your grace!" Caroline felt a pull on her arm. "Your grace!" She felt a pull again. Caroline stirred in her sleep and slowly awoke.

"What is it?" She sat up. Caroline rubbed her hazy eyes recognizing Lady Rebekah. "Is everything okay?"

"It's Lady Katherine." She was out of breath.

"Is she okay? Is the baby okay?" Caroline suddenly became frantic.

"The baby is coming." Lady Rebekah pulled on Caroline's arm again. "We have to go to her!"

"Where is Elijah?" Caroline asked. "Kol went to find him about ten minutes ago. He said they would meet us there."

Without another thought, Caroline quickly grabbed the robe that was draped over her vanity. She barely had her feet covered before Lady Rebekah dragged her out of the room.

"When did this start?" Caroline voice was filled with concern as they rushed down the hallway.

"After dinner." Lady Rebekah said. " I should have came and got you first, but the midwife –"

Caroline rested her hand on Lady Rebekah's arm. "You did the right thing."

They quickly approached the Duchesses chambers. They entered and found Lady Katherine in a great deal of pain.

Caroline rushed to her side.

"It is too soon for the baby." Lady Katherine said. "I cannot stop it." She cried out.

Caroline tried to remain calm, but hearing that the baby was to be born before its time scared her.

"I was due to begin my bed rest after tonight. I should have started it a week ago." She said regretfully. "And now I have compromised my child."

"This is not your fault." Caroline assured her and held her hand brushing back her damp hair.

"I cannot stand the pain." She groaned. "Elijah will leave me for killing his baby."

"You speak irrationally." Lady Rebekah said coming to her other side.

"You will be fine. The baby will be fine." She said, but Caroline didn't know if Lady Rebekah was speaking to soothe Lady Katherine or too soothe her own conscious.

Suddenly the door burst open and Elijah stormed inside. He looked disheveled and distraught. Klaus and Kol followed close behind him.

Caroline quickly moved out of the way and Elijah took his place beside her.

"It does not look good." The midwife's voice sounded fearful. "I am afraid that the baby will come too soon."

"Make it stop." Elijah commanded her.

"I cannot—"

"I will kill you myself if you do not fix this." His shaky voice threatened.

Klaus came up behind Elijah and placed his hand on his shoulder. "If this is god's will then it will be done, Elijah. There is nothing that the midwife can do."

Elijah stood up and moved towards the corner of the room. "There has to be something." Elijah spoke. He tried to take slow deep breaths to calm his nerves.

He knew that if he took another glance at the midwife he would surely snap.

Elijah didn't want to do that.

He was always in control. He never lost it. Elijah feared that tonight would be the night that he would finally break.

"She must remain in bed." The midwife spoke up "That is all she can do."

Lady Katherine continued to cry out in pain.

The sound of her voice broke Elijah out of his selfish rage. He looked over at his wife.

"Give her something for the pain." Caroline pleaded with the midwife.

Quickly, the midwife brought a glass of ale to Lady Katherine's lips. "Take deep breaths, Lady Katherine."

Lady Katherine took small sips of the ale. She felt another contraction come and knew that they were becoming more frequent.

She cried out again.

"Please don't leave me." She begged Elijah

Elijah came back to his wife and took her hand. "I would never leave you." He promised suddenly realizing that his anger was getting the best of him.

"I love you, Katherine."

"I love you too, Elijah."

Caroline watched the couple from afar trying not to compare her relationship with the beautiful one she saw before her. They loved each other. They truthfully loved each other and she wasn't sure if she would ever have that with Klaus.

She finally looked over at Klaus and caught him staring at her. She felt her stomach flutter and her face flush beneath his gaze.

Was it only a few hours ago they shared the same bed? It felt like forever.

Klaus stepped back from Elijah and came to stand by Caroline.

"I'm scared." She told Klaus once he stood before her. "I don't want her to lose the baby." Klaus placed both of his hands on her shoulders and soothed her.

"It is in god's hands now, princess. There is nothing we can do but pray." He leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.

"I should go to the chapel." She told him. She couldn't think of any other answer. Caroline looked over at Lady Rebekah. Caroline instantly knew she was thinking the same thing.

"You will know where to find us." Caroline told Klaus. "Call for us when the baby arrives."

The sound of an infants cry awoke Caroline. She stood up and untangled herself from Lady Rebekah's embrace. They both had fallen asleep in the chapel.

Realizing their mistake, they quickly straightened themselves out before rushing back to the Duchesses quarters.

When they entered the room Caroline could see the screaming little baby in Lady Katherine's arms.

"It's a girl." Elijah grinned. "A healthy baby girl."

"You are not upset?" Lady Katherine asked Elijah.

"The baby is alive. You are alive. We can always have more babies. We can give birth to many sons, but I cannot replace you, my love." He leaned down and kissed her fully on the lips. He then picked up his daughter and kissed her on the forehead.

"What shall we call her?" He said to Lady Katherine.

"Elizabeth." She said without hesitation.

"A strong name." He agreed admiring his daughter.

After a few moments alone with his child, Elijah approached Caroline. "Would you like to hold Elizabeth, your grace?"

Caroline greedily took the child in her arms. She immediately felt an overwhelming sense of protection over the newborn child.

"You are very lucky." She spoke to the baby. "Elijah and Katherine will take good care of you. You will always be loved little one."

"You will be next to have a child of your own, your grace." Lady Katherine spoke up to Caroline. "You are already a natural with my daughter." She complimented.

"I hope so." Caroline said.

She rocked the baby for a few minutes before handing her off to Lady Rebekah.

After the morning rush, Caroline quickly headed back to her chambers and found Klaus sitting on the edge of her bed.

His face was buried in his hands.

She quickly came up to him and grabbed them. "Klaus?"

He slowly tore away from her grasp and looked up at her. "I would be lying if I said I was completely happy for my brother."

"Aren't you?"

"I would say I was more jealous than anything." He admitted. "It's not easy for me to say that."

"I know." She told him. "But last night… We didn't even think that their baby was going to be born alive let alone be healthy." She said. "Even though the baby is a girl, they will still love her like she was a son."

"I want that." He stood up from the bed and poured himself a glass of ale. He took a large gulp before looking back at Caroline. "I want that with you."

"It will happen." She tried to assure him, but she wasn't so sure.

She had never experienced this before. She wouldn't even know what to expect even if she was with child.

"It will happen soon." He told her. "Because if you do not present with a pregnancy soon princess, they will consider our union invalid. They will demand that I marry another."

"Why have you come?" Tanya looked up at Lady Bennett from her prison cell.

"I have come to speak to you –"

"Get out." Tanya told Lady Bennett. "I will be put to death in six days. Don't you get it? I don't want to speak to anyone"

"Tanya I am not –"

"Leave!" She silenced her again.

"If you just let me –"

"I said leave!"

Lady Bennett cursed to herself. She knew that her time was running thin with Tanya. She had to get Tanya to at least listen to her.

"I can help you get out of here." Lady Bennett said regretfully.

"Help me?" She laughed. "What could you possibly do to help me?"

"That's why I need you to listen to me." Lady Bennett said.

"And why should I believe you?"

Suddenly another figure emerged from the corner.

It was Esther.

"Because I'm here with her." Esther spoke confidently. "And if you want to live longer than six days, I suggest you listen to everything we tell you."

"I'm listening." Tanya sat up.