Chapter 11:
Damon studied Arabella as she talked it was clear that she loved Alderson at one stage and the pain as she talk about their son was so roar.
"How can we stop him? Stefan asked.
Arabella took a deep breath.
"Do what I should have done before I left this world." She said.
"Destroy the necklace." She added.
"How?" Bonnie asked.
Arabella looked up.
"There a spell that can destroy any magical item, then you burn it and bury the ashes." Arabella informed.
Damon looked at her surprised.
"You were going to destroy the necklace before weren't you?" he asked.
Arabella nodded and looked down.
Bonnie gently placed her hand on Arabella's arm to comfort her.
"Why didn't you?" she asked softly.
"Michael was my son and I never got to really know him just seeing him even if it was just in limbo I couldn't let that go." Arabella explained.
Bonnie nodded, understanding more than most.
"So how do we get the necklace?" Bonnie asked eager to change the subject.
Arabella shock her head.
"Not we Bonnie," Arabella said.
She walked towards the window and looked out.
"I know Lord Alderson will be watching the house you must stay here and make sure he doesn't suspect anything." Arabella informed.
"Stefan and Caroline can go with Arabella to get the necklace." Damon suggested.
Bonnie looked like she wanted to argue but she nodded knowing they were right.
Lord Alderson looked to Malcolm.
"She summoned Arabella?" he clarified.
"Yes, Sir." Malcolm replied.
"Bring her to me." Lord Alderson commanded.
Malcolm looked grim.
"We don't know nowhere she is sir." Malcolm said.
Lord Alderson looked at Malcom confused.
"You just said at Bonnie summoned her." He reminded Malcolm.
"She was then she disappeared and we have had men on the house all day." Malcolm replied.
Lord Alderson took a deep breath. Arabella new him better than anyone else. She knew he would be watching the house.
"What are they others doing now?" Lord Alderson asked.
"The witch and the oldest brother are in the house but the blonde women and the younger brother went hunting." Malcolm reported.
Lord Alderson sighed. Arabella was a powerful witch she would know how to get out that house without being spotted.
"Make someone stay at the house and send some after the blonde and the younger brother." He ordered.
"Yes sir," Malcolm replied before disappearing.
Lord Alderson closed his eyes was she determined to kill him. Before he turned he only thought about his work and after he turned he only thought about his work even Cora, not matter how much he loved her and he did love her in his own way couldn't keep his attention until Arabella. Arabella was different. He had known that since the first time they kissed. When she gave birth to their little boy he had been overjoyed. Arabella had been a women that had given him the impossible then took it all away from him again.
FLASHBACK;
Lord Alderson walked towards the little girl he had grown to love. Emily was about 7 now and she glowed as she played with her friends.
"Emily?" He called softly.
It had been almost two years since he had seen her but she had called him father once and he knew she would never forget him.
Emily turned around and looked at him confused, almost as if she had never seen him before.
"Emily it's me Matthew." He said bending down to her level.
Emily shook her head.
"You no me." He said gently taking her arms.
Emily pushed out of his hold afraid and he let her hating to see that scared look on her face.
Later that night Lord Alderson broke into their new home.
Arabella sat waiting in the dark for him.
"I new you would come here." She said.
"You made her forget me didn't you?" he demanded.
Arabella stood and walked towards him. Lord Alderson took a breath trying to forget the effect she had on him with little effect.
"When you left it broke my heart…" she started.
"What choice did I have?" he intuited.
"I wasn't going to let you break her heart too." She shouted ignoring his interruption altogether.
Lord Alderson grabbed her arms and slammed her into the wall.
"What did you do?" he demanded.
Arabella slammed a spell into him and he went flying backwards.
"I made her forget everything; you, us …." She said tears filled her eyes.
"Michael." She cried.
Lord Alderson grabbed hold her again.
"How could you do that?" he demanded.
She shoved him but he didn't let go of her arm.
"Emily is my daughter I have to protect her." Arabella reasoned.
Lord Alderson stepped back and looked at her.
"I love Emily I would never have hurt her." He argued.
She shook her head.
"You already did, she was distort when we lost Michael and then we lost you too she cried so much. I couldn't bear to watch her like that." Arabella said.
"I needed time," he argued.
"You don't get to pick and choose when you're a parent." Arabella bit back.
"So you just forget about Michael." He shouted.
Arabella slapped him then hard and Lord Alderson blinked.
"I loved Michael but he was taken from us and there is no way to bring him back, but Emily needed me so erased her memory of you and Michael so she would never have to feel the pain I fill every day." Arabella cried.
"Not only won't you bring back our son but you take our daughter from me to." He accused.
Arabella looked at him.
"It was the right thing for Emily." She argued.
He shook his head. Emily could have been his saving grace but Arabella chose to take that away from him.
END OF FLASHBACK
Bonnie looked out the window, she hated knowing there was somewhere watching them and not knowing where they were.
"Bonnie we have to act normal." Damon reminded her.
Bonnie turned to face him he was learning against the door frame.
"I can't." she said.
Damon stepped towards her.
"It gives me the creep being watched." She added.
Damon put his arms round he.
"I don't like it either but for now we have to act normal." He reasoned.
Bonnie nodded into his chest.
"I hate this." She said pulling away from him.
"Michael was just a little boy." Bonnie added.
Damon nodded.
"But Arabella is right too, it's not right to take one life to bring back another." Bonnie said arguing with herself.
Damon nodded just listening to her and Bonnie smiled at him gratefully.
Bonnie understood them both and she hated that fact, she didn't want to understand Alderson he had done terrible things for hundreds of years to bring back a little boy that didn't deserve to be dead in the first place.
"Bonnie, stop overthinking." Damon sighed as he sat next to her.
Bonnie relaxed into him.
"Wish it was that easy." She said.
Damon kissed her neck and she moaned.
"It can be." He promised.
Bonnie laughed as he kissed her neck in a rather ticklish spot.
She felt him smile as he kissed her shoulder blade again.
Bonnie turned and looked at him and cheeky grin on her face.
"Promise?" she asked.
Damon pulled her back into his arms and kiss her.
"Oh I promise." He said as she pulled back gasping for breath.
Caroline followed Stefan into the tunnels.
"Care you ok?" Stefan asked and she jumped at the sound of his voice.
Stefan smiled at her.
"Sorry, this place creeps me out." She said.
Stefan smirked and held out his arm. Caroline smiled her thanks and gently place her arm through his and he squeezed gently to reassure her.
"Why did you hid the necklace here?" Stefan asked as they caught up to Arabella.
Arabella stopped as they came to a part of the tunnels that split into two.
"He would never have thought to look here." She replied.
Arabella looked into both tunnels before picking the right and they followed.
Caroline felt something ran passed her foot and she screamed before throwing herself into Stefan's arms. Stefan caught her easily and when Caroline looked up she realised how close she was to Stefan her body almost pressed completely against his her lips inches away from his.
Stefan looked down at her, his eyes almost black with what looked like desire, but that couldn't be right could it.
Arabella cleared her throat and Caroline stepped back.
"Sorry." She said over her shoulder to Stefan.
Stefan just smiled and shook his head.
They were silent as they came to a stop at the end of a tunnel.
"What now?" Stefan asked.
Arabella smiled.
"Were here," she said.
Caroline looked at her confused.
"The necklace is in a room behind that wall." She said.
"You created a room behind a wall to hide the necklace?" Caroline asked in disbelief.
Arabella shook her head.
"No, I created a wall to hide the necklace in a room." Arabella corrected.
Caroline nodded it was smart.
"How do we get it in?" Stefan asked.
Arabella looked from Stefan to Caroline and back again.
"Us you want us to get through a cement wall?" Stefan asked and Arabella nodded.
Stefan sighed.
"Step back," Stefan called as he slammed into the wall.
Lord Alderson waited impatiently as Malcolm walked slowly into the room.
"Well?" He demanded.
"The witch and the older brother are still at the house." Malcolm replied.
"Yes, yes now Arabella?" Lord Alderson asked impatient.
"You were right somehow she cloaked herself we traced them to the tunnels then lost sign of them." Malcolm replied.
Lord Alderson new Arabella well enough to know she didn't do anything without reason.
"She's hid the necklace in the tunnels." He concluded aloud.
"We think so." Malcolm replied.
Lord Alderson nodded.
"Wait for them to come back out then bring me the necklace and Arabella." He demanded.
"Yes sir." Malcolm said and he turned to leave.
"Malcolm?" Lord Alderson called.
"Yes sir?" he asked.
Malcolm turned.
"Keep the guard on the witch we still need her but oversee the necklace and Arabella yourself." Lord Alderson ordered.
Malcolm nodded before disappearing again.
Damon chased Bonnie through the house laughing he could have caught her easily but it was much more fun this way. She stopped just outside his room and smiled at him. Damon's breath caught in his throat he had never seen anyone more beautiful in his life. Bonnie rubbed her neck self-consciously and Damon groaned.
He walked closer to her as she bit her lip.
"You're a tease." He said when he was inches away from her.
Bonnie stepped closer to him.
"You're only a tease if you don't follow through and I fully intended to follow." Bonnie whispered.
Damon closed the gap between them in an instant by crashing his lips to him. Bonnie kissed him back instantly. Damon picked her up as she wrapped her arms round his neck and her legs round his waist. He opened his bedroom door and walked her to the bed never breaking away from the kiss. He pulled away just as the reach bed.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
Bonnie kissed him again.
"Never been surer about anything." She replied.