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Chapter 12
Last Night…
"Are you guys alright, the entire kingdom has been searching the docks and the ships looking for you" she asked, her voice dripping with concern.
Katherine wanted to slam her head in the wall but angering her might make her go back and tell everyone where they are and as much as she hated this woman she could not act on her hate for her while she was in such a position so she decided to be nice to her as much as she could possibly can.
"Yes well, someone told the king of our plan and we had to escape before he came back" Katherine replied, her fake smile shocked her more than it shocked anyone.
Tatia smiled and approached them both, she curtsied and Katherine didn't feel like telling her that they were family, for one she enjoyed the sight of her bowing before her and secondly, she was too angry to make such a request again.
"I see you've met the Dukes of London" Tatia stated, smirking at them both who still held their shocked facial expressions.
"Yes, we have, they are lovely company" Caroline replied, smirking at her.
"I cannot agree more" Tatia smiled mischievously at her words.
"I am a little curious as to why you are here, and how did you get in?" Caroline asked boldly, stepping forward "No offense of course" she quickly added.
"Right, well I was just passing through, heading to a friend's house to visit and I thought I might stop by and spend some time with my old friends, I hope you don't mind, boys" She explained, she had thought of that lie the entire ride back into town and the time she spent at one of her friend's houses, planning her return.
"Not at all, right boys?" Katherine smiled and turned to the guys who were still shocked that the very woman that once broke them apart is standing all but a few footsteps away from them.
Klaus was the first one to move, as he heard the girls offer her room and board, even giving her the privilege to stay as long as she like, which not only did not sit well with him but it add to the anger that was slowly building up.
Katherine linked her arms with Tatia with a sweet smile, but her thoughts were far from sweet, her mind was conjuring different ways for her to fall the very flight of stairs that they both climbed up.
Caroline soon followed after a very pleasing thought of her being embarrassingly rejected by one of the boys, preferably Klaus but before she could even make another move, someone yanked her arm, causing her to turn to meet the angry glare of Klaus himself.
"What is she doing" he nearly snarled, making it very clear that he is not pleased by her sister's actions, but she knew her sister like she knew her body, and she knew it well.
"She knows where we are, she can very well go back and tell our father where we are, if we are violent to her, or even slightly mean to her in any possible way, she might react to our disadvantage" Caroline whispered firmly.
Elijah stepped forward and placed a hand on Klaus's shoulder, causing him to release a breath and release the hold on Caroline's arm.
"We must make drastic changes, Niklaus"
He nodded and stood straight.
"Caroline, make sure you keep Tatia busy while we round up all the maids" Elijah informed her.
She nodded and ran up the stairs as soon as possible.
Klaus and Elijah worked as quickly as possible, they rounded up all the maids and gathered them in the kitchen, even the guards posted in the castle itself. Once they were all in and Klaus made sure the girls were nowhere near the area, Klaus locked the door and stood guard while Elijah addressed the confused crowd.
"Everyone, it seems we have a familiar guest that has arrived tonight, Tatia. Unfortunately she is not particularly wanted here but Lady Katarina and Lady Caroline wants her here…"
"Reluctantly" Klaus added in disgust.
"Be that as it may" Elijah said in a louder tone "She is here and we want to make sure she does not pry into the girl's business, so any helpful suggestions are welcomed"
The crowd was silent for a while before one of the guards spoke "Those girls, they are the Princesses of Bulgaria" Elijah was about to protest but the guard raised his hand to stop him "I am from Bulgaria" Elijah sighed and nodded "Tatia, is their cousin, she is the bastard child of their father's brother"
"They sleep in the same room, separate them, it is not safe for them to be asleep in the same room while she is here, she must not know where they sleep" A maid spoke.
"I agree" another maid spoke.
"She might mean them harm" a guard spoke.
Klaus was honestly curious as to the maids and the guards helpful words, they have not spoken a word of them or about them since they've arrived but now they are speaking.
"What does everyone know of the Princesses?" Klaus asked, leaning off the kitchen door.
"They all know what I have informed them" the guard from Bulgaria said.
"Which would be…?" Elijah trailed off.
"They know what the girls are, they also know of their father, his plan to marry them to men whom less than worthy of them" he explained "We all do not support the king of Bulgaria" he added.
"Is that so?" Klaus asked, slightly shocked that they have been talking about this matter secretly.
They all nodded in agreement.
"Well then, the girls will be grateful for your agreement in the matter…" Klaus sighed heavily.
"We are grateful for your agreement in the matter" Elijah said, stopping Klaus from advancing in his words.
"We want to ask you all, not to tell Tatia where they sleep, do not tell her anything about them, nothing at all" Elijah requested with a smile.
"If she asks of any kind of information of the Princesses or where whereabouts, anything at all, you simply do not know, am I understood?" Klaus proclaimed, leaving no room for protest.
Everyone nodded.
That was the last Katherine saw of the men until they have found us giggling and laughing on the second floor of bedrooms, they came with two maids behind them.
"Ah, there you all are, we have a room prepared for you, Maria and Isabelle will take you to it" Elijah smiled at her, Katherine couldn't tell if it was fake or a real actual smile, not many emotions showed on his well chiseled facial features but a smile was something she was regularly graced with, the smile looked exactly the same.
"Here I was hoping one of the Dukes will be kind enough to escort me to my chambers" she sighed dramatically and Caroline fisted the fabric of her dress to prevent her from hitting this wench hard in her head.
With that she went with the maids and the guys waited until she was out of sight.
"Now, you both will sleep in a room by yourselves until she leaves, one of you will stay on this floor and one will stay on the third floor, we cannot have her knowing exactly which rooms you stay in, I cannot and I will not trust her" Klaus explained firmly, but his voice was low, as if he was trying to whisper.
"We cannot separate Klaus" Katherine stated, as if she left no room for discussion over the matter.
"I understand that, but you must, until she is gone" Elijah pleaded with her.
"Elijah…"
"Katarina, please, the both of you cannot stay in the same room together, it's too risky" Elijah pleaded again, taking her hand, holding it with care.
She looked up at her, pleading him with her eyes, to think of something, anything but this, but he shook his head lightly, so lightly it's as if he never shook it at all, and she kept her tears in her eyes as she nodded and walked with Elijah, telling him that she will stay on the second floor and allow Caroline to stay in the room by herself.
During that night…
Caroline could not fall asleep for the life of her, tossing and turning in her bed, her bed of lonesome, she had gotten so use to sleeping her sister behind her, now she is not there anymore, instead she is in a different room, one far from her sister's protection and she was not only scared to go to sleep, but her mind was racing with thoughts of tonight events.
For the first time, Caroline laid eyes on the one woman she would like to think that she hated more than corsets, which was really saying something. This woman toyed with Klaus and Elijah's emotions and probably the emotions of brothers, friends, ruined it even. Normally Caroline would have felt sorry for her, but the hate she had for this woman masked any sympathy she could muster at this point and she knew, she had to keep her eyes on her, because something about her actions, her appearance, her innocence made Caroline want to slap it right of her face. All of it sounded oddly fake to her, it sounded real but based on everyone's opinions of this woman, it also sounded fake to her and Tatia being in the castle did not settle with her at all, it was nerve wrecking, it angered her, she felt her anger, she felt the heat coming from her body, the vile things she wanted to do to that woman, her restlessness she has been angry before, many times in fact but this, this was a whole new level, Caroline was sweet and innocent, maybe a little mischievous sometimes, but never this angry at anyone, until she met someone who barely uttered a word against her and Caroline was a little scared of her anger to think of sleep.
She could still very well remember the night's end as well as her reason for sleeping in the same bedroom that once was occupied with two women instead of one, two sisters instead of one, to princesses instead of one, far from Klaus, which only sadden her and angered her more.
Katherine wiped the tear that fell from her eyes and curled herself up in a ball on the bed, she was in despair without her sister next to her, not knowing whether she's safe or not, without her sisterly warmth and her smiles, when Caroline would massage her scalp because she could not go to sleep, knowing that at any moment she could be taken from him, from Elijah, her giggles, her loving arms, she missed her sister's presence next to her, but Elijah said that it was better this way, as did Klaus of course.
They had found them laughing amongst each other, Katherine may have been laughing but it was just a fond memory of her uncle that they had bonded over, nothing more, nothing less, all she did was what her sister told her.
Keep her busy
That she did, keep her busy and now she looked at the outcome, now she sleeps in a new room without her sister's warmth and comfort and she hated it, which only made her hate Tatia more, because it was because of her why she was in this position.
She couldn't be too sadden by her new room, it was but a couple doors down from Elijah, which meant that she could put her secret little plan into action of tempting Elijah, just out of curiosity of course, she wanted to know how long can he really prevent himself from giving into temptation, she would rather tempt him than that wench.
The thought of her grimy little hands on Elijah made her boiling mad; she would rip her head off if she dared try to take what is hers.
Katherine smirked at her thoughts, she claimed Elijah to be hers yet he never claimed her nor has she done the same, in the physical manner, she could still feel his erection on the palm of her hands, she was tempted to do a lot more than just touch it, she has heard of the maid's stories of pleasuring a man and she wanted to try it for herself, and with a man who possesses a personality such as Elijah, she found the mere thought, oddly entertaining.
The thought of his hand in her most treasured region made her tingle between her legs.
She had gone from being sadden without her sister's presence, angry at Tatia's appearance to arouse by sexual desires for Elijah, in which she then concluded that she really needed to go to sleep.
So after some entertaining images of her doing some mean and hurtful things to her dear cousin, she finally feel asleep with a smile on her face.
That morning, the wench woke up rather early and had managed to talk Elijah into taking a walk in the gardens before breakfast, Katherine had decided, after Caroline's pleads to leave her and trust Elijah, to let them be and hope that she had honorable intentions towards Elijah, but all she could do was hope.
That afternoon she had literally begged them both to go out into the city with her in which case Katherine had to deny, as she was in hiding of course, Elijah was left to entertain the woman, in which he was not please with at all, for one thing, he could clearly sympathize with Katherine's anger because he remembered feeling like that when she would go off with Klaus, and then there was his anger at his morals and gentleman like qualities that literally forbid him from both denying her his company and escorting her to the streets of London.
Katherine was more than angry, Katherine never felt anger like this before, she was being harsh to the maids, she has never been nowhere near mean towards them and always allowed them their opinions and their says as she always does in Bulgaria, but in the past week since that strumpet arrived, she all but physically hurt them. However it was as if they understood why she was angry, because they would not return feeling hurt or scared, they would give her the same smile, the same kindness as they did before and she was amazed at them to say the least.
On the third day since Tatia arrived, the maid named Greta came in and set her clothing on the bed for her to wear today, a simple white peasant dress laces on her sides, the sleeves and her back a sweetheart neckline with light blue trims, Katherine didn't feel beautiful today for some reason and she didn't feel like making herself feel beautiful, she just felt like being herself for once and it was refreshing to say the least.
However, the maid forgot the belt she had asked to wear with it.
"You forgot the Celtic belt, Greta" she snarled.
"I'm sorry my lady, I shall go get it for you" she almost whimpered and Katherine immediately regretted the tone she had used as she was thinking about the whereabouts of Elijah and Tatia.
Before the girl could get to the door, Katherine ran behind her and pulled her back.
"I am sorry, Greta, you have been kind to me and I have been harsh, please forgive me"
She turned around and smiled "I understand your anger princess, as do we all and we sympathize with our lady greatly" she smiled sadly and curtsied.
Katherine froze at the title she called her.
"One of the guards was born and grew up in Bulgaria my lady, therefore recognized you both the moment he saw you and told everyone about the both of you, as well as your parent's intentions" she smiled at her words.
"Also, we have all agreed that no one can make us tell them of your location" she added.
Katherine sighed in elation; she looked at this maid and wondered why she should waste her time being angry over a woman that is nothing to her, when she can spend her love and happiness to the people who so rightfully deserve it.
"Thank you" she mouth.
Greta nodded.
"Please, call me Katherine"
"I thought your name was Katarina, I heard Lord Elijah call you that once" she said, her voice sounded confused.
"Katarina and Katherine is the same thing, I prefer Katherine, but Elijah prefers to call me by the name given to me at birth" she smiled at the last time she heard that name roll off his tongue like a sweet melody "I do allow it, but Katarina, is the name, specially reserved for and only Elijah" she added.
Greta smiled widely "Very well then, Katherine"
Katherine smiled.
Since then, Katherine has made sure to tame her tempter around the maids and the guards; she had apologized to them all for her rude behavior and gave her word that she will never do so again.
By the fourth day, she has rarely seen Elijah, only during breakfast and at dinner and she was beginning to wonder where he goes, but she shouldn't ask such questions, as Tatia seems to disappear during the same time as well.
Since then, she has ignored Elijah completely.
By the fifth day, that morning was filled with determination, she was not going to just sit by and allow this woman to take him from her, she was not going down without a fight, so help her god she was going to fight hard for him.
She wore a corset today, one that revealed just enough to tempt him; she wore a green dress with a crushed velvet material, gold trims, bell sleeves with gold trims and she let her hair loose, bouncy and flowing, some barely covering her cleavage, most hanging in the back and she went to breakfast, only to find that they were both already gone, leaving her with Caroline and Klaus to sit with.
Elijah had taken the woman to the palace where King Henry resides for her to visit for former lover, in which she had absolutely no problem with but Elijah just needed time to himself, more importantly, time with Katherine, his sweet and patient Katarina that sits home, angry at this woman and himself, probably as sadden without her company as he is and irritated by this woman seems like she is on a mission to relive London.
He took her to court while she introduced herself as she normally does to everyone else, her seductive ways and her intriguing words. He took that as a chance to escape from her presence and for time to himself and his thoughts, which was only thinking about Katherine at this point.
Henry had managed to slip out from under her watch and run behind Elijah to pull him into his dining room in which also held a bottle of fine wine to drown their frustrations in.
Once Henry poured a glass for him and one for himself, Henry sat at the end of the table where he would normally sit while Elijah took the seat to his left and took a large gulp of his wine.
"I see the devil's daughter as returned" Henry stated after a long uncomfortable silence.
"I'm beginning to question if the devil is a man, or the very woman we are hiding from" he chuckled and Henry joined him.
"I cannot take anymore of her advances Elijah, you can never tire of her but she is a cunning woman, able to play even brothers with a strong bond as yourselves against each other, who's to say she might try to make herself queen?" he asked rhetorically.
"I'm surprised she hasn't tried already" Elijah snickered and Henry laughed, patting him on his back at his words.
"How are things with you and Katherine since she arrived?"
"Not well, she barely spoken to me, I've barely seen her, I can feel her anger towards her, I can feel the tension at dinner, sometimes I think she's going to jump across the table and grab her" Elijah chuckled lightly at his last words.
Henry chucked "Why would you think such a thing?"
"Because I can see it in her eyes, the way she clutches her fork or her knife, as if the thought of harming her with it was in her mind, I think I heard a low snarl from her once, I've never seen anger like that before, it's far too intense, even for her, Tatia needs to leave,.."
"But because you literally can't help yourself, she has to stay" Henrik sneered at him.
"I can't kick her out regardless, if I do, chances are, she might go back home out of anger and tell the king where his daughters are really hiding, Caroline made that clear…"
"Ah Caroline, sweet beautiful Caroline…" Henry interjected but Elijah struck Henry on his arm playfully.
"Be careful there your majesty, Klaus does not have table manners as I do, he will act if you go near Caroline, you know that right?" Elijah stated the obvious, as he had seen the anger at Henry that night at the dinner table.
"I saw him too, he looked like a beast ready to attack" Henry laughed, sipping his wine "That only means that he's possessive with her, which then means that his feelings for Caroline is not just a mere fancy, not even an infatuation or an obsession, he's in love with the girl" he added.
"Yes because you have a keen eye for such things" Elijah mocked.
"Just because Anne Boleyn tricked me into making her Queen of England, doesn't mean it didn't love her. It was not just a physical attraction, Elijah; it was as if she knew me before she even met me. She knew my desires, my hopes, my dreams; she was strong, brave, beautiful and she was sinfully cunning" Henry mused "It was her cunning abilities that lead her to her death; sometimes, I mourn her death, it was a sad day for me, believe that" he sighed heavily and gulped the contents of his glass down.
"I know you loved her Henry, I saw it" Elijah said.
Then the doors opened and a guard entered, announcing that the Lady Tatia wishes to bid her goodbye to the king and she wonders where Lord Elijah has disappeared to.
Chuckling, they both got up and left the dining room, Henry bided his goodbyes, a whispering good luck to Elijah and they were off their way back to the castle.
After a silent, tension filled, anger starring dinner, Elijah decided to wait for Katherine at the entrance to the hallways to explain him and apologize for his absence, but instead was met with a smirking Tatia.
"Hello Elijah, waiting for me?"
He almost let out a scoff in response but he smiled and shook his head.
"I'm just thinking" he replied, not wanting her to know that on this floor, Katherine sleeps.
"About…" she urged.
"It doesn't concern you, just something the king and I were discussing" he quickly shrugged it off "Matters of the court" he added, hoping she'll back off.
She nodded and approached him until she was right in front of him.
"Tatia what are you doing?" he asked, as he didn't want Katherine to come and get the wrong idea.
"Elijah why do you resist me?" she asked, slightly shocked that he was able to resist her for so long.
"Because not only I want nothing to do with you, but I am courting Katarina" he replied, matter-of-factly.
"Harsh, Last time I check, you wouldn't dare say anything against any woman" she had her hand against her chest where her heart lies, signaling that she felt hurt, but the smirk on her face said otherwise.
"I'm making an exception for you" he smirked.
She was taken aback by his words but she was nothing if not persistent.
"Your feelings for her" she stepped forward "Are they the same as you once felt for me?" she whispered, biting her bottom lip.
"No" he stated firmly "They are much stronger, and they hold much more meaning" he added.
"Elijah, I'm beginning to think this woman is not for you, she has changed you" she stepped closer again; almost tip toeing to meet his height.
"Katarina has not changed me, you did" he snarled.
"If I had anything to do with changing you Elijah" she tip toed to his height "It would for the better" she whispered before crashing her lips against his.
Elijah wasted no time, he grabbed her arms roughly and pushed her back away from him, she managed to get her balance and Elijah had to look towards the entrance of the hallways just to see if Katherine was there and sure enough, she was.
Katherine had listened to every single word that left her lips and left his, her heart beamed at Elijah words but her blood boiled at hers and she had stepped out just in time to witness her crashing her pathetic lips against his perfect lips and he roughly pushed her away. She knew exactly what she did and Katherine was too angry now to even think straight.
She no longer saw Tatia and Elijah, she saw Tatia standing there, and a smirk crawled on her lips, and her eyebrows rose at them.
Katherine made her way down that hallway towards them, not seeing Elijah at all, but the smirking Tatia that was in her vision as she clenched her fists, reading to give that girl a well deserved lesson in touching something that does not belong to her.
Elijah noticed her walking down with a smirk on her face, what she so amused about, he was wasn't sure but he also wasn't sure what she was going to do, hit him, yell at him, yell at them both.
That's when he noticed her fists; they were clenched so tightly as if she was experiencing an unbearable pain.
The smirk, the fists, her confidence, he realized that Tatia had literally just given her a reason to hurt her.
He wasn't entirely sure of her anger towards Tatia but he didn't want to test it either, so with that, before Katherine got too close, he walked forwards, he was glad her attentions was not on him because once he approached her, he grabbed her waist as she was steps away from Tatia and lifts her over his shoulders.
"Elijah, put me down"
"Come on Katarina" he huffed, fixing her properly on his shoulders before he took off.
"You wench" she said at her and Tatia only smirked in response "You dare do something like that" she added, raising herself up a little and pointing at her "You mark my words, Dear cousin I promise you, with all my heart, and all my soul and the entirety of my being, if I ever, see your face again, it will look as pretty as it does now, do you hear me" she stated more loudly "DO YOU HEAR ME" she shouted as they turn the corner.
Elijah then quickly made his way to his bedroom and closed the door, putting a very furious Katherine down and locking the doors before turning to her.
"You, I haven't seen you, spoken to you, heard from you, in a week, have you been with her the entire time, was I making a fool of myself this entire time?" she prodded stepping forward "I placed every ounce of trust in you with her, every time I doubt myself and you I put myself in place and kept faith, was I wrong…" she didn't get to finish her sentence as his lips came crashing down to hers.
His kiss was filled with hunger and passion, as if he has not had a drink of water for months, as if he was making up for the lost time and her heart was beating too fast to keep up with it.
Once their lips left each other, they were breathing for their lives, their bodies tingling, and heat everywhere in the room.
"I long to tell you how beautiful you looked every day, I ached for you, more than I ever did, I yearned for you, I thought about you the entire time I was away, I needed you more than I ever had, mind, body and soul and I hope you can forgive me for my lack of absence, my morals have forbid me from coming to you" he whispered breathlessly against her lips, his words, his hot breath tickling her lips, his pleading eyes, she could never say no to him and she could tell he was telling the truth.
"You are forgiven" she smiled.
He smiled and stood straight, looking down on her.
"Now, make yourself comfortable, because you are not leaving this room until Tatia has taken it upon herself to leave"
"What?"
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