"Milady, What a pleasant surprise."Katerina exclaimed as she opened the door to the blonde vampire. Rebekah was wearing a long peach dress made of silk that scraped against the floor as she walked.
"Hello Katerina. Are you going to invite me in or am I just expected to stand out here collecting dust for the rest of eternity?" Rebekah sighed impatiently.
"Of course milady do please come in!" Katerina hurriedly replied, she had heard many things about the lady Rebekah and did not intend to get on her bad side.
"It's about time and do stop calling me milady. I find it rather pretentious. I was given the name Rebekah, I do expect people to use it." Rebekah scolded causing Katerina to shift anxiously from foot to foot. "Are you going to just stand there being useless or are you going to tell me where my brother is?"
"Umm. Ummm." Katerina awkwardly stammered.
"Do spit it out. Can you function to form coherent words or is that beyond your intellectual capability?" Rebekah seethed. If her brother did not need this girl for his ritual she would have killed her by now.
"I'm sorry Milady...I mean Rebekah...he's in there." Katerina stammered panicked.
Rebekah breathed a sigh of relief after finally getting an answer before storming towards the room. She turned the handle and stepped inside. The room was small with a small window letting a fraction of light in. It was dark and she struggled to see the pair even with her heightened vision. This was a sharp contrast from the luxury she knew her brother to enjoy and was shocked that he had allowed himself to sleep in such a place. The room lacked the ornate decoration Kol was accustomed to. The room was minimalistic to say the least. She looked over at the couple under the covers. Kol had his head resting in the crook of Jeremy's neck and his arm was wrapped around the boy's waist. Kol stirred slightly and moved his hand up to Jeremy's nipple and started to play with it as he rubbed his dick against Jeremy's ass. The mortal boy smiled and moaned faintly.
"My, my what is that smell? Is it a scented candle? Or cologne perhaps? L'eau de brothel? It does have a certain ring to it I must admit." Rebekah smirked deviously causing both men to wake and look at her.
"Rebekah how did you get in? And what are you going on about?" Kol exclaimed.
"It's sarcasm dear. The room stinks of cum and arousal. Now get up! We have to leave, Niklaus has decided the doppelgänger and her young companion are to stay with us until further notice and you know how he loathes to be kept waiting." Rebekah threw a pile of clothes at the couple and stormed out of the room to compel Katerina into coming with them and thinking she agreed to stop with them.
Several minutes later, the couple emerged from the room wearing the same clothes from the night before. Katerina and Rebekah were already waiting outside with three horses and were quickly joined by the men. Jeremy was taken with the horses and immediately had the urge to sketch but realised all his art supplies were still in the future causing him to frown. Kol immediately noticed this and wondered what had upset his lover, he knew he would have to ask him about it later. He looked towards the horses and hoped Jeremy and Katerina had ridden before. The journey was about an hour by horse back and could be painful if you were not an experienced rider.
"Have you two ridden before?" Rebekah questioned the mortals as she gracefully mounted the white mare she had ridden on her way to the cabin.
"Yes, my father owned a few horses in Bulgaria and taught me to ride from a young age." Katerina answered before mounting the brown mare beside Rebekah's horse effortless.
"Erm, no. The closest I've ever gotten is sketching one of the wild horses that live in the meadow near my home." Jeremy said with the same frown from earlier. This caused Kol to understand the earlier frown, it was not sadness but instead artistic longing.
"It's ok, you can ride with me." Kol announced before lifting the younger boy onto the black stallion before getting on behind him. Kol's arms wrapped around Jeremy as he held the reins. Their journey commenced as the horses darted between trees and leapt over streams and rocks. The journey felt never-ending to Jeremy and he started to drift off eliciting a chuckled from Kol. He manoeuvred the younger boy so he was resting against the horses neck so he could sleep. The horse they were riding was one of Kol's favourites. He remembers the day he found the weak little colt wondering the forest cold, alone and starving. He had immediately felt a connection with the foal as the foal had ran up to him hoping Kol was his mother and hoping he had food. He had named the colt Arrow and had raised the foal himself, despite his brother's complaints. The original had stayed by the foals side day and night feeding him every hour. Arrow was now a handsome five year old stallion and the pair shared a special connection with Kol visiting the horse daily.
After some time had passed the group reached the Mikaelson estate and the mortals were ushered inside and greeted by Niklaus. Jeremy glared at Klaus as he showed them to their rooms. The room Jeremy was given was large and ornately decorated. The walls were filled with a number of paintings and Jeremy was shocked about how many he had seen at galleries he had visited. He was taken by a painting hanging above his bed, it was large and the image was of a small foal laying in the leaf litter, ribs jutting out at all angles, however it was the eyes that Jeremy was drawn to they seemed to show hope and the horse seemed familiar. In the corner of the painting the initials K.M were pencilled onto a leaf and Jeremy wondered if Kol had painted the image. He had no idea that Kol even painted, he would have to ask him about it, but right now he was going to go test out the bathtub in his en-suite. Jeremy asked the maids assigned to him to fill the bathtub so he could take a bath. As the bath was filled Jeremy undressed and looked through the bookshelf to see if there was anything of interest but all the books seemed to be ancient grimoires written in languages he had never seen before. He returned to the full bath and poured in some rose and lavender oil, perhaps too much as immediately an explosion of bubbles erupted inside the bath and a plethora of bubbles coated the floor of the bathroom. Jeremy was immediately thankful he had been given the bathroom with waterproof flooring and decided he could just clean up later. He slowly got into the bath trying not to slip. He had missed hot water and being able to soak in the bath, it felt like forever since he had the luxury of doing so.
There was a soft knocking on the door as Kol slipped into the bathroom. He examined the scene before him before removing his clothing and slipping into the bath with Jeremy.