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Chapter 14:

Mia's POV:

I woke to the smell of something delicious in the air. My eyes fluttered open and I saw a slightly hangover Damon sit next to me with a tray with breakfast. I figured that he'd called room service while I was still alive, but I also noticed that he had a glass of animal blood ready for me and wondered which animal he'd killed to get it. It was definitely fresh – so much I could tell.

"You know how hard it is to catch squirrels around here?" Damon asked, handing me the glass.

I shook my head and sat up, taking a sip I strongly needed. It had been a while since I'd last had any animal blood, but the squirrel Damon had caught in the parks didn't exactly taste that good.

"Yuck! It tastes horrible. Let me have some of yours!" I said.

Damon chuckled and poured a little human blood in my drink that he'd brought with him on the trip. I tried taking another sip and this time it tasted a little better. As long as I didn't drink too much human blood, then I thought that I was going to survive the next couple of days without craving for more and ending up killing everyone in Las Vegas.

"Now that I've given you some of my blood, then can I have some of your own blood? You bit me last night when we were getting all hot and steamy," Damon said. I giggled by the memory of our night together and bit my wrist open, letting him drink my curative blood. "Thanks, love. Now you do remember that we're engaged, right?"

I nodded and looked at the ring on my finger. It was so stunning and it reminded me of how hard Damon had fallen for me. It was probably just as strange for him to be engaged when he was so used to be the eternal Casanova.

"It's sad that we have to go home tomorrow morning," I said. "I don't want to leave this place and go back to… him."

"Me neither, but Eric and his pack will find us here too," Damon said. He was right. If they were able to find me in Mystic Falls, then they were able to find me here too. "But until we go back, then I think we should enjoy this day together."

I nodded and leaned in to kiss Damon, but I was interrupted by a knock on our door. We both groaned, but Damon got his pants on and opened the door, revealing his younger brother.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but Elena and I are going out on sightseeing and wondered if you wanted to join us?" Stefan said.

"As tempting as it sounds, then Mia and I are staying here," Damon said sarcastically and I could tell that he was fighting the urge to say something pervy about 'sightseeing'. "But we'll meet at the casino tonight?"

Stefan nodded and after he'd left, Damon went back to me.

"Let me guess. You're going to go 'sightseeing' under the covers with me, aren't you?" I asked teasingly.

Damon nodded and gave me that kiss I wanted. But as much fun as it was to sleep with Damon, then I didn't want to do it all day. I needed to get some fresh air.

"Can't we go somewhere else? I need to stretch my legs and not in the way you want to," I said, making Damon sigh. "C'mon! Please, please, please, please, pretty please!"

"Okay, alright!" Damon said. "Where do you want to go then?"

I shrugged. I didn't know Las Vegas that well. "What about going shopping?" I asked.

Damon groaned now because shopping was not one of the things he planned to do here. I sighed and tried thinking of something else.

"We could just go for a walk and then go to whatever place we find interesting."

Damon thought a little about that and then smiled. "Carpe Diem, it is."

I chuckled and pulled him in for another kiss. We finished our breakfast and got dressed, but as we walked down the streets and passed some of the clothing stores, I couldn't stop myself from entering them and taking a look around, which annoyed Damon immensely. He didn't complain, though, when we went to a clothing store that sold sexy lingerie.

Figures…

However, when we were on our way back to the hotel I saw my dad talking with a woman that I could tell was a witch. She didn't exactly hide it either, but she seemed strong and like she was in love with my dad. I knew that my dad was never going to have my mom again, but it felt so strange to see him with another woman and then a witch.

"What is he talking with her about?" Damon asked curiously.

I tried tuning in on their conversation and could hear their faint voices talk about me. About the deal my parents made with Klaus and about how they feared that Klaus would get out if I returned to Mystic Falls. My dad was asking the woman – Luce – if she knew a way to get out of the deal without killing me. I wanted to know if she did, so I walked a little closer to them and listened carefully to what she said next. She said that there was a way, but it was of course very dangerous. She would have to make my vampire side dormant, because Klaus's compulsion wouldn't work on a werewolf. The method wasn't perfect and I could risk dying, but it was better than nothing.

"You're not seriously going to trust her, are you?" Damon asked.

"No, not yet, but Klaus will find a way to lure me out to him," I answered. "He could make one of his followers kidnap my brothers."

"Oh… But then you won't be able to defend yourself from the pack."

I sighed. "It's a sacrifice I have to make."

Damon groaned.

I sighed again. "I know you don't like it, but I'm not meant to be a hybrid. I'm only 17."

"Yeah, but you did piss an entire pack with dangerous weapons off…"

I was starting to get very annoyed and frustrated. Today was supposed to be a calm day with Damon, but every time we were just starting to relax things like this would happen.

"I want to go back to the hotel," I said. "I didn't go to Las Vegas to worry about stuff like that."

Damon sighed heavily and pulled me in for a hug. He kissed me on my forehead and tugged me close to me. I wanted to stay in Damon's embrace forever and just ignore all the problems, but I knew that I had to deal with them eventually.

"You want to go try the slot machines?" Damon asked.

I nodded and walked back to the Bellagio with Damon. He took me to some of the slot machines and after failing in winning anything the first five times, he took me to the roulette instead. I'd always wanted to try the roulette and I got an idea of what we could bet besides the chips. If I won the first round, then Damon had to give me a massage and if he won, then I had to go up on the stage and sing a song of his choice in front of everyone.

As we waited to see who had won, another person joined the table and when I took a quick glance at him, I recognized him immediately. I blushed and was about to leave, but he caught my gaze and smirked in that old, familiar way that used to make me melt. It wasn't Eric, but another one of my ex-boyfriends – the one I broke an arm on. His blond hair was shoulder-long now and his gray-blue eyes were the same, but he had a few more tattoos now and looked about 20 now.

"I never imagined finding you here, Mia," Derek said and he glanced at Damon when Damon sent him a venomous glare. Damon and I might be engaged now, but he was being more territorial than ever, ever since he met Eric. "You must be her new boyfriend. I'm surprised to see that she hasn't broken anything on you yet."

"Really? And who exactly are you?" Damon asked, smirking smugly.

"Derek," my ex said. "I'm Mia's ex. She didn't tell you?"

Damon looked at me and frowned a bit, but he tried staying calm. I could feel his hand tightening a bit around my waist.

"Derek, how's your arm?" I asked calmly.

Derek chuckled and placed five chips on red 12 after I won the first round. I placed four chips on red 9, while Damon put seven on 10 black.

"It's fine, thank you. But I do miss hanging out with you. You know, when you weren't that scary and tried breaking my arm." Derek said.

Damon's arm tightened even more around me. "Yeah, well that was a year ago. Get over it. But before Damon gets annoyed, then I'd better introduce you to him. Derek, this is my fiancé Damon Salvatore. And… well, Damon you already know who Derek is." I said.

Derek went to shake Damon's hand, so of course Damon took it and smirked smugly as he was almost breaking Derek's human hand. Eric might have been a werewolf, but Derek certainly wasn't.

"That's quite a handshake there," Derek said and laughed. "But congratulations with the engagement. By the way… did you happen to meet your ex Eric a while ago?"

I frowned now, trying to understand how Derek knew about Eric. Damon was suspicious about that too and Derek saw that.

"Don't worry, I know what you are, but I'm not after you. I'm after Eric. You see… Eric and I have unfinished business." he said.

"Unfinished business? And what again are you?" Damon asked suspiciously.

Derek smirked when he won the second around and said. "A werewolf hunter."

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