Previously in Kings & Queens of NOLA, Klaus had been contemplating on his feelings for Hayley, and Marcel had finally told him that Camille is pregnant with his child. Sophie has lost a couple of witches for the battle who have joined Genevieve. Soon, everyone found out about the unexpected and weird pregnancy, leaving Rebekah heartbroken. At last, Hayley, Rebekah, Davina and Sophie decided to make a move the very next day on the full moon. In this chapter, we are going to see Klaus wanting to celebrate Camille's pregnancy with a grand ball this time, inviting all of New Orleans to join them. That night would be splendid but toxic as well and you'll see why that is. Until then, we are going to get some more reactions to the pregnancy and fights. Please review afterwards because I would really love to hear your opinions and enjoy my story. Long May They Reign!
Klaus' POV
Marcellus had no clue on what to do now. He had no idea on how he was going to care for his child once it would be born. Camille's pregnancy was a big surprise to us all and while I know that we just had a small banquet, the arrival of Marcel's child called for celebration. "I suggest we throw a ball tonight, a ball in which all of New Orleans is to be present." I told Marcel as we took over some business in my study. Marcel nodded. "Is that so? And why would I want this? I want Camille to have rest and peace, I don't want the whole New Orleans banging on her door and asking her questions about it." I rolled my eyes at that comment. Marcel could worry too much quite often. "What could be the problem? Maybe I should ask Cami myself. I am sure that she would love to have a party in her honor or at least in your child's honor." I said to Marcel and tried to talk him into doing what was right. "You and I are both Kings and every King needs an heir, Marcellus. My heiress is almost here. It's time for you to have your very own." Marcel nodded and sighed. "Yes, but with you it's a little different." he mumbled.
I closed the book and looked at him. "How is my situation any different? You and Hayley have a whole different relationship from Camille and me." "Exactly! Hayley and I are not together, which is going to be difficult, raising our child together. You and Camille are in a relationship. You can make it work very well. There are no complications between you two. I, on the other hand had to watch my elder brother fawn over the mother of my child and her looking right back at him for months after I found out she was pregnant. When Elijah was around, I could barely see Hayley. She was always with him. Heck, she was even closer to Jackson than she was to me." Marcel watched me closely. "And that kills you, doesn't it? That you can't have her heart?" I looked at him astounded. "Why would you say such a thing? Hayley and I are not romantically interested in one another. We never will be." Marcel rolled his eyes and said, "You keep telling yourself that, Klaus but I heard a lot from that banquet. I heard people talking about you and Hayley sharing a very special dance. Why don't you just admit it? You're falling for her." I closed my eyes and as I stood by the window. Was that true? Did I really want something more between Hayley and I? I could actually remember Genevieve confronting me about Hayley. Genevieve was very sight gifted and she could see things that no one else could.
"Well, I am glad to see you here." I heard a seductive voice behind me and I saw Genevieve entering the room wearing her hair down, with long dangling earrings, a see-through purple shirt and black underwear. She closed the doors behind her and locket them with a seductive smirk that really for the first time ever, didn't turn me on but she continued her advances to me. She put her hands all over my body and put my drink away. She then tried to kiss me but I swiftly turned my head away, getting back to my drink. She stood there, shocked with her hands on her hips. "What the hell was that?" she asked me. I looked at her innocently. "I have no idea what you're talking about, love." She pointed towards herself. "You never rejected this body before. What is wrong with you?" she demanded and I raised an eyebrow. "I am not in the mood, love. I didn't ask you to come here anyway so I don't understand why you're upset. I have business of the city to run here." She put her hands on her hips and watched me look through some papers that barely interested me. She was laughing hysterically at some point.
"Something I said was funny, love?" I asked her and she shook her head and stopped at once and I realized it was more of her fakeness. "Why don't you be a good little boy and tell me what you and Hayley were up to yesterday at the banquet? You left me to go and dance with her!" she growled as she looked at me. She was now sitting on my desk and was making many sexual movements that I could only see as pathetic. "Sweetheart, what is going on between Hayley and me is none of your business." I told her and stood up from the desk, surprising her. "What the hell do you mean by that? You asked me to come here so we can continue our most pleasurable moments, you go around and dance with that mutt carrying your child and…" "Don't you dare insult her, love!" I snapped at her and she stopped talking. How dare she speak about Hayley that way? Genevieve finally got up from the desk and straightened up her outfit. "You should really get to know Hayley better before you jump to any conclusions, Klaus and I am going to give you until tomorrow night to decide if you still want me here or you want to go after her." I rolled my eyes at how naïve she was and watched her leave my study.
Could they all be right? Was I looking to start something special with Hayley? Was I really starting to fall for her like Marcel had told me? Marcel hadn't stopped watching me closely and I finally opened my eyes and pushed Genevieve's words out of my head. She even gave me an ultimatum and tonight, I had to make a decision. It was either, I would risk everything for Hayley or I would lose my chance and continue to have Genevieve is my bed. "Do you want me to throw the ball for your unborn baby or don't you?" I growled at Marcel when I recognized that smirk on his face. Marcel nodded and I stormed out of my own study.
I knocked on her door and she opened up at once. "Klaus." Hayley breathed in surprise when she saw me. I didn't really know why I was outside of her room. I didn't know the reason of why I came to see her. "Can I come in?" I finally asked her and she nodded, letting me in. She looked at me as if she was nervous that I was going to do something. She rubbed her forehead and whispered, "Look, I am really tired. It's morning and I had a long day yesterday, full of surprises. I think I need this morning to myself." I nodded, understanding her perfectly. I felt like I wanted to be alone as well, but after all the thoughts that Marcel and Genevieve have put in my head, I couldn't stop thinking about Hayley and what could have happened on that dance floor if she had just gave in and I had truly confessed my feelings for her. She crossed her arms over her chest, waiting for me to say something. I grumbled and looked at her, gulping. I had to think of something to say now and I found it. "Have you heard about Camille's pregnancy?" I asked her and she nodded simply. "Yeah, Rebekah told me." "And what do you think?" "It's…weird." She finally said and I agreed with her, but I was not going to let Marcel know that. "I wanted you to do me a favor, little wolf." "Klaus…" "Please, listen! I promised Marcel that I would help him with this but someone also needs to help Camille." "You are asking me to help her?" "Yes. You are the only one who could possibly understand what she's going through, love. You can do it."
Hayley looked like she was contemplating the idea. She ran a hand through her splendid brown hair and looked at me in the eyes. "What am I supposed to say to her? We are not exactly close." Hayley told me and I nodded. "Then, just give her advice. Make her feel like everyone is willing to help her, Hayley, please." She frowned. "Why are you begging? Why are you so desperate like that to help Marcel and Camille?" she asked and I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out as I looked into her emerald-green eyes and remembered our night at the banquet. "I want them to have it easy, not like us." I finally told her and she frowned even more. "You mean to say that we had it hard?" "Yes, we did." "How? Because you wouldn't accept the pregnancy at first? I can say that is your fault, Klaus, not mine that for us it wasn't easy. Marcel is taking Camille's pregnancy very well in comparison to you." "Love, are we really going to discuss that now? Maybe my reaction was bad but you are the one who refused to speak to me afterwards, and turned to my angel like brother. You never even gave me a chance!" I snapped at her and she stayed quiet. This was not how I planned the conversation to go. "Alright. I am going to talk to Camille. You can go now. There is nothing more to say." She went to the door and opened it wide for me. I slowly walked over to her and pressed a light kiss on her forehead, shocking her greatly. "I'm sorry, my little wolf." I whispered before leaving.
Sophie's POV
"Remind me again why you brought me here." Davina said to me as I took her hand and led her to the witches' coven. "Because I need you to do a spell for me." "Why can't you do it?" "I don't have the kind of magic that you have, Davina. Please just do it." She sighed and nodded, taking over from there. "What's the problem?" she asked. "Well, ever since those witches have left out coven, it's not been very easy for us because most of them are scared that the plan will be destroyed or that someone will rat us out. I need you to create peace in our coven and do a little spell to see if absolutely all the witches who are left in that coven are with us and not against us." Davina's eyes widened. "Are you mad? They will know. I can't do that, Sophie. It's not humane to infiltrate your own specie's minds." I had grown tired of this goody-two-shoes girl act that she was pulling here. She was just afraid that she was going to get caught. "Davina, either you do it or I am going to find a way to do it myself and it won't be pretty since I don't know how and who knows what I am going to do to their brains. Just be yourself, let me do all the talking and you take care of that spell in silence. It's going to be fine, alright?" I finally convinced her.
Genevieve was our public enemy number one now and I couldn't have her manipulating other witches from my coven just to get her way. The witches who had left us were clearly not very agreeable with the plan as I thought they were. We walked into the coven and over thirty witches looked up into my eyes. They were all here. The witch population was the smallest in New Orleans, ever since Marcel had taken over the place a while ago. Now, in order to take down both Klaus and Marcel, I had to make a selection of the loyal witches that would be joining us tonight and the witches that would be banned. I knew that I was being a little rough but this is what a witch elder did and I was not going to let Genevieve steal my position. God damn Rebekah for bringing her into town! I cursed under my breath and introduced Davina to the group. Davina took a seat in the corner as all witches eyed me. I started explaining some more ingredients that needed to be added to our special werewolf potion as Davina did her thing.
As soon as lunchtime came, my coven had finished the potion and I smelled it carefully. It was perfect. "Remind us again what this potion does, Sophie." A witch asked and I turned to her. "There is a full moon tonight and the Crescents are going to turn, and we are going to get one hell of a werewolf army. The problem with werewolves once they turn is that they act like wild beasts you don't care or know anything anymore than to hunt so they can eat. This potion needs to be drunk by them before the full moon sets in place by the werewolves so that when they transform, they will keep their human minds and this way, they will know what to do and they will not be confused. They will be in their right minds and we attack as planned. Now, practice all of your spells for tonight so we will be ready." I went over to Davina and asked her, "Did you do it?" She nodded and pointed to two witches. "They are the ones that think badly of you. They will most likely ruin our plan tonight." I went over to the two witches at once and banned them. Everyone else looked shocked. The two witches threatened that they will be going to Genevieve and they will be telling her everything about what we were are planning tonight. I laughed. "Tell her for all I care. We can't be stopped and we can't be defeated." Davina looked at me as if I went over the top but an elder's got to do what an elder's got to do.
Hayley's POV
Klaus' kiss for me on the forehead surprised me, in a good way actually because I liked it. I didn't want to like it but more and more I was beginning to imagine his lips finally meeting mine, in a passionate kiss, the kiss we would have shared had I not rejected him at the banquet. I knew very well why I had done that and there will be no arguing in that point. I was not going to back down out of this well-structured plan for some romance I was hoping to have and more likely wouldn't get. I knew the kind of girls Klaus was looking for and I just wasn't that type. I couldn't understand why he wanted to kiss me, wanted to be with me when he had Genevieve to keep him company. Did he want everything to be easier for our child if we were together? Maybe this really had something to do with our future baby girl and thinking that he had any sort of feelings for me was over the top. I was beginning to think that I was wrong and that there was nothing between us. I almost banged my head on the wall when I knew that I should be focusing on other things besides personal feelings. Sophie stated that tonight would be the full moon and tonight, everything would be over and Rebekah and I would rule.
There was one more thing that I had to do. I did tell Klaus that I would speak to Camille about her pregnancy and I was willing to at least keep my promise. I knocked on the door and it took her a while to open it. "Hi." Camille stated simply and I waved at her without a smile. "What are you doing here?" she asked me. "Klaus thought that it would be best if I were to talk to you about your pregnancy." I told her, crossing my arms over my chest. Camille pointed at my belly. "Right. Because you're pregnant and you have more experience?" she asked and I nodded. "That's right! Now, would you care to let me in so we can talk? Mother to mother?" I asked and she made way for me to enter her messed up room. Her small bathroom had an awful smell and I could only imagine how many times she must have vomited. "So, I guess Klaus knows about the baby. Does anyone else know except you and Klaus?" she asked me and I nodded. "Rebekah, Davina and Sophie know and I think Diego and his pals found out too." Camille slapped her forehead. "Great! I was actually expecting some sort of a quiet pregnancy. I don't want people coming here and asking me about my little miracle. No offense or anything, Hayley but mine really is a miracle. Vampires are known not to have children but I guess God made an exception for me and Marcel." Camille told me with a sweet smile.
"That is what I wanted to talk to you about. You really don't think that this is a little strange? Think about, really. You are pregnant with a vampire's child. That has never happened for as long as anyone can remember." I told her and she frowned. "What are you trying to say here, Hayley?" "I am trying to say that maybe you should stop listening to Genevieve and get a real doctor to take a look at what's cooking in your tum." I spit it out and her mouth dropped. "Wait a minute! Are you actually telling me that you think Genevieve is lying about my pregnancy? Marcel could hear the baby's heartbeat! I can feel it move, Hayley! It's a real pregnancy! Genevieve would never do something like this to me." "She would if she were to gain something through this." "What would she gain? You know what? You are being just as ridiculous and jealous as Rebekah. I really thought you were different, Hayley. I don't know what the hell Klaus was thinking when he asked you to come here and talk to me! Maybe you should just go." "I am not going. I am here to help you." I told her calmly.
Maybe this wasn't going to work out like I hoped but I didn't want to disappoint Klaus and what he asked of me. This was my last chance to do something for him, my last chance until he would find out that night what I am really capable of doing. Camille was tapping her heels and I knew that I had offended her greatly. "Why don't we sit down and take it slow?" I asked and took a seat on the bed. Since I said that I would help her, I had to help her but I was also going to find out more about this pregnancy. She didn't sit down. She just glared at me. "You really don't like me, do you?" I asked her and she scoffed. "I don't like your attitude towards me and Genevieve. You have no idea of the things Genevieve had helped me with. Your friendship with Rebekah cannot even be compared to ours." Camille blurted out and I smiled, just knowing that we would end up talking about Rebekah. "Do you want some tips or don't you?" I asked her and she shook her head. "Not from you and I don't need a doctor when I have Genevieve helping me. I need someone who I can trust." "You sure picked the right person." I said sarcastically. I couldn't do this. I just knew that I couldn't do this. No matter what I did, Camille would not listen to me and I would become the laughing stock for Genevieve. I stood up but Camille began talking right away. "And just let Rebekah know that I got Marcel a new leash that he can't get off." I raised an eyebrow and looked at her in shock. "What did you just say to me?" I asked.
"You heard me, Hayley! Tell Rebekah to stay away from Marcel." "If you really had such a strong leash around him, why would you be so worried now?" I really couldn't help myself. "I am not worried. I am just saying that this baby has only brought joy in Marcel's life ever since he found out and I also brought him plenty of happiness. Rebekah has only brought him pain in the last years." I could see that she had some sort of tears in her eyes. Was she really that insecure as she seemed? She really saw Rebekah as a threat to her relationship with Marcel even with a possible baby on the way for them. I rubbed my belly and thought about what kind of world I would bring my child into. I didn't have long. I was almost 9 months old. The baby would come soon, in a big war that would start in New Orleans because of me and Rebekah. "Listen, I only came here because Klaus asked me to. I didn't come here to hear you whine about how you don't have Marcel in a tight leash and he keeps looking at Rebekah the way you hope he would look at you someday, okay? Thank you for wasting my time. Werewolf girl, out!" I declared and opened the door to leave. "And you can mess with me, Rebekah, but I am not going to allow you to mess with my friends so I don't care if you're pregnant or not, but if you say one more bad word about Rebekah, I will rip out your tongue and feed it to my pack, okay? Have a splendid morning!" I left her with her mouth open and I was glad. She was acting like a bitch.
Rebekah's POV
Running around town was what I was doing. Nik had just told me how he wanted to throw whatever party for Marcel and Camille this night, in honor of their unborn child. Just thinking about it made me squirm. How could this happen? I knew that I still had feelings for Marcel but I couldn't allow them to take over me, not this time. I knew what was going to happen tonight. The werewolves were going to infiltrate the Abattoir and on Sophie's cue, Hayley and I would move and assemble everyone with us so we could take over New Orleans. Hayley and I would lead and Marcel would be free of duty to have his future with Camille and his future baby. It was the way it was supposed to be.
"Hello, Rebekah!" I heard someone calling me and I turned around and put my hands on my hips. It was Genevieve and she looked like she just got herself a coffee for the morning. "How have you been? You know, a little birdy whispered in my ear something very interesting. I am sure you heard that Sophie has lost two more witches today who have decided to join me and they told me that you have decided to move along with the plan and not back off like I told you at the banquet to do." She sipped her coffee and waited for my response. I was very shocked to hear what had happened and knew that I would soon have to check in with Sophie on our problem. "You make me sick the way you play people, you really do." I told her and she smiled. "Is that so? What is it that you're doing with Marcel then? Aren't you playing him as well? He has no idea what you are up to…yet." "What do you mean by yet?" I was starting to get nervous. Genevieve grinned. "You broke your word and I just think that it's time for me to tell Klaus everything I know about your little plan and I will for sure add Hayley in it." "Hayley and I are going to tell everything there is to know about you!" I threatened and Genevieve shook her head. "No, I don't think so. Klaus is not going to believe the two girls he cared for and betrayed him over the woman who has always stood by him."
What was I supposed to do now? I growled a little as Genevieve came closer to me and whispered, "Here's the deal. I am going to give you one more chance to do the right thing here, Rebekah. You have until the ball tonight to give this whole plan up and live your long and miserable life. If you choose not to do what I say, be prepared as I am going to reveal everything not only to Klaus and Marcel but to the whole New Orleans at the ball tonight. I have sources everywhere, dear. I will know." With that threat, she left me standing there with a smirk on her face. I couldn't believe the situation I was put in. I was the Original Vampire and I was being knocked on the ground by some bitch witch. It didn't matter anyway. Our plan was going to happen tonight and there would be nothing that Genevieve could do about it. Niklaus and Marcel would know everything soon enough. Looking for a dress was a hard thing to do but I needed the perfect dress for tonight. I soon found one flaming red dress. It was perfect to describe how I felt. The black dress I saw next to it caught my eyes at once and it looked perfect for Hayley to wear. I paid for the two dresses and headed back to the Abattoir with them.
Sophie, Hayley and Davina were all waiting in my room when I got back. "Good, you're back! We have a problem." Sophie told me and I nodded. "I know. You lost two more witches today which leaves Genevieve with twelve and us with twenty-eight." I said and they all looked surprised. "How did you know?" "Who do you think I ran into while I was out shopping in town?" I asked and Hayley mumbled "Genevieve." "Exactly! She gave me her last chance. She said that we better quit while we're ahead or she is going to make this plan public tonight." Davina shrugged. "The plan is supposed to be executed tonight. What's the point? Genevieve is losing anyway." Sometimes I really thought about that. Would she be the one losing or us? Marcel's gorgeous and chocolaty face came into my head and that dashing smile of his. I cared for him too much to do something like this to him but I couldn't tell that to the rest of the group. Hayley looked like she was deep in thoughts as well. We were finally going to do it tonight, after all of these months of preparation and excitement, we finally get the opportunity to pounce and we don't feel as excited about it as we used to. We feel more like guilty about it.
All dressed up that night, before the party started, Hayley, Davina and I followed Sophie into the bayou. She was holding some type of potion in her hands that she said the werewolves would all have to drink. We arrived and they all looked like they were part of an army, ready to be of service. Eve hugged Hayley and asked her how she was feeling as Sophie handed Jackson the first cup and he drank it to the last drop. "Ugh! It tastes like puke." Jackson commented which made Hayley giggle a little. Sophie passed around the potion to every single Crescent wolf out there and Eve was the last one who received a cup. "We are doing this for us, Hayley, remember that!" Eve told Hayley and she nodded, understanding what she meant. Eve finally drank the entire cup and turned to Sophie. "What do we do now?" "Wait until midnight. That is when the full moon will be out in the open and you get to turn into werewolves. Then, you surround the compound quietly and wait for my signal to enter." Sophie explained. "What if someone is going to stop us from entering and alert others?" Oliver asked. "Rip them apart! You know what to do but keep it on the down low because we still want to use this as a surprise." Hayley told him and Eve nodded. "We won't be disappointing you, Hayley! Tonight, New Orleans will surely be under better rule." Somehow, that didn't sound quite right to me.
Davina and Sophie went on ahead and I took this advantage to remain with Hayley a bit in the back. "How are you holding up?" I asked her and she looked shocked by my question. "What do you mean?" "The plan. How do you feel about it?" I asked her in a whisper. Hayley sighed and rubbed her stomach. "I just hope that this is not going to affect my baby." "It won't." I promised her but then added, "But how do you feel about taking over New Orleans?" "Rebekah, honestly, a few months ago, I hated Klaus and I hated Marcel and I wanted nothing more but to put a stop to their rule so if you would have asked me then, I would have been overjoyed but now…" I nodded and she didn't need to explain anything to me. I knew how close she had been getting with Niklaus and she felt guilty that she was betraying him like this, but as I watched the expression on her face, I figured out that this was not all she wanted to say.
Marcel's POV
The party started late and I was standing on the interior balcony with Klaus. We were looking down at the guests who were ready to arrive. "Where is Camille?" Klaus asked me and I shrugged. "I think that she is still getting ready. She wasn't very happy when I talked to her a couple of hours ago?" Klaus smirked and drank some champagne. "Lovers feud already?" I shook my head, laughing a little. "No, nothing like that. It seems like someone really upset her today. Can't think of anyone who would, though." "Are you alright with this party?" Klaus asked me and I nodded. "We didn't have such a grand ball since that time I was doing it for charity, remember?" Camille came towards us at that moment with a small smile on her face. "I think I'm ready now." she told me and pecked my cheek, and then she glared at Klaus. "Don't you ever send Hayley up to my room ever again!" Cami said and Klaus frowned. "What did she do? Didn't she give you pregnancy advice?" "Oh yeah! Sure, she did. She's a liar!" Camille exclaimed and I calmed her down a little.
Rebekah and Hayley arrived at the ball wearing their perfect dresses and accompanied by Davina and Sophie. "Look who's back!" I told Klaus and he smiled. It was a genuine smile when I saw him looking at Hayley. It was a smile that I hadn't seen in a long time on his face. It was something rare, for special people only. Camille went downstairs to speak to Genevieve and Klaus and I were left alone again. "You know, you could go to her and tell her." I whispered to him and he looked at me surprised. "Come on, Klaus! I can see the way you watch her. Go to her and ask her to dance." "We did dance at the banquet and…it didn't end well." "Ask her again and take it slow. Trust me. I have a feeling she wants another dance with you just as much as you want to dance with her." I left him deep in thought and he smirked. "You don't know what Genevieve told me the other day, Marcellus." "What did she say?" "She told me that tonight I would have to make a choice. It would be either her or me going after Hayley." Klaus responded in a whisper and I groaned. "Well, you do what you think it's right." I advised him.
The only person I could really look at that moment was Rebekah and the way she was dressed. She was absolutely breathtaking and gorgeous in that blood red dress. I wanted to go to her but I remembered how our last discussion went. We weren't supposed to be seeing each other again and I had hurt her too much to do so. "So, when are you going to make the announcement?" Camille was right next to me and asked me with one of her gorgeous smiles. "Right now." I responded and kissed her. I made everyone pay attention with me as Klaus stepped away from the interior balcony and went down. The fact that Cami was pregnant with my child came as a shock for everyone, except the people that already knew. But nonetheless, New Orleans was glad that their Kings would each have their own heir.
Hayley's POV
I could see Rebekah watching Marcel carefully as he presented Camille and how she was pregnant to the whole of New Orleans. I patted her back and whispered, "Are you okay?" Rebekah nodded at once and wiped a tear away. "Yeah, I mean look at them! They're happy and they look perfect for one another." She whispered right back but I didn't believe her at all. Once the announcement was over, Sophie turned to us. "Alright, girls! Mingle around. We have another half an hour until midnight. I will give the signal and we shall do this once and for all." She explained. "Where are the rest of the witches?" I asked. "They're somewhere around here, trying to keep it on the down low. Take a deep breath. We are going to make it. Our army is way stronger than theirs. The humans have no power and the vampires can't take on the werewolves and the witches. It's impossible." Sophie turned to leave but I grabbed her arm. "Klaus will throw a great big fit. He can kill us all." Sophie shook her head. "Not as long as we have Davina with us." Davina winked and left to go and chat around as did Sophie. "What do we do now?" I asked and Rebekah shrugged. "I think I am just going to…walk around." Rebekah told me.
Without warning, she actually left me there and I was a little upset. Nonetheless, I got myself some juice and drank it all up to calm my nerves. I think that I was so nervous that I was in fact sweating. I felt a presence right behind me and I had a feeling on who it was. "Hayley." he murmured with a smile and I turned around to face him. "What do you want?" I asked him and I felt that I could barely look into those beautiful eyes of his. I tried to keep myself calm but it was very difficult. "Are you alright, love? Your heartbeat…" he began but I cut him off. "I really don't need you to start worrying about me. I am fine and the baby is fine too. No need to worry about that." I moved to walk away from him but he grabbed my hand and pulled me back that I collided into his chest. He seemed amused and pleased with that but I stood my ground. "Klaus, I have nothing to say to you." "Well, I have something to say to you, little wolf. Why did you upset Camille today? She told me that you displeased her." I laughed. "Of course she would say something like that. She wasn't interested in my opinion. She only wanted to talk to me about how she has Marcel on a leash and Rebekah should just back off. There was nothing that I could do to help her." Klaus nodded and held out his hand. "A dance, little wolf?" he asked me.
I shook my head this time but he pulled me on the dance floor anyway. "Why are you forcing a lady to dance even though she doesn't want to?" I asked and he chuckled. "But you do want to dance. I would have never forced you otherwise, love." All I could keep replaying in my head at that moment was our almost kiss from the banquet and his lingering lips on my forehead this morning. He really wanted something from me. I could already see Genevieve watching us with her eyes turning to slits. I sighed and wrapped my arms around his neck as he held onto my waist. I didn't really care at that moment. All I wanted was to be in his arms even though I knew how wrong this was. I wasn't supposed to let him dance with me or kiss me when I knew what I had planned and the bomb would go off any moment now. I could feel the tears filling up in my eyes and one got away, Klaus wiping it at once with concern on his face. "Love, have I said something wrong?" he asked me. "I am the one making the wrong decisions here, Klaus, not you." He frowned, pulling me closer and whispering, "What do you mean?" I just shook my head. There was no way that I was going to tell him now. It was already too late.
The clock told me that there were only fifteen minutes left till midnight and I couldn't say anything at all. At that moment, he cupped my cheek and whispered, "I know you are hiding something from me, little wolf. I can assure you that whatever it might be, I can take care of it. I don't want you to worry." "You can't fix it, Klaus. You can't." I responded, letting more tears drop on my cheeks. He was really starting to get worried now. The melody ended but he didn't want to stop dancing and neither did I. "We're fighters, little wolf. Remember?" he asked me and I nodded a little. "You told me that a long time ago, yes and as a fighter, I had to make some decisions to make sure that…" I didn't even know how to say this. He was looking so deep into my eyes as if he was reading my soul, my heart, my everything. "Little wolf." he whispered again and before I could understand what was happening, he crashed his lips on mine. I gasped and he started kissing me with passion. My eyes fluttered closed and I kissed him back, against my better judgment. How could this happen? How could I allow it? We were kissing one another for a couple of minutes before we pulled away, breathing in deeply and he rested his forehead on mine. "I told you that you're the one I want, Hayley." he whispered to me and I looked into his eyes, tears dripping off my cheeks and I cupped his own with my hands.
"Klaus, I'm sorry." I told him and shook my head as more tears started to fall. I have never been so vulnerable in my life. Klaus was looking just as shocked and he might have thought that it was something that had to do with the pregnancy. "What are you sorry for, love?" he asked me, wiping my tears away. Before I could respond, the clock already stroke midnight and I pulled away from him once I got Sophie's signal. "I have to go." I whispered and moved away from him. I could feel him looking after me confused but he didn't try to stop me. "Hayley, are you okay?" Davina asked me and I shook my head. "Let's get this over with." I told her and the witches assembled as werewolves in their wolf forms made their way into the Abattoir. Humans started screaming as they backed away and the werewolves joined the witch army. Rebekah and I made our way on the interior balcony and I stood up firm and tall, looking down at shocked faces, including Klaus'. "What is the meaning of this?" he growled all of a sudden.
Rebekah could see that Klaus would only look at me and I couldn't even do such a thing. I looked away as the werewolves protecting us from under were growling. "What do you think this is, brother? We have grown tired of your lectures and your predicaments! You have done nothing but destroy this town ever since you and Marcel took over. You haven't brought any peace. Hayley and I are here for our town and we are here to offer it the peace that this town deserves. Sorry to say but I believe it's time for the two Kings to be dethroned!" Rebekah exclaimed and everyone remained in silence as they stared up at us. Genevieve was smirking up at us as Camille looked like we were crazy by thinking of this. Klaus could only look at me with spite and hatred. I should be looking the same way. This was my plan and wasn't going to feel sorry for any of this. I knew this would happen and the little fantasy that I had with Klaus was now over. It was time to take full responsibility for my actions. "Surprised?" I asked with a smirk on my face that now even Klaus could believe what I was saying.