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Chapter 21:

The first time Kol felt his heart stop was 1000 years ago when his father drove a sword through his heart, killing him instantly and triggering Tatia's blood into turning him into a vampire.

The second time he felt it happening again was only a century ago and this time his older brother had been the one to drive something sharp into his heart, causing him to fall into a deep slumber.

But this time – this third time – he was still wide awake and the pain he felt of seeing Kenzie lying dead on the floor with a knife in her heart was close to being unbearable.

Only a few hours ago he had saved her from dying and brought her to safety, but there she lay anyway, her skin looking ghastly pale and her eyes spilled wide open.

For a long moment he just supported himself against the doorframe, staring at her lifeless body and trying to grasp what had happened.

He'd gone to help Klaus yet again, but after having an argument with Klaus about his love to her he had left early, hoping to get some time to be with her before she fell asleep.

But he'd been too late.

Kol closed his eyes and didn't know what to do or say. He was used to people dying around him and he hadn't cared much about losing his brother or his mother, but Kenzie…

She was something else and meant so much to him.

Sighing heavily he walked slowly up to her, noticing that her ring lay on the floor next to her knocked over nightstand, which meant that she'd been completely vulnerable.

Wait a minute…

He'd given her his blood after he'd saved her, which meant that–

"Oh God!" he exclaimed, dropping beside her and yanking the knife out of her heart.

Kenzie was dead, yes, but she would return as a vampire and then he just had to give her some human blood to make her complete the transition.

He picked her cold body up from the floor and placed her on her bed, placing a soft kiss on her forehead before he swiftly left to find a human.

Catching a young woman off-guard he grabbed her and took her back to the motel, compelling her to be quiet and sit still until Kenzie woke up.

And then he waited.

The minutes passed by painfully slowly as he sat beside her in the bed and watched her intently with his dark eyes.

He knew that Kenzie would remember everything once she turned – from the very first time they met to all the other horrific things he did that made her want to forget about him.

Especially the part about him trying to over and over again to kill her.

When Kenzie finally woke up and gasped for air, he decided not to touch her and let her regain awareness on her own in case the resurfacing memories affected her opinion about him.

She sat in the bed gasping for air for a couple of minutes before she turned her gaze to him and her eyes widened a bit.

"Kenzie, I–"

She slapped him before he could finish the sentence and crawled out of the bed, supporting herself to the nightstand.

He didn't say anything, but followed her gaze was she slowly but surely got used to being alive and saw the world like he had seen it when he had turned.

Once she laid her eyes on the human woman her gaze went directly to the woman's neck and he saw her fangs extending from her mouth.

Kenzie felt the sharp pair of teeth appear and instinctively covered her mouth, looking more frightened than ever.

So he finally left his spot and closed the space between them, cupping her face with his hands and forcing her to look into his eyes.

"Kenzie, it's ok. You don't have to kill her. Just taste her blood and–"

"No, no, no, no, no!" she muttered, shaking her head. "I can't do it. I… I don't want to."

He frowned, but then he understood what she meant. She didn't want to complete her transition and become a vampire, because her hatred for vampires was still burning with the same intensity as it did the day they first met.

"Is it because you hate what I am?" he asked.

"Yes." The answer was curt and it felt like she'd just hit him in the back with a whip.

"Then I'll leave you to die alone."

He regretted saying it the second it left his mouth, but she needed to hear it and it did seem to have some effect on her.

Kenzie sighed heavily and sat down on her bed, looking so defeated that he couldn't bring himself to leave her and decided instead to sit beside her, taking her hands into his.

"You don't have to drink solely human blood," he said. "I personally think you should, but… I hear that animal blood should be almost as good as the real deal."

She met his gaze and smiled weakly. Even in a situation like this Kol still held on to his beliefs and the more she began thinking about it the more she noticed something odd.

Kol hadn't killed one single human since they met and if he had it was solely because he wanted to protect her.

Not because he just felt like it.

"You shouldn't have given me your blood," she said, wishing so badly that she hadn't taken her resurrection off before she went to take a shower. "You should've stayed with me."

It was her own fault too that she was now almost a vampire, but she was too proud to admit that and especially to Kol.

"Will you feel better if I took the blame?" he asked.

She shook her head wearily and leaned it against his shoulder, letting him pull her into his embrace and hold her close to him.

"I'm scared, Kol… My family will hate me for becoming a vampire." Kenzie said.

"Then I'll kick their butts and wait until they're not on vervain to compel them into loving you again."

She smiled weakly again and wondered how it was possible for her to fall for such an arrogant, impulsive and bothersome vampire, who thought he was God's gift to women when they first met.

"Can you teach me how to control the hunger?"

"Of course. I've thought many new vampires to control it and a good thing for you is that I'm very, very patient."

Kenzie frowned and looked into his eyes, narrowing hers at him. "Are you saying that I'm dumb?"

He chuckled. "No, of course not! I'm just saying that you might be a little… ehm… what's a polite way to say it? Ah, slow!"

She unintentionally flashed her fangs again and hit him in the head with a pillow, knocking him off the bed and down on the floor.

"Still feisty as always, I see…"

She rolled her eyes but as she did her gaze accidentally fell on the woman again and he saw a look of pure hunger in her eyes.

She craved for blood, needed it more than ever and no matter how much she was against it, then he knew that she wanted it just as bad as every other vampire did deep inside.

"Wait," he said, rising from the floor and holding a hand up as he approached the woman slowly. "You won't be able to stop once you get that first drop of blood."

Kenzie ignored him.

All she could think about was that beating heart inside the woman's chest that pumped blood out into her veins and tauntingly invited her to taste it.

With her eyes still fixated on the woman's exposed neck, she slowly stepped off the bed and moved towards her meal, the only thing standing between her and the woman being Kol.

He flashed his own fangs warningly at her, but she ignored the warning too and then, as he went to grab her before she did something she'd regret later, she swiftly moved under his arm and attacked the woman like an experienced predator on a hunt.

She missed the woman's veins the first time she sunk them into her neck, but as she tried the second time she felt herself poke hole on a vein and sucked as much blood as she could to her.

Kol's first instinct was to let her drink, because it was in her nature to crave it and a part of him hoped that she'd then understand how it felt to be a vampire.

But it wasn't his decision to make, so he pulled her away from the woman and compelled the woman to flee, while he pinned her against the wall.

"So… sweet… and… oh god! Did I just–"

"Yes, you did," he interrupted. "And you would have continued if I hadn't stopped you."

Kenzie blinked and was speechless for a moment. Not only had she drunk blood from a human being, but she had allowed herself to complete her transition.

She was a vampire now.

"For fucks sake…"

He sighed and leaned his forehead against hers, just holding her pinned to the wall until her fangs eventually retracted and her eyes returned back to its normal color.

"Let me take you away. From all of this." he whispered.

She looked into his eyes and didn't hesitate to nod. Leaving town was the best thing to do and she hoped that once they were away, she would be able to learn how to control her need for blood.

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