Inhaling Bloody Gifts
Chapter 18
"Katherine" Caroline bowed, watching her follow. The neck again made her teeth sharpen but Caroline reminded herself that feeding of this girl would be like feeding of Elena.
"Ah" The brunet unsurely looked back to Elijah for an explanation why the woman, who was brought into the great halls and convicted in front of the courts as a tress passer, was here to dine with them.
Elijah didn't know what to say but cautiously turned to his brother still gaping at the sight of Caroline.
Rebekah, smiled devilishly for Caroline to come take a seat next to her opposing Katerina and Elijah and besides Niklaus at the head of the table.
"I guess we should sit down also" Elijah, pressed on the small of Katarina's back guiding her back to her seat. Klaus was last to sit down.
Silence phantom over the table.
Klaus eyes barrowing into the side of Caroline's face, she remarked on his ability not to cross them to her chest. Elijah's eyes flickered between Bekah and her. Katherina looked awfully lost.
She was different Caroline observed, she was more fragile and she didn't sit nor stand in overall confidence, her eyes didn't dance with playfulness. Caroline hated to admit but Katherine was truly acting like a lady. Not the spoilt, seductress like she was in the future.
"Excuse me miss"
Caroline lifted her gave. "Yes Katherine" She still couldn't believe the likeliness of all the Doppler ganger's shared
"I do not know what name I should interact to you with"
Huh?
"You shall call her Lady Caroline" Rebekah broadly said
Katherine nodded in respect. "Then Lady Caroline I'm afraid to correct you, my name is Katerina Petrova"
Caroline mentally hit herself across the head. Oh yeah, how could she have forgotten her previous human name.
"I know" Caroline covered. "I just thought Katherine suited you more"
"You have a tendency to change people's names around for your liking" Klaus said
"Sometimes it comes to their liking also and they stick, Lord Klaus"
Niklaus looked away at the sound of her purring out his name, Klaus. It was true over the years he had dropped his true name, the one given to him by his father. The father that preceded on ending his existence. How he came to use Klaus was just by chance, he hadn't thought through it was the name all along, only Caroline use to call him.
Katherine forked up a lump of meat for herself, cutting it as elegantly one could cut meet in those times, while insisting Elijah to try the lovely roast that hummed over her tastebuds. Elijah passed voicing he was not much in mood for a heavy meal so a piece of ripe fruit would suffice. Rebekah played with her goblet of wine, stirring the tiniest spoon in circles.
"Rebekah love, have decency of not playing with what given too you"
She rolled her eyes in response. "Nik's not like you don't enjoy making are real mess with your food"
"Is that why you do not like to eat in fount of me lord Klaus" Katherine chimed "afraid that I'll be disgusted"
"No" He's eyes finally removed themselves from Caroline's tight jaw; he had been outlining her responses. She no longer appeared defensive but new lit fire burnt in her face. "I prefer feeding more privately"
Caroline gulped; she knew what Rebekah had meant about being messy with food and the private feeding. Her throat burning at the thought, in quick attempt to drown the feeling she grabbed her goblet of wine and chugged it down, the liquid escaping the sides of her lips, the red droplets rolling down her chin and down her neck. She caught them before they hit her collar bone.
Katherine hadn't noticed swelled away from another conversation with Elijah but both Rebekah and Klaus watched her. She heard the lowest growl but she chose to purposely ignore it turning to Rebekah.
"Sorry, I'm awfully thirsty" she lengthened out.
"You still have a little on your neck" Rebekah grinned towards her brother.
She used her index figure to drag dry the wet line of wine. "Such a beautiful neck" she teased, earning a little louder growl from Klaus. It made Elijah's eyes flicker up from Katherine.
"Rebekah" he coughed
"Thank you" Caroline innocently said, she twirled the fork around in her hands once before stabbing into an appetiser
"Is the meat good Katherine?"
She eagerly explained how there was no finer meat found on the land than here.
"That's because you were a peasant" mumbled Rebekah
Somewhat of embarrassment, fell over Katherine. Her features minimizing
"We once all were" Caroline said in pity.
"Indeed and we do not discriminate" Elijah conclude.
The dinner went averagely, Elijah settled the few disputes that arise from Rebekah's side and flattered her comments about Katherine. Klaus stayed to himself, she and Caroline were able to test his patients on numerous occasions.
When the servants came to clear the tables, Rebekah leaned over to her and whispered "He's on his best behaviour tonight"
"It was to have your company Lady Caroline" Katherine paused "and you Lady Rebekah... I hope we cross again" She gave Elijah a friendly smile and fluttered her eyelids when she met Klaus. "Good night my lord" Her hand was ready to be raised and kissed for well but Klaus simple wavered down a servant to get his meals.
"Try not to be so cold to her" Elijah frowned, once she left.
"Don't fall in love with her brother" Rebekah said "We all know how that turns out"
"For once our sister is right, love is weakness and we are not weak brother"
"Love is passion, love is happiness, and love is power but never weakness" Caroline murmured. Three heads turned to her direction.
"I do disagree" Klaus steady said back "Power, passion, happiness rarely take forms in love"
For some reason, it angered her the way Klaus was painting love as. "And what do you know about love" She snapped
His eyes narrowed "Nothing" he said bluntly.
"And here comes our food" Elijah broke the tension, kicking underneath the table for Rebekah to quit scanning them both over.
Are willowy young girl with crinkled blond locks, reckoned her way pass the table making Caroline blink at the resemblance. She may have been just wearing white rags but the blond hair and deep blue eyes took her back. There was another girl, this time with red and full hair and holding a hand of a young male who Rebekah stood up to great.
They all were looking pleased and un-naturally giggly like they had gotten high on something the stoners in the school car park use to smoke.
Elijah's red head, spread herself across the empty table, her hands falling down too his reach. Rebekah was up close and personal, swaying with her young man, his arms around her shoulders and the young blond bounced onto of Klaus lap tugging down his shirt.
"Miss" asked a dark hair woman, she clasped her hands in Caroline's pulling them closer to her neck.
They're compelled. Caroline gulped her stomach launching.
It was Rebekah first to bite into her partner; she tucked her teeth in the upper part of his arm, Elijah took blood from the girl's wrist.
Caroline was becoming dizzy, her outer view unfocused until all she could hear was the exciting heart beats ringing in her ears. "Klaus please" The blond begged
And Caroline forced herself to view it. His face change and veins that made some part of her scream were released.
"Such a beautiful neck" he repeated the motions Rebekah had done on her.
Then she remembered yells, no strangers yells but her own. The crying the begging, to please stop, to please let her go, to please just stop.
"Stop it please" Caroline cried
Klaus in surprised, felt the blond being ripped from his arms and head the yelp of the girl fall onto the stone fall.
His features, reversing while watching his angelic Caroline, face twist into something much more frightening. Fear.
She was scared. And she rushed out of the dining room with her vampire speed.
Rebekah and Elijah, stopped what they were doing to stop and stare but Klaus couldn't care. He was on her trail. He had expected her speed to rival his after all she was 400 years old but her pace was slow and he had her in his grasps within seconds. She tried to yank away his grip but her strength again was nothing so instead she pounded against his chest.
"Let me go" she snarled.
He held a breath in aw, he had never pictured Caroline in her monstrous state that his angel could hide a devil.
She continued to pound out her frustration and he took it all in. She really was real.
"I don't drink from the vein" She sighed.
They were sitting down on in the middle of a flat of stairs.
"Sweetheart how do you survive then?" he asked
Caroline pondered for a while, blood bags didn't exist yet... "Animal Blood"
He gave her a serious look before roaring out in laughter "You're telling these past 400 years you've been living off animals"
The thought of 400 years of animal blood made her grimace.
"Well that explains how and why you're not very strong"
"I am strong" Caroline forged offence
Klaus hummed "and slow"
"Hey!" she cried whacking him on his shoulder as hard as she could
"That tickled" he teased
She whacked him again, a laugh poured out of her mouth
"Try again"
And she did nudging him with all her weight, he didn't move. She tried once more.
"Come one love you can do better"
Caroline squinted her eyes.
"I expected you to be more powerful c'mon show me the power of love"
"You're mocking me" Caroline accused
"Maybe" his eyebrows wiggled.
"That's it!" Caroline lunged, her arms wrapping around his neck and squeezed, all she had to do was snap it backwards but that smirk of his stopped her.
"Now I thought you were supposed to be hurting me" his eyes lowered down and Caroline confusedly followed.
Her breasts were crushed against his chest, her knee between his thighs. Caroline jumped of immediately when she realized her position.
"Wipe that smug grin of your face" she commanded, her hand outstretched pointing to him.
He laughed "Caroline, I am a man and man can't control his facial expressions when he has a delicious woman like you onto of him"
Her cheeks heated up.
He unexpectedly though did wipe that smug grin of his face, he sat up to reach her outstretched arm and placed a warm kiss on her knuckles. "Good night love" he whispered against them.
She watched him stand up to her level and call out for a maid to show her back to her room and he left her alone.
When Caroline was finally leaded to her new chambers an entirely different from the ones she was given this morning. She leant on the door for support. What's happening?
Present Day
Klaus paused, in fount of the Salvatore boarding house to lean against one of the columns. Maybe it won't be so bad after all...
Caroline woke up to the banging of Rebekah's servant. She was holding a rusted pot and its lid and was clanging them together.
Caroline groaned. "What's that for"
"My lady wants you to wake"
"Rebekah?"
"Yes" The servant banged the lid against its pot again.
"Stop it would you" Caroline chucked the pillow of from her head
"I can't"
"Why not" Caroline demanded
"Because I just can't"
She was compelled "Seriously!"
"She has a message; revenge is to continue at breakfast, please wear these"
Caroline sleepily peered at the clothes set out for her.
And olive dress, pinches of gold flecks pattered the material. It's tightening focused on the bosoms again and the sleeves where short.
...
Caroline dressed herself after an argument with Rebekah's servant that it wasn't in her job description to dress her up.
"Rebekah" Caroline cornered at the breakfast table
"Rebekah sweetly smiled "You look wonderful"
"Was it necessary to throw me a parade to wake me up?"
From the corner of her eyes she could see, Elijah's eye brows rise.
She shrugged "I don't get to many females to entertain with" if Caroline didn't know better the twinge of sadness laced her voice.
"Next time be a friend and don't wake me up at the crack of dawn" she saw Rebekah's face lighten at the word 'friend'.
"Lady Caroline" bowed a serving girl who was carrying a goblet of a deep red concoction; a envelope was placed underneath it.
"What's this?" Caroline asked her.
"From the regards of Lord Klaus" the serving girl said simply, leaving to get the tray biscuits
The scent of fresh blood loomed into her nostrils.
She hesitantly lifted the goblet her hunger most defiantly still there and opened up the envelope. She peeled of the white wax and delicately opened the letter.
Dear Caroline
You say you do not feed from the vein but any fool can see you're longing and hiding of your own thirst for blood. Inside you do not like to hurt nor do I think inside you are capable of hurting others. Its bitter sweet that as a vampire you still keep that shining light you had since you were human.
Whether it is your delusion or a way to cope, please except this vile of blood, you say you do not drink for the vein then here you go love. Freshly drained for you, I killed no one for your benefit.
This blood is guilt free.
Yours, Klaus.
She folded the letter, taking the goblet and sipping it down.
Did you enjoy it!?
I Did plan on writing this chapter much longer but a lot of other things came up. Rebekah is fairly mean to Katherine because she's worried the dopple ganger will play with both her brother's hearts again and most of Rebekah's actions towards Caroline is out of loneliness, she's finally found a partner in crime (Caroline) but Rebekah is still fairly worried Caroline doesn't like her as the friend she desperately wants.
I added a some nice scenes between Klaus and Caroline because I thought we all deserves some after what we were put through is 4x20. I liked the episode all the way up to the Hayley Baby. I assure you now I will not be writing it in my story.
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