Chapter 24 – Starry nights
Getting in his car, he drove us to a long part of the beach that I knew very well. Getting out of the car we walked to the shore
"Life really has changed a lot, doesn't it?"
he asked lying on his back to watch the stars. I mimicked him
"I guess, how would you know that?"
"ever thought you're not the only one to remember life before?"
"what do you mean?"
he chuckled
"for all my life, whenever I'd face a choice I'd remember the choice I made before"
he said simply.
"so what did you change?"
his eyes darkened a tiny bit
"you don't have to reply to that"
I lamented quickly.
"no one asked me that before"
he replied quietly with his eyes connected to the moon. When he turned to look at me I was surprised to see his eyes were a strange shade of orange.
"You made the biggest change actually. This time around, Mother knew about what vampires eat so she didn't set out to kill us the moment she realized we eat people"
"she set out to kill you before?"
he nodded
"I thought only the witches on Esther's old coven did that"
he shook his head
"vampires are against nature because we kill to eat"
"makes sense. but I told Esther the drawbacks of being a vampire"
I said lost in thoughts
"exactly"
his orange eyes gleamed
"and this time around Esther knew the cure to it. she gave us wives"
"you're married?"
I exclaimed hurt. why am I hurt?
"no, I'm not. We're not. Esther used the wives as a buffet for a few years until it was safe to leave the village"
I shook my heart trying to ignore the way my heart calmed down. what the heck am I feeling?
"what is wrong with your eyes?"
"Wrong?"
"they're orange"
"just the full moon"
I raised one eyebrow
"you're gonna have to do better than that"
I said softly
"what do you know about my parentage?"
"just that Esther had you with one of the local werewolves"
"and what child that makes?"
he asked with a teacher like tone
"a hairy one?"
I asked clueless. Frankly I have no idea how werewolves are made. Jake never got tot hat part
"a werewolf in the making. Once they kill someone they become werewolves"
"is that what happened to you? I thought Mikael changed you when we were out on the shore together"
"he did"
he answered smiling
"I'm a hybrid"
he finished with a pleased tone. his happy expression turned sour when he saw I didn't look surprised
"shouldn't you be surprised?"
"I've seen Underworld"
I replied keeping a straight face. he pouted.
"and I thought I was special"
he muttered, I felt bad
"you are. I've never seen a vampire with orange eyes before"
"you've dated a cold one"
his pouty expression was vanished thanks to a cold one. this guy has some serious mood swings, I bit back an angry retort
"yes, I have. why do your eyes turn orange though?"
"I told you"
"you told me you'd be a werewolf if you killed someone. You've been around for a very long time, somehow I don't believe you've never killed anyone"
his cold expression melted to a proud one
"I have killed thousands of people"
he stated proudly. I snickered
"so aren't you a doggie right now?"
"Esther had placed a curse on me to keep my werewolf side locked. I unlocked it"
"how?"
"which time?"
he snickered. I tried not to stick my tongue out
"both"
"actually it was three times"
he stated casually
"Klaus"
I growled.
"You're cute when you're upset"
he said with a smile enjoying this too much. hmmm my heels are stilettos, can I stab him? sending him a sweet smile I plunged my 7 inches stiletto hot pink sandal into his stomach.
"Tell me, or you're getting the other one too"
he looked down at his crisp black shirt that was poked by my heel amazed.
then he started laughing and he pulled it out. the wound closed immediately
"the first time was about 500 years ago. Elijah located the doppelganger of Mikael's daughter in England. we were all set for the ritual to be done but she flirted with him enough to convince him to tell the truth and she left. to be safe Katerina found a way to be turned into a vampire"
he explained tossing my sandal on the sand behind us
"Katerina... why does that name sound so familiar?"
I asked myself
"she was calling herself Katherine when she changed Stefan and Damon"
he replied casually. I shook my head
"I should have seen in coming. what was the second time?"
I asked laying back on the sand enthralled by the story
"the second time Katherine found me the necessary ingredients but Damon helped them escape. so I used the next doppelganger's aunt"
"you turned and then killed her aunt?"
I shouted. calmly he nodded
"easy kitten. I changed it the third time around, Esther was far too upset with that idea so I used Katherine instead"
"that sounds almost poetic"
"Esther modified the ritual so it worked for both me and henrik as well. I'm proud to announce that I haven't made any other hybrids other than the two to work at Fangs either."
he said pleased. I smiled at him and unable to hold back I patted the top of his messy blond head
"Good boy"
with a playful snarl he pushed my hand away and climbing on top of me he began tickling me.
Damn Freida had shared my ticklishness!