THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER IS NO LONGER A NOTE, IT IS A FULL CHAPTER!
Song(s) for this chapter: Sweet Sacrifice by Evanescence
Warning(s) for this chapter: Mentions of torture and blood.
Mikael carefully placed his fingers under Pia's chin and tilted her head up so that he could look at her face. Even he could not deny that she inherited some of Esther's finer features. Those plush lips, the unblemished skin and the unruly blonde curls were all of the traits that had caught his eyes those centuries ago when he had seen Esther at the harvest.
It was those damned blue eyes however that reminded him that this girl was nothing more than a mistake in his life. How dare she stand here when his darling Freya is not of this world… it was an injustice that he would never forgive.
Her brow scrunched and she let out a small whine of pain as the poisonous concoction ran through her veins. Her blood felt like acid pumping underneath her skin. Mikael sighed and turned the dial on the drip so that the clear liquid pumped less ferociously into her. He had to admit he was bored of seeing her face contort and hearing only little whimpers escape her mouth.
Perhaps the little pup didn't need such a strong dose… but he had the dagger tucked away in his pocket just in case it was a ruse to make him less focused.
Pia breathed out a heavy sigh and her eyes slowly fluttered open. She stared back at the man and let out a low growl. With a tut Mikael let go of her chin and pushed her back so that she swayed on the chains. Pia let out a gasp of pain as the nails embedded in the cuffs dug into her skin and caused more blood to run down her forearms. She carefully righted herself back onto her tiptoes and bit back another snarl. She felt so weak. She needed to feed.
"You're hungry?" Pia gave him a look causing him to laugh. "I have this." He pulled out a small flask from his jacket and shook it. Her pupils dilated at the sound of the thick liquid inside the matte black case. Veins began to crawl down her cheeks but she quickly swallowed and willed them to disappear. She didn't need him to have any more power over her than he did already. "You do not want it?"
"I will not ask for anything from you. I never did before, and I am not going to start now." Pia spat back at the smirking man. Her eyes went wide as she noticed him reaching for the IV dial once again. She looked back at him as he tilted his head to the side as though asking for her to make a move.
The ball was in her court.
Apologise, or he amped up the medicine.
"Go ahead. Do it." A scream of pain immediately left her lips as he let the poison rush into her system once again. She slumped down a little causing the nails to rip into her already damaged wrists, only adding more agony to her predicament.
"Oh, dear." Mikael muttered under his breath as he watched her forearms become drenched in red. He shook his head and wrapped an arm around her waist to support her a little more. Pia's head slumped onto his shoulder as he mockingly shushed her. "There…. There… let's try again." For a second time he reduced the concoction flowing into her veins and let her stand back on her tiptoes. He stepped back a few paces and waited for her to look at him. Teary eyes glared at him and he laughed. "You are so weak, little pup. Do not waste your energy."
"Don't call me that."
"Why not?"
"Little pup? I am stronger than anyone has ever given me credit for. I may be small, but that is only because of my sicknesses as a child."
"Indeed. Such a weak little thing you were. The slightest hint of winter arriving and you instantly had a cold. However, now you are something of a horror story, aren't you? A monster that parents use to warn their children of if they did not do as they were told."
"What are you talking about?"
"The Snow White Queen… that little girl that I used to watch being scared of the first sign of snow turning into the vicious beast that tore towns apart… such a miraculous transformation." Mikael said sarcastically. His snarl turned into a grin as he noticed her face drop.
"Do not talk of things you don't understand."
"You are a beast at heart, my love." She growled at him and allowed her amber eyes to shine through the blue. Veins ran down her cheeks and she bared her fangs.
"No! I was broken! I was heartbroken. I woke up as this-this thing and was told my baby was gone. I was dead yet I was alive. I was confused! You know what it was like to wake up as we did… everything was 100 times harder to deal with! It felt like our bodies were on fire!"
"You have so many excuses, don't you?" A tear fell down her cheek at his tone of disbelief.
"I know I killed. I know I destroyed families and wiped out generations. I do not deny that… but I will not take all of the blame. You and Esther created these monsters. The blame is also at your door." Mikael shook his head and stepped close to that she could look nowhere else but in his eyes.
"Do you want to know what is going to happen? What my endgame is here?" Her fangs retracted slowly and the amber faded into blue as she willed for her wolf to come back to her.
"You are going to kill me." Mikael's mad cackle of laughter made her brow crease in confusion. He gently stroked the side of her face and moved some sweat soaked strands of hair back behind her ear.
"No, little pup… that would be far too quick." He cooed gently with a smile.
"Then what?"
"I am going to have an audience with the Snow White Queen… and then she shall rip apart the man that kept her asleep for so long."
"Niko…" Pia breathed under her breath.
"You are going to kill him for me. I won't even have to get my hands dirty… you see, I know how it goes when Her Majesty takes over… you do not care about any of them. Each time Niklaus and Elijah have had to break into your pretty little mind in order to bring you back… but that was of course after they finally managed to incapacitate you."
"I will not let her free ever again." Pia hissed in anger.
"You will… I know exactly how to entice her to come out…
"And when she comes, she is going to have a lot of anger held inside of her towards the man that kept centuries of life from her.
"And I shall sit back and watch as she tears him apart."
'One day I'm gonna forget your name,
'And one sweet day you're gonna drown in my, lost pain.
'Fear is only in our minds,
'Taking over all the time.
'Fear is only in our minds,
'But it's taking over all the time.
-Sweet Sacrifice by Evanescence-
AN: Just a short introduction into Pia's torment, mainly posted so that people are aware the previous chapter has been changed from a note to a full chapter!
