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Chapter Thirty-Six

Layla pulled the sheet up over her as she met Niklaus's eyes. For one perfect moment she thought he had finally trusted her. Telling her the truth about his daughter meant a lot to her. It gave her hope that they still had a chance, but then she realized he was going to compel her to forget. He still didn't trust her. She stayed when she knew she should leave because she loved him. She kept hoping that he would trust her. This just proved that he would never trust her completly.

" It's the only choice I have to protect you and my daughter." His wolf was paceing like a caged animal as tears slid down Layla's cheeks. His wolf was pissed that the wolf he claimed as his was hurt.

"Then why even tell me to begin with?" she untangled herself from him and the covers as she got out of bed. She found the dress she wore and pulled it on." You did the one thing that you knew I have wanted more than anything and then you turn around and take it back. Do you get some kind of happiness from hurting me?" she threw at him as her anger flared. She felt the restlessness in her once more.

"I never get happiness out of your pain, but I can not risk you getting caught in the middle of this." he got out of bed and threw on his pants. He wanted nothing more than to take her back to bed and forget all this, but he could not risk her life.

" Open your eyes Niklaus!" she raised her hand that had his ring on it." I am in the middle of this." she motioned with her hand between them. " From the first time I laid eyes on you." she hated that she allowed him to get under her skin, but at the same time she knew there was something more."The vows we took I meant every word. For better or wrose. It doesn't matter if we are apart or together I am in the middle of this and anything else that happens to you. It's what happens when you love each other. You don't back down when the going gets tough you stand together united." she swallowed against the treat of fresh tears." At least that's what I thought." she bit her lip to keep from crying." You can't compel me to forget I started taking vervain this morning." she said as a matter of factly remembering that Jackson had insisted on her taking some since they weren't sure if she'd be able to be compelled or not and he wanted to make sure she was safe." I came here to give you a chance to stop pushing me away and for us to actually be husband and wife," she swiped at the unwanted tears as she felt like her heart had been shattered. " I can not be with you, if you can't trust me this hurts to much. If I keep allowing you to do this then I'll lose me." she turned to walk away, but he was in front of her.

"It's not about trusting you it's about others forcing you to tell them." He said to her as he took a deep breath and regained control over his emotions. "It's about my life meaning nothing if I lost you for good." She watched the play of emotions cross his face .

"The witches forced Hayley to give birth to our daughter as I was rendered helpless by a spell then slit her throat once she gave birth." He touched her face softly" I watched her die and the thought," he paused as he fought to control his emotions." Of that happening to you is unbearable for me." He sighed " I gave you a way out. I tried to let you go. After the lose of our child you left me." He saw the regret in her eyes. " I told myself after not hearing from you that it was a good thing. You deserved better than me." he swallowed against the taste of bile as he continued." Then you came back. I did all I could to push you away, but I couldn't let you go. To do that would mean to cut out my own heart." She seemed to lose a little of the fight he saw in her." I can not compel you to forget what I have told you." she narrowed her eyes at him as she processed all he had said." At least not today." she stiffened as realized what he was implying.

"What are you saying?" she felt this weight in the pit of her stomache.

"I can not take the chance with my daughter's life nor yours." he told her as she stepped back from his touch like it was poison." Until the vervain is out of your system you can not leave here." it took a moment for it to registrar what he had said, but once it did she was ready to fight.

"You can't just lock me up in here." she spat out in disbelief as that knot of dread seemed to weight heavily in her stomach now. " Damn it all Niklaus can you not just let go of your paranoia and trust me!" she couldn't believe he would lock her up until the vervain was out of her system."If you try to lock me in here I swear I will make it very unpleasant for you." she thought about her being a new wolf." You can't keep me locked up in here I need to be around other wolves to learn to be one." she was starting to feel edgy and right now she wanted to rip Niklaus's arm off and smack him with it.

"It'll take three days for the vervain to be completely out of your system." Klaus stated as she shook her head at him."You'll be fine until then." she glared daggers at him.

" I don't believe you." Layla's voice broke as she felt the burn of tears and the wet trails they left on her cheeks." You let me believe you were suffering a lose that I know all too well, and then you confess to me that you had to lie about her death only to compel me to forget." she had tears falling down her cheeks." You don't trust me to take this secret to my grave?" he opened his mouth to speak, but she interrupted him."Don't say a word just do one thing for me" her chest heaved as she tried to stop the flow of tears." While you're compelling me to forget what you told me, compel me to forget about you as well. I can't keep hitting this same brick wall. It hurts too much and right now it's all I can do to keep my wolf from raging. I don't have the energy left to keep doing this. I would rather forget how much I love you than to hurt this bad because I do." it felt like she had physically hit him." I told you things that I'd never told anyone and trusted you to keep them, but you have never once trusted me." she pushed away from him knowing that if he touched her right now she'd fall apart. " I love you with every single part of me, but I can't keep allowing you to hurt me like this." she turned to met his eyes and saw the pain in them."What about Hayley?" she raised a brow at him." You gonna compel her to forget her daughter?" she had a point and he knew it. "I won't stay here and be your hostage until you feel like I'm good to leave." she could feel the anger bubble up as she spat the words out at him. "Enjoy the next seventy- two hours because this is the last time you will ever see me. I am done."She needed to get control of herself. She needed to get away from Niklaus. She wanted to hurt him and yet she wanted to kiss him too.

She went to the study and sat down on the couch. This was going to be a long seventy-two hours. She sighed heavely as she tried to think of a way out of here without anyone knowing. Why couldn't he just trust her for once? She cursed Mikeal and Esther for how they treated him. He'd never known what it was like to have someone truly care for you without hidden agendas. It made her sad to think of that, but at the same time she was pissed. She would not let him get to her again.

"I suppose you're going to tell me this is not the way to handle this." Klaus said to Elijah as he starred at Layla who was fighting to control herself.

"Not at all, but I am curious as to how the next seventy- two hours is going to go." Elijah said as he took one last look at Layla who had her back to them. He was concerned about her ability to adjust, but at the same time he was worried about Hayley too. Niklaus could handle Layla that much he was sure of. These next few days would certainly bring some amusement he left the two alone as he sought out Hayley.