A/N: Hellooo, I finally finished writing those 17 fucking pages and decided that I'd celebrate this by updating again ;)

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xoxo Ascha

Chapter 35:

The next night I woke up on the shore of a river somewhere unknown, completely soaked in blood from head to toe, my hunger fully satisfied.

Beside me lay Kol, soaked in blood too and reminding me of the events of last night.

We'd gone on a killing spree through the forest and killed everything on our path – humans and animals alike.

I remembered Kol trying to make a move on me as we ended up at the river and me driving a piece of wood through his heart, because even if I would die within a few hours then I'd never ever sleep with him.

But something had gone wrong.

It was early afternoon and I wasn't dead.

Taking a deep breath, I turned to Kol and pulled the stake out, waiting for him to wake up and realize what had happened to him.

He woke up after a few minutes and glared venomously at me at first, then glanced around and frowned.

"You should be dead," he said and sat up, rubbing his chest. "And not just because of Klaus being the one who turned you."

His eyes darkened and a mixture of rage and lust flared in his eyes as he looked at me. I merely shrugged and stood up, because I couldn't care less.

If he killed me, then so be it.

"Something must be wrong," I muttered. "I know he died. I watched him die…"

"Well, obviously he isn't dead then. Or… perhaps, you should just forget about Nik and move on. I'll be more than happy to help you with that."

I rolled my eyes. "Fuck off, Kol. My husband might be dead but I'm still married to him."

I went to walk away from him, but he was quick to block my path and pinned me against a tree, his pupils starting to dilate.

"Forget about Klaus and move on… You want me now. Only me."

Every part of me wanted to fight the sudden urge that began growing inside me, but Kol was an Original and I knew from experience that it was nearly impossible to resist their compulsion.

Luckily, Kol's carnal desire was interrupted by his phone and as he answered Rebekah's call, he suddenly began smiling.

"And you're positive he's dead?" he asked, grinning victoriously.

"Oh, yes. I'm positive. Did you find Evie? Is she…?" Rebekah answered worriedly.

"Yes, she's dead. I'm sorry." I opened my mouth to say that he was lying, but he ordered me to stay quiet.

"But her brothers are alive. Why didn't she make it? I'm sure Nik turned Mary!"

"He didn't. I did. Evie is… definitely gone. But at least she's with Nik now."

I heard Rebekah sigh and she wished him good luck before hanging up. I was infuriated by Kol's actions and couldn't believe that he'd lie to his own sister like that.

"Asshole!" I spat, trying to get away but he caught me easily.

"Oh, you are not going anywhere except for with me. Nik is dead, Evie. Just give up and move on with me. There's nothing left for you in Mystic Falls." Kol said.

That wasn't true. My brothers were still there, but knowing that Alaric was dead meant that Elena must be dead as well.

They had their own problems to deal with and I had mine.

"Fine. And where do you suggest we go? We can't exactly just go to town like this!" I said, waving at our clothes.

Kol smirked mischievously and ordered me to stay put, leaving me behind for several minutes. He returned after a while with clean clothes – having out something semi-decent for me to wear.

"Dare I ask where you got this?" I asked, starting to undress with my back turned to him.

"Probably not," Kol chuckled and I sensed him standing behind me when I was in my underwear. "I do miss my brother, but after the things he's done to me… I think it's only fair I get his girl."

I wanted to kick him away from me or drive a piece of wood through his heart again… oh I wanted to do it so badly, but the compulsion made me feel other things.

Things I shouldn't feel and that I didn't want to feel.

I felt Kol's hands on my arms, his body pressed against mine and his lips on the side of my neck…

My cell phone pulled me out of my reverie and I managed to pull away from Kol, seeing an unknown number calling me.

I went to answer and felt my wrist being gripped by Kol as he wrestled the phone out of my hand and threw it in the river.

"No need for that where we're going. Get dressed and let's get going, love."

I did as he told me to and changed into a short, black dress that clung tightly to my body and had to walk bare foot into the nearest town with Kol, because he hadn't got me any shoes that fit.

We stopped by a closed shoe shop and "borrowed" a pair of black stilettos that fit me before heading to a nightclub Kol wanted to visit.

The Red Diamond was filled with young men and women that were grinding more than dancing, some were spilling drinks on the floor and singing along to the songs and others were hiding in the restrooms, crying or throwing up.

"Why don't you get us a drink, love? I'm way too sober to have fun right now." Kol said, running his fingers over my behind.

I felt like slapping him and tried too, only to be stopped by the compulsion that wanted me to give in to his touch and let him have his wicked way with me.

Instead, I decided to head up to the bar and compelled my way to getting us some free drinks, while Kol glanced around with an amused expression on his face.

This was his element and he was oh-so-tempted into going on a killing spree.

"Here's your drink, dick," I said with a sickly sweet smile as I returned. "For a guy who just lost his brother you're awfully cheery."

"Yes, well that happens. Nik had it coming." Kol answered with a shrug.

I tightened my grip on the glass I was holding and felt it shatter in my hand, cutting deep into my palm.

Kol merely chuckled and pulled the sharp piece out, tasting a drop of my blood in a seductive way that sent a shiver of lust through my body.

This was so wrong… I should be dead. Not Kol's little slave that he could do anything he wanted to.

When my hand had healed up, Kol grabbed a stranger's drink and handed it to me, leaning close to my ear to whisper quietly: "Drink up and dance with me, love."

I drank every bit of what tasted like vodka mixed with blood orange and followed him to the dance floor, my hands instinctively placing themselves on his body.

As we began dancing together, I finally got to see a playful side of Kol that I hadn't seen before and the ripper inside me wanted to see what kind of fun he had in mind for tonight.

I allowed the predator in me to take over my body completely tonight and danced closely with Kol, the desire for blood gradually growing and intensifying.

"So you can actually have fun! I'm pleasantly surprised, Evie," Kol said teasingly, twirling me around before pulling me into his arms again. "Who should we kill tonight? Your choice."

I glanced around in the nightclub and spotted a couple that was deeply engrossed in their tongue kissing to notice anything around them.

"Them," I said, pointing towards them. "They look tasty."

Kol chuckled and nodded in agreement, tugging me with him to the couple and interrupting their full on make out session.

We compelled them into allowing them to drink from them and they obeyed like brainless zombies, exposing their necks for us without hesitating.

They'd clearly been drinking a lot tonight, because there was nothing that kept them from resisting us.

I pulled the young man with me out on the dance floor and bit into his neck, drinking his blood greedily as I tried keeping my fighting emotions at bay.

They were struggling to be released from the cage I'd put them in and to knock some sense into me, but I just couldn't allow myself to feel anything.

The pain was too overwhelming and knowing that I'd never see Klaus again had broken me completely.

So I bit down harder and ripped his neck open, draining every drop of blood from his neck while Kol had his wicked way with the young woman.

Once my guy was dead, I went to find Kol and accidentally bumped into someone, who quickly grabbed me by my wrist.

The moment he touched my skin I felt a stinging sensation on my arm and knew immediately that he was a vampire hunter.

"Let go of me or I'll gladly rip your head off right now!" I hissed, baring my fangs at him.

The hunter was a dark skinned, muscular young man with a few scars on his arms and he had a wild look in his eyes that looked like pure hatred.

"I don't think so," he said and went to drive a stake through my heart as he tightened his grip on my arm.

I quickly dodged his stake, but he wasn't done with me yet and chased me through the nightclub when I managed to get away from him.

Whoever this guy was then he wasn't like any ordinary vampire hunter. He had the strength of a newly turned vampire – perhaps a bit stronger than that – and the way he'd attacked me was unlike anything I'd ever seen before.

Eventually, I ran into Kol near the exit and told him about the hunter. I wanted to leave, but he wanted to stay and have a little fun with the hunter.

Fortunately, the hunter had disappeared in the crowd of people, so Kol was forced into leaving the nightclub with me.

"Bloody hunters… you get rid of one and then the next one appears," he muttered as we walked through the alley behind the nightclub. "Did he say who he was?"

"No, he was a little too busy trying to kill me," I snapped and rubbed my sore wrist. "I did notice something strange, though. On the stake he tried to use on me."

Kol stopped dead in his tracks and turned to me. "Let's go to a diner. It's safer to talk there."

I nodded and followed him through the dark streets of whatever town we were in until we found an almost empty diner.

We cleaned ourselves up, changed our clothes into something new we'd "borrowed" and ordered some food even though we weren't hungry just so we wouldn't draw too much attention to ourselves.

I found a pen in the diner and threw the strange symbol I'd seen on a napkin before handing it to Kol, so he could see what I'd seen.

Kol fell completely silent the instant he saw the tribal-like symbol and muttered something in Italian under his breath.

"You recognize it?" I asked curiously.

"Yes and my suggestion is that we get the hell away from here." Kol answered.

I frowned as he suddenly stood up and headed out of the diner without saying anything else. I didn't know why I did what I did next, but this might be the only time I'd get to do it.

I wrote down a message on a napkin and compelled one of the waitresses to call one of my brothers, so she could pass the message on to them.

I then quickly followed Kol, feeling confused and eager to kill someone before my emotions managed to break free.

"Where are we going, Kol?" I asked, running up beside him.

Kol smirked and looked at me: "Mmm, let's go to Miami. I'd love to see you in a bikini."

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