This chapter is short, I'm sorry about that; I wanted to finish it before my few days trip. My one week summer holiday started today, finally :) Again, thank you all for giving me so much inspiration :) I'm writing this short one shot that popped in my head; I'll probably publish it today. Would love to hear what you think :)
Chapter 55
Madness
Seraphine felt exhausted when Kol wrapped his arms around her. Funny, she had never thought him as a cuddling type. She was too confused to say anything to him, what could she say? She had never felt so exposed and vulnerable in her life and a part of her had been sure that he would use that against her. He still could do that, even if it seemed that he had tried to make the experience as pleasant as possible for her, although it had been more than difficult considering the circumstances. She was truly praying that he would be discreet; she didn't think that she could take any humiliation right now. His fingers were tracing patterns down her back while he snuggled his face in her hair.
"Does it still hurt?" he muttered.
"A little."
Actually she felt very sore and she would have liked to take a shower. His hand stopped moving and he turned her around.
"I can give you my blood but I'm not sure if it'll affect the elixir, I can find Clarice and ask…"
"That's ok, I'll be fine," she said without looking at him. He touched her face before lifting her chin. His dark eyes were looking at her intensely. He ran his thumb along the line of her hair and parted her lips with his index finger.
"It was an honor to be your first."
She had no idea what to say, but he didn't seem to expect any reply. He smiled and ran his hand over her neck, caressing her shoulder. His lips touched her pulse point and she felt his fangs coming out.
"You truly are beautiful…"
She swallowed when his hand went under the blanket, fondling her breast, his mouth sucking her neck.
"Please," she muttered nervously. "I can't do that again, I'm hurting."
He looked up and bit his lip. Seeing his vampire face made her very nervous, she hoped that he wouldn't bite her.
"You know what, I'll just give you my blood, you'll feel better after that…"
She shook her head.
"No, please. I'm very tired; I would like to get some sleep."
He pressed his lips together but he nodded. Thankfully the black veins disappeared.
"Of course. May I stay here?"
"I guess so," she said tiredly. "Just please don't bite me."
He seemed amused.
"Not even a little bit?"
"No."
He sighed, pretending to be disappointed.
"Fine. Come here."
She didn't resist when he pulled her close to him and sighed in content. At first she didn't think that she could fall asleep in his tight embrace but it didn't take long before she felt herself floating away.
"Thank you for not being violent…" she muttered before falling asleep.
He looked at her for a long time, playing with her hair. She certainly didn't ask much. Had she expected him to be violent? Probably. For some reason he found the thought depressing. Not that it mattered, he would be gone soon. As soon as she would be safe… He bit his lip and leaned closer, inhaling her scent. She sighed in her sleep and moved her hand. He raised it to his lips and touched her soft fingertips with his tongue and teeth. There was so much about her that he would have wanted to explore, if only it would be possible to stop the time in this moment. He placed her hand on his chest, studying her every feature. He wanted to remember this moment forever… The sudden knock on the door cut off his thoughts. Who the hell dared to bother him? The second knock sounded more urgent, like someone would have been in panic.
"What…" Seraphine muttered sleepily.
"It's ok, darling, go back to sleep," he said and kissed her forehead before getting up. Another knock. Apparently someone had a death wish. He gritted his teeth and wrapped a blanket around his lower body before marching to the door. When he unlocked it and yanked it open he saw Dorian.
"What…" Kol started angrily.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you but this is an emergency," Dorian said tensely. "Klaus…"
Kol pressed his lips together.
"What about him?"
"He's not…well. I ask you to come and talk to him."
Kol frowned.
"What are you talking about?"
Dorian looked at him tensely.
"I have done my best to be hospitable but this I won't tolerate. I can get him as many humans as he wants to play with but this is my Annette… She doesn't even like men for heavens sake!"
Kol tried to understand what he was saying.
"Wait; have my brother done something to your assistant?"
"You could say that. Please come and talk to him."
"Where's Elijah?" Kol asked.
"I can't find him." There was a glimpse of desperation in Dorian's eyes. "I don't need any payment, I only ask you to help my Annette."
Apparently Dorian did care about something else than money. Who would have known…
"Where is Klaus?" Seraphine's voice suddenly asked. Kol hadn't noticed that she had got up.
"Downstairs, in the living room," Dorian replied quickly.
Seraphine nodded and headed to the door a blanket wrapped around her body.
"Hey," Kol said and grabbed her arm. "Where do you think you're going?"
"I need to talk to Klaus," she replied calmly.
"No, I'll do that…"
"Kol," she said determinedly. "He's not well, can't you feel that? I need to talk to him."
"Please hurry," Dorian said tensely.
Kol gritted his teeth before letting go of her hand.
"Fine, we'll both go."
He certainly wasn't happy about this, it wasn't morning yet, she still belonged to him. Damn brother, why have he had to go mad right now?
