No Matter What
James had left Alex in her room with a promise to return soon to complete the binding spell, he needed to collect a few items and update Sarah. Alex had agreed to stay under the covers and rest, but she wasn't able to fall back asleep. Her thoughts were racing, and she was scared about what was to come.
Alex knew that binding herself to Elena was a stupid idea; Elena would be furious with her when it was over, but Alex wouldn't be here to feel her anger. Instead, she would watch from the other side as her sister would grieve her as she did their parents. Alex didn't want to die. There were so many places she wanted to go, experiences magic all over the world, and she had hoped to have someone by her side when she did. Initially, Alex had pictures, James. His cheeky smile, the two of them would be casting spells and stealing each other's food. But then along came Elijah, and after such a short time Alex could see them dancing on the streets to the jazz music in New Orleans, or Elijah taking her through history as they walked along streets in Rome. But it wouldn't happen now, there was no future for her.
The hardest part was knowing that Elena wouldn't want this. She was so selfless and would never want anyone to sacrifice themselves to save her life. Alex knew she would have to keep this from her because Elena would do all that she could to change Alex's mind, but that couldn't happen. Elena needed to live, graduate high school, go to college and live her life, and then one day, she would die of old age with her grandkids and great-grandkids around her. And if getting Elena to that point meant lying to her again, then Alex decided that she had too.
Alex looked down at her phone and thought about what was to come. Klaus was determined to break his curse that night, and he had everything but the moonstone. The last time Alex had seen it was when James had pulled it from Katherine's pocket, and he had sent it off to the Council. They needed the moonstone to break the curse, and since Alex no longer trusted the Council or Renee, the moonstone could be anywhere. If Klaus wasn't given the moonstone, Alex feared what he would do. Jeremy and Jenna were hopefully still safe, Robert was still supposedly keeping them safe. He may still work for the Council, but he was always close with James. But all of those even with them, Elena's friends, the people who live in Mystic Falls, all of them were targets for Klaus' rage if he didn't get what he wanted.
Opening her phone, Alex brought up Renee's number. Alex needed the moonstone, and there was only one way to get it. Alex dialled and brought her phone up to her ear.
It rang twice before Renee answered. "I'm surprised you're awake so soon. Desiccation spells take a lot out of you, especially when you stop your own heart. I didn't see that coming, by the way, bravo. Too bad you screwed it all up." Her voice was smug, and it rubbed Alex the wrong way.
Alex took a breath to keep herself calm before she responded. "I have decided to work with you." Her voice was steady and calm, Renee needed to believe her. "I can't stop Klaus without your help."
Renee chuckled. "How wonderful to hear? What do you need?"
"The moonstone." Alex bit her lip and waited. She expected Renee to say no or that it would take time.
Instead, she said, "Alright. I'm at the falls, meet me here in an hour, and it is all yours."
"Ok, see you then." Alex dropped the phone and dropped onto her pillows.
"Working with the Council again?" Elijah's voice surprised her.
Alex sat back up and frowned at him as he stood in her doorway. He was dressed perfectly as always, but his face wasn't stone. His face was mixed with regret and fear.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
Elijah pushed off the door frame he had been leaning on and crossed the room. He sat down on the edge of her bed. "I needed to make sure you were okay."
Alex wanted to reach out and touch him, to have him wrap his arms around her and let herself just fade into him. "Why?" she asked. Alex's feelings of betrayal were still raw, but after deciding on what was to come, she couldn't be angry with him, not anymore.
"I made a mistake," he said. "I never wanted to hurt you, my only goal was to keep you safe. Instead, what I did lead to you almost dying."
Alex pulled her knees up to her chest and said, "I can understand why you wanted to save your family, but why didn't you just tell me. We could have found a way to help them."
Elijah frowned. "Niklaus has powerful witches keeping them hidden."
"How is he even keeping them locked up?" Alex asked.
"Niklaus possesses powerful daggers that when dipped into the ash of a white oak tree will desiccate any original vampire. It isn't a permanent death if the dagger is removed then we will wake up, but it allows Niklaus to keep us in line."
"That's horrible." Alex pictured Elijah lying in a coffin with a dagger sticking out of his chest, and it chilled her. Who could do that to their own family?
"Yes. I am the only one who is not currently being stored in a coffin; however, I do believe that when Niklaus promised to reunite me with my siblings, he has every intention of putting me in my very own box." Elijah rubbed his hands over his face and let out a heavy sigh.
Alex couldn't stop herself from reaching out any longer. She grabbed Elijah's hand and held it in between both of hers. She kissed his knuckles and said, "I won't let him." If Alex needed to also find a way to kill Klaus during the ritual, then she would, there had to be a way. If Klaus was dead, then James could help Elijah locate his siblings without having to worry about Klaus stabbing Elijah.
"I don't know what else we can do?" Elijah moved his hand and intertwined his finger's with Alex's. He shifted closer to her and slowly brought his other hand up to push the hair from her eyes before tucking it behind her ear.
"We are going to break the curse," said Alex.
Elijah paused his movements. "Excuse you?" He looked at her, confused.
"Klaus will be weakened when we break the curse. He will have no choice but to shift into a wolf, he will have to suffer every single bone in his body breaking. At that point, he would be no stronger than your average wolf," explained Alex.
"So while he is shifting I could kill him," asked Elijah.
Alex nodded. "Yeah, or we could desiccate him. Depending on what you want." Alex still wanted to help Elijah. No matter how evil Klaus was, he was Elijah's brother, and if he couldn't kill him, then she was happy to lock him up in a box until well after Elena had lived her life.
"I don't know what I want to do with him. There are moments when he is my little brother and then times like yesterday when he is nothing but his monster, void of anything human." Elijah shifted even closer to Alex.
Alex lifted her legs and placed them over his knee and let him pull her flush against him. His arms wrapped around her, and she relaxed into his embrace. It was warm, comforting and loving. Alex knew that this was where she wanted to be more than anything else, in Elijah's arms. She loved him completely. No matter what had happened, if she was going to die tomorrow, then she wasn't going to let her anger control everything. "I love you," said Alex. She nuzzled her face against his chest and placed a kiss against the bottom of his chin. "And I forgive you."
Elijah shifted and slid his hands into her hair and brought her face to his. He kissed her softly, their lips moving slowly, a small hum vibrated from Alex's throat. Elijah's grip tightened, and he pulled on slightly. "I love you too."
Alex's heart fluttered, and she pulled him back in for another kiss. Their time together had been so short, but her whole body wanted him more than anything else, her heart and mind both cried out for him, and she knew that no one could ever compare to him. She wanted him completely.
Alex slid her hands up under Elijah's jacket and pushed it off his shoulders. Elijah pulled it off and threw it to the floor. Alex grasped at his tie as Elijah slid his hands up her waist and under her tank top.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
Alex nodded. "I have never wanted something so much in my life, never wanted someone." She yanked off his tie and tugged his shirt open, popping off the buttons.
"You are lucky that I have plenty of shirts," Elijah teased.
Alex smiled. "If you wore t-shirts it wouldn't be an issue."
Elijah kissed her hand and pulled his ruined shirt off his shoulders, he continued to push up Alex's top and paused as his hands reached her breasts.
Alex pulled back from his lips to pull the top off completely. She cupped the back of Elijah's neck and climbed onto his lap, her legs straddling him. Grasping at the ends of his hair and she rubbed her body against his and felt his cock harden beneath her.
Elijah moaned at her movement and reached around to unclip her bra. With her breasts bare, he pulled his lips down her neck and nibbled on her nipple before taking it into his mouth and swirling his tongue around it. Alex cried out and dug her fingers into his shoulder blade. Elijah hooked one hand into her PJ shorts and underwear and tugged them down. With her on his lap, he couldn't pull them off, so he quickly flipped them over and laid Alex on her back and yanked her pants down. He admired her naked body and smiled at the cheeky smirk on her face.
"Only fare if I get to stare at you too," she said.
Elijah nodded and removed his pants and underwear. He sped back onto the bed and knelt over her, he kissed her hard, pushed his hard cock against her bare folds.
Alex gasped into the kiss and reached between them to wrap her fingers around him. She wanted to please him, to wrap her mouth around him and swallow him whole. Alex also wanted him to fill her with his tongue and lick her clean, but she needed him, needed him buried inside of her, filling her to the brim. "Please," she begged.
Elijah cupped the back of one leg and pulled it around his waist, spreading her legs open so that he could slide his cock teasingly along her folds again. "So wet," he whispered. Kissing down her chest, he found her breast against and nibbled on her nipple. "I want to taste you," he said.
Alex whimpered, she wanted it too, but she needed his cock more. "Later," she gasped, only managing few words as his tongue danced along her skin. "I need you inside me."
Elijah smiled against her skin and kissed back up to her throat. "Anything you desire." With a firm thrust, Elijah thrust himself into her folds.
Alex cried out and dug her heel into his ass to push him as far in until he bottomed out.
Elijah only paused for a moment before he kissed her again before pulling out and thrusting back it. His thrusts were firm and deep, and with every movement, Alex could feel her stomach tighten, and a tingling sensation pushed its way through her stomach and down her legs.
Having Elijah inside, he was like nothing she had felt before. He seemed to fit perfectly, he knew exactly how to push into her and touch every single inch of her. Alex's body felt like it was on fire, and she only wanted more.
"Elijah, harder." Alex pulled his head from her neck and kissed him. Her lips, desperate to taste him.
"You are so amazing," he said. "I love you." He nibbled her lip, and his thrust increased in speed.
"I love you! Yes!" Alex cried and felt the build in her stomach exploded. "Fuck, Elijah." She cried his name as her orgasm washed over her and sent tingles all over her body.
Elijah thrust into her a few more times before he followed her over the edge, moaning her name against her mouth as he reclaimed her bruised lips again.
They laid there together, limbs tangled, Elijah still buried inside her. His face was nestled in her throat, and Alex ran her fingers lazily along his arms. Alex smiled and nudged Elijah's face with her nose.
"You are amazing." Elijah lifted his head and placed a soft kiss on her shoulder.
Alex traced a finger across her cheek. "I love you."
Elijah smiled brightly. "So you have told me, a few times now."
Alex shrugged. "I like saying it."
"Good." Elijah kissed her lips. "Because I want to hear that from you for a very long time, no matter what."
Alex's heart skipped a beat. A long time. It hurt to think that they only had today, but Alex was glad that she got this moment. Even if it was short.
