Disclosures
[Rebekah's POV]
I find Charlie down by the lake in back of the mansion. I walk over and sit down behind him. "Charlie is it alright if I sit here and chat with you for a while?"
"It's a free country. I'm willing to listen if you want a friendly ear."
"Thanks, I want to tell you my story. I need to clarify some things in my own mind. But I want to be upfront with you. I find you to be a very attractive man. Usually I would try to seduce you, but I want to get to know you more and let you get to know me. If anything develops between us that will be your call."
"The beginning of my story is a simple one. I was born in Scandinavia in what is now known as Norway. My mother was a former captive brought from what we think was Scotland. She married Mikael my father and had Freya my oldest sister. We were told that she died from the plague and my family relocated to the 'new' world to escape that fate. My brother Finn was four at the time my sister disappeared.
Elijah was born in the new world, probably Greenland. Our parents migrated to the south and settled in what is now known as Mystic Falls. Niklaus was the next to be born. Then Kol, me and then Henrik was the last baby my mother had. I was raised to practice witchcraft from an early age. My mother was a powerful practitioner and so was my brother Finn. Kol mostly dabbled but he was good at magic when he concentrated on it. It was part of my life that I took for granted until it was taken away.
Niklaus and Henrik went to watch the transformation of the werewolves on the night of the full moon. The rest of my family took shelter in the caverns below Mystic Falls. Henrik was killed when he fell out of a tree. Niklaus brought him back to our village. Mikael was never the same man after that. He became hardened and demanded that my mother find a magical way to protect the rest of us from the werewolves.
One night at my father's insistence she cast spell to change us into vampires, our father forced us to drink from the goblet she held. Then one by one he ran his sword through our hearts. I was the last one to fall. When we woke up the hunger for blood was overwhelming. We wiped out over half of the village before coming to our senses. We had to hide from the sun, until our mother figured out how to spell daylight rings for us. We found out if we gave someone our blood and they died before their bodies digested the blood they turned into vampires similar to us. They don't have the intensity of our abilities but theirs are similar. Niklaus and Elijah still have problems from some of their sires. Once I learned about that effect I have been very careful in my feeding and who I give blood to for healing. Yeah the funny side effect of our blood it will heal humans.
One of our feeding techniques is to compel our human meal to let us drink blood, give them a drop of ours to heal them and compel them to forget the whole situation. The blood heals them and is digested fairly rapidly so they go their own merry way not remembering anything. There is less guilt that way. Sage is a pro at that type of feeding. Now that our Leylock abilities have kicked in we need to feed less often and our mood swings aren't quite as dramatic.
Kol calls me a strumpet because I usually pick the wrong men to fall in love with. The last time I really fell for someone was Stefan Salvatore in the 1920's in Chicago. It didn't end well he was in his 'Ripper' stage and Niklaus daggered me to prevent me from following after Stefan.
That wasn't the first time Niklaus daggered me. I fell in love with a vampire hunter and it almost led to our final deaths. Niklaus has the magical daggers and ancient white oak ash from that attempt to kill us. It puts us in an unanimated trance so we are aware of what is going on with our family just not able to do anything about it. Kol has been daggered for the longest periods and more often. Niklaus hasn't had the chance to dagger Elijah. He usually leaves before Niklaus has a chance to act out against him. Niklaus also has the ability to torpedo any close relationship that any of us have with the opposite sex before it has a chance to develop into anything major. At least before we found out we are Leylocks.
[Charlie's POV]
I put down my rod and walk over to her and pull her into a hug. "Rebekah, you are a beautiful young woman. You are intelligent and sassy. I have watched you with Charlotte and Bella. If you want to explore a relationship with me, I am willing to try. I need to let you know a few things about me.
I am older than I look. I stopped aging around the age of twenty five. I have lived a long time similar to your family. My mother is still alive. But due to human appearances she had to hide from Bella. I will introduce you sometime. She is a lot like Charlotte and would love to meet you. She is a long time practitioner of Leylock magic. She would love to meet everyone else too, but now isn't the time for her introduction. I lift her chin and look into her eyes as I lean down into our first kiss.