Chapter 18
Sorry about the kind of cliff-hanger! Hope you enjoy this J
I look at Klaus's neck temptingly and unconsciously lick my lips. I pull away before I can do something silly though.
'Klaus I can't it's not fair' I say softly.
'I'm offering Caroline, all that's mine is yours. Even my blood' he says sincerely and honestly.
I think about it considering the possibilities, nothing in this life is free. I look at Klaus who sits there patiently waiting on me, and my decision is made.
'I have a proposition for you' I say looking at him dubiously.
He sits up a little straighter and regards me curiously.
'What is that love' his voice Is strong.
'Blood for Blood. Mine for yours' I murmur looking at his face searching it for any impact my words might have had.
His eyes light up in excitement but his face remains stoic.
'Are you sure love?' he says probably thinking back to my declaration earlier.
'Ye-ss.' I stutter nervous 'I trust you, you can make it a good memory' I say simply looking in his eyes determined.
Klaus nods giving me a small smile and gaining an equally determined expression, he scoots back on the bed. I look at him and smile he almost looks nervous which is so unusual from Klaus that it makes me smile wider.
Instead of standing between his legs I straddle him instead, and it makes his eyes go wide and his nostrils flare. He tilts his head to the left and I copy him but to the right, I lean over to taste his skin.
Things are different from when we did this last, we are closer now and it's somehow ever more intimate. I love the way his hands clasp my waist tightly holding me to him.
It's odd that in the short time we have spent together we have become so close already, close enough that I feel at home with him. With shock I realise it's close to love.
I feather kisses up his neck until he groans, and I feel his warmth breath on my neck he starts placing open mouthed wet kisses along my pulse point and I can't help but let out a little moan.
On instinct my fangs descend and I let them graze over his skin watching as he suppresses a shiver, then I gently plunge them into his neck feeling him do the same to me at the same time.
All of a sudden it's overwhelming, having your blood drawn while drinking in someone else's blood is a heady feeling. It's a buzz that rushes over me making my whole body tingle, Klaus seems to enjoy it just as much as me and before I know it we are grinding against each other.
Desperately seeking release, the blood sharing providing a new kind of ecstasy, Klaus grips me tighter and bites deeper and I growl against him. Digging my fangs in deeper as well I push him backwards and he makes a sound torn between a groan and a growl.
All too soon there is a knock on the door, and we both retract our fangs and sit up.
'Niklaus, we need to discuss what happened earlier' Elijah states calmly from outside the door.
Klaus growls at the door darkly his eyes promising retribution, and the monster inside me howls her approval. My lust increases tenfold at his show of aggression and before I can stop myself I throw myself at him; crashing my bloodstained lips to his and kissing him deeply.
Klaus growls his approval and I'm elated, something about his growl just gets to me makes me want to growl back to challenge him make him prove he's the dominant one.
Klaus flips me quickly pinning me underneath him, and I meet his kisses eagerly challenging him. He sees my challenge and dominates the kiss forcing me to submit to him and the beast inside growls in approval his strength an aphrodisiac.
All too soon we are forced to break our kiss both panting and staring at each other, Klaus's eyes are as dark as I've ever seen them; but instead of the anger in them earlier I can see fire. I stare back intrigued.
'I can see the fire in your eyes' he whispers to me husky in approval.
'as I can in yours' I reply breathlessly.
He pulls away in anguish and I can't help but feel the same way, I don't want to leave him I don't ever want to not feel his touch I frown at him and he smiles at me he seems to understand.
He pulls me up and flush against him, I smile trying to mould myself to him as he does to me.
'Come on love, we can continue this later' Klaus says reigning in his control and grabbing my hand to lead me out of the room.
'Klaus I don't understand this, is this normal' I say, physically I feel stronger than ever but mentally I'm just so confused.
He looks at me in understanding 'I have a theory sweetheart, but I don't know for sure. We can discuss it later okay?' he says kissing my forehead and holding my arms looking at my face for assurance that I'm okay.
'can I just… Do you feel it to?' I ask nervously.
'I feel it' he says assuredly, the fire burning lightly again.
I nod at him before letting him lead me downstairs, keeping a tight grip on me as he leads me into the living room.
Kol has returned and he is smirking at us while Rebekah still looks concerned and Elijah looks torn between the two. I blush lightly smacking Kol as I move to sit next to him.
Klaus growls and pulls me straight onto his lap instead of on the chair next to him. I give him a stern look of disapproval but relax into his chest making him smile.
He growls at Kol when he shifts marginally closer to me, and I smack him lightly brushing my nose against his neck. He softens at that and drops his growl looking kind of sheepish.
I look confused at the other originals who are all confused now, except Kol who looks intrigued and teasing.
'So your mates' Kol remarks offhand.
'Kol' Klaus says sharply.
'What I was just wondering, how long you guys have known for' he asks innocently.
'We don't know anything for sure' Klaus says his voice steady.
'What exactly are mates?' I say as I watch all of the originals look to Klaus in various forms of shock.
Klaus takes the moment of shock to explain 'I was going to explain this to you later sweetheart or when I was sure, but mates are very rare among vampires. I never dreamed of finding my mate being half wolf half vampire it means I would need someone who complemented both. I realise now that it is you, mates are linked love forever it's unbreakable once consummated. They can hear each other's thoughts, find each other anywhere, as my mate I'm not sure what would happen to you regarding my wolf that's what I wanted to check. Most of the time the younger vampire takes on the strength of the older one, however I have heard of some vampires gaining their memories as well. That's what worries me.' Klaus trails off looking disturbed.
'How do we find out, if I'm your mate or what happens when we consummate this?' I ask more curious than scared.
It makes me feel settled suddenly, as if everything had fallen into place, the comfort from touching each other. Being able to read each other with looks, the beast I had felt inside me. It was all for him, the beast was a part of me calling to a part of him. It all made sense, I took a moment to digest this when Klaus answered.
'We need to consult a witch, love an old one' Klaus says looking at me with shock.
'You're taking this rather well Caroline' Rebekah asks suspiciously.
'it makes sense I suppose; I can't describe it. It's like I'm craving something but I don't know what, all I know is that he makes the ache go away.' I try putting my feelings into words but they don't want to come out and I falter, looking at Klaus who gives me a hungry look signalling that he knows exactly what I'm talking about.
Rebekah looks somewhat pacified at that and actually gives me a small smile, I return it gratefully.
'I so don't want to know about your ache darling, let's leave that to Nik shall we sister' Kol says grinning at me and I feel my heart warm at his sister comment.
'I've always wanted a sister' Rebekah says quietly.
I give her a smile letting her know that I want that to, I want to have a relationship with her and get to know her. I already think of them all as family and I want to include her in that.
Klaus smiles warmly at me and I can't help but return it, I can tell he approves of my intentions.
'Back to the matter at hand, what happened earlier today' Elijah interrupts seriously.
Between the three of us the story is quickly retold, when Kol explains what happened with Damon simply with few details I give him a weak smile. The others are annoyed on my behalf and I can tell Damon has no friends here, but the more pressing matter is the issue of the hunters.
'So you guys all know who they are' I say confused when they all give each other looks when the mysterious M is mentioned.
Rebekah looks to Klaus who nods his approval, his eyes tortured as he tenses below me, and then she launches into the story.
'it was centuries ago we stumbled across a group devoted to killing the original vampires, started by our father Mikael of course they all worshipped him and would wear his stamp somewhere on them. The M that Stefan had seen stands for his name, they hunted us but never killed us if they ever captured us they would torture us to find out what hurt most. Their goal was to turn us over to Mikael eventually with a list of our weaknesses so that he could use the knowledge to either permanently incapacitate us or kill us. Eventually one of us was caught.' Rebekah stops here her eyes turning glassy, and she doesn't have to say anything for me to know it's Klaus.
His tense form tells me that he's reliving the experience and I can't help but run my nose over his neck and bring his head to mine. He's hesitant at first reluctant to show weakness in front of his siblings, but I give him a little growl and push his head further into my neck.
He growls back but it's weak and he acquiesces letting me soothe him, running his nose up and down letting my hair fall around him I shield him from the rest of the room.
The whole room is silent looking at me as though I've sprouted an extra head, but I don't care I can't care I had to help him I know how odd it is but we understand each other on a basic level and I can tell it's what he needed. I nod at Rebekah to continue.
'they had him for about a week, but it was enough. I think he stayed to see what they would do more than anything; but then I think he grew bored' she gives a short cruel laugh here.
'Anyway he decided to free himself, and in the process killed all of the hunters. Everything seemed fine when we first caught up to him; he'd told us what had happened and we thought that it was over.' She trails of as thought lost in thought.
I cough startling her and she gives me a weak smile 'it took a few days for it to kick in I think, but he started to see visions of the hunters convincing him to kill himself torturing him. It got so bad that we were scared he would succeed, he seemed mad.' The sorrow in her voice is clear, and I can hear the regret.
'then one day he disappeared, we feared the worst Mikael was still around at the time. It was a long time before we saw him again, but when we did he was different. He told us that he had fixed it but refused to say anything else about where he had been or how. He did tell us that it was a consequence of killing a hunter though and that we should not under any circumstances kill one. We've run into a few of them over the years, and figured out if we leave them to die of natural causes and don't actually deal the killing blow then we don't suffer the curse; and that brings us full circle these hunters haven't appeared in a while, then that I know about anyway' Rebekah says her eyes shining as she finishes the story looking to Klaus who is buried under my hair.
I tense and Klaus up's his nuzzling, but this time to comfort me. I know I need to talk to him about this later but right now I feel his pain shoot through me as though it's my own. He wines in disapproval and bares his neck letting me soothe myself.
A few minutes later I draw back and give him a small smile, I know he needs a few more minutes I can sense it. Blood sharing with him must have made our bond or whatever stronger and I once again shield him as I turn to the rest of the room.
The originals are again regarding me curiously and oddly, and I can imagine what they are thinking Klaus rarely lets people see this side to him and letting me protect him must have them buzzing with curiosity.
When Klaus looks up a few minutes later I can see he change in his family quickly, they take off their pitying curious looks and turn stern instead. I can see why if Klaus had seen their former looks he would have snarled and snapped to prove himself as being strong, I don't know how I know but I do.
'So which witch are you seeing brother' Elijah says smoothly.
'Why don't you ask Bonnie' I interrupt.
'As much as I respect Bonnie, we need someone who has experience in these matters not just power' Kol says seriously.
'So who do you fancy dear brother, Esmerelda, rose ohh how about Molly' Rebekah says leeringly.
'How do you fancy a trip love' Klaus asks me expectantly.
'Depends where to' I ask seriously.
'I was thinking Georgia' he asks questioningly.
'Okay sounds fun' I say smiling.
'So you're going to see Mabel' Kol grins with Rebekah and Elijah quickly joining him.
'What's funny' I ask hesitantly.
'I'm not exactly her favourite person sweetheart' Klaus says with a grin.
'What did you do' I groan at him.
'There was an incident once with some vervain and a fire, but I'm over it. She's the best at this sort of thing' Klaus says innocently.
I look at him in the eyes watching his eyes narrow 'So she burnt you with vervain and you burnt her shop down' I say guessing looking to Kol for confirmation.
All three originals burst out laughing and I can tell I got it right, I join in looking at Klaus who is glaring at us all.
'Oh this is going to be fun Caroline' Rebekah says laughing
'You can tell us if he plans to dagger us so we can flee in time' Kol joins in.
'If you really didn't want me to know something I'm pretty sure you can block me out' I say to Klaus expecting him to hate the invasion of his privacy and we aren't even properly, mated, bonded what did I call it.
I try and broadcast my thoughts to Klaus and at first he doesn't seem to get It but by the third time he smiles 'either one love, and with you I don't mind' he shrugs it off like it's no big deal but I can tell it means a lot for him to put that much trust in someone and I grin big at him.
'Oh gosh it's started already, the secret conversations the bloody petting. All the bloody petting' Kol grumbles.
Hope you guys liked that chapter! In the next chapter I promise to fit the dare into it but for now I hope you liked the whole mating idea thing. J
