Chapter Five

It had been three days since I last fed. Three days since Klaus and I had almost had sex, against a tree in the middle of the woods. I had been avoiding him since. Going down for breakfast before him, leaving before he arrived and refusing to have dinner with both Mikaelson men. Instead I snuck down to the kitchen and raided the cupboards before I went to bed. I would have skipped the meals all together, not even bothering to go down for food, but the food helped curve the cravings. I could have fed off the compelled staff, but the thought of it made me feel sick—they were already being used as human blood bags and servants. At least if I compelled someone random they could go about living their lives afterward. The humans living here weren't as lucky.

I sighed, lying back on my bed and waiting for Klaus and Elijah to be told dinner was ready. I was planning on using them having a meal as a distraction, honestly I didn't just need food, and I needed to escape for a few hours. I was tired of constantly being on edge, afraid to face Klaus after what had happened. I wanted to relax and have a good time. If I were at home I'd just go to a bar—were bars a thing in the fifteenth century? I would find out after I fed. There had to be somewhere I could go.

'Dinner is ready, Lord Klaus and Lord Elijah.' I heard Lily's voice filter up from the kitchen and after I heard two sets of footsteps heading in that direction I flashed out of the house.

The sun had just started to set and it looked beautiful, too beautiful not to watch. I wished I had a camera as I saw the oranges, purples, pinks and blues that were created as the sun slowly went down. I was a night person, but I couldn't deny the beauty and sense of peace that washed over me in that moment. I had never seen anything like it before; sunsets in Mystic Falls were nowhere near as captivating.

'Stunning isn't it?' A voice snapped me out of my daze and I realised with a shiver that the sun had gone down.

'Yes it is.' I smiled at the newcomer, wondering who they were. It was clear he was a vampire, due to the absence of a heartbeat; I assumed he was one of Klaus' men.

'Almost as pretty as you.' He grinned and I rolled my eyes; his lines were awfully cliché.

'I'm sorry, I have failed to introduce myself. I'm Trevor.' He grinned, holding out his hand and I just started at it in a daze as warning bells sounded in my brain.

Trevor was the one who helped Katherine escape. He fell in love with her, trusted her and ended up spending five hundred years running… just like Katherine. My eyes flickered up to his and I forced a smile, taking his hand in mine and shaking it once before letting go.

'Evangeline.' I offered, storing away what he looked like for later reference.

I would need to suggest that Katherine have another vampire bodyguard during her time here, rather than him and Elijah. As both men will inevitably end up falling for her. Maybe I could do it? But would Klaus trust me enough?

'Are you going to hunt?' Trevor asked, once again breaking me out of my thoughts.

'Yes. Thank you for reminding me. Have a good night.' I saluted him and flashed away. First things first, I had some tasks to complete.

After I had fed and completely failed at trying to find somewhere to blow off some steam I decided to head back to the Mikaelson's house, knowing I couldn't stay away for too long—I had to talk to Klaus, which wouldn't exactly help with the whole "avoiding him" situation. When I saw a carriage in front of the residence being pulled by two horses, with another two standing loosely at the sides, I frowned.

What was going on?

Without waiting, I flashed inside of the house and to the living area where I could hear voices coming from. I stood outside the door and listened.

'Have your men load the caskets in a few hours and we will be leaving at dawn.' Klaus' voice carried through the wood and I felt my own confusion grow at his words.

Caskets? We were leaving? What had I missed?

'Perhaps someone should inform Evangeline of our impending departure?' Elijah suggested and I took a breath before pushing the door open.

I felt all eyes turn in my direction but I ignored a particular set of them.

'Why are we leaving?' I asked, leaning against the doorframe and crossing my arms over my chest.

'The destroyer found out about my attempted distraction and instead of heading to the America's he's coming this way. We will be fleeing to England at dawn.' Klaus said, and because I wasn't looking at him I was able to pick up on Elijah's surprise. Clearly Klaus had told me more than the elder Mikaelson thought he would.

'Alright. I'll go and pack.' I said, resisting the urge to ask a million questions.

But that didn't stop them from bouncing around in my mind as I neatly folded my clothes into the bag I had been given them in. Who was the destroyer? Why was Klaus afraid enough of him to move? I thought he was invincible? And why was he carting around caskets? None of it made any sense. I was just about to get ready for bed and hopefully catch a few hours sleep when a knock at my door disturbed me.

'Come in,' I called out without even thinking; I was still stood at the foot of my bed, with my back to the door and I didn't turn around, even when I realised who had joined me in the room.

'I'm surprised you allowed me to enter.' Klaus' voiced washed over me and I felt myself shiver, 'you've been avoiding me, love.'

'Have I?' I said, wincing when my voice rose a little.

'You know you have.' I felt him behind me, his breath caressed the back of my neck and I couldn't stop my shiver if I tried.

'Fine you caught me.' My voice was quiet, but he could clearly hear it.

'Why?' the vulnerability in his voice made the guilt in my gut increase tenfold.

'Because I don't know how to act around you now. I can't just pretend it never happened.'

My breath caught when his hands rested on my waist, his fingers splaying across my stomach and caressing me through the fabric.

'Who said you had to pretend it didn't happen, love?' His husky tone made me bite back a moan.

But then I remembered why I had walked away from him in the first place, and it wasn't for the reasons it should have been. It wasn't because he sacrificed my aunt, or my sister; it was because his servant had reminded me that soon enough he would be turning his attention somewhere else. I didn't want to be a fill in for him until he got what he really wanted.

I pulled out of his grasp and put a good distance in between us, 'the doppelgänger you're going to be seducing in a week.'

He blinked, surprised by my answer and actions, but when he recovered a smirk formed on his lips, 'ah, I see—you're jealous.'

'Maybe I am,' I allowed before continuing, 'or maybe I don't want to be your little fill in until the one you really want gets here.'

'Evangeline, let me be perfectly clear.' He stepped towards me and I stepped back, causing irritation to spark in his expression, 'the doppelgänger is simply a means for me to break my curse, it was agreed that me pretending to court her would be beneficial as it wouldn't be odd for us to offer her residence here. I was never planning on seducing her, her face brings back some unpleasant memories.'

I assumed he meant because a doppelgänger had been used to put the curse on him in the first place, but the look in his eye was one I was familiar with: betrayal. As much as I wanted to ask, I didn't and I accepted his answer. I knew that he didn't have to lie to me, much less answer to me and honestly I was surprised he responded with anything that wasn't rage and hostility. This wasn't the Klaus I knew. The Klaus from my time was easy to hate, he killed without consequence, he answered to no one and he never justified his actions. But this Klaus stirred feelings inside of me that I wasn't comfortable feeling. He had been genuinely kind to me, he had offered me his trust despite knowing what I had originally come here to do, and when he kissed me… he made me feel alive. I didn't know how I felt about him being the one to do that.

'Okay.' I eventually said, when I realised he was looking at me for a response. I blinked when I realised just how close he had gotten when I had been lost in my thoughts; his lips were only an inch away from mine. Just as I was about to inch forward, powerless to resist him when he was so close, a voice broke through the hunger.

'Niklaus!' Elijah's yelled, louder than necessary.

Klaus sighed in frustration and placed a kiss to my forehead before leaving me to go to his brother. I took a moment to collect myself and tried not to think what I had been about to do… again. I had no idea what was happening to me. I wasn't even supposed to be addressing my jealousy, I was supposed to be talking to him about Trevor, but when he had entered my room, all intentions to have that conversation disappeared from my mind.

A daggering mission had turned into me helping the enemy, only I couldn't consider him that anymore. Even though I knew what he was capable of, even I was finding it hard to hate him for crimes he didn't know he was going to commit. Crimes he might not commit if we were successful in making sure he completed the ritual. I couldn't lie to myself anymore… Klaus wasn't all that bad and I was going to stop judging him for things he hadn't done yet. He didn't deserve that; at least I didn't think so. He had allowed me to help him when he could have easily compelled information from me before killing me and… he was good to me. He didn't lose his temper when I refused his orders—at least not all of the time, and he seemed to like that I didn't do everything he asked.

I took a deep breath and nodded, happy with my decision. From here on out I was going to stop feeling guilty about my attraction to Klaus, because if we were successful, everything would be different when I went home. Plus if we did end up having sex, it wasn't likely I'd see him in six hundred years anyway. Klaus didn't seem like a commitment kind of guy. I shook my head, shaking those thoughts away; just because I was giving him a chance, it did not mean I had to climb into bed with him.

It absolutely did not. I sighed. I needed air.

I really wanted Evangeline to confront her feelings for Klaus here and address how they aren't the same as when she arrived. She's attracted to him, that she already knew, but after noticing how he's not "all that bad" she's starting to care for him—even if she doesn't know it yet. She's in denial and thinks it's only physical attraction. Let me know what you think!

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