Chapter 8

Good girl

Marcus stood in the middle of the hotel room with a blank expression. Brie wasn't here. How the hell was that possible, the dumb little cow would never dare to disobey him. He had spent the last 19 years making her obedient; she wasn't even capable of thinking by herself. Her spirit and personality was completely and thoroughly crushed, she knew that she was nothing without him. Where the hell was she? She wouldn't have just left, he was sure of it.

Unfortunately that led him to the conclusion that someone had taken her. How, his protection spell should have kept her safe. Unless… Someone had tricked the little idiot. Marcus clenched his fists and let out a growl. That stupid, useless little bitch. All he had needed her to do was stay in this damn room and she had failed. No, he had failed. He had made the mistake of showing her kindness during the last few months.

Apparently that had made her dumber and less afraid of him. She should have been terrified by the thought of disobeying his orders. He should have shown her that nothing had changed. He could have done that without harming the child. Apparently she needed some physical punishment in order to remember her place. He would most certainly fix his mistake. But first he needed to find her. And he needed to let the others know what had happened.

The thought made him to grit his teeth, but he knew that it had to be done. They had all decided that Brie would stay with Marcus until it would be time for her to give birth. Everything had been a damn mess after they had lost Esther. There had been traitors among them, witches who had wanted to take the child for themselves. Had they taken Brie?

No, Marcus had made sure that she was hidden from all the witches. No one should have been able to find her. Yet someone had. Marcus reached for his phone until he remembered that he had lost the damn thing. He needed a new one right now. He needed to find the damn girl.

I tried my best to breathe calmly as I lied on the floor. Freya had lit few candles and drawn a circle around me, she was chanting quietly while running her hands up and down my belly. She had given me her word that she wouldn't hurt my little one. I was still nervous, although I didn't feel any pain. Klaus was standing next to me; he looked down at me and smiled calmingly. I was glad that he was here; he had helped me so much last night. I would have been too afraid to sleep if I would have been alone, fearing that Kol would come back. The thought made me shiver.

"Are you alright, love?" Klaus asked. Freya didn't stop chanting.

"Yes."

He bit his bottom lip and got down on one knee.

"Are you sure?"

I smiled at him, grateful for his concern.

"Yes, thank you."

"That's good; Freya assured me that this shouldn't hurt."

"I'm not hurting," I assured. "I just…"

I wasn't sure what to say. The truth was that I was afraid of Kol. Of course I had known that he wasn't a nice person, but the way he had acted last night… I had feared for my baby's life. Did he really hate me so much that he wanted to hurt my innocent little one? I wasn't going to let him do that, I would protect my baby. The problem was that I couldn't do that alone, I needed help.

"It's alright," Klaus said. "This is almost over."

I looked at him insecurely.

"What…what happens then?"

"I'm not sure yet, but I promise you one thing, love. Nothing bad will happen to you or your child, I'll make sure of it."

His words filled me with gratitude; I would have never thought that he would show me so much kindness. I had thought that he was a lot like Kol.

"Thank you."

"No need to thank me, anyone would do the same."

That certainly wasn't true. I didn't have time to reply when Freya stopped chanting and opened her eyes. She was breathing faster than normally and she stared in front of her.

"Freya?" Klaus said after a moment of silence.

She blinked few times before she looked at me and smiled.

"Everything seems to be fine," she said. "You have a healthy baby."

Marcus had said so too, but it was nice to also hear it from someone else. I smiled at her.

"Was that all you needed?"

"Yes," she replied and stood up.

Klaus offered me his hand and carefully helped me up.

"Thank you." I paused and looked at him. "I… Am I free to leave now?"

He bit his bottom lip and took my hand between his.

"Listen, Brie… I think it will be best for you to stay here."

"But my daddy…"

"You don't know where he is," Klaus cut in. "And you can't reach him. Surely he would want you and the baby to be safe, wouldn't he?"

I hesitated, but I knew that he was right. Marcus had said many times how important my child was. I didn't know where he was, I had no money and I had never traveled anywhere by myself. He wouldn't want me to do anything to risk my baby's safety; surely he would find me with a locator spell or something. The problem was that I wasn't sure if I would be safe here.

"Am I a prisoner?" I asked cautiously.

He shook his head.

"No, you're a guest. My guest. I'll make sure you'll have everything you need."

"What about…" I started, but I didn't finish my sentence.

"I'll handle Kol," he assured. "No need to worry." He paused and touched my shoulder. "Why don't you go to my room and make yourself comfortable, I'll arrange you something to eat. You must be hungry."

I really was, I hadn't eaten anything since yesterday.

"I…I can go and make something myself…"

"No, no, we have staff for that. Go and get some rest, I'll be right there."

"Okay…"

He smiled and touched my cheek.

"Good girl. I'll see you soon."