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It had been nearly a day since they were returned to their world, and Caroline sighed as she lowered her head to Klaus' shoulder, resting her eyes as he wrapped his arms around her, securing her to his side.
"How long do you think we've been gone?" She asked, lowly.
Klaus sighed, and rubbed his hand over her upper arm. "I don't know. Maybe Stefan will find us." He answered, feeling her shift closer to him. "It's going to be different now. Working side by side, knowing what we know, now." He remarked, as her hand shifted to rest on his chest.
Caroline sighed, and moved her fingers over his chest. "It doesn't have to be." She remarked, lifting her head to look into his eyes.
He studied her eyes, and frowned. "Caroline, if you think that I'm going to forget loving you, and making love to you, then you are sorely mistaken." He argued, glaring into her eyes.
Caroline smiled, and touched his lips. "I didn't mean that, Klaus, although keeping a professional façade would be helpful." She began, rubbing her fingers over his mouth. "I just meant that we could keep it professional as we excavate, but the moment we get off…" She trailed off, letting her fingers trail down his neck.
He smiled, and shifted so he could pull her onto her lap. "We could try to keep it professional; Forbes, but I know what you feel like underneath me." He muttered, huskily. "I don't think I could keep my animal instincts on hold knowing what I know." She laughed and threw her head back, feeling his lips touch her neck.
"I know how you feel inside me." She whispered, moaning as he licked her lightly. "Screw professional." She muttered, grabbing his face, and kissed him, just as a loud grating sound shifted behind them.
"Oh, thank God,"
Caroline froze, and slowly let her lips separate from Klaus', and slowly turned, but didn't move from his arms. "Oh, Stefan…" She began, as they stood up together.
Stefan, an assistant at the dig, smiled at the picture they made, and turned his head slightly to holler down the hall. "Found them. You were right, Kol, they were down here." He remarked, turning on his heel, leaving two stunned archaeologists behind in the tomb.
"Kol?" Klaus whispered, just as Kol appeared in the doorway.
Kol smiled, and bowed his head. "Here in the flesh," He teased, winking at the couple. "We've been searching for you for two days."
Caroline slowly shifted her gaze to Klaus. "Two days…"
Kol nodded. "Yep, I told them that you were in here, but they didn't believe me, until Bonnie threw down outside." He remarked, with a shake of his head. "I would hate to be on her bad side."
Caroline smiled at his meaning, and walked with Klaus towards the entrance. "What about the other…" She began, lowering her eyes.
Kol stopped, and shifted his gaze to Klaus. "He hasn't surfaced, yet, if that's what you're asking, but he will." He answered, lowly.
Caroline's face turned to sadness, and she turned her head to Klaus, who nodded, and held her close.
"We'll get through this." He whispered, kissing her head, lightly.
Caroline nodded, and sighed. "I know."
~XXX~
Klaus watched her comb her hair, letting the sunlight touch her tresses like a golden halo. She was a vision sent from the goddess herself. Last night had been perfect. Their first night was amazing and breathtaking.
"It's different now, isn't it?"
Her question drifted to his ears. He watched as she turned to look at him, and she couldn't help the smile on her face.
He approached her, and brushed some strands of hair from her face. "Only if you want it to be," He answered, softly.
She smiled, and placed her hands on his chest. "What if he finds out?" She asked, lowly. "I'm supposed to marry him, Niklaus." She continued, lowering her head, only to have his hand cup her chin, and lifted her face to gaze into her eyes.
He smiled, lightly, with only one corner of his mouth turning upwards. "Will you?" He asked, his words nearly choking in his throat.
Shaking her head, she cupped his face with one hand. "Never," She answered, fervently. "My heart belongs to you. My body belongs to you. Only you, my love," She added, watching him smile, kindly.
"Never had I imagined this happening to me." He whispered, taking in the love from eyes. "I never imagined I would have this love, especially from someone as beautiful as you." He added, causing her to blush.
She stepped closer to his body, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "But you have, my love. You have my love, and I hope…I have yours." She began, lowering her eyes, as he dipped his head, to kiss her cheek.
"You have it, love. You have my heart." He paused, kissing her cheek. "My body…" He kissed her nose. "My soul…" He kissed her other cheek. "You have everything." He finished, kissing her lips, with a satisfied movement that made her hum in agreement.
~XXX~
Caroline sighed as she lowered the artifact from the dig to the table. "I'm glad you came with us." She remarked, turning to find Bonnie dusting off some dirt from a broken shard.
Bonnie smiled, and lowered the brush. "I'm glad we did too. It's easier than trying to communicate through dimensions." She remarked, causing Caroline to laugh.
"Kol's rubbed off on you." Caroline laughed, nodding her head.
Bonnie shrugged. "What can I say?" She asked, rhetorically. "Klaus' rubbed on you." She added, with a smile.
Caroline rolled her eyes, and laughed. "Yeah, perks of love, I suppose."
Bonnie laughed, and bowed her head. "That's true, thank the Goddess." She agreed, sitting back to look at her friend.
Caroline nodded, and moved to sit down in the chair opposite of her friend. "Why were you not here before?" She asked, tilting her head to the side. "I mean, before Klaus and I were locked in the tomb?" She clarified.
Bonnie lowered her eyes, and touched the carving on the pottery which resembled a woman in long flowing robes. "Because you didn't remember," She answered, lowly. "The Goddess made it clear that you would only need assistance when you and Klaus remembered." She continued, lifting her eyes to Caroline's.
"Assistance," Caroline repeated, in a low tone. "Bonnie," She began, after moments inside her mind. "Why were Klaus and I cursed? I mean, I understand that Tyler wanted to tear us apart, but I never understood why." She continued, lowering her head.
Bonnie sighed, and leaned forward. "You remember the match made between you and Tyler, correct?" She asked, watching her friend nod, but her forehead began to cringle. "Think back, Caroline, remember."
Caroline lowered her eyes, and focused on the shard on the table. The woman drawn on the shard began to move, and she felt her mind un-focus and drift as it had before.
~XXX~
Caroline accepted the cup from the Pharaoh's hand, and held it between her hands, lowering her eyes for only a brief moment to gaze into red liquid.
"I'm offering you a kingdom, a world, dear Priestess." Tyler began, a dark tone lining the words. "You are turning it down for what purpose? To satisfy the Goddess Isis?" He asked, sneering.
She lifted her head higher, and set the cup down. "Mortal objects to not interest me, Pharaoh." She answered, as her rings glistened in the torch light. "I will not commit my body or heart to a man who holds items like prizes and people like cattle." She added, her blonde hair flew behind her as half of it was pulled back in a half knot with a golden bead crown on her head.
Tyler frowned, and motioned for his guards to leave. As the door closed behind them, he leaned forward, and grasped her upper arm. "Men have been killed for less, Priestess." He remarked, darkly. "No one has ever or will ever say no to Ra on earth." He added, as Caroline struggled against his hold.
"You dare to touch the high Priestess of Isis, herself!" She nearly shouted, raising her hand to lay it across his face. "Men have been killed for less." She added, as she finally broke free, and grasped her arm, hoping the bruise would not show underneath her robes.
He caressed his jaw, and studied her. "Brave woman," He replied, stepping closer to her causing her to step back until she was against the wall. "You know, I could overlook the rejection, mainly because we will be married no matter what you say, but I cannot overlook the desecration of my property in my house." He stated, watching confusion line her face. "You see, we have a binding contract which states that we will be joined as man and wife, for the sake of the people, but you, my dear future queen, have been desecrated, and I cannot allow that to be overlooked." He added, shaking his head, propping his hands on either side of her body on the wall.
"What are you talking about?" She asked, her voice merely a whisper.
He clicked his tongue, and gazed into her eyes, where she could see the coldness of his soul. "You are no longer a virgin, Priestess, and I have the proof." He answered, lifting his finger to stop her words before they could escape her lips.
She watched as her eyes widened, as his fingers snapped, and two of her ladies were dragged in the room along with the sheet that she recalled she had soiled during her night with Klaus. "How dare you invade my personal time?" She asked, pushing him away from her.
"My dear," He began, grasping her arm, and pulled her close. "Don't try to dissuade the testimony given by your ladies that a gentleman has been in your bed." He added, letting his nose brush against her skin.
Caroline's eyes filled with sadness, as she thought of the betrayal, but the look of shame on their faces, along with the bruises told her enough. "What have you done to them?" She asked, wanting to go to them.
Tyler chuckled, and held her closer. "Extracted the truth," He answered, darkly. "They wouldn't, however, tell me who the infidel was. Perhaps, you would like to enlighten me." He added, watching as she bit her lip.
"Don't tell him a thing, my lady." One of the ladies spoke up, glaring at Tyler. "We have betrayed you enough this night." She added, as the other woman nodded her head in shame.
Caroline opened her mouth, and tilted her head to the side, but Tyler's grip was rough and silencing. "I am not yours, Pharaoh. I will never be yours, you jackal." She jerked in his grip.
He chuckled, and motioned to the guards. "Kill them." He instructed, as they raised their swords, and in one swift movement the ladies heads rolled to the ground as Caroline screamed in agony. "You could have prevented this, Priestess." He taunted, tilting his head in mock sympathy.
She jerked in his grip, and glared at him. "No matter what you do to me, I will never betray the man I love. Isis will protect me, and she will be with their," She pointed to her ladies lifeless bodies. "Souls in the netherworld. Yours, however, is lost in the flames." She added, stepping away from him.
He frowned, and tilted his head forward. "My soul is protected, Priestess, but yours is the one that will burn. You have betrayed your oath." He remarked, hauntingly.
She shook her head. "I have followed my heart, and that is what my Goddess demands." She stated, her heart breaking inside at the ladies who had just died.
He shook his head. "I will find out who he is, make no mistake of that." He vowed, watching her swallow with pleasure filling his soul. "I will find out, and he will be punished."
"For what cause, Pharaoh?" She asked, shaking her head. "Because I reject you? Because I despise you?" She continued, throwing her arms outward. "Kill me, and you will incite a war."
He sneered, and shook his head. "No, I plan to do far worse." He returned, stepping towards her. "Spend whatever time you wish with your love, for when I discover who he is, he will suffer a far worse fate than your ladies tonight." He paused, glaring coldly in her eyes. "You say that Isis will protect you, but I have Ra on my side, and Ra has given me the power to strike down my enemies, and any man who sleeps in your bed besides me is my enemy. Your heart may belong to another, but your body and soul belong to me." He stated, lifting his hand to touch her face.
She jerked her head back, and pushed his hand from her face. "You are insane." She whispered, watching his face melt into anger.
"Insane is in the eye of the beholder." He remarked, with a cold tone that sent a shiver through her. "You will pay for your desecration, Priestess, and so will your love."
"You never answered me, Pharaoh, why?" She asked, stepping away from him.
He sneered, and shifted his gaze to the ladies' bodies, and then looked at her. "Because you, my dear, are prophesied to give me a son, and I will not have that taken away by love."
Caroline's mouth opened in shock, as she took in his crazed eyes, and she shook her head. "I will never give you a son."
He shook his head. "You will be surprised, Priestess." He returned, watching her turn, and run from the room. "Follow her, and get rid of this garbage." He ordered the two guards, rolling his eyes, before he walked away.
~XXX~
Caroline's body shook, as she opened her eyes, and found Bonnie watching her with sad eyes. "He bound himself to Klaus because he believes I'll give him a son?" She asked, watching Bonnie's head nod.
"Tyler discovered that a child conceived by Klaus would have been the rightful heir to the kingdom, because the members of his court were plotting to replace him with Klaus." Bonnie explained, watching Caroline deflate.
"That's stupid." Caroline remarked, shaking her head.
Bonnie nodded her head, and sighed. "It is, but it's the truth. Yours and Klaus' child would have been the key to overthrowing Tyler, and securing Klaus' right to the throne of Egypt." She continued, solemnly.
"How did he even discover…?" Caroline asked, placing her hand over her stomach, and another flash appeared in her mind. "The night before we were captured…" She began, watching Bonnie's head nod.
"Yes, the day you became ill. Tyler feared you were pregnant, and he escalated his plans. By bounding himself to Klaus, he ensured that your future child would be his." Bonnie tenderly explained.
Caroline shook her head. "If I had been pregnant, my child would have Klaus' not Tyler's." She retorted, her voice growing angry.
Bonnie nodded. "True, but in his mind, it didn't matter. He would have raised the child as his own."
"It still would have been Klaus'." Caroline argued, shaking her head. "Binding himself to Klaus doesn't make any sense."
"It does when you think about this." Bonnie returned, leaning forward. "What better way to get what you want, by awaking in a time when two lovers are new to their age-old love, and could be weakened because they are starting anew in their relationship?" She asked, in a low tone.
Caroline lowered her eyes, and her mouth straightened in a line. "He wants to come between Klaus and me because he believes we are not as strong as we were back then?" She asked to clarify the words.
Bonnie nodded. "In his mind, you are ripe to become his."
"Over my dead body,"
Caroline turned and smiled as Klaus entered the tent, and she lifted her left hand. "Over mine too," She agreed, as he took her hand, and she brought his hand to her lips, and kissed his knuckles. "He's got another think coming if he believes he will tear us apart." She remarked, watching him smile.
Klaus leaned down to her level. "Things are different now." He remarked, repeating his words from earlier that morning.
She smiled, and tilted her head back to meet his gaze. "Yeah, we're stronger."
He chuckled, and brushed his lips over hers. In his mind, he hoped she was right.
She had to be.
~XXX~
Standing in the lonely crypt, he frowned as he looked around. Pathetic, he thought, taking in the desolate place around him. "Where is my gold?"
He frowned, and stepped away from the crypt that had held him for so long. "Where are they?"
Please be kind!
I hope this answers some of your questions, and I hope I was clear in the explanations.
As stated above, the next chapter will be up tomorrow. There are five chapters to go, so two or three may be up tomorrow, and the rest on December 1, or December 2, but rest assured this story will be finished this week!
And the new story will be up December 1!
Next Chapter: Don't Leave Me Again
Until Next Time...