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One week. That is how long it had been since he read her letter and found out she wasn't coming back. He'd consulted every witch of every type and they all basically said the same thing. Time was unpredictable. There was no telling when Caroline would appear or if something had happened to her and she wasn't coming home at all.
The memories were coming back but not like the first few had. They were foggier and less emotional. He found that he and his siblings had also kept their memories of their present time. The new memories coming in now were merely in the background.
Torture, complete torture.
"Where are you love?" He spoke out to the universe, his eyes closing as sleep began to take him.
In his dreams, she was there.
"Why are you being this way Klaus?" Caroline questions him her eyes filled with worry.
"Do you think I'm wrong for being so? My father wants us all dead, and there's no telling what he'll do to you. We have no way to protect ourselves but if I can create others like me. Hybrids, he won't stand a chance. I could rest better knowing he won't be able to take you from me." His hands cupped her face.
"Katerina is a person not a sacrifice. Not only that but I see that Elijah has taken a liking to her and you know he doesn't do that often." She tried to reason with him but he wouldn't have it.
"I don't care about Elijah I care about you, you're my wife!" He snapped and angry eyes stared back at him.
"Well I care! He is my brother and I care immensely! Elijah has done nothing but stand with us, Klaus is not how we treat family and you know better! What if it were me in her shoes, would you be alright someone killing me."
"Do you not see that is precisely what I aim to avoid! Elijah will find another girl. We're immortal another is bound to come along."
"You're right Klaus we are immortal." Caroline's voice took a calmer tone and it almost scared Klaus. "And because we are immortal we're already made to survive." Caroline cut him off before he could speak. "No! I don't want to hear it Klaus, find another way. She is a person not a blood bag, I won't have it. Elijah deserves a chance at what we have. They all do for that matter. I won't allow you to take that from him he's never ask anything of us."
"So what would you have me do? Lose you all so Elijah can have a roll in the hay. Is his momentary happiness more important than ours? Then the life we have built together?"
"Klaus I love you. I love you so much! But you make it so hard to love you all the time! Will you just listen to what I have to say. Hear me and I mean truly hear me." Caroline tried to reason with him but Klaus was shutting down.
"No. What your saying is pure madness. You've gone mad."
"I'm not saying we should give up so that Elijah can court a young woman. I'm not saying I want to die and I agree with need to protect ourselves against your father but NOT at the cost of our family. Each of them sacrifice something every time they stand by us. To ask them to keep doing it even when there are other ways is cruel and it creates distance. But...I've been thinking, I don't have all the logistics planned out but just listen, I have a plan. We are going to live for a long time, the vampires we turned will turn others and from what I remember of the future it is a massive place, lots of people."
Klaus dropped into his chair, his head pounding from their fight. He knew she had a point, but he was willing to ignore it to continue one with what he wanted to do to protect her. He has a husband who loved his wife could anyone fault him for that? "What is your point, my love."
"Mikael is hunting vampires; no one will side with him. We are Originals. Kings and Queens really. Let's unite the vampires under four separate kingdoms. You have a wolf get some of those too just keep them away from me. Katerina is one girl even if she could have a multitude of children she could only produce so much blood. But a kingdom, with loyal followers, army's, and rules that we set… that will give us power. And if the need should arise we can ask for some, not enough to kill her, but some of her blood. The family stays intact, we get the power we need, and I can wear a crown without it being odd"
Klaus stayed pensive, eventually holding out his hand to pull her onto his lap. "My love you are infuriating and beautiful." Caroline smiled holding his face in her hands.
"Just tell me what I want to hear. Come on…say it" She teased.
"and incredibly smart. There are you happy? You're going to be insufferable now. Every time we talk about this. You're going to make that face you're making now." He groaned, but the answer and frustration from before started to melt.
"Oh, I'm the insufferable one? Me? Your willing to throw the entire family into a volcano on a whim but I'm the insufferable one."
"To save you, you better believe it. You are everything to me, Caroline."
Caroline placed her forehead on his. "You're my everything too but where would we be without our family? Rebekah who shops with me so you can stay back with Elijah and Kol having competitions with each other. I know your first instinct is to protect your wife but we need to work on extending it to the rest of the clan."
"Impossible."
"What if I offered you rewards every time you did."
"No."
"What if I gave you those rewards while being completely naked."
"Our family is the most important thing to me."
"Good man."
Klaus woke up the next morning just as their lips met in his dream. He didn't want her to go, he wanted to stay in that dream forever. Expect it felt like more than a dream. Klaus shifted onto his other side only to have his heart stop.
Long soft blond hair caught his eye.
"…Caroline…"