I laid back on Klaus' bed, perfectly still except for when I would twitch, which was whenever I heard a sound. Klaus had ordered me to lay like this while he showered, because he'd gotten my blood on him when he fed on me.

Flat on my back, legs spread apart, arms down at my sides, and I had to stare directly up at the ceiling. It'd made me incredibly embarrassed because I was still only in the bra and panties, and I felt so...exposed.

I heard a door open and close, but I couldn't turn my head to look. When I heard the closet open, I knew it must've been Klaus coming from his bathroom.

"How long do I have to lay like this? I'd like to get dressed."

"Well, I haven't decided when I will let you get dressed. If I ever do." He chuckled at the horrified gasp I made. "Don't sound so surprised, Dani."

"I'm...not." My lie didn't sound convincing. I knew he was evil, enough to take me prisoner, but to make me wear nothing but my underwear the entire time I was with him? It was loathsome! "Can I at least cover up with a blanket or something?"

"Stop complaining." I was about to say something else, but I couldn't open my mouth. Damn him and his compulsion. "Ahh, that's much better. Isn't it?"

"I'm not allowed to complain, so I'm not allowed to answer that." He laughed.

"Well, that's unfortunate." There was a brief pause when I heard an odd swishing sound, and I guess he was using a towel to dry off. "You can move your head, you know."

I felt my neck muscles loosen, but I didn't turn my head. I knew he was trying to make me look at him nude, but I wasn't going to take the bait.

"I'd rather keep staring at the ceiling, if it's all the same to you. You're not yet decent."

The bed creaked and moved as Klaus climbed up on all fours. I turned my head to avoid looking at him, but he grabbed my face and turned it back. His light brown hair was damp from the shower and he didn't have a shred of clothing on, so his entire pearly-white physique was now visible to me.

I couldn't keep my face from flushing dark red, and he chuckled.

"Don't be so embarrassed. You and I will be spending a lot of time together in the coming days, and I suggest you get used to being like this. If I'm having you as my prisoner, I intend to fully enjoy this body of yours."

I kept my mouth shut as his face lowered, and he pressed his mouth to my neck. I felt the small nip as his teeth bit into my flesh, but he let go after only a few seconds and the skin started to heal back up again.

"I don't know if I'll ever get enough of that taste. Or the strength your blood gives me." I looked at him oddly. "Here, you'll see what I'm talking about."

Klaus reached up and scratched at his neck, and blood started to flow freely out of the vein there. He stared at me until I reached my mouth up to the wound and tasted his blood.

Somehow it was different from before, tasted better, and I sucked at his wound greedily. He allowed my hands to go free and I grabbed at him and held him close, unable to keep myself from drinking as much as I could.

"That's enough, love. I don't want you to get blood-drunk." I let go and some blood spilled from my mouth down onto my chest, and my breathing was labored. "How do you feel now?"

I couldn't explain it. I felt...wonderful. Energetic. Alive. His blood had excited my system and heightened my senses and made me feel absolutely amazing.

And when Klaus put his lips to mine I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him back. It felt like I had a lifetime of energy pent up inside me and I needed some way to get rid of it.

"It seems my blood is having an unexpected effect on you..." I opened my mouth to say something but he held up a finger. "Shh." My mouth clamped shut again. "I know you have no idea what you're doing, so let me show you what I can do."

With a flick of the wrist my bra came off, and with another my panties came off as well. I shuddered a bit as Klaus pressed his warm body against mine and put his lips against my chest. He kissed and licked and nibbled on my nîpplês and I moaned with excitement, my moans growing louder as his mouth traveled lower.

I shrieked and Klaus took his mouth off of me, saying with a worried tone "Are you alright?"

I nodded, but because of his compulsion, I couldn't say a word. Instead, I pulled his face up to mine and kissed him again, wrapping my legs around his lean waist. Klaus didn't hesitate to enter me, and I let out a loud gasp when he did.

"Oh...my...Oh..." With every forceful thrust a breathless word escaped my lips, but even that dissolved into meaningless little moans as the passion heightened. "Oh...Oh..! Ooooooh!"

I dug my fingers into Klaus' back as my body began to tremble and every muscle in my body tightened and tensed. My back arched as I let out a wail, and he kept pounding into me and the passion kept building and building until I tightened around him and a wave of pure pleasure rolled over me.

I could feel the sweat pooling on me and dampening my hair as my body relaxed back onto the bed. My breathing was heavy, and I opened my eyes to see the bright turquoise of Klaus' eyes barely an inch from mine.

He brushed some of my silver hair from my face and said "You look like you rather enjoyed that." I nodded, his compulsion still preventing me from speaking. "You can talk now."

"Sorry...it must not've been very enjoyable for you..." He grinned.

"Did I say I was done?"

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"You have a lot of my blood in your system, so you should be able to run like me, at least for a little while. Run if those Salvatores or anyone else tries to take you." I nodded. Klaus was sending me into town for more blood and liquor, because he was running low on both.

"Now it is obligatory that I come back?" He frowned and I tried not to laugh. "How do you know I'll be able to run fast?"

"Because you were able to injure me." He turned and I saw the scratch marks down his back that were only half-healed. "Remember, if they capture you, you turn yourself." I nodded. "Good luck. And try not to let anyone see up that dress, hm?"

I pulled up the hem of the tight, short dress he made me wear and said "I wouldn't have to worry about it if I could wear normal clothes."

I took the keys to his Jaguar and left the house. The only reason he was allowing me to go was because I was compelled to come back, or turn myself into a vampire if anyone captured me. I knew I would be free of his compulsion if I did that, but I didn't want to be a vampire.

Even with the amazing amount of energy I had that hadn't diminished at all with our little 'encounter.'

It was only a few minutes into town, and I went directly to the hospital. There was a nurse there that was compelled to give blood whenever Klaus or someone he sent asked for it, and she gave me a whole suitcase full of it. I guess it would last two weeks, maybe longer with how much he'd been feeding on me.

I put that in the passenger seat of the car and went to the Grill next, deciding it'd be easier than trying to get it from the liquor store. There were a bunch of teens in there, but I passed by them and went straight to the bar.

I asked the bartender "Is Matt working today?"

"Yeah, he's in back." I turned and went through the side door to the back of the place, and saw Matt emptying his busboy bin into the dishwasher. When he saw me, he nearly shouted.

"Dani! I thought Klaus took you?! And what are you wearing?" I tried not to take offense at his shocked tone.

"Klaus sent me here to get him some things...He also made me wear this. Give me some bottles of whiskey or something that I can take back to him."

"Why?"

"Because that's what he wants, and I'm under compulsion to get it." Matt looked unsure, so I decided to try something. I looked him right in the eyes and said "Give me some liquor."

He went in a different room and I almost jumped with glee. I took my phone from my pocket, which Klaus had finally returned to me, and called him.

"Something going wrong with the pickup?"

"Actually, something went very right. It seems your blood is letting me compel people too."

"Really?" He sounded pleased. "Well, I suggest you use that fully to your advantage while you're in town then. Perhaps you should visit the Salvatore house and retrieve the rest of my daggers for me, hm?"

"Okay..." I hung up as Matt brought me an entire box full of different bottles. "You won't remember I was here."

He nodded and I decided to take the back entrance out of the Grill, and went all the way around back to the car. As I was putting the box in, I saw Caroline and Tyler down the block, and i knew they saw me too, because they both froze.

I quickly got into the car and started it, and they were both instantly at the passenger side window.

Caroline said "Dani, you're free?! How'd you get away from Klaus?!"

I pulled out my gun and said "I didn't." I shot her in the shoulder with a wooden bullet and she fell, and Tyler was distracted enough that I was able to quickly drive away.

I decided to skip going to the Salvatore house and just went straight back to Klaus' mansion. He was waiting for me on the front stoop.

"I thought I told you to go to the Salvatore house?"

"You also told me to run if I saw anyone. I saw Tyler and Caroline and shot Caroline in the shoulder before I drove away. I don't think I would've been very welcome."

He smirked. "You didn't hesitate to shoot a friend? You're becoming even more like me than I thought possible."

I sneered. "Caroline isn't my friend. And if any of the others were my friends, they would've found a way for me to leave here already."

"What's the matter, not satisfied with your stay here?" I understood the inflection of his words, and it made my face go red.

"That has nothing to do with it. Regardless of the fact that I was allowed to go out today, I'm a prisoner here. I'm not allowed to do, say, wear, or go where I want to, and I'm being relegated to be your personal blood bag. I'm almost wishing I was a vampire right now instead of all of this...At least then I would be able to run from you and never come back."

"Oh, but I'd find you. Katerina spent 500 years trying to run from me, but I found her eventually. I can assure you, there will be nowhere someone like you can hide that I would not find you." I frowned deeply. "Now, did you pick up my things or not?"

"They're in the car." I threw the keys at him as hard as I could and stormed into the house.

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I sat and stared out of the parlor windows, hoping someone would come again, but they didn't. Klaus' blood was finally leaving my system and the happy, energetic effects it had on me were wearing off. I still wore the tight little dress he'd made me wear earlier that day, only because I wasn't allowed to take it off and rip it to shreds like I wanted to.

"Can I have my phone?" I knew Klaus would hear me, even if I didn't speak up.

"Alright. But only because you can't leave the house, and they can't come in to get you." I grumbled as he sped into the room and pressed my phone into my hand. "Give them any information or try to plot an escape, and I'll turn you into a vampire now."

"Oh, yippee..." I sat still until he left the room again, and looked into my phone's contacts. He'd replaced Stefan's number, so I called him.

"Dani?"

"Yeah...Look, before you say anything, I'm sorry."

"For shooting Caroline you mean? I think you should be apologizing to her, not to me. Why did you do it?"

"I was compelled to...If I saw anyone I was supposed to attack them and run. Have you found out anything...about what we talked about?"

He lowered his voice. "About getting you out? The only way to do it would be to desiccate Klaus, and there's a spell to do it, but Bonnie already did it once and some bad stuff happened to her because it's a dark magic spell."

"Isn't there anything else you can do?"

"Not really...Klaus is way too powerful. The only way we'd really be able to do it would be to kill him, but that would kill me, Damon, Caroline, Elena, and even Tyler, since our bloodlines all come from Klaus. I'm sorry."

"It's...okay. I suppose I'll just have to deal with things until we find some way to get me out...I just..." I paused as a sob rose in my throat. "...I don't know if I can handle the things he's been doing to me anymore..."

A tear slipped down my face as I sobbed into my phone. I heard Stefan's voice fill with worry on the other end.

"Dani, what happened? What did Klaus do to you?!"

"He compelled me and drank my blood, then made me drink his blood...and we...we..." I couldn't say it. I felt like if I forced myself to say the words, then I would crumble into an incomprehensible mess.

"Dani, listen to me." His voice was suddenly very firm. "I'm going to come there to get you and bring you back to my house."

"What?! But if I leave, I'll have to turn myself into a vampire..."

"We have a little bit of vervain left, and you can take it to keep yourself weak. All we have to do is keep you from drinking any vampires blood, and you won't have to hurt yourself, right?"

"I...I guess...But how are you gonna get me out?"

"You still have that gun, right? If you shoot him the head, he should be knocked out long enough for us to get you away from here. We only have one shot to do this, I hope you know."

"Okay...When do you wanna?"

"I'm getting Tyler and Damon and we're leaving right now. We'll be there in ten minutes...You just do what you need to, and we'll get you away as quick as we can."

"Please hurry." I hung up and looked in the hall just outside the parlor, but didn't see Klaus. I hoped dearly he hadn't heard anything I'd said, and I went through the house to look for him.

I made sure I had my gun with me, tucked under the tight folds of my dress.

I found Klaus in his room digging in the closet, wearing only a loose-fitting pair of jeans. When I walked in, he stopped and turned and I saw his torso, bare except for a tiny trail of hair that led from his navel down under the edge of those jeans. I averted my eyes, instead choosing to stare him in the face.

It was a lot less unnerving.

"Dani...done plotting your escape with Stefan?" My face filled with horror, but when he grinned I realized he was joking, and I let out a long sigh.

"Don't do that. I thought you were gonna rip my head off or something..." He chuckled. "Going somewhere?"

"Thought I might stop in at the Salvatore house and see what my enemies are up to. Going to remain here while I'm out?" I shrugged.

I kept what Stefan said in my head as I strutted slowly up to Klaus. You just do what you need to...

Klaus raised an eyebrow as I put my arms around his neck and said "I thought you might stay here for a few extra minutes and keep me company..."

He put his hands on my waist. "What sparked this change of mind?"

"Um...Damon answered the phone, and he was being really rude, and I got all upset..." I looked up into his turquoise eyes and said as sweetly as I could "And you know how I hate feeling upset..."

There was a whoosh of

air and we were suddenly on the bed, with Klaus laying his body over mine again.

"Well love, I guess I'll just have to make you feel better." He kissed at my neck and my body shuddered automatically, and I reminded myself mentally that I was supposed to be luring him.

I reached down under my dress and my hand closed around the hard steel of my gun. I grinned mentally, but when I pulled it out and pointed it at Klaus, his hand closed around it too.

He pulled his head up and said "Trying to do away with me?"

"Maybe I am. What're you gonna do about it?"

He tossed the gun over by the doorway and said "Even when you're trying to kill me, you're incredibly sêxy." His mouth went to my neck again and I gasped, gripping him tightly.

"Oooh..."

I turned my head towards the doorway and saw a glimpse of Stefan there, and he seemed to see me too. I reached my hand out and he nodded.

Stefan quickly grabbed for the gun and fired a shot off, and something wet spurted onto my face.

Klaus went limp in my arms and I pushed his body off, wiping my face and seeing blood there.

I quickly got up and said "What took you so long?"

"Sorry." Damon and Tyler came in, their eyes going wide.

I went to Tyler and said "Sorry for shooting your girlfriend..."

"It's okay, I heard about how that bâstârd compelled you. Just...no more bullets, huh?"

I laughed and Stefan uneasily mentioned "You know, we have at most a few hours until he wakes up...I think we should be going."

"We should go to my apartment first." Stefan raised an eyebrow. "Vampires can't get in my apartment now, remember? Wouldn't it be safer than going to your house, where anyone can just walk in?"

"That is true...Let's lock Klaus in the basement or something first and give him some vervain, just to give us a few extra hours. That's about as much as we can do right now." I nodded. "Do you know where he keeps his vervain?"

"Downstairs, in the liquor cabinet...I'll go wait in the car, I can't handle being in this house anymore..." I followed Damon out to his car while Stefan and Tyler took care of Klaus' body.

Once I was safely in the backseat of the Camaro, Damon remarked "You looked like you were getting pretty cozy there with Klaus...Anything we should know about?"

"Please don't start with me...I did what I had to so I could get away. Anything else is none of your business."

"Whatever you say...I just think we should know if there's a chance you might be a little more attached than you're letting on." I scowled and he didn't respond.

Stefan and Tyler came out and Tyler got in back with me and we drove off. We went right to my apartment, but I discovered there wasn't much of a reason to.

The rest of the weapons were gone and so were my clothes. The only things left in the entire apartment were he furniture and food, and some miscellaneous stuff I'd brought from Richmond.

"Seriously? The guy takes me prisoner and has to get rid of all my stuff too?" I noticed it was unusually silent, and when I turned I saw nobody was with me. When I went back in the other room, I saw them still standing outside the doorway. "Sorry, I forgot...Come in."

Stefan stepped in first "Klaus probably has your things at his house and hid them somewhere...It's too risky to go back and look for them now."

"What am I supposed to do then? The only clothes I have are the ones I'm wearing!"

"Do you have any money saved up?"

"Not enough to buy a whole new wardrobe!"

"I'll help." I looked at Tyler. "I can give you some money, and Caroline can take you out shopping or something...She loves doing that." I must've looked hesitant, because he said "She doesn't blame you for shooting her...I think she actually wants to talk to you too."

"Okay...Can you just have her buy some stuff and bring it to the Salvatore house? I don't feel safe going out with him looking for me." He nodded. "Thanks..."