"Where do you think you are going?" The older man asked.
"Out of here, away from you." Said the younger one and his eyes sparkled with anger as he open the door. He felt him walking behind and clenched fists, trying to regain composure. The other man wasn't helping.
"You are quitting! After 500 years of hard work...you are quitting?!" The young man turned around abruptly, outraged covering his face. It took all his will power not do hit the man before him. He couldn't believe his ears.
"I am QUITTING? Just like that? Is that what you are trying to tell me?" He stepped forwards and clenched his fists. " You have lied to me during all these 500 years. You told me they were dead. That he killed him..."
"And I didn't lie. They are dead soulless monsters...just like you and me...and it's all his fault. All his fault." The older man's eyes sparkled with madness. The younger one stepped back, never had seen him act like that. He couldn't recognize the man who he had grown to think of as his father. The man who practically raised him. The man who taught him everything he knew. The man shook his head.
"I will not be part of this madness anymore..."He turned around, forgetting how strong the older man was. He felt his steel like hands gripping him and the next thing he knew he was pinned to the wall, his former mentor's face mere inches from his. His dark eyes seemed even darker, filled with hatred, madness and something else he couldn't quite define.
"Oh you will, son, you will."He pushed him harder against the wall, knocking the air out of his lungs."If you walk out of this door, they will not live long enough to see another sunrise. But if you stay here, with me, and finish what we started so many years ago...I will consider them untouchable."He paused."Do you understand me, son?"
"Yes... Father." He finally recognized what he had seen in his eyes. Determination. Fierce determination that was able to destroy...everything, including himself.
KPOV (Katherine)
"I don't trust him." Stefan said and shook his head. I turned my head towards the windscreen. It was twilight and the sky was colored in pinkish red. I shook my head.
"I don't think anyone does." I said with a quiet voice. I was thinking and thinking, and Stefan was angry, he was naive, thinking that the thing we wanted to was going to be anywhere near easy. "But he is smart, we should not underestimate him."
"Yes, and he is also strong. How are we going to take him down without hurting anyone else? We don't have a White Oak stake, we don't have a dagger..."He paused, looking like he had had an epiphany. He turned around to look at me, his eyes shining with excitement. "But we have...your sister."
I pursed lips and shook my head.
"No, we don't."
"But she said..."I cut him off with a gesture.
"I know what she said. But he is the love of her life, Stefan, she doesn't trust him but when it comes to his safety she wouldn't hesitate to destroy anyone who comes in her way."I looked at him and tried to sound as convincing as possible. "She is dangerous, you don't want to push her buttons. I know what we have to do and we will...but she mustn't know anything about it. Otherwise...she will not hesitate to kill us both."
Stefan shook his head, his eyes filling with desperation.
"Then what? We are supposed to just sit around and wait for him to kill us?" My eyes widen as a smile extended on my lips. How hadn't I thought of that earlier?
"No. Because I think..."
Flashback
1492
"What is the occasion?" I whispered and turned my head to look at Trevor. He smiled and looked at the beautiful ball room filled with people. They were all dressed in beautiful gowns, talking to each other.
"The official reason is lord Nicklaus' birthday...but actually he wants to introduce his fiancée to the London society." He smirked and cocked his head to one side. Fiancée...I narrowed my eyes. Well, that was disappointing. Marrying someone like the mysterious lord Nicklaus would have been very good for me. I smiled to Trevor. He wasn't bad himself.
"Have you seen her?" I asked with my sweetest voice. He smiled at me and shook his head.
"I haven't but those who have say that she is very beautiful." I decided to play with his head a little. I furrowed my brows and pouted my lips in a way that no man could resist me. He blinked a few times and turned around, taking one of my hands."But I bet that she is not as beautiful as you, Katerina." I smiled and looked down. I liked wrapping men around my fingers. We stayed in silence for a few minutes.
I furrowed brows. There was something that was not quite right.
"Why am I here?" If he wanted to introduce her to the nobilities, why was I here? Trevor was looking at the staircase impatiently and answered automatically.
"Lord Nicklaus will be happy to see you?"
"Excuse me?" His eyes widen, realizing what he had said. He opened his mouth a few times, trying to come up with plausible explanation. The rich and powerful lord was going to be happy to see me? Me? Why me? Before I had had time to panic, we heard a loud click and all people turned to the staircase.
They were coming.
From the place where we standing, I couldn't quite see, well, I couldn't see anything. I tried to stand up on my toes but I still couldn't see them. I sighed and looked around. It took me two seconds to realize how strange the picture before me was. All the guests, no exceptions, had their eyes pinned to the top of the staircase. Their mouths were slightly parted, their eyes widen from adoration and envy.
I narrowed my eyes. What was going on?
I slightly moved to the right and let my eyes go to the staircase. And then I saw what all of the guests were staring at.
Standing there was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. Blonde hair, bluish eyes, dazzling smile. I felt my mouth opening. In a far off kind of way I saw that he was holding someone's hand but from where I was standing I still couldn't see her.
And then he moved his shoulders slightly and I felt my body going numb.
They weren't staring at him. They were staring at her.
Long mahogany hair, exceptional eyes, ruby red lips that were extended in a breathtaking smile. The same smile I was seeing in the mirror every day.
I took a shaky breath, realizing that I had held my breath for more than a minute. I swallowed thickly and abruptly turned my head to look at Trevor, who was looking just as surprised as I was. He was moving his eyes from me to her and vice versa. And then I overcame my surprise, feeling it being replaced with impatience. Impatience to get to her as soon as possible.
My mind had no control over my body as I almost started running through the crowd. My eyes were on her. They had reached the end of the stairs and were both smiling. He was talking something, probably introducing her, to a tall man, who had his arm around a petite young girl.
I felt Trevor running after me but I didn't care. I didn't care about what people would think about me, I didn't care about manners, I cared only about her.
I was almost next to them when they turned around and started walking, while talking to the guests.
My corset was digging in my skin, I felt like I was suffocating, like someone had knocked the air out of my lungs. And when I couldn't move anymore, when I felt like I was going to pass out, I yelled.
"Сестро!" (Sister!) For one terrifying moment I thought that my voice had gone lost into the huge room but then suddenly everyone got silent. One by one people started turning around, their eyes widening when they saw me. Finally...they turned around too.
And although my sister's face was surprised, her eyes...I knew her all too well...they didn't mirror the surprise on her face. They were filled with some unknown emotion I couldn't quite understand.
"Катерина? " (Katerina?) She let go of his hand and slowly stepped towards me. The strange emotion in her eyes went away and was filled with happiness just in time for everyone to see her bright smile, reserved only for me. " Сестричке... " (Sister...) She stopped right in front of me been And then she hugged me. I smiled through my tears as my entire being was filled with the warmth of the creature I loved the most in this world.
I don't know how long we stayed like that but when she pulled away, I finally realized how much I had missed her. And I also realized that there was something terribly wrong here. It happened very quickly but I still saw it. She slowly turned her head to look over my shoulder as if to see who I was with but her eyes passed Trevor and went to a seemingly old man, who was standing next to the door. He raised his head and for a second something flickered. I looked at Bella. She quickly nodded to the man as if they had had a silent conversation then she looked back at me, smiling again. I looked to her fiancé, wondering if he had noticed it too. But his eyes were on me. I would have been flattered but there wasn't a trace of the usual lust or desire...no...there was curiosity in his eyes, he looked like he was studying me.
She turned around to look at him and my eyes widen as I saw the incredible change in their faces. As soon as she looked at him her face softened, her lips extended in a beautiful smile, her eyes started shining and her voice started ringing. His face lit up as soon as he laid eyes on her, his eyes started shining with unconditional adoration and his lips automatically extended in a gentle smile.
I pursed lips. I couldn't help the feeling of jealousy that spread through my body. She was my sister, she was supposed to have these special smiles only for me. I shook my head. That wasn't good of me. He obviously adored her and she loved him. I should have been happy for them.
"Nick." She said and he took her hand in his. " This is my sister-Katerina." He looked at me with curiosity. Then he stepped forwards, the dazzling smile coming on his lips again.
" Nice to meet you, Katerina." He took my hand and lightly touched with his lips. I automatically bowed.
" Pleasure to meet you, milord." My sister smiled and leaned closer to him.
"Nick, will you excuse us for a few minutes. My sister and I need to talk." He smiled at her and nodded.
" Do you want me to come with you?" No, no, no. He made me nervous...plus I wanted my sister for myself for a while. She squeezed his hand.
" Let's not make our guests question our manners, shall we?" He nodded and quickly kissed her on the cheek before anyone noticed. She blushed a little and quickly stepped forwards, taking my hand.
"Катерина, когато влезем в стаята, трябва да не ми задаваш въпроси преди да ти кажа. Ще можеш ли да направиш това за мен?" (Katerina, when we go into the room, I need you to not ask me questions before I tell you to. Will you be able to do this for me?) I furrowed my brows but nodded. That was a weird request. She led me down a huge hall and she quickly opened one of the doors. She pushed the door open and I gasped at the sight before me. We found ourselves in a huge library. But I didn't have time to look around because my sister shut the door behind us and quickly opened a hidden pocket in her dress. She took out a small leather bag and almost ran to the fire place. She took out what looked like a few herbs out of the bag and turned around. I gasped when suddenly the herbs ignited in her hand.
"Бела?" (Bella?) She made a gesture with her hand and I covered my mouth with my hand. She blew on the burning herbs and they started smoking. She quickly raised her hand, leaving a smoking trace. She started chanting something and walking around the room. I pressed my hand harder against my mouth. What was she doing? Had my sister gone completely insane?
There was no trace of that happy woman I had seen in the ball room. Now she looked like she had lost everything, her eyes were dark with sorrow, her face showed that she was in pain. What was happening?
Suddenly a small door that I hadn't noticed opened and the old man came in. Now when I looked at him more closely, I saw that he wasn't old at all. He had amazing eyes that were shining brightly. His face was determined.
When my sister saw him she turned around and blew the smoking plants. her voice was cold, like she was trying to contain her real emotions.
"She came sooner than expected." Her eyes filled with tears. The man stepped closer to her and touched her hand gently.
" Just a few days earlier, Bella. Everything has been prepared for days." She shook her head violently, emotions starting to crack up the mask.
" No." She said in a broken voice and I automatically stepped forwards but something in the way the man was talking to her held me back.
"The time has come, Bella. We need to go."
" No." She pulled away from him. Looking like she was about to faint. " No, no, no. I am not ready to do this. I needed those few days, I needed them to say goodbye." Goodbye? What was happening? Where were we going? The man stepped closer to her again.
" Bella, I need you to listen to me very carefully. We have talked about this." She started shaking her head again but he kept on talking. "Bella, she has sensed both of your energies." She tried to get away from him but he didn't let her. " Bella, we talked about this, you know that the spell that you made to slow her down will not work with both of you here. It is a matter of minutes before she locates you. Bella, we need to go. Now." His eyes started shining and Bella stopped trying to get away from him. Her broken face slowly started disappearing, slowly it started turning into stone-like mask. I knew what she was doing, she had been doing this since she was 3, she was locking her emotions in a box, or at least that was what she called it, making room for her analytical part. That is what she always did when she had to make a difficult decision.
She stayed like that for a few moments then she turned around to look at me. Her face was emotionless but her eyes were so broken, so sad that they broke my heart.
" Katerina, we need to go." I shook my head, determination filling me. I was not leaving this room until I found out what the hell was going on. What was she talking about? What was happening?
" You need to explain to me a few things first, Sister." It felt really weird to talk to her in English but it somehow seemed appropriate. She pursed lips.
" We need to go now. I will explain everything later. I promise, Sister." Now it was my turn to be stubborn.
" No, now you need to explain. Or I will not go." I raised my eyebrows and looked at her with my best daring look. I clenched her teeth and looked at the man. He nodded briefly and she turned around again.
"There is a completely different world that you have no idea about. A dangerous world, Sister. And you and I have a bigger role in it than you can imagine."
" What are you talking about? What world? Sister have you gone completely insane?" She shook her head and grabbed my hands.
" A supernatural world, Katerina, we live in a supernatural world. My fiancé ...he is a vampire. I, your sister, am a witch. And this gentleman over there, he is a werewolf." My eyes widen. My sister was insane. It was official.
She saw it in my eyes and made an impatient face. She freed one of her hands and looked at me. She pointed it to the vase that was sitting on one the tables, she closed her eyes for a second...I gasped. the vase suddenly was in her hand.
"Sister?" She looked at me. I pursed lips. After all I trusted her unconditionally, right?
" Why are we running away?" I asked the question that had bothered me the most. Her lips trembled as she searched for the right words." He loves you, you know, and I can see that you love him too." She swallowed thickly.
" And it is because I love him so much that we have to leave." She was on the verge of falling apart, I could see it. " Someone is coming for him, someone very dangerous and powerful, and...and the only way to protect him is by leaving." She suppressed a broken sob. And I remembered thinking that this someone had to be really strong to force my sister to break like that.
" Who is this someone, Sister." She looked at me for a few seconds then said his name with cold hatred.
End of flashback
"...I think I know who might be able to help us." Stefan's eyes widen and he turned his head a little to see me better.
" Who?" I smirked and looked forward, starting the car.
"Someone who hates Klaus even more than we do."
Hey! Sorry for not posting a chapter last week but I had a friend over and we played horror games throughout the whole weekend and I just didn't have enough time to write.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Whisper in Blindness