Alright as promised, hereee is the new chapter and I think it's my favorite so far! Read, review, enjoy!
Caroline whimpered softly as Klaus grabbed her arm and dragged her down a path she didn't recognize. It wasn't long till he pulled her into a dark bedroom, the large bed had a burgundy comforter and the walls were black. She could see male clothes strewn in various places of the room and a large bookshelf next to a desk that was littered with books. A drawing table next to the desk caught her eye more than anything but she shrugged it off once she realized that this was his room. Klaus motioned for her to sit down on the couch beside his bed with a hard gaze that was rather hard to refuse. He sat across from her on his bed and he narrowed his gaze even more.
"Would you mind explaining yourself? Starting with the little sentence about you all dying." He blurted out bluntly, having had enough of her answers taking him in circles. Caroline sighed in defeat and couldn't help the tear that escaped her eye. How could things have spun out of control so quickly? She'd been here in the London Institute for all of what, three days? Yet already 2 people that should have never even suspected anything are aware of something her mother tries so hard to protect.
"If I tell you, will you swear by the angel that you won't tell?" She muttered in a whisper so low that he barely heard it. Klaus scoffed and shook his head in disbelief.
"Why on earth would I do that? I barely know you Caroline, and you haven't exactly been the most easy going person." He retorted.
"And what, you have? Spare me the 'why should I' act because no one has the time for it." Caroline snapped back. "Swear on the Angel or I keep my story to myself." She threatened with caution. Rolling her eyes as he let out a dry laugh she maintained her position and had no intention whatsoever of backing down.
"You're forgetting that the one holding the cards here is me, not you. Either you tell me or I tell the Clave." He threatened only to have Caroline throw a smirk back in his face.
"If you loathe me as much as you say you do, why give me a chance to explain? If you were going to tell the Clave you would have done it already and yet, here we are. Either you swear or you can keep hopelessly looking through your books for an answer you're never going to find. What do you take me for a fool? Think I don't know that's why you have all those books in here. You're searching for an explanation and if you turn me into the Clave, you'll never get one." She concluded with pride and accomplishment. Klaus let out a deep breath and held up his hands in surrender.
"Fine. I swear by the angel that whatever you're about to tell me I won't repeat. Now come on, get on with it." He finally gave in much to Caroline's satisfaction.
"My father used to be the inquisitor before we were born. Unfortunately he had a hidden agenda and was working with your psychopathic father to unruly make downworlders into slaves for the Nephillm race. They brought the idea up to the Clave and they thought they'd lost their minds. Apparently there wasn't much to discourage our fathers back in the day. One day when my dad was visiting my mom in Virginia and there was a demon attack in the town square and my mother with myself included would have been killed had it not been for a werewolf that saved our lives. That was when my dad realized the mistake he'd made in bestowing this belief upon your dad who took it a lot more seriously than mine did. Mikael became obsessed with this new world where everyone worked for them. Shadowhunters are meant to protect the world, not change it. He took a portal back to Idris and raised Raziel with the Mortal Instruments and asked for a tool to potentially undo his wrongs. He wasn't too clear on when he needed it though. Raziel saw that his intentions were pure so he bestowed the gift on his unborn child…me." She explained to then take a deep breath and continue. "He turned both himself and your father into the Clave. My dad was executed and yours was stripped of all his Shadowhunter abilities, left to adapt to life as a mundane. Years later during a council meeting in Alicante he illegally took a portal in with 12 demons and tried to kill the whole council. They sent someone to kill him and assumed the job had been taken care of. How he's still alive is beyond me." She concluded with fear. Klaus had been completely silent the entire time and it would appear to her that he was even more quiet when she finished.
"So the rune on your back is because Raziel gave you a gift?" He asked curiously and received a nod in response.
"The rune means 'gift'." She explained slowly.
"If you're so afraid that the Clave will find out, what exactly is the gift?" He asked with concern and fear at the same time, not knowing quite what to expect.
"I can create runes that work on downworlders. Truth telling runes, some can weaken them, I can even temporarily change their alliance to work in my favor. Only lasts about an hour or so but it comes in handy. My favorite of all is I can even create portals." She revealed for the first time. No one knew about that gift yet, not even her own family. Seeing as how she'd only recently discovered it, there was never a right time to tell. Smiling at Klaus's slightly widened eyes she shrugged. "Guess that gives you more reasons not to trust me right?" She asked somberly. Klaus glanced up to her and stood up, walking over to the couch she sat on and took a seat. Caroline twitched at the closeness and she inhaled his heavenly scent from where she sat, they were only inches apart now and if she was going to calm down, this sure as hell wasn't helping.
"Caroline, you have an extraordinary talent that all Shadowhunters would die for. I have to be honest though, I'm quite excited to see how it works." He teased but was completely serious. "When that demon 'told you' that my father was behind Elena's attack, you used your gift didn't you?" He discovered in awe. "How on earth did you get Rebekah to go along with that?" He asked once she confirmed his suspicion.
"Because she knows too." Caroline admitted sheepishly. "I told her that if she helped me lie to you guys I'd tell her and she kept her word." She continued.
"Well well, you're just full of surprises aren't you?" He said calmly as he took a moment to admire her appearance with care.
"We can't all be as dull as you british people can we now?" She teased as she stood up and headed for the door. Only to have her wrist grabbed by the same man for the third time that day. She forcefully turned around and gasped when his face was mere millimeters away from hers.
"You're secret is safe with me." He whispered carefully and smiled when she gulped.
"Well it better be Mikaelson. You swore, remember?" She joked as her eyes looked to his mouth and maybe just maybe, she wished they were just a tad bit closer. Seconds passed by of them just staring until they found their faces inching towards each other. Just a little closer and they'd both get what they so clearly wanted. If they could just-
"Nik! Nik! Open up, I need to ask you something!" They heard Rebekah yelling as her fist pounded on the door causing both Shadowhunters to jolt apart. Klaus muttered a curse under his breath as he let go of her hand and stomped over to the door, yanking it open in frustration.
"Rebekah! It's called sophisticatedly knocking, try it some time." He yelled in annoyance. Caroline let out a deep breath and turned around sheepishly.
"Caroline! What on earth are you doing in here? I went to your room and you weren't there, precisely why I came to ask Nik if he'd seen you. Which obviously he has." She teased with a smirk on her face. Caroline's eyes widened and tapped her foot impatiently.
"Yeah uhm, long story but what's up?" She covered quickly. Rebekah narrowed her eyes and then shook it off.
"Your brother is looking for you, asked me to tell you he'd wait for you in your bedroom." She revealed as Caroline let out a sigh of relief, grateful that she'd gotten a ticket out of this awkward situation.
"Oh! Uhm thanks Rebekah, I'll uh see you guys later." She mumbled as she practically ran out the door, leaving Rebekah and Klaus to awkwardly stare at each other.
"Well thanks for stopping by Bekah, always a pleasure." He started as he attempted to push her out the door. Only to be shoved further into his own room and allowing her further access.
"Now Now, not so fast! Don't think I don't see what's going on here." She answered with an aggravated tone. Klaus occupied the seat that Caroline had just been sitting in and crossed his arms.
"And just what exactly do you see?" He questioned with curiosity.
"Caroline is different Nik, you can't treat her like one of your whores. Not only can she kick ass but she can beat the hell out of yours so I'd mind your manners!" She defended not wanting him to chase off someone she had become rather fond of in such a short span of time.
"Rebekah, have you made a friend? My my I never thought we'd see the day, the day Rebekah Mikaelson approves of someone." He joked in genuine surprise at how defensive his sister was getting over Caroline.
"Don't be an ass." She mumbled as she sprinted out of his room, leaving Klaus to replay what had just happened between him and Caroline like a VHS tape.
"Alright what's the 911." Caroline announced as she walked into her room and shut the door. Turning around she was surprised to see her whole family waiting for her.
"Care, where did you go after dinner?" Matt asked as forceful as ever. Caroline glanced down at the floor knowing she'd have to fess up to her carelessness.
"Tell us the truth blondie, we won't judge. Well, not too much anyway." Damon joked as he threw himself onto her bed.
"When I trained with Klaus he saw the rune on my back." She murmured in a hushed whisper only to be surpassed by the gasps of everyone in the room.
"Caroline! Are you serious!?" Katherine exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah, he knows. I just came from telling him. Look you guys I know that this is bad but trust me, I'm handling it." She admitted not that they had much faith.
"Handling it how Caroline? Rebekah already knows and now Klaus does too? The same Klaus who's had it out for us the moment we stepped through that portal. How do you know he won't drag you and all of us to Idris?" Jeremy yelled in disbelief that the same cautious Caroline he's known his whole life could be this careless.
"I know, I know! Enough with the lectures already, I can handle it. Klaus won't talk, he swore by the Angel. Now, if the interrogation is over I'd like to be alone." She responded in aggravation. Frowning at the low mumbles and side comments she heard as they exited Caroline only had one person on her mind. The same person who's room she just came from and rest be assured, she was more confused with her feelings now than she was during dinner.
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