Thanks for the reviews and suggestions. I really appreciate it. I'm glad people are enjoying it. I have to finish it so I can concentrate on other things lol.

Regarding the 'Story of O' review. Thank you for your kind words. :) I prefer the Beauty Series by Anne Rice. It was such an assault on the mind. This chapter will get a little darker where Caroline is concerned. Klaus doesn't need any help. Lol. He's pretty dark as it is.

Two chapters to go! This is the beginning of the end. Enjoy :)

I do not own the Vampire Diaries or Originals Characters. I own the story. ****Note: This story contains themes of an adult nature, including and not limited to rape, murder, kidnapping, domination, submission and more. If you are uncomfortable with themes of this nature, please do not read. This story may cause triggers*****

Chapter 10

Carry me away
I need your strength
To get me through this
Dare to believe
Over one last time
Then I'll let the

Darkness cover me
Deny everything
Slowly walk away
To breathe again
On my own

-Disturbed, Darkness

Klaus furrowed his brow as he stared at the clock on the wall. Time had flown by this morning. He scarcely noticed that it was after 11, when he called down and told them to bring the car around. Usually he was perfectly on time always, but today he was a little distracted by Caroline's incessant humming all morning. Okay so moving her may have been a mistake. He rose and walked to the door nearest to her bedroom and paused to listen to her once again. Then without further delay, he headed down the stairs. His kingdom was a flurry of activity this morning as household servants rushed to and fro.

Caroline

Caroline sat up in her bed, rubbing her eyes as Sarah entered and sat down the breakfast tray. She was fully rested from the previous evening and felt a renewed sense of energy at the prospect of having a tiny bit of freedom. It was Sunday, so she would meet with Mrs. Erdman again today. She had finished 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' in the previous days, so she wondered what book would be next.

She hurried through her breakfast and shower, not for any particular reason. Sarah returned at 10am to gather Caroline and take her downstairs. They rarely exchanged even a look nowadays. Caroline furious at her lack of empathy and ability to ignore the torture that occurred and Sarah a little scared of Caroline's anger which was displayed in the form of glares or outright aggression.

Caroline walked through the archway to the library and Mrs. Erdman was already sitting at one of the tables in the middle of the room with a pile of books in front of her. Caroline smiled at the older woman genuinely. She was quite sure that Mrs. Erdman was completely unaware of what went on behind closed doors. She had appreciation for her viewpoints on modern and classic literature. They spent the morning wrapping up 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. Mrs. Erdman even joined Caroline for lunch and the two chatted away about current events, which thanks to Caroline having access to a television now she was more up to date than previously.

In the afternoon Mrs. Erdman handed Caroline a copy of a book called "Das Parfum" by Patrick Suskind and 'Art and Illusion' by Ernst Gombrich. Caroline had heard of neither the authors nor the books. Their discussions in the afternoon moved towards the meaning of art in today's world and what it did or did not contribute to society. It was a fascinating discussion and the time flew by until Sarah showed up in the doorway.

Caroline followed Sarah up to the third floor. It was around 3:30 and Caroline decided that she wanted to go to the gym. It was more of an ops excursion than an actual workout but the workout would feel good. Quickly pulling on her workout clothes she hurried out the door and almost ran out the door straight into one of the guards. He caught her by the arm to keep her balance. "Apologies Miss."

"Oh I'm sorry." She smiled at the nice looking man. He smiled back and released her arms. She never really looked at anyone closely here before as there were dozens of servants that came and went through the day. He had a genuine smile though. She hurried down the hallway and around the corner to the gym. Looking out the windows, she noticed exactly how large the estate was. It reminded her of the White House with its sprawling lawns and fences. This wasn't quite as large as that but it was still sizeable. She noticed a guard tower on one end of the estate, there were two armed guards manning it and there were several guards walking the grounds. Jumping on the treadmill, she felt exhilarated at the hope in her.

On her way back to her room, she paused at the first door on the right in her hallway. The guard who was stationed at the front was just out of her line of site. She tried the handle but it was locked. Quickly she stepped away and headed to her room next door.

Klaus sent word around 5 that he would indeed be seeing her that evening to which she rolled her eyes. A common occurrence whenever that news was delivered. There were still a couple of hours until he arrived and she pressed the intercom to ask someone, Sarah, to escort her to the Conservatory. She picked up her new book and waited impatiently for Sarah to knock on the door.

Sarah escorted her down to the conservatory and then left her to her own devices. Clutching the book to her chest, she started to look around. She peered through the windows on either side, making sure there were no servants present looking for a phone or computer, there was nothing. Klaus didn't even have a television downstairs. She could hear the servants laughing a couple of rooms over and she frowned just a little and rolled her eyes.

Sitting down and giving up her 007 attempts to escape, she started on the book that Mrs. Erdman had given her. She only got through the first several pages, but it was a rather disturbing tale of a woman having a baby and left to die by his mother. Nice. Her thoughts went to Klaus, maybe he was left to die by his mother. Out of the three books she had read, this was proving to be her least favorite.

She pressed the intercom beside the door and Sarah appeared a few minutes later to take her upstairs. As they climbed the stairs near the second floor, she heard a disturbance and looked to see if she could see what was happening but she couldn't. Klaus was back and working in his office; she could hear him as they rounded the corner by his office. He sounded irritated. Although she couldn't pick up on actual words, he seemed to have an angry tone. Shuddering she thought about later, one thing was for sure, an angry Klaus was not good for anyone. Sarah told her to go to 'the room' at 8.

The next half hour passed quickly and she headed out the door towards Klaus's room. Stopping in front of the door, she raised her hand to knock. She was greeted with his arrogant reply of "Come". So she pushed the handle down and stepped into the room; nervously searching for evidence of what terrible thing he was going to do to her tonight. Klaus stood there smiling at her, looking annoyingly handsome. "Caroline love." He spread his arms in a welcoming motion.

"Good evening Master" she said rolling her eyes to the side then down to the floor.

"Come here Caroline." The way he said her name all the time repulsed her. It was like the beckoning call of death. Tentatively she stepped forward into his personal sphere and he pulled her to his chest, then leaned down and captured her lips in a soft kiss.

"Come love. Let's get comfortable." He steered her towards the bed. "Take off your dress Caroline." He pulled out the wrist restraints and ordered her to sit in the middle of the bed against the headboard. As she crawled onto the bed, he reached his hand down between her legs, causing her to move just a little faster to get away from his pawing. Once he fastened her to the bed, he stood back admiring his work. He flashed a smile at her as someone knocked on the door. A sigh escaped Caroline's throat as another scared girl walked into the room wearing one of the white dresses. She had her arm crossed in front of her holding her other elbow. There was sheer terror eminating from her eyes. Caroline could relate.

He did his whole routine with the greeting; he had his back to Caroline and she shook her head as he kissed the girl. Ordering her to remove her dress, the girl stood there trembling in front of him, as he turned and walked towards the wardrobe, an evil grin covered his face and he was looking directly at Caroline as if she would share in his excitement about the destruction to come. Caroline's breath caught in her throat and she quickly turned her eyes away.

He fastened the girl standing at the end of the bed, her face directed towards Caroline. Caroline squeezed her eyes shut for a second to steel herself for the coming experience. The girl was crying pretty loudly, which Caroline knew would irritate Klaus. He used the whip to start, making loud cracks as it made contact and caused her to cry out. Caroline watched the girl expressionless, refusing to give into the feelings that were welling up inside her. She felt absolutely nothing; or rather, she wouldn't let herself feel anything.

Klaus changed implements after about a half hour of the girls terrified screams. Now he was hitting her with the cane; crossing the back of her thighs. She was pulling with her arms to get away from the cane, jumping around and trying to use her feet to climb the bed. Throwing the cane to the ground he released her arms and pushed her down on the bed. He reached down between her legs, his body pressed against hers and was whispering something into her ear which Caroline could not make out.

His eyes burned through Caroline as he spread the girl's legs, undid his pants and slammed into her. The girl cried out. Not getting the reaction he wanted from Caroline, he pulled the girl up by her hair and ordered her to look at the girl to watch Caroline as well.

Refusing to give in and feeling indifference towards the monster at the end of the bed, Caroline traded an equally penetrating stare with Klaus. Frustrated, he pulled himself out of the girl and told her to climb on the bed. He walked around the bed and grabbed her by the hair, pulling her hands on either side of Caroline's knees. He climbed on the bed and wrapped an arm around her waist to hold her in place as he again started to pummel her from behind. The girl was screaming out, tears freely falling from her eyes.

Klaus put his other hand on Caroline's leg as he pushed the girl down. A menacing smile crossed Klaus's face. He held the girl there with one hand as he and Caroline traded stares. The tension was thick. He could feel his blood boiling. Letting his face change in front of Caroline, he extended his fangs and let out a deep and haunting growl. Then without a word, tore into the flesh of the girl that lay trembling below him. As he sucked the blood from her body, she pulled her eyes up. The girl pleaded with Caroline almost the entire time to help her. Caroline squeezed her eyes shut and looked off to the right of the room. Klaus was in a frenzy. For a moment, he stopped to see Caroline not watching which infuriated him. "LOOK at me Caroline" he roared. Turning her head towards him, he could see the disdain written all over her face. Once again he descended on the girl; holding her head towards Caroline so that she could watch the light go out in her eyes.

She looked devoid of anything. Her breathing slowed and the girl let out a breath and her eyes closed. Klaus dropped her and then callously pushed her off the side of the bed. The girl hit the floor in a thud. Out of everything he had done to that poor girl that was the worst in Caroline's mind. He threw her away; discarded like nothing. He then turned his blood lust on Caroline, dragging her down so that she was lying underneath him, her arms stretched upwards by the restraints. No emotion was present as he crushed her body, forcefully dragging her into a deep and bloody kiss. He rammed his length into her violently and without restraint; his hand harshly entangled in her hair as he pulled. Caroline blocked out the pain as she felt this fangs penetrate the skin of her neck.

He fed on Caroline until there was a faint heartbeat. In his mind he wasn't sure if she would die on her own. He ripped his wrist with his teeth and pressed his bloody wrist to her mouth. Choking she game back to life and her heartbeat picked up pace. She lost consciousness again after a brief period of awareness.

His thirst for Caroline was insatiable as fed and fucked her for the rest of the night and early morning. He felt her go limp against him but it didn't deter him. Several times he thought about draining her and the ecstasy that would accompany that but he changed his mind citing blood lust.

He decided not to stay with Caroline in the room this morning. Usually he would drift off and catch a few hours sleep, but he wasn't moved to so he got off the bed and pulled his clothes on. All the while looking at the girl who lay in a heap on the floor; it occurred to him that he had never even asked her name. With resigned indifference to that fact, he picked her up and carried her out of the room and used his cell to make a call.

When Caroline came to the next morning she felt blank. Last night hadn't even phased her. She got up and went to the bathroom. She threw some cold water on her face and stared at herself in the mirror. Her eyes weren't vacant, they just looked cold. She reminded herself of a picture that you would see in a magazine of war refugees.

She pulled her dress on; noticing the girl was gone from the room and disappeared through the doorway. She could hear Klaus in his office. She walked by without a thought in her head. Her mind devoid of any emotion or reaction and walked into her room without a sound.

After taking a shower, she went about business as normal; reading her book which was quite disturbing and watching television. Sarah came in with a tray and left it on the table and Caroline ate and returned to her book.

Around 7pm, she heard the door open behind her. She didn't bother to look. She could feel him whenever he walked into the room.

"Good evening Caroline. You are well I trust?"

She rose from the sofa and turned to Klaus. "Good evening Master. Yes thank you I'm perfectly fine."

He noted the lack of emotion in her voice as she faced him with a very flat affect. His eyes traveled to her body and then to her heart which he concentrated on for a few minutes before deciding she was perfectly calm.

"I will be entertaining guests the day after tomorrow." He moved a little closer. "You will not be present for that love. You are not permitted to use the conservatory that day and unfortunately your appointment with Mrs. Erdman will have to be moved to Thursday. There is pressing business that I must attend to." He studied her as she nodded her head that she understood. There was an air about her today that he just couldn't place.

Turning he left the room and decided he would have to consider Caroline's mood swings a little later as he had much work to do before his guests arrived. It was then he decided to put them on the second floor as opposed to the third. He notified Sarah of the change as guests usually stayed on the third floor with him; however he wanted his privacy and Caroline's demeanor had left him a little bewildered.

Caroline returned to her reading as soon as Klaus departed, glad that he wasn't staying. She was happy to have the next couple of days to herself. It would give her time to explore. She wondered if the guards locked the doors when he was here but not on the floor. She knew there was a phone in the office, but that would be difficult as there was a guard located right outside the window. She wanted to investigate the room next to hers. She knew there were no phones in his room, his bedchamber or the weapons room. She had never even heard someone enter the room next door. She pressed her ear on the shared wall. The walls were thick though and nothing audible could be heard from the room next to hers.

The next day she didn't hear from Klaus. She did go to the gym to run; looking out the window and studying the grounds as she did. There was no activity outside today with the exception of the normal guards in the tower and the two on the ground. She sighed at the routine. Even if she could somehow kill Klaus and manage to get away with not alarming the guards, she'd never make it past the third floor balcony. Her only hope was to get someone here. Klaus seemed pretty powerful though and very rich so his influence probably spread far and wide. He had people to dispose of bodies for him for heaven's sake. If she did manage to find a phone, she would call her mother. Her mother was Sheriff of Mystic Falls and she knew that she would find a way to get her out of here if she could only get a hold of her.

The following day was when she'd look for an opportunity. She would wait until dinner time as she knew how Klaus was about 'entertaining'. She thought it was an odd quality for a serial killer to have. Klaus's love of fine dining and polite conversation was in complete opposition to his darker tastes. He was like two different people sometimes. When he spoke during one of their normal evenings together, one could almost forget that they were talking to a ruthless monster. Caroline had found herself, several times forgetting that fact. Then he would do something horrible to remind her again. It really was a rollercoaster of emotion; his waves of generosity contrasted significantly to his waves of anger and aggression. She couldn't imagine what would drive a man to those depths. It was something more than anger though, it was inhuman. She had seen his face change, however she still wasn't sure what he was exactly. He devoured blood, but his eyes were slightly reminiscent of a wolf. Granted a very dangerous and blood thirsty wolf.

It was around 8pm when Klaus entered her room. She had thought he wouldn't be coming but there he stood staring back at her. "Caroline love. Come here." She complied. He watched her as she watched him. His eyes not leaving her as he bent slightly to pull the dress over her head; turning her towards the sofa, he bent her over with one hand and held her there. He released his throbbing cock from his pants and using his fingers first to find her opening, positioned himself pressing the head into her slightly. He then slid all the way into her. He started sliding in and out in an easy motion; her tightness gripping his shaft as he moved his hips in a repetitive motion. He climaxed pretty quickly.

Speaking not a word, he left when he was finished. Caroline shook her head and then went to the bathroom to run a bath. She laid in the bath recalling her first night in the mansion, remembering how scared she was. She wasn't scared anymore, just resolute. Closing her eyes, she sank into the warm water and let it envelope her. She stayed there for a long while, losing herself in the warmth before washing her and getting out of the tub.

She fell asleep that night, praying for the first time in weeks that whatever was in the room next to hers would help her escape. It was hope beyond hope, but it was something.

The next day there was a lot of commotion in the hallway. Caroline had decided to stay in her room until later as she needed an excuse to be walking around. She could hear the traffic back and forth in the hallway and Klaus giving orders to the servants. She was hoping he wouldn't just "stop by". The site of him made her skin crawl. She was nervous enough. Sarah brought her meals throughout the day. Caroline decided she would dress for the gym after Sarah picked up her dinner tray. It did occur to her that it was late to be going to the gym, but she thought she could just say she hadn't been feeling well enough earlier.

Finally, it was dinner time. Sarah came and dropped off the tray. Caroline quickly ate and then changed into her workout clothes. Her heart was racing. When Sarah returned, Caroline waited for her to leave and have time to go down the stairs.

Caroline first went to the gym and ran for about fifteen minutes; a respectable run. On her way back, she noticed the guard that she had run into a few days ago as the guard that was located outside of Klaus's office. He smiled at her. She smiled back brightly and a little flirtatiously. She turned the corner and then looked all around her to make sure no one was coming. As quietly as she could, she put her hand on the handle and tried to push the handle downwards. It moved without a hitch. Her heart was pounding out of her chest. Please, she thought. She pushed the door open slightly and pocket of cold air escaped the room; causing her to shiver. There was no light in the room and there was a vacant echo. The darkness surrounded her. She shut the door behind her not able to see a thing.