The Dead of Winter

by SarahSmiles222

Klaus is the King of Chicago and ruler of the Undead. Everyone who knows better fears him. This is a dark and twisty side of Klaus. The story begins with a purchase of a slave in a dark and musty building. He is the Original Hybrid for a reason. Walk on the dark side as you explore what it means to be an original hybrid. ***Warning: Contains rape & murder and may cause triggers***

13. Chapter 13 - Epilogue

I'm going to use this page to address reviews, messages and plot points.

Thank you for all the reviews, even the not so nice ones. :)

-I added the Originals because I felt that the story was getting a little flat with the two of them.

-I struggled a lot with how to end this with Caroline. I had always intended this to be a multi-part story. I know that a lot of people have commented about how it ended. Some love it and some don't. When I wrote the outline, the suicide theme, having Caroline take her own life and show some power versus Klaus taking her life, was a theme that I struggled with from Chapter 8 and on. However, I decided that in order for the next story to proceed as I see it, that I had to end it the way that I originally wrote it. Its not concluded because there is another part. There's a second chapter to the Klaus / Caroline saga. He's not everything he seems to be and neither is she. You'll see a flip in the energy and maybe even some of that love that all of us Klaroline fans love, it just may not be in the way you expect. Caroline's strength to me, relies in her resolve and that will not be any different in Blood Rose, except now she has the power to remain unaffected by his bullying. So while some of you are viewing her demise as a bad thing, and have let me know :) her death is not the end.

-Addressing the review regarding Caroline turning and the hybrid bond. First, I'm sorry you feel that way. However, there are several things that I would point out. Yes, Klaus is a sick bastard, however, 1. He doesn't ever have to let her get her emotions back. 2. The fact that he doesn't "kill" all his victims, he turns them (as you will see in the next story if you read it - Nadia was one of those) in my eyes make him slightly more complicated and turns the serial killer theme on its end because he either sends them away or turns them. Occasionally someone did die. 3. The hybrid sire bond isn't like a vampire sire bond, and even if it was, Klaus can compel vampires so in that context the sire bond truly doesn't even matter. However, if you recall, all the hybrids he turned had it. Caroline would be no different. Caroline will have a lot more power in Part 2, she will be dark and she will not get her emotions back (until a few chapters later), however, Klaus will have still have his and you may see some interesting things develop there. The other compelling thing about Caroline as a vampire is that she has control. In the television series, even when she turned off her humanity there was still a level of control in her killing. I can't imagine straying much from that.

-Again, the characters will become way more complex in the next story. This story, as obsessive as I was about writing it, was very limited in the scope of the characters and what could happen. There were already defined arcs in both stories. I made decisions as the writer. I don't see Caroline as the kind of person that would ever kill herself. Her character is just always hopeful; even if it is buried deep inside. I don't see suicide as a viable option for her. In the end, I decided I wanted the next story to proceed as I had written it and in order to do that I needed the story to come to its conclusion the way I had written it.