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Caroline was grabbing at Klaus' shirt with both force and grief. Yes she was willing to die for her friends but having to wait for the kill for what, a few hours? Days? Months maybe? Patience was not something she excelled at. Who knew how long it would take for Rebekah and Qetsiyah to find Silas and the Cure? Shane had never given them the location of the tomb, it could either be right next door or on the other side of the planet for all she knew.
Would she had preferred to be killed right here and then? Well she did not have a burning desire to die either but the thought of living the last hours of her life in fear and apprehension made her cringe.
She felt Klaus draw back from her and she reluctantly let go of his shirt and moved so they locked eyes once again in a heated exchange. His eyes were so intense on hers she had to look away. Deep down she was still a bit angry at him for wanting to hurt Elena but she had to remind herself that there was no more time for quibbling, there could still be a slight chance that they could find a way around this and escape from this place.
"Maybe the invisible walls have been taken away" she said. She didn't think Qetsiyah was that loyal to Kol and Rebekah. She probably cooperated with their plan until they got her to Silas, and she'd give them what they'd ask until they were rendered useless to her. After all, Qetsiyah had let Jeremy kill Kol. Surely if the witch had cared at all about the two Originals she would have done something to stop the young Hunter.
She felt Klaus let go of her arms and she flashed to where she had came across the wall a few minutes earlier. With her right hand extended in front of her she tried to feel for some resistance but she came across nothing. She turned around smiling broadly, "It's no longer there!"
Klaus got back on his feet and walked up to her, incredulous. He took her hand in his and tried the magical barrier holding his fingers, intertwined in Caroline's, to eye-level. Again the wall seemed to have disappeared. They took a few cautious steps and had almost reached the staircase when they finally felt the wall's presence again.
Caroline let out a desperate cry in frustration.
"How nice of Qetsiyah for giving us a little more breathing space" Klaus spat before turning around and smashing his fist in the nearest wall. He never thought he could hate someone more then he had hated his mother for her numerous betraying of him. Or his father - step-father he corrected himself internally - for being so horrible to him, as if he had been the one to jump in bed with another man. He was not responsible for his mother's infidelity yet Mikael had always seemed to think otherwise.
Mikael... would he see him again now that Qetsiyah was bringing down the veil between the dead and living. How could Rebekah and Kol be so imprudent? Make a deal with a demented witch just to get back at him? They were signing their own death warrants and they seemed to be clueless about it.
"Maybe there is a window here we could break through..." Caroline said looking around the spacious room for the first time. She realized the place was actually pretty cozy and designed with taste. The floor was hard wood and there was a spacious leather sofa in the far end corner opposite them, almost as large as the rooms' width. There was one small window above it and she also noticed two doors facing one another on opposite walls indicating the entrance to two other rooms on this house level. She rushed to the sofa, climbed on it and tried to smash the glass with all her strength. Unfortunately she couldn't even scratch it. "What the...?"
"The windows in this house are unbreakable."
"Who's stupid idea was that?"
"Well you see Caroline, my family and I were on the hiding from our enemies back in the days. We did not want someone to be able to break in when we least expected it, like our father for instance. Any vampire, such as Mikael, could walk in this place easily since no humans lived in this house, so we had to take safety measures. Therefore the windows and doors are resistant to brute force."
"So basically what you are telling me is that nobody can break in to save us and we can't break out either?" Caroline said incredulously. "Very useful when you are trapped inside" she said nastily. Here came her impatience bursting out again.
"Let's just say we always made sure not to be in a situation where we would be trapped inside" Klaus replied calmly. He hadn't even moved from the spot she had let him at. He had crossed his arms across his chest and was looking at her go around the room looking for as much as a mouse hole she could squeeze in to run off to her friends.
Klaus had to admit he did not quite understand why they were both still alive. Surely if Rebekah and Kol had wanted them dead they would have killed Caroline and him when they had been on their knees under the witch's attack. At least that is what he would have done. No reason in letting the enemy regroup and prepare an attack of their own. After all if Mikael had ever taught something useful to him it was that the best defence was a great offence.
"How can you stay so calm!" Caroline blurted out. It infuriated her that he didn't even try to find a solution to their captivity. He ought to know they were in real trouble. They were going to die in a few hours at the earliest if they didn't try to find an exit of some sort.
Klaus looked at her, frowning. He was anything but calm. It had enraged him how pathetically useless he had been against Qetsiyah. How he had been ineffective at protecting Caroline from harm tonight. Qetsiyah had not chosen the right clan tonight, and she would soon find out. She had aggravated everything by adding insult to injury when she had forced him into the early stage of werewolf metamorphism. How dare she had used her magic on him. How dare she had attacked him. How dare she had attacked his Caroline. He would find a way out of this, as he always did, and then she would pay, dearly.
"Oh believe me, love, calmness is far from everything I am feeling right now."
He moved swiftly to her in one quick motion, raised his hand to her face and stroked her cheek softly.
"You are so beautiful." He leaned in for the kiss but Caroline moved away before he could have a taste of her lips. He looked at her not understanding her rebuff.
"How can you think about kissing right now? We could die in a few hours!" Her cheeks were red and her brows creased displaying her discomfort.
"Exactly, we could die Caroline. Don't you want to spend the last hours of your life in my arms, experimenting emotions and sensations you have yet to feel" he brushed her arm with his hands and felt her shiver under his touch. Again he moved closer and this time she let him, "Do you realize you have the luxury to decide how you will spend your remaining living moments? What will you do with them Caroline?"
Caroline took the plunge, she grasped Klaus' shirt and pulled him to her, crashing her lips on his.
As he grabbed the small of her back to clutch her even closer to him, Caroline felt an electric storm start in her inside electrifying her. She raised both her arms and wrapped them around Klaus' neck, before she got pushed against the nearest wall with Klaus' body crashing against hers.
Klaus freed her lips from time to time, kissing her neck and making his tongue dance on Caroline's skin. Unlocking her arms from Klaus' neck, Caroline grabbed his face with both her hands. Her fingers brushing against his stubble brought her back to their heated altercation in her bedroom the night before. She whirled him around smashing him against the wall, this time taking control of the exchange. She gripped his shirt, ripped it off of him and made her fingers dance on his skin, and for once he was the one shivering at her touch. She went to unbutton his jeans but he took her hands into his looking at her intensely with his blue eyes burning through hers.
"Caroline" he moaned against her lips, his voice hoarse.
Klaus lifted her off her feet and she swiftly locked her legs around his hips, before he brought her to the sofa laying her on her back. His left hand entangled in her blonde hair, he resumed the kissing, determined to stay on top this time. He did not mind her taking charge of their passionate encounters but for this first time he wanted to show her just what she should expect from a true lover. His left hand slowly moved from her thigh, grabbing at her hips roughly and then he slowly made his fingers dance on her flat stomach before they moved up again, this time to her breast and with both his hands he lifted her arms on top of her head before his fingers skidded down to her neck. Caroline's body jolted as he pulled her upright in a sitting position before twirling her around so her back was against his bare chest.
He lifted her shirt up and his dead heart skipped a beat when her hair bounced off on his skin, the softness of her curls and their sweet scent made his head spin. His eyes went straight to the black-laced bra he had seen her pull out of her drawers the night before and he realized just how much reality met his imagination.
Klaus grabbed a handful of her blonde locks and turned her head aside to resume their kissing. His inner wolf got excited when Caroline's lips parted to grant his tongue access inside her mouth. They quickly started a battle for dominance as Caroline lifted one of her hands to his hair, playing with his sandy curls. With her other hand she grabbed his left hand, which fingers had been dancing on her belly, and brought it up to her chest. He did not need more encouragement and she was quickly undressed, her jeans landing on top of her t-shirt. Klaus' expert hands had a way of finding all her weak spots making Caroline breathe heavily and call his name out between sharp breaths.
Caroline had fallen asleep in Klaus' arms, completely exhausted and content. When she woke up she realized her lover had draped their naked bodies with a fluffy blanket that seemed to have materialized from nowhere. It looked like it was made of real fur and looked really expensive. She cuddled closer to Klaus' body enjoying the warmth of both his personal heat and the softness of the cloth on her bare skin. Klaus' hand that rested on her hip moved to her lower back and he pressed her against him as he turned to face her. She quickly realized he was ready for another go.
"Good morning my love" he said as their eyes met.
God his accent was sexy. They had made love for hours before she had had to forfeit. Klaus on the other hand had looked like he had plenty of energy left. He had chuckled at her request and had complied, but not before they had had another round.
Caroline had been somewhat grateful at Rebekah and Kol for not jumping in on them while they were so engrossed in their intimacy. But she was suddenly concerned of the time they had left to enjoy themselves. Klaus had been right they needed to live every second they had left at the fullest.
"How much time do you think has passed since the others left?" she asked.
Klaus brushed her cheek and kissed her lips softly. "Don't worry about that love, you have nothing to be concerned about."
As he leaned in for another kiss she pushed him away just enough so she could look at his face properly.
"What do you mean exactly?"
Frustrated at the mood change, Klaus reached for his cellphone which was resting on the pile of clothes next to the sofa. He handed it to Caroline before resuming the caresses on her skin. She couldn't help but wonder if he had been texting someone while she was asleep.
Caroline, with a great effort to not just throw the phone away and give Klaus a taste of his own medicine, scrolled through the phone's memory. She quickly came across text messages between him and Stefan.
"What's this?"
Without stopping his exploration of her body Klaus answered "I've been in contact with Stefan. Bonnie is tracking Rebekah's every move. They are somewhere in Canada, close to the Atlantic regions. Probably still looking for Silas' tomb."
"What?" she shrieked finally drawing Klaus' attention back to her. "Bonnie can't do that, if Qetsiyah finds out she's plotting against her she'll kill all of my friends. Why would you ask her to do something like that?"
"I haven't asked her to do anything" he objected frowning at her accusation. "Bonnie and your other friends are trying to find a way around the spell that is keeping us captive here." Before Caroline could object again Klaus stopped her "I told your friend that she shouldn't try anything foolish as you wouldn't be able to live with yourself or forgive me, if she endangered anybody for your sake but she reassured me. You see Caroline I realized I never gave your friends enough credit. When Bonnie swore to not interfere with Qetsiyah's plan to free Silas, she never actually agreed to anything having to do with Rebkah and Kol's part of the plan. Therefore she is not going against her oath to Qetsiyah. Bonnie told Stefan she thinks that once Silas is freed and Qetsiyah is brought back from the Other Side in her own body, the spell that she has cast on us will be severed, due to the fact that the witch she is possessing will undoubtedly die when Qetsiyah's soul is ripped away from hers. The invisible wall weakened Bonnie will be able to tear it down. Like I said you have nothing to worry about. You will not die on me Caroline, neither me nor your friends will let that happen."
Klaus felt Caroline relax under his touch and he started kissing her neck again making her sight with contempt. He always seemed to find the right spot wherever he was touching or kissing her, making her go weak in the knees. Of course he was a more experienced lover then she was as he probably had had thousands of women in his bed before her, but she was no innocent and frail virgin either. She had slept with a few men. She would show him the extent of her talents, as she now knew she would have plenty of time ahead of her to do that.
As he lifted her and moved her so she would ride him Caroline remembered a conversation she had had with Stefan a few weeks back. She remembered how the youngest Salvatore had been furious at Damon for giving his blood to Elena. He had told her that that gesture was very intimate between vampires and it was not to be taking lightly. Although Caroline had not mentioned that Klaus had giving her his blood willingly before, she had agreed Damon had wronged him. Then when she had been alone to think about her inner demons she had wondered if the Original knew how intimate that gesture was. Did he normally give his blood away so freely with others. Probably not, she thought. She knew he had shared it with Elena in the same way he had with her, which meant directly from the source, but it had been to gain some points with her.
Taking the decision quickly in between languorous movements of her hips, with her sharps nails she ripped open the soft skin above her collarbone, making beads of blood drip from it. She noticed Klaus' nostrils flare as he opened his eyes and dark veins encircled his eyes.
He looked bewildered at her offering, not sure what to make of it. She had seen his eyes darken earlier that night and he had undoubtedly suppressed the urges to bite her while they were making love, knowing full well a third werewolf bite might be deadly to her. Now she was giving him the opportunity to take her blood without harming her in the process. This was her gift to him.
"Quick before it heals" she encouraged him, her voice soft and determined. She trusted him. Completely.
Klaus quickly dove for the wound, holding her in his arms as he sucked the rich red liquid from her veins. His eyes glowed yellow as excitement reached extremes in his insides. Klaus' inner wolf howled with cheerfulness the moment Caroline bit his neck and started drinking from him as well. The sensations reached the highest level and for once in his life, he felt complete ecstasy in a woman's arms. He had never reached an orgasim this fast and of such great amplitude before in his life and he felt subdued by his blonde queen. Klaus grabbed Caroline face and kissed her feverishly; making her sight against his mouth and as drops of blood still spilled from both their lower lips they completely forgot about their surroundings and simply enjoyed themselves.
Her head resting against his chest, Caroline started to think about everything that had happened to her in the past few hours.
They had planned on taking down Rebekah and Kol before the two Originals tried another strike against Caroline and Klaus. Now that she thought about it, they had gotten inside their fortress way too easily. Granted that Bonnie was very powerful now but they should have anticipated more from thousands of years old vampires. She had circled the house with Elijah and Elena, and Tyler had jumped on them, catching them off-guard, before he got this close to killing Caroline's best friend.
"I can't believe Tyler is dead." she instantly felt Klaus' chest stiffen and she quickly continued her line of thoughts before he got the wrong idea. She lifted her head and looked at him seriously, "Don't act all macho and territorial; I'm just grieving for a lost friend. Before we became a couple, Tyler and I had become real close friends. I'll miss that relationship more than anything else."
Klaus relaxed but he still felt a pang of jealousy at the mention of Tyler's name. Of course he could never take away all the happy memories she had had with the guy but he would do anything in his power to overwrite them with memories of him and Caroline instead. He reached for her hand and intertwined his fingers with hers, before he leaned in and kissed her forehead softly.
"I'm sorry about Kol" she continued. When she realized he had no apparent intent to reply she tried to push him a little further to get him to open up, even if the voice in her head scolded her for pushing it too far. "I know he is annoying, careless and dangerous. And he tried to kill me and my friends a few times, but he was your brother Klaus. You do not choose your family members but the bond of blood is the strongest of all. In time I am sure you will learn to forgive him."
Klaus stroke her hair gently "Your goodness is remarkable Caroline, but I do not have such ability to forget and forgive. I will make Kol pay, should he ever come back from the dead. He will never go against me or the ones I love. Ever again."
Although he hadn't exactly told her he loved her, his last words made Caroline's dead heart beat wildly against her rib cage.
They both jumped at the sound of Klaus' phone ring. Caroline squirmed away from him and got up on her feet before she grabbed her clothes and started to dress herself up.
"Stefan." Klaus said, taking in every single movement she made. His hand was itching for something to draw with.
"Klaus, Rebekah is on her way back. She is at about two hours from your old house. Elijah, Damon, Bonnie and I are on our way as well, we came up with a plan I think you will like."
Klaus looked at Caroline. She still looked nervous, probably fed up with their continuous bad luck in the past.
"We're listening, mate."
Caroline was sitting on the sofa, her legs folded under her. She had fixed her hair in a high ponytail and was seemingly dozing off when Rebekah stepped inside the room. She scrutinized every corner of the area looking for Klaus but she couldn't see him.
"Where's Niklaus?"
Caroline snapped her head in Rebekah's way, feigning surprise.
"I don't know… Are you here to kill me at last?"
Rebekah flashed to Caroline's side and gripping the youngest vampire's neck she lifted her above the ground "WHERE IS NIKLAUS!"
"Rebekah, it's all good the place is clear. The Scooby gang are not dumb enough to risk their lives for their Barbie friend" Kol said coming quickly down the stairs. As he noticed Caroline's precarious position he smiled wickedly at her. "Having a bit of a struggle aren't we?"
"Somehow I hoped you'd remain dead" Caroline managed to breathe.
"Well consider me saddened" he laughed.
"Enough! Where's Niklaus!"
"Well someone is certainly cranky" Caroline said. She knew she was playing a dangerous game yet she had the feeling they would wait until Klaus was there before killing her, of course they would not have a problem at making her suffer until he'd decide to show up. "He went into that room the moment you left with Qetsiyah" she said nodding at the door on her right. "He was mumbling about Mikael and Esther coming back. It took so much out of him to kill them I think the poor guy snapped. I called him ever since but he doesn't answer."
Kol scoffed at her comment and went for the doorknob. Before he opened it though, he turned around giving Caroline an evil smile. "And now the fun begins" he said before pulling on the handle.
I couldn't have said it better, pal, Caroline thought.
A/N: so it was not as explicit as I thought it would be and I'm not very good at this kind of stuff, so I hope it wasn't all weird written and hard to follow... anyway, will try to update in the next few days. Thank you all so much for your comments, I love you all.
