As soon as they got back to the house, Bonnie announced that she had a bath ready for Veronica. The young blond hadn't awoken yet but Bonnie said that besides washing her, it would help the healing since she had put some special oils and herbs in it.

"I already gave her my blood." Klaus announced. His voice showed how worried he truly was.

"The blood will heal her physically, the bath will help put her mind to rest long enough for her to process everything. trust me, it will help!" Bonnie replied.

Klaus let Rebekah, Caroline and Bonnie take care of his Love while he got rid of some of his bottled up anger with the help of Tyler and a couple of other hybrids.

As soon as he heard the girls leaving the bathroom, he left his hybrids and rushed back into his room to take Veronica in his arms and hug her close to him.

"Thank you for staying Bonnie… If there is anything you want, please see to it that Rebekah gives it to you!" Klaus said.

"Don't worry about it, I'm fine." Bonnie smiled softly before she kissed her friend's forehead.

"I've seen your computer, it's antique! Come, I'll buy you a new one… It will get our mind off things until Veronica wakes up! It will keep us from going crazy!" Rebekah said softly before they both left the room, Bonnie complaining that it wasn't necessary but thanking them none the less.

Hours later, Veronica was finally completely healed and the original knew she would be waking up soon.

Not leaving the bed and the weak girl in his arms, he took his phone out and called the others to tell them to finish things up and come home. He smiled when they told him that Katherine was scared shitless and was begging them to finish her off. When he hung up, he heard Weevil, Sage and Damon arguing as to who should kill her: they all wanted to do it.

A few minutes later, he got from Elijah a video of Katherine's heart being ripped out by Sage.

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Veronica was aware that she was in her bed, with Klaus' arms tightly and protectively around her. For a second she thought it was a morning like any other and she was about to open her eyes but then she remembered Katherine, the car and everything else.

Before she opened her eyes, she took a few second to realise that nothing was hurting anymore…

"How are you feeling Love?" Klaus asked from beside her. Even if her eyes were closed, he knew that she was awake!

"Better than I thought I would…" Veronica replied as she slowly opened her eyes

"I was so scared for you… I don't know what I would have done if I had come too late…" He confessed.

"You almost were… If it weren't for Lilly telling me that you were coming I think I would have given up sooner!" She replied honestly.

"I promise you Veronica that I will ALWAYS come for you! I will never give up on you…on US but you have to promise me the same thing!" He asked intensely. She could see that he was afraid of loosing her.

"I promise you I won't ever think of giving up ever again!" Veronica replied, tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong? Is anything still hurting?" He asked her worriedly.

"I really thought that she would kill me… I tried to be strong but I couldn't anymore…"

"Veronica, don't worry… I know how Katherine is… I'm afraid what happened to you was my fault… I will never forgive myself for putting you in this position…" He said, cutting her off.

They were still lying in bed and he had her against his chest.

"It's not your fault… She should have been able to let go of her past…" Veronica said, letting him know that she wasn't mad at him.

"If it makes you feel any better, she got what was coming to her!" Klaus said.

"Did you kill her?" Veronica asked, not looking up from his chest. Right now she needed closure.

"No, I needed to see that you were alright… I didn't kill her… I let the others torture her until you were fully healed… They killed her minutes before you woke up… Elijah just sent me a video of Sage ripping her heart out…" he explained, gently stroking her hair.

"Sage did it then?" Veronica asked.

"Yes, but the bitch got tortured by everyone… Elijah, Damon, Stefan, Kol, Sage… Weevil too… he bit her right after we left… I can assure you that she suffered as much, if not more, that you did…" He said.

"Good… I was never a big fan of the 'an eye for an eye' thing but being locked in the trunk of a car for several hours while being slipped sedatives and being forced to stay in locked while… Well, it changed my view of things…" She replied.

"Don't worry… Are you hungry? Do you want anything?" He asked her.

"I don't know… Maybe some eggs…I don't know if my stomach could take anything else yet..." She said.

"I'll get on it right away… You stay here and rest!" He said, kissing her forehead and leaving the room.

He found Finn waiting on the other side.

"How is she doing?" His brother asked.

"Physically she's fine but I think it's going to take her a while to get over what happened." Klaus replied as they both made their way into the kitchen.

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While Klaus was getting her something to eat, Veronica got out of bed and realised that she was completely healed… Nothing hurt anymore!

She walked a bit around the room and realised for the first time that she had been cleaned and changed. Without thinking, she walked into the bathroom and after looking at herself in the mirror her eyes fell to the trashcan…

She gasped and could feel her lungs closing… She was panicking…

As she looked at the clothes she had been wearing while Katherine tortured her, the smell came to her as well and her panic grew bigger.

She could see it happening all over again in her mind… She hated knowing she was this weak…

As she had a hard time finding her breath, she could feel herself crying. She really hated being this weak!

Suddenly, there were arms around her waist and she could hear Klaus' calming voice in her ear.

"Shhhhh… It won't happen again Love… You're safe!"

"I just… It… I can't…" She tried to say.

"Shhhhh… Calm down baby… You'll be fine… You're safe… Nothing will ever happen to you again… I'll protect you… Katherine is dead and won't hurt you…" Klaus said as Veronica turned around and hid her face against his shoulder.

While she cried, Klaus turned to Finn, who had followed him when they heard Veronica panicking, and asked him to burn the clothes. His brother nodded and took the whole trashcan down stairs.

"I'm sorry… I don't want to shame you…" Veronica whispered.

"Why would you ever shame me?" He asked with surprise evident in her voice.

"Because I'm weak…" She whispered back.

"It's only natural Love… After everything you've been through… Trust me, I would feel just like you do… I've had a few weak moments in my life too…it doesn't change a thing to who I am today!" He said as he carried her to the bed where a fully furnished breakfast tray was waiting for them.

"Now eat, rest, and everything will be alright later!" He said softly.

"I love you Klaus!" Veronica said with a small smile as she looked up to him.

"I love you too!" He replied with a big smile.

"When will everyone be back?" she asked him later, as she tried going to sleep.

"In a few hours… They should all be back when you wake up love!" Klaus replied.

"Will you stay by my side?"

"An entire army wouldn't be able to remove me Love!" he replied, making her blush.


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