Klaus stood in the middle of his study glaring at Marcel, who had suggested they go into another room as to not disturb Hayley and the baby in the main room. He could tell by Marcel's demeanor that he was not about to be pleased with whatever was going on. He had given Marcel full control of the vampire community while he took some personal time away after Nikol's birth and he thought they were in good hands but he was clearly mistaken. "Well" he said, motioning for Marcel to go ahead and divulge whatever information he came to share.
"Some of our day walkers were attacked and killed just outside of the quarter three days ago"
"Why are you just telling me about this?"
"For starters, you had a lot going here and I could handle it, I did run this city for 100 years without you"
"So then what brings you here now, surely you can snuff out who did this and make them pay"
"It wasn't just an attack Klaus, two groups were lured just outside of the quarter and mauled by werewolves" Klaus was pretty calm so far but Marcel knew with that revelation his mood was sure to change.
"Werewolves? " Klaus clinched his jaw and eyed marcel wearily. Immediately he knew where this conversation with Marcel was headed. There was only one pack of werewolves capable of doing such a thing. Klaus let out a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes as what marcel was saying registered in his mind. "Hayley's pack"
"Yes Klaus Hayley's pack. We haven't been able to figure out what prompted the attack but I have my people digging into it. Now all of our vamps are on edge. They don't know what to expect to happen next and now we're down 7 day walkers"
Klaus sighed deeply. He was not in the mood to deal with this right now. He knew that whatever was going on would not sit well with Hayley but he couldn't let the offense go unpunished. He would have to walk a very thin line between the vampires and the werewolves now. Before he didn't really care about the werewolves at all but news of his long lost family still being around and the fact that the wolves in the bayou shared the same blood as his daughter forced him to care.
"Look Klaus I had to threaten a handful of vampires with death when they threatened to kill any werewolf they came across in revenge. I'm well aware of you're family being scattered around town. We need to do something to boost moral within the community and we need to do it now before we have a big werewolf-vampire war going on or worse they decide to take their anxiety out on the locals."
"Ahhh we need to boost moral" Klaus responded with a disgusted look on his face. He had no idea how Marcel managed to stay sane dealing with these amateurs as Elijah had called them once. " What kind of pathetic little vampire community do we run around here Marcel? One little wolf attack and they're already behaving like cowards. One would think that after what we went through with those witches they would be a bit less skittish." Marcel could sense his annoyance. "Tell me Marcel, how do you suggest we boost moral?"
"I was thinking we bring back a little method I came up with to keep them happy. Lift the ban on the compound and throw a massive party, invite some of the locals so they can feed…."
"And then we can turn a handful to make up for the day walkers we lost, right I remember your little methods quite well Marcel" Klaus interrupted, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah well you may not be a big fan but they worked, when I was in control my guys stayed happy and they stayed in line"
He paused for a moment to ponder Marcel's suggestion. He was weary of having them around his daughter but he knew that if he planned on continuing as their leader he would have to relent eventually.
"Since I am a new father it would only be fitting that I threw an extravagant party to celebrate the birth of my child and introduce her to the world. We can have the party, but" He walked up to marcel and placed on hand on his shoulder and used his free had to point in his face "If any one of those vampires so much as breathes the wrong way in my daughter's direction I will have their hearts pulled from their weak little bodies"
Marcel brushed Klaus off of him and stepped back annoyed. "Got it. Now what are we going to do about these werewolves"
"You leave that to me. I'll deal with the werewolves as I see fit, for now you just worry about gathering your resources to find out whatever information you can. In the meantime those vampires are not to touch a single werewolf."
Marcel nodded and started to leave the compound. Klaus stopped him one final time before he exited.
"Oh and the party will commence tomorrow night."
Klaus headed towards the kitchen but Hayley, who had been listening in on the conversation the entire time, interrupted him. He could tell by the look on her face that she was not upset.
"Klaus this can't be true, my pack wouldn't do this."
"You don't really know them that well love, you've only just began to connect with them, who knows what they are capable of"
" They've lived peaceful in that bayou under Marcel's curse for almost two decades, why would they all of a sudden decide to attack those vampires." She nervously patted Nikol on the back waiting for Klaus to respond.
"I don't know what to believe Hayley. It doesn't make sense, but who else could it have been."
"I don't know but I won't let you hurt my family for this!"
Her threatening tone perturbed him. He told marcel to not harm the werewolves but of course that wasn't good enough for her. Nothing he did was ever really good enough for her.
"Since you've seem to have forgotten already love let me remind you that I told Marcel not to harm any of the werewolves. Of course that's not good enough for you now is it." She didn't respond, but she started at him angrily. He could feel his anger rising as her eyes burned holes into him. "Nothing can get in the way of you and your precious family can it, not even me. Tell you what love, if I find out that they are behind this I'll slaughter the lot of them, then you'll never see them again."
Hayley felt her anger rise up. She couldn't believe that he would threaten her family again. Here she was thinking he actually cared about her.
"How dare you Klaus! You know what they mean to me! All I've wanted was a family and now you are threatening to take it all away from me again, just when I thought you might actually care about me." She said, shifting Nikol to her arms and maneuvering around him to exit the room.
"YOU'VE FOUND YOUR FAMILY!" He yelled, which made her stop in her tracks and furrow her brows.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She questioned. Not understanding his anger or his words.
"You know what it means Hayley." She just stood and stared at him in confusion. He slowly approached her and leaned in so that his face was inches away from hers "I told Marcel no harm would come to your family- for now, so this little conversation is over"
"Klaus I'm not done" Before she could finish yelling after him Nikol began to cry. The newborn didn't take to kindly to her parents arguing. She shushed the crying child and retreated to her room. She silently rocked Nikol and the argument with Klaus replayed through her mind.
She heard him tell Marcel not to harm the werewolves, but what lead to her reaction was she didn't trust him. Even with all the progress they had made, the night he told those witches to kill her and the baby and the day he told the vampires to hunt down her family still haunted her. She wasn't sure she would ever be able to trust him. He'd never even apologized for it. He had to know that she wouldn't tolerate it. Nothing would stand in between her and her family. But as she thought about it more his voice screaming you found your family echoed in her head. Did he mean that she found her biological family and that should be enough or that she had found her family with him and their daughter?
She knew that her relationship with Klaus had begun to develop more tenderness to it. She would be in denial if she said the thought of them actually being a family didn't cross her mind, but every time it did she pushed those thoughts away quickly. How could they be a family if she didn't even trust him? She didn't trust him when it came to the werewolves, and she had only begun to trust him with her life a few months ago. To be a real family she would have to trust him with something more precious that than that, her heart, and she couldn't do that no matter how much the feelings she secretly held threatened to seep out of her heart. The only thing she could trust him with was their daughter, she had no doubt he would never hurt her but was that enough of a foundation to build a family on?
She sighed and threw her head back against her chair. Even though she felt like her feelings and reactions were justified she still felt a guilt gnawing at her heart. She looked down to see if Nikol was sleeping. When she peeked she was met with deep blue pupils. "You know it's really annoying when I'm trying to not think about your father and you insist on reminding me of him with those beautiful blue eyes. I guess you think I should go say I'm sorry to him huh" She lifted her up and snuggled her close, placing a kiss on her cheek. " Yeah you do since you're such a daddy's girl, I bet you're staying awake just so that I'm forced to go bring you to him and apologize while I'm here huh" The infant just looked at her mother curiously. Rolling her eyes Hayley stood up." Fine but I'm only doing this for you."
She looked in this room but didn't find him there so she headed downstairs where she found him in his office telling Rebekah and Elijah about what happened with the werewolves and the plans for the party.
"Nik you can't seriously think I can have a party together that soon do I look like bloody superwoman to you!"
"Well you don't exactly have a choice little sister"
"Klaus are you sure this is a good idea. You've been paranoid about these vampires since Nikol's birth now you just want to let them run free in our home?" Elijah chimed in.
Hayley stepped forward interrupting them. "I think it will be fine, I trust that nothing will happen to Nikol with all of you around, plus I don't think they want to suffer what Klaus has planned if they do try something."
The little wolf was smart Klaus thought to him self. He avoided eye contact with her and kept a straight face. Stroking his ego in front of his siblings would not make his anger disappear. "Well it's good to know you're on board little wolf, it's not like you had a choice in the manner either". Hayley gave him a pointed look and he continued to avoid eye contact. Elijah and Rebekah could sense the tension between the two. "Is everything okay here brother?"
"Yes Elijah there is no problem for you to sprinkle your pixie dust on and make disappear if that's what you're asking"
"He's right Elijah everything is fine. I just need to talk to Klaus for a moment would you guys mind giving us a second?"
Elijah and Rebekah exited the room.
"I thought I made myself clear when I said our conversation was done Hayley, what do you want?"
"I came to bring your daughter to you, she refused to take her nap with me. I'm pretty sure I heard her whisper that she wanted her father" Hayley said, attempting to release the tension with a little bit of humor. Klaus's disposition relaxed and he sat up in his chair extending his arms out towards Hayley. "Give her here"
He took the child and cradled her against his chest. If there was anyone who could make him forget his anger and his problems it was Nikol. All negative emotion disappeared in her presence. "Is that it?" He questioned Hayley, who was still standing in front of his desk as if she was waiting to say something.
"No." Her eyes wandered to the side of the room and she nervously ran her hand through her hair. "I shouldn't have threatened you before. Thank you for telling Marcel to make sure no harm comes to the werewolves until we find out more, you didn't have to do that but you did. I was just on edge because …well they-"
"They mean a lot to you, I know." He said cutting her off. Hayley was surprised by the almost understanding tone in his voice.
"Yes they do." They stayed in silence for a few moments, both unsure of how to proceed next.
"If our daughter is supposed to make her grand debut tomorrow she'll need something fit for a princess to wear" Hayley said in an attempt to change the subject.
"I presume her mother will as well"
"She will."
"I trust you to choose something appropriate for the both of you. I'll have someone come by tomorrow with more than a few options for you to choose whatever is to your liking."
"Thank you"
Klaus slightly nodded his head. He couldn't stay mad at her long even if he tried.
A/N: So this chapter was a little shorter than the last couple of chapters. I was gonna include a little more but I kinda liked the way it ended here so I left it as is. The drama with the wolves is just getting started. Party next chapter! Anyways, as usual hope you enjoy and please review! :)