Twisted Love
Season Four
We'll Always Have Bourbon Street
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace :)
Laying face down in the bed Damon turned over onto his back surprised to feel that he was in an empty bed, looking down his front he saw small scratch marks from Grace's nails the night before he smiled as he trailed his fingers down them wincing as they were still slightly sore but smiling from the memories of how they were made.
Sitting up onto his elbows he looked around the room assuming to see her in the closest trying to find clothes for the day but it hadn't be touched at all. "Grace?" He called out before he heard a shuffling in the bathroom, she walked back in wearing his shirt that he had worn the night before, biting her bottom lip as she stood at the foot of the bed. "Morning..."
"Morning." She was breathless as she climbed onto the bed, kneeling in front of him looking down into his crystal blue eyes, things had never been so relaxed and loving between them both. "How did you sleep?" She questioned almost awkwardly as she ran her fingers through her knotty chocolate-brown hair licking her super-dry lips.
"Very, very well." He purred as he pushed up so he was sitting upright with his back against the headboard, he had to admit he was surprised it was still intact after the night before. Glancing down at his lap meaning he wanted her to be here and she shuffled up the bed straddling his waist getting comfortable as she linked their fingers holding them up with a soft smile on her lips. "I'm not sure Stefan and Elena slept so well... Because of you." He smirked and she blushed heavily covering her face as she put her head down, he chuckled louder before placing a kiss on her forehead. "I thought when I woke up that you might have left..." He informed her and she giggled looking up into his eyes.
"I would never leave without saying goodbye. You know that." She placed a subtle kiss on his lips, he tilted his head to the side before deepening the kiss unlinking one of her hands and placing it on the back of her head, holding her firmly there so she couldn't get away even if she tried, she shuffled closer to him, if that was even possible, using her free hand to wedge between their bodies and rake her nails gently over his naked chest making him groan in her mouth. As she pulled away she was grinning wildly and he was smiling playing with the tips of her hair. "What was that for?" She questioned.
"You. I'm happy because I'm with you." He replied as he smiled again softly this time, she couldn't help but grin like a child before crashing her lips against his with all the passion she could muster cupping his stubbly cheek with her hand as she continued to kiss him, he took the shirt in his hand and yanked it over her shoulders throwing it to the floor leaving her there exposed for only his eyes to see, she blushed heavily before nuzzling her nose into the crook of his neck whilst his fingers trailed down her bare sides, memories the soft satin like skin and feel of her rips pushing against it.
"I'm happy because of you." She whispered pecking his collar bone as he got to her waist placing with the silky material of her panties, he flipped her without a moments notice so she was on her back staring up at him through passion filled chocolate-brown orbs gnawing on her bottom lip as he slid her panties over her hips throwing them to the floor smirking down at her as he connected them at the lips again pressing her bare chest to his.
Just upstairs in the boarding house, Elena was going through her suitcase trying to find something to wear for school but her mind was so preoccupied with Grace and her 'sire-bond' to Klaus, she was wondering if it could be even real. Could a vampire truly be sired to a hybrid, an Original hybrid at that. Pulling out a simple red summer dress she laid it on the bed before taking a seat running her hands through her hair.
The door to the bathroom opened and Stefan stepped out of the steamy room running a towel through his hair before hanging it loosely around his neck, he already had his jeans on for the day, low slung around his muscular hips trying to find a shirt in his closest, he looked over his shoulder at his girlfriend who sat there with a blank look on her face, just staring straight forward at a wooden chair.
"Elena?" His voice was soft as he crossed the room, grabbing the chair and taking a seat on it just in front of her leaning forward and delicately taking her hands. "It might be nothing..." He tried to be optimistic, but nothing on his face was solidifying her nerves as she looked up into his bright forest greens eyes that stared back at her both of them searching for hope in this dark time. "This is just what we think, alright? It could mean absolutely nothing."
"Who are we kidding?" Elena whispered as she looked into his eyes with tears brimming in her own as she sniffled gently. "Grace is sired to Klaus. Which means her one singular desire is to make him happy, just like his other hybrids..." She informed him but Stefan shook his head, truth be told they didn't know anything about this new bond, or even if it was a bond. He knew he had to speak to Klaus and Damon. Get them both on board with finding out what was really going on.
"No it's not." Stefan stood up as he wandered over to his closest pulling out a white v-neck shirt pulling it over his toned body before turning back to see Elena slipping her summer dress over her little body before turning to look at him through expecting eyes. "A vampire sired to a hybrid could be a different thing completely. Maybe it won't affect her the same way..." He tried to remain optimistic, but it seemed to just be harder and harder.
Damon skimmed his lips over her heaving chest and she whimpered like a small dog as he did so making the older vampire chuckle as she leaned her head back squeezing her eyes shut, it still surprised him how much he could make her body twist and turn just by doing something so simple. Running his tongue down the light crease in her abs he got to her belly button lapping around it for a second making her back arch as he grinned up at her, taking the soft skin between his teeth nibbling on it muscle.
"We already know it's affecting her." Elena whispered as they stood upstairs she was throwing things into her bag as she looked over to her boyfriend who was leaning back against the wall with his eyes closed trying to thinks things through. "She already thinks she owes him something, after everything he's done to her. Caroline was right, she wouldn't want him anywhere near her after all that... It has to be true, Stefan. Everything he says, she agrees with."
Without a second thought Grace slipped Damon onto his back growling down at him with glowing chocolate-brown orbs, she pressed her mouth to his before trailing her open one over his strong jaw line, he loved the feel of her hot, minty breath against his skin. Her tongue began to lap at his neck again and again feeling her fangs push through her gums she hid her face from him for a moment before he cupped her cheek making her look up at him through pure black eyes. He dragged his thumb under her eye feeling the smooth bumps of the veins pushing against his thumb and just smiled.
He then dragged his thumb down her face to her swollen, pouted lips touching the flesh as he still continued to look directly into her eyes proving that he loved her no matter water. Something sharp was suddenly pressed against the tip of his thumb, he glanced down for a second to see her fang. He smiled up at her before letting her face go and she returned to his neck placing subtle kisses down it before suddenly biting him.
"We need to do something." Elena quickly informed him heading for the door but she was intercepted by her boyfriend who pressed his back to the door in her way with concerned look on his face, he didn't know how Grace would react to the news, they weren't even sure if it was true yet. He needed to speak to Damon alone and he needed to find out from Klaus is it could even be plausible.
"Wait, no, hold on Elena." He whispered looking down into her wide chocolate-brown orbs. "This isn't gossip. You can't drop this on her before we know what's happening for sure." He told her in a firm voice and she rolled her eyes as she turned away from the door and walked over to her bag reaching in and pulling her phone out of her bag.
"Fine. At least let me call Caroline, maybe she can speak to Tyler. Maybe he'll know what to do. He became unsired, he would have known what it felt like at one point, right?" She questioned looking up at him and he nodded a little, she could be right, the unsired hybrid would be a good place to start when it came to being sired to Klaus.
"Alright talk to Caroline, get her to speak to Tyler, but please don't tell anyone else." He begged looking over at her with pleading eyes. "If this is true, then it may have influenced on Grace's every action and emotion since... since around the time they were together." He blanked sitting down on the bed.
Elena cupped his cheek with her free hand smiling down at him with a soft eyes he looked up into her eyes and kissed the palm of her hand before standing up and holding her close in his arms making her drop her phone to the bed looking up into his eyes which such passion behind them as he brought his full lips down onto her spinning her around in his hold before letting her go and placing a small kiss on her forehead.
Not being able to take it anymore Damon growled loudly flipping her over so that she was pinned under his entire body again, he looked down into her eyes with an intense expression on his face as he stared into her eyes before placing one sweet kiss on her lips, she smiled up at him but he remained looking stoic and pensive.
"I love you." He was completely breathless and it made her entire insides tingle and swirl in delight it was like they were saying it for the first time all over again whereas in reality they had said a hundred times over but nothing felt more real or more perfect than when they looked into each others eyes admitting their love for each other, showing their most vulnerable sides, exposing themselves.
"I love you." She whispered as she pressed the pads of her finger tips to her to his cheekbones still looking into his eyes and he nodded his head accepting her love before he leaned his head down and kissed her on the mouth before moving down her neck nuzzling into her neck feeling his fangs push through his gums.
She didn't quite expect it when his fangs pierced her skin, nothing felt as good as telling each other how much they cared for one another and then shared blood. To the two of them there was no better feeling in the world. It was so intimate and special to them that whenever they got the chance they would be fang deep in each other.
Without thinking she dug her nails into his back pulling down tearing skin and drawing blood leaning her head back into the pillow opening her mouth to let a long moan slip out, he continued to drink her blood content of the refreshing, sweet taste it left in his mouth not caring about the pain of her tearing up his back. It was worth it.
In the abandoned barn there was loud roars and yells coming from the inside, a young brown-haired hybrid boy named Adrian was chained up as Hayley, Tyler and Kim watch him turn again and again trying desperately to break the sire bond. He was sweating profusely as he knelt on all fours in only slacks calling out, he wanted it to be over but snapping and breaking every bone in his body was killing him.
"Please, no more, I can't." He begged breathlessly as he looked up at Tyler who stood there with his arms crossed over his chest watching the hybrid with a stubborn look on his face, he knew what it was like to go through all of this, he'd been through it, he'd watched all of his other friends go through it and he knew in the long run he was helping them become unsired to Klaus.
"Yes, you can." Tyler replied in a firm voice taking a single step towards him. "Block out the pain." He ordered, if Adrian really wanted to get Klaus off his back he was going to have to push through the wall and break every bone in his body one hundred times until there was no more pain of turning, so they owed nothing to Klaus anymore.
Adrian screamed out in pain again as he gripped the wooden floors getting splinters under his nails as he clawed at it uncomfortably as he felt more of his bones twist and snap at their own will. Kimberly couldn't take anymore, she hated watching her pack go through this, it was as painful for her to watch as it was to go through herself. Crossing the rooms he stood next to Tyler watching the sired-hybrid whimper and call out.
"That's enough. This is torture." Kimberly quickly informed both Hayley and Tyler in a low voice, the wolf looked over her at her for a split second whilst the hybrid continued to ignore her just watching Adrian endure the pain of his transformation seeing the bones moving and his skin crawling as he forces himself to continue.
"Kim, stop." Hayley's voice was bored as she stood the other side of Tyler who stood there with a stoic look on his face, the hybrid knew what needed to be done, he had already lost too many good men to Klaus and Adrian was not going to be another, not on his watch, he was going to release all the hybrids from the sire curses leaving the Original with no one. "He needs to finish."
"Not today, he doesn't." She crossed the room kneeling down next to her hybrid friend pulling the chains from him dropping them to the floor with an audible, shackle like noise as she stared long at hard at the two in charge.
"Yes, today." Hayley growled as she stepped forward, arms still crossed over her chest. "Nate, Dean and Chris are all dead, which makes Adrian Klaus' right hand. We can't let Adrian anywhere near Klaus until his sire bond is completely broken." She informed the hybrid in a firm voice glaring down at her, they had all been in her pack, too. She hated that they had died, it hurt, and she wasn't going to let anyone else get hurt.
"Hayley is right." Tyler finally spoke up as he stood next to the only wolf in the room. "The bond isn't broken until he doesn't feel the pain of transformation anymore. If we want to get back at Klaus for everything he's done to us, Adrian has to keep turning." He ordered but Kim didn't stand down at all.
"He doesn't have to do anything." Kimberly growled as she helped her sired friend onto his feet, placing her hand on his sweaty chest to help him stay upright. "Isn't that the point of breaking the sire bond – free will?" She hissed shaking her head as both Tyler and Hayley exchanged a look. "Let's go, Adrian." She whispered to her friend helping him leave the barn.
Chasing Grace down the hallway he stopped and grabbed her bag placing the strap over head and kissing her on the forehead sweetly, she smiled up at him eyes wide and doe like as he pushed her back against the wall gently and kissed her again, she wrapped her arms around his neck, she really did want to stay with him all day but he had told her education was more important and she had just scoffed at that.
"I'll make you dinner tonight." He informed her and she smiled more than she thought was possible. "We'll make a night of it. Dancing, drinking, eating... sex." He smirked and she blushed heavily before placing another single kiss on his perfect lips, he ran his fingers through her hair. "How does that all sound?"
"Perfect." She answered as she reached over grabbing her hoodie, placing her bag on the floor and shrugging it on over her shoulders before picking up her bag again and putting it over her shoulders smiling at it. "I look forward to it." She grinned as he kissed her passionately before they both heard footsteps walk down the stairs.
"Ah, Captain Buzzkill is here..." He muttered and she giggled before slapping him on the chest pulling away from her boyfriend to see her the younger Salvatore brother stand across from them, arms crossed over his chest as he watched the two of them with a content look on his face. "What's got you looking so broody?" He questioned and Stefan just shrugged a little.
"Well, I'll see you in school, Stef." She called happily before cupping her boyfriend cheek and vanishing through the front door shutting it behind her leaving both of the brothers looking at each other.
Stefan didn't want to speak to him about the assumptions they had made, but they needed to find out the truth. It was just that his brother was so happy at the moment and Grace seemed really happy and he didn't want to spoil it by announcing that she may be sired to the Original that he hated the most.
"Listen, we need to talk." Stefan informed him in a small voice, they sat on the couch talking about the entire thing and Damon didn't seem convinced but still there was a red tinge in his cheeks that showed that even the thought of Grace being sired to Klaus was getting to him.
"Sired? Really Stefan? That's the most pathetic, unrealistic nonsense I've ever heard come out of your mouth, and you've said some crap in your day." Damon scolded coldly as he quickly drank some more of his scotch. "Tyler Lockwood was sired to that dick because it was Klaus' blood that turned him into a hybrid and that's why he held the sire-bond, along with all the other hybrids. It was my blood that turned Grace."
"Yeah, but you were turned by Fayth, who was turned by Rose, who was turned by Mary Porter, who was turned by Klaus. He is our Original bloodline. It's still his blood somewhere in her system." Stefan pointed out and the older brother scoffed as he stood up and grabbed a bottle of bourbon from the side popping the lid off and chugging it down. "Plus, when she... slept with him she had taken his blood. What if she had the real Original blood mixed with it and just strengthened the bond."
"You don't know how incredibly stupid you sound, Stefan." Damon shook his head from side to side still clearly in denial over the whole thing even being plausible as he took another long drink from the bottle. "You think for even a second Grace could be sired to that guy? After everything. That's the only reason you have."
"I know you don't think that Grace could even be sired to Klaus. I know how much you hate him and I know why you hate him, I get it, I really do. So, if I get it, don't you think that Grace would? Like you said, after everything that he did to her, the endless list, comparing the pros to the cons. Let's be honest, there are more cons, right? Don't you think Grace would see that? And hate him too?" He questioned and Damon took a moment to contemplate this, maybe his brother was right, the Original was a pretty bad guy, he'd done a lot of things that would make Grace hate him, yet she doesn't. "You need to talk to her, find out if she can feel Klaus' emotions or something, alright?"
"I can't do that. She'll know something is up." Damon informed him in a soft voice was he placed the bottle of bourbon down on the table gently. "There has to be another way." He blanked for any other ways to find out if she could be sired to him. "What other ways could we find out?" He questioned and Stefan shook his head, he knew as little about the bond as his brother did.
"Well..." Stefan started but was almost scared to finish the sentence, the older brother looked over to him creasing his eye brows waiting for him to continue. "I'm going to suggest something and I don't want you to get all crazy and possessive, but... We could ask Klaus." His brother crystal blue eyes grew wider as he watched him in silence. "I mean, if we're gonna find out for real about the sire bond then it's gonna have to be from him."
"No. No, we're not getting him involved. He'll find some way to turn this against me and find a way to use Grace. If she is sired to him then we'll have to keep her as far away from him as possible." Damon ordered, but honestly they had no other way of finding out if she was sired to him, he couldn't find out she would deny it, they needed Klaus. "Get your coat." He grumbled as he snatched his leather jacket from the back of the chair clenching it tight in his fist.
Marching up Klaus' drive way, Damon slammed his hands to the door of the Mikaelson mansion only to be greeted by the Original hybrid himself, he had a paintbrush in hand as he stood there looking at the vampire almost confused. He never came to see him, not that he wanted him to visit anyway. He wanted nothing to do with him and the vampire felt exactly the same. They shared one common interest. Grace.
Damon barged his way past him and walked straight into his parlor room grabbing a bottle of whiskey as the hybrid and younger brother exchanged a look. "I do hope there are reasons for you barging into my home whilst I am trying to find peace?" He questioned as he placed his brush next to his pallet before looking over at his unfinished painting with a brooding look. "Considering you're here, how about some feedback?"
"We're not here to talk about your stupid paintings." Damon hissed as he picked up a sketch of Grace and held it up to him, just in front of his face the hybrid smirked a little as he looked over the top into Damon's intense, icy blue orbs. "I'm here to talk about her-"
"Let me guess, you want me to 'back off' and demand to know everything that happened on our date? Well, it's up to her whether to tell you or not, see I give her the free-will she desires..." He informed him and Damon couldn't help but smirk loudly as he ripped up the sketch and launched it into the fire making the hybrid growl. "Never mind, I'll just make another..." He shrugged his shoulders as he took a seat on the couch reaching over and grabbing his glass of red wine. "Now what has you so irate?"
"You know, don't you..." Damon whispered as he looked down at the hybrid with a pensive look on his face. Stefan stepped forward and placed his hand on his shoulder trying to calm him but it wasn't working, he was pissed and it had been a bad idea going there. "You know about her and your sire bond to her..." The smirking look on Klaus' face fell as he cocked an eye brow and stood back up putting his glass down. "You know, don't you?" His voice had no certainly left it.
"So, it's true..." Klaus nodded his head slowly as he walked around the room stopping by the fire, placing his hand on the mantel staring intensely into the flickering flames before turning back to both brothers. "I figured I felt something and when I spent the day with her, it was stronger... The bond grew."
Damon growled loudly from where he stood, now he was pissed. That hybrid had known the entire time and hadn't told anyone, it wasn't just his life it was affecting, it was everyone's problem if she was in fact sired to that dick. "You knew and you didn't say anything?!" He demanded and Klaus tilted his head to the side.
"I didn't know anything, but I had many thoughts about it. Really it isn't that far of a stretch is it? Considering I'm the alpha she just looks up to me, all the blood that we shared, the way I can feel her emotions and know where she is. I'm not surprised if she could feel my emotions to be honest, mate. But how did you find out?"
"That's the thing... We don't know yet." Stefan spoke up from where he stood across the room making the hybrid look over to him with his eye brows high. "That's why we're here, we need you to find out for us. You'll be the only person that she'll listen to, or at least do anything for. We need you to do this for us, Klaus."
"Why would I do anything for you?" Klaus questioned creasing his eye brows as he walked around the room at a sickening slow pace as he looked between both brothers. "What could I possibly gain from doing this for you, Damon?" He asked with a deepness to his voice that made both of the brothers, he picked up his glass of deep red wine and sipped on it for a moment licking his lips and looking back at them.
"We have no right in asking, we know." Stefan nodded his head, if the hybrid wanted to play who's the biggest baddest game; bow down and beg me then fine, he would play along for Grace, so they could find out what was really going on. "But we need you to do this for us, Klaus. So we can know and we can research and find out what to expect..."
Klaus looked over at him for a long moment, sipping at his wine once again before closing his eyes and nodding his head. "Very well. I will, but not for either of you. Because quite honestly, I'm curious to see whether she is sired to me..." He glanced over at Damon to see the pensive look on the young vampires face. "How should I find out?"
"You could ask her to do something for you." Stefan suggested pressing his hands to the back of the couch in front of him leaning slightly forward most of his weight on it. "Like, I don't know... To go somewhere with you, or to drink something-"
"Not your blood." Damon quickly interjected thinking that Klaus wanted to shove more of his blood down her throat and maybe strength the bond, they didn't know how it worked, they weren't sure if such thing could even exist but they did know that she was acting strange, acting nice towards Klaus after everything, so they had to know and from there they could take action. "I'm gonna set you up with a few ground rules, alright, hybrid?" He growled as he stood up and Klaus nodded. "You can't ask for kisses. You can't ask her to take your blood. You can't ask her to run away with you. Alright? Nothing that can compromise her feelings for me..."
Klaus narrowed his eyes setting his glass down on the table delicately before nodding his head crossing the room to grab his black pea coat and slipping it on dusting down his jeans before walking over to the door opening it waiting for the brothers to walk through first. "Very well, vampire. I agree to your terms..." He reached over onto the table and grabbed his keys. "I'll meet you at your house after I'm finished." He shut the door and walked over to his car.
Standing at her locker Grace was trying desperately to sort out all of her things, it was seemed like she hadn't been in school forever and she, for one, did not miss the crowded hallways, she never did enjoy being confined in a tight space. She was startled when she saw a bubbly blonde standing there next to her, smiling she shut her locker firmly turning to face Caroline, Bonnie and Elena completely.
"Grace, hey. Is everything ok?" Caroline questioned in a soft voice looking at the girl whom she knew was sired to that hybrid. Her eyes weren't on the blonde through they were on the two brunettes standing next to her, she was pretty sure that both of them hated her, that both Bonnie and Elena wanted nothing to do with her and yet here they were smiling at her in a way that made her nervous.
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" She laughed a little as she grabbed her bag off the floor and shoved her phone inside of it before pulling the strap over her shoulder looking between each other curiously to see the ways they were looking at each other.
"Oh, we were just wondering how it all went after your date with Klaus." The word made Bonnie want to vomit as she said it, Grace going on an actual date with the hybrid who had been the cause of so many deaths and terrible things, not to mention the baggage he called his family, there had to be a reason why Grace tolerated him, more than tolerated him actually liked him.
Grace nodded her head as she attempted to hide the smile that was pulling across her lips. "Yeah, I actually had a really good time..." She informed them and they all looked at each other nervously giving her small smiles, but she was looking mainly at Elena who seemed to not be trying to rip her throat out as they both stood there, it just felt all too orchestrated and fake.
"But are you?" Caroline questioned again and she looked across at her silvery eyed friend with a curious look on her face. "I mean, we are talking about Klaus here... The psychopathic, murderous hybrid." The soft smile that had been on Grace's face dropped as soon as she started bad talking the Original. "And clearly you didn't have time to use a flat-iron this morning..."
"I was in a rush... I had something to do this morning and I didn't really have time to, you know, do anything with this mess." Grace informed them all as she raked her fingers through her knotty hair leaning back against the locker looking at her sister who gave her a soft smile. "Do you girls mind if I have a talk with Elena, on our own real quick? We just have something..." She nodded at them both and the witch and vampire stepped aside to let them have some privacy.
"You saved me. From Jeremy." Elena announced as she crossed her arms over her chest looking at her feet. "After everything I said to you, about you being a... Ripper and not wanting you in our family you still saved my life." She whispered not wanting to look up into her twin's eyes. "Why?" She asked and Grace was a little taken back by the question unsure what to say or what to do.
"You're my sister." Grace answered as if it was that simple, as if nothing had changed between them when clearly it had. The taller twin looked up with a surprised look on her face that her own sister was saying these things after everything they had both been through. "Nothing's ever going to change that. No matter how much we fight, or you hate me for what I may or may not be... We're still related, by blood." She confirmed nodding her head and Elena bit her bottom lip nodding her head. "So, I propose, considering you're living at the boarding house now that we have girls night, with Bonnie and Caroline. Give you a real moving in party."
Elena nodded her head before nodding her head, Grace wasn't looking at her sister anymore, she had seen him down the hallway, standing there arms behind his back watching her with intense, pensive eyes, everyone whispering around him not going near him as he just continued to stand there. It was quite clear how he wanted to speak with her, as his eyes burned into her skin she smiled at her twin once before taking off down the hallway as her three friends watched her.
Catching onto the door frame she swung into the room seeing him sitting there on the teacher's desk with a soft smile on his face, she bit her bottom lip as she reached behind her and shut the door before stepping further into the room wondering so much what he was doing here at her school, the last she had seen of him had been outside of her house and the kiss they had shared.
She couldn't hide the shocked, yet excited look on her face from seeing him. It had always been like that she could feel the electricity buzzing in her finger tips as she stood there opposite him in the silence. "What are you doing here, Nik?" She questioned. There was no level to her voice, it almost came out a whisper as she tried to act normal sitting on the student desk.
"I'm here to help you, love." He had to admit he felt something go off inside of him when she called him 'Nik' it felt so much better than when she called him Niklaus or Klaus, he liked it a lot more because only people who really liked him, like his family ever called him that. And that was who he ever allowed to call him that. "You forgot your lunch." He wandered to the back of the room and brought a female student forward.
"I can't. You know I can't. I'd kill her." Grace whispered keeping her voice low as she hopped down off the table and stood there looking at the hybrid with wide eyes, wondering how he could do this. To tempt her like this, throwing something in front of her knowing that she was having trouble, he crossed the room and took her wrist softly making her look at him.
"I know you can do this, Grace. I'm going to be here with you the entire time and I won't let you hurt her, ok? You just have to listen to my voice and trust me." She was looking up into his eyes with wide doe eyes still not fully convinced that she was going to be able to not hurt this girl. "Can you do this for me..." He questioned and slowly she nodded her head before walking towards the red-head.
She looked directly into the red-heads dark, almost black orbs and bit her bottom lip as she began to compel her. "This isn't going to hurt at all, please don't scream." Her voice was nothing, barely a whisper but the human complied and kept her mouth shut as Grace extended her fangs and pushed her deep red hair from her neck leaning down to close her jaws around the soft flesh, feeling her warm fresh blood fill her.
Niklaus was there in a moment, he moved Grace's hair from her own way touching and playing with the silky like tresses almost forgetting why he was there in the first place. He ran his finger tips down Grace's arm feeling the goosebumps rise as she continued to drink leaning down to her neck to rest his chin on her shoulder watching as she continued to drink but still listening to the humans heart beat.
It began to slow, the human was fading, now it was his turn to step in and see if she did what he said, see if the Salvatore brothers were right and it was possible for the vampire to be sired to himself, a hybrid. Placing his hands on her hips moving so close she could feel her back pressed against his chest but she didn't stop drinking and not thinking about the outcomes, he leaned his head down and pressed his lips to her ear.
"You need to stop, love." He whispered and she slowed, something inside her clicked when he told her to do this she could feel her fangs pushing back up into her gums. "I want you to stop before you kill her." He purred, honestly he couldn't believe what he was saying, if he was being truly honest he didn't care less about the humans life, but finding out about the sire-bond, sure he was a little curious. As she pulled back she leaned her head against the crook of his shoulder licking her lips before looking at the girl who was still alive. "Give her your blood, heal her." He told her and she bit into her wrist feeding it to the girl. "Get her out of here..."
"Forget all about this. This never happened. You were never here and you never saw us." Grace compelled her expertly and the girl took off out of the room pulling her coat on to cover up the already healing bite wound. Grace had to admit she was surprised that she had pulled back she could feel the darkness spreading inside of her and was pretty sure she was about to go Ripper on her but actually was able to stop. "I stopped." She whispered. "I actually stopped."
"Yes, you did." Klaus muttered nodding his head, so it was true she was sired to him, at least to a certain extent, it's not like she did everything he said but this time he had done what he asked that proved that there was some kind of bond there, plus she had sided with him the other day. It was all very interesting and something he would enjoy to explore further. "Congratulations. I'm very proud of you." He smiled down at her and before he knew it she was hugging him tight her arms wrapped around his neck and he had his arms around her waist.
"I actually did it." She pulled back with excitement in her eyes pressing her hands to his chest clutching his v-neck shirt, he used his thumb to dry the blood from around her mouth licking it off seductively looking deep into her dark eyes. "Thank you so much, Nik. You've really helped me with this. Maybe this is the start of something, maybe I won't be a Ripper after all." She announced and he smiled down at her before letting her go and letting her skip from the room taking her bag with her leaving him alone to contemplate things.
In Professor Shane's office over at Whitmore College, the werewolf Hayley was rummaging around the place obviously trying to find something that was hidden away from her, or so she had originally figured. She was surprised when the door opened the other side of the room and Shane entered with a heavy frown on his face holding a cup of coffee.
"Trespassing, breaking and entering all before noon?" Professor Shane listed the felonies that she had broken by being in that office and going through his personal files, she only stood there with her hands on her hips, cocking an eye brow clearly not amused by his presence.
"Having trouble breaking Adrian." Hayley informed him, showing that he knew about the breaking of the sire-bonds as she continued to stand there, Shane sighed heavily as he turned around shutting the door behind him to keep out people that might be able to hear their conversation.
"Don't worry about it. You already got the twelve hybrids I need." Shane replied darkly as he walked across the room showing that he was clearly not afraid to be using Tyler as the twelfth hybrid for whatever plan they had come up with, the angered look on Hayley's face turned more so when he announced that as she placed her hands on the desk and leaned towards him.
"We have eleven." She made it very clear licking her lips slowly. "I told you, Tyler Lockwood isn't part of the deal." She informed him like she had done for the hundredth time with a stern look on her face.
"Well, now there's eleven hybrids. You deliver me twelve without loyalties to Klaus or your friend Tyler becomes fair game." He threatened making the wolf become hostile towards him, Tyler was a good friend of her, she didn't want to put his life in danger for her own selfish needs.
"You haven't held up your end of the bargain." She reminded him in a snarl and he nodded his head walking towards her reaching into his jacket pocket searching around for something.
"Right." He muttered pulling out a flash drive. "This is everything you always wanted to know about your biological parents. And it's encoded in case you're thinking of the smash and grab." He threatened making her frown and crossing her arms over her chest, honestly the thought had crossed her mind. "Just bring me twelve unsired hybrids and it's yours." He informed her in a firm voice.
Stefan stood in the hallway of the boarding house speaking to his girlfriend whilst waiting to hear back news from Klaus, he seemed to be taking his time which honestly made him very nervous and he knew it made his brother nervous, overall he was feeling pretty guilty for bringing this up to Damon, he knew he was on edge.
"Caroline spoke to Tyler." Elena informed him as she stood in the hallway of Mystic Falls High with her blonde friend who was frowning looking down at her phone still texting her boyfriend back and forth, a vampire sire was bad enough, but being sired to Klaus was awful.
"And?" He questioned leaning his head back against the wall not wanting to hear more bad news from the unsired hybrid end of it.
"The sire bond exists because the hybrids are grateful to Klaus for relieving them from the pain of having to wolf out every full moon, and that's why they have to turn until they're not ruled by pain anymore." Elena explained and Stefan nodded, of course he already knew that, how if the young vampire was sired how was they going to unsire her.
"Right, but Grace isn't a werewolf, so what's the vampire equivalent?" Stefan replied closing his eyes trying to calm the flaming headache that was rising higher and higher, thudding painfully against his skull.
"Well, that's the problem. There isn't one. She's a vampire, she's thankful to him because he saved her life so many times and that makes her look past all of the bad things his done..." Elena explained closing her eyes.
Stefan didn't respond, Grace was like a little sister to him, he knew what it was like to be controlled by Klaus, it was dirty and wrong and now she was suffering that and thinking it was actually good. They all never seemed to catch a break in this town. He was startled when Klaus entered the house and wandered straight into the library where Damon was searching through stacks of papers.
"Well?" The blue eyed vampire questioned hoping for the best but also preparing himself for the worse, if she was sired then he was going to find a way to unsire her if it killed him.
"Grace is sired to me, it seems." Klaus confirmed with a slight nod. "She went against her Ripper nature when I told her to stop feeding... It seems that my command made her stop." He explained and Damon let out a frustrated growl as he continued to flip through some books, Stefan pinched the bridge of his nose groaning. "You was right, it is possible. Happy?"
"No, I'm not happy." Damon growled from across the room and they both looked over at him, of course he wasn't happy, he loved Grace and hated Klaus and now she would do anything he said on occasions, he knew her emotions, where she was. "What are we going to do about it?"
"I would like to work on the bond." Klaus spoke up in a sure voice and both brothers looked over to him surprised. "It is rather interesting, do you not agree? She's a vampire, by my bloodline and she is sired to me like a hybrid would be..."
"No. I don't think it's interesting. I think it's funny." Damon announced as he moved around the table narrowing his brilliant eyes at the hybrid. "That the only reason that she'll tolerate you is because of a sire bond, I think it's hilarious." There was no humour to his voice and the lighthearted look on Klaus' face faded into a snarl.
"Shut up for a minute, both of you." Stefan ordered from where he stood across the room looking at a picture of something he recognized, he motioned his brother over and he broke away from his staring contest with Klaus to walk over to his brother to see what he was looking at. "Do you remember this?" He questioned and slowly Damon nodded. "New Orleans..."
"1942, to be exact." Damon finished as he took a seat admiring the picture with a small smile on his face, he remembered that year, it was a good and bag year for him, it was the first time he had seen or heard his brother since 20s, he hadn't realised how much he had missed him especially considering he had promised him an eternity of misery.
"What was in New Orleans in 1942?" Stefan questioned looking up at Klaus who looked a little confused as to where the brothers were going with this, but wanting to know what this could lead to, still a little high from his finding out that Grace was sired to him but slightly disheartened by what Damon had said.
"Other than bourbon and beads... Us, Stefan." He announced and his brother smile slightly nodding his head looking at a hat on the table remembering what it was like that back then, with the jazz and the swing dancing, very fun but also a bad time because of the war and all of the dying, really put a downer on his emotions.
"Oh, yeah." Stefan smirked a little taking a seat opposite his brother. "What was the name of that girl you used to hang out with?" He questioned trying to remember back in that time, a brunette that used to trail around after Damon like a lost puppy.
"That was no ordinary girl. That was Charlotte." He announced with a small grin, Klaus glanced down at him actually intrigued to hear the story of the brothers back in 1942. "She was crazy about my from the minute we met. So, of course, she asked me to turn her, I did." He informed him with a small smirk.
New Orleans, 1942
The bar was incredibly busy filled with happy people celebrating their time in New Orleans to the loud jazz music and excellent singing voice of a man in the corner of a room. A brunette entered the bar watching all around her with a soft smile on her face before walking over to a handsome raven black haired man with sparkling blue eyes.
"Hi." Damon smiled at her and she took a seat next to him on a bar stool looking around the room before looking back at his perfect face with such love and affection in her eyes, he on the other hand was more interested in his drink and of course quenching his other thirst, for blood.
Trying to hold back the toothy grin from her face she replied. "Hi."
"So, did you decide who you would like to have for dinner tonight?" Damon questioned and she turned around before pointed to the man who was singing in the corner of the room.
"Him. He looks tasty." She grinned devilishly and he nodded his head, honestly he was hoping that she would pick him he did look incredibly delicious. Grinning from ear to ear Damon rose from his seat carefully and looked down at the curly haired brunette sat in front of him.
"That's a very fine choice, Miss Charlotte. I will go set that up. Now, if anyone tries to touch my drink, you show them no mercy, ok?" He smirked jokingly but Charlotte nodded taking it as a command looking down at his drink with such certainty in her eyes, no one was going to touch Damon's drink, she would kill anyone who even tried as Damon crossed the room to compel the man to be their dinner.
Charlotte sat there obediently waiting for her next orders from Damon. When a sailor walked into the room swaying to the music with his lady friend when suddenly someone barged into him making him accidentally knock over Damon's drink spilling it everywhere, Charlotte was the first to stand up with a grim look on her usually pretty face.
"You spilled my man's drink." She informed him drying her dress down with a napkin trying to remove the stain but more angry about the fact that Damon's drink had been spilled she was going to show this sailor no mercy, just like he had ordered.
"Sorry." He was quick to apologize with an easy smile looking around him at the crowd of dancing, drinking folk. "It's crowded in here." He excused himself looking down to see the evil look on her face hadn't let up, if anything she was more angry now than before.
She shook her head, making her brown curls bounce with her head movement. "That's no excuse." Charlotte grow at him narrowing her dark eyes.
"Hey, take it easy, lady-"
"I'm not gonna take it easy." She informed him and before the sailor had time to question it she reached out and snapped his neck like a child would a twig, it felt easy to her, she knew it would please Damon, he had asked her to do it after all, Damon watched across the room and ran before the man could collapse holding him up right so no one would suspect anything.
"What did you do?" He ordered with roughness to his voice, such a low tone yet she heard it crystal clear above the loud music echoing around the room, she looked up at him with wide, excitement filled orbs a look of pleasure on her pretty face.
"He touched your drink." She quickly announced making his eyes widen, he hadn't thought she would take what he said so literally. "You said show no mercy. I thought you'd be happy." Her smile dropped when she thought she had displeased him.
Salvatore Boarding House, Present Day
"That was my first clue." Damon nodded his head as he continued to look down at the picture, Klaus held an amused look on his face, he had been a sire-master, too. Just like he was, that the similarities between the two didn't end at being devoted to the same woman, the raven haired vampire looked up almost guessing what the hybrid was thinking and narrowed his eyes.
"She was sired to you." Klaus announced as he walked around the table standing just opposite him taking a seat in the chair next to Stefan. "How very interesting... And I can only assume you took full advantage of that until you got bored of her, that is." The Original assumed and Damon glared over at him.
"No, we're not the same people." Damon replied in a rough voice looking down at the picture one more time before looking back up at his little brother and the hybrid. "No, she went all 'Fatal Attraction' on me, then I had to make a clean break."
Stefan cocked an eye brow before questioning. "How'd you go that?" Damon was already searching through a stack of papers before finally finding the one that he needed, a name and an address scribbled down on a single scarp of paper both men looked at it 'Valerie LaMarche, 920 Dauphine St.' "Who's Valerie LaMarche?" The younger brother questioned.
"The witch that I found to help me break little Charlotte's sire bond." Damon took a quick swig of his drink before looking back down at the two. "Look, I know you want to keep this little sire-bond you have to Grace, but let's be honest it's in all of our best interests if we try and at least find a way out of this..."
"You're kidding, right? Tell me he's kidding?" Klaus glanced over at the younger brother who shrugged his shoulders gently. "The way I see it, we're better off keeping the sire-bond at least that way she's always safe and there will always be someone to look over her, unlike you who seems to disappear every time there's even an inkling of trouble."
Damon growled but Stefan was the one to stand up looking at the hybrid. "Look this was a way to stop a vampire to vampire sire bond, who knows if it will even work, you're a hybrid, remember? It might be more powerful." He announced and Klaus glared at him crossing his arms over his shoulders. "Look, no one invited you to come to New Orleans with us, you don't have to come."
"Actually I'd rather know everything about this special bond I share with Grace." He smiled at Damon with a slick grin. "Pack your bags, boy. We're going to Bourbon Street" He announced prancing out of the room chuckling to himself.
Fluttering into the parlour room Grace was holding a crate of wine she had found in the cellar, she handed one to Elena. "One for you." She announced with a kind smile before taking out two more handing one to Caroline and the other to Bonnie. "One for you. One for you." She smiled before taking her own. "One more me." She giggled popping it open and taking a long swig.
"Is this for you?" Caroline questioned holding up a blood bag for her to see. "Because Elena and I have already ate." She informed her feeling a little awkward saying these kind of things around Bonnie but Grace shook her head from side to side.
"I've already ate, too. From a human." She announced and they all gasped looking over at her with horrified looks on their faces. "Oh, quit it with the judgemental looks!" She laughed loudly biting her bottom lip as she looked around her group of friends with a wolfish grin. "Thanks to Klaus I am for a vampire who can successfully drink from humans without fear of killing them." She announced.
"That's amazing!" Bonnie congratulated her, even Grace was a little surprised by her reaction, the witch had never really been pro-vampire, but they all guessed she was anti-Grace Ripper. It appeared that most people were, but it wasn't the being able to keep a human alive that stuck in Caroline's head, it was the Klaus part."
"Uh, what do you mean 'thanks to Klaus?'" Caroline repeated her exact words as she looked over at her with a judgemental look on her face.
Grace hesitated before telling them, she knew that they wouldn't understand Klaus the way she did. "Well, he was the one that suggested that I tried again." She informed in a small voice as she pulled her knees up into her chest. "He talked me through the entire things, it was really sweet and it helped me a lot... No more killing people, guys. That's a good thing." She reminded them and they all glanced around at each other.
"So do you have any idea where the crazy hybrid is tonight?" Elena questioned and her twin glanced down at her before shrugging her shoulders. "Well, Stefan told me that he was heading out with Damon... Brother bonding or something, so we got the place to ourselves."
"Look..." Grace quickly announced as she held her hands up looking between them all. "I know that you're not Klaus' biggest fans; he's done some awful things, but he's helping me and it's actually working... I could pull through this and not become a full Ripper. I owe him, so would you mind laying off on all the hate?" She questioned and the witch was the first to jump in to break the tension between the three vampires.
"Ok, new girls' night rule – no boy talk, yeah?" Bonnie smirked a little as she began to rummage around in her handbag. "Plus, why talk when we have this?" She bit her bottom lip as she pulled out a bag of black herbs making all the girls faces changed to a deeply surprised one.
"Is that stoner tea?!" Caroline questioned with a surprised look on her face, she knew Professor Shane was getting her to do some weird things but drugs was definitely not one of the things that crossed her mind.
"It's spirit tea." The witch laughed a little rolling her eyes that they would immediately jump to that conclusion. "It opens up your chi or whatever..." She shrugged her shoulders looking over at her blonde friend to see the look on her face wasn't convinced. "Come on, it's not drugs! Shane is helping me do natural magic without having to access the spirits." She informed them and Caroline grumbled something under her breath. "Don't judge." Bonnie ordered.
The blonde looked around at all of her friends stopping on the witch to see the stern look on her face. "Ok, fine! I hereby vow to not be judgemental for the rest of the evening! Even if you two are potentially ruining your lives as Elena and I stand idly by, it's your choice."
"I'll drink to that!" Grace giggled as she clink her glasses to her friends in a cheers fashion, tonight was certainly going to be a fun evening. "Cheers." She announced and they all giggled ready to get on with their fun girls' night.
Loud music was echoing through the streets of New Orleans as humans dance around happily with colourful beads around their necks. Klaus, Damon and Stefan all walked down the very middle of the streets looking at their surroundings there air was thick with excitement and party and everyone continued on with their merry lives.
"Well, the city is the same. Just brighter." Stefan announced as he stood in between the hybrid and his older brother hoping desperately that they won't be at each others throats all day, but he knew that wasn't going to happen, they were both in love with Grace, one of them wanted to break the bone the other wanted to explore it further.
"Have you been back here since '42?" Damon questioned his younger brother but he just shrugged his shoulders a little thinking back to that time, it was rough he had travelled with Lexi and had just decided to join the allies in the war, going off to heal people, it was how he found peace and forgiveness in all the killing that he had done in his Ripper days.
"Nope, not since I shipped off to join the war effort and you didn't." Stefan replied throwing his brother a look only making him chuckle darkly, if only he'd known what truly happened to stop him from going out there to join his brother, what had held him back kept him from being with his brother, honestly it had broken his heart and he had never told Stefan which was even worse.
"Someone had to entertain the ladies who had been left by their menfolk." He informed him making the hybrid roll his eyes pushing his hands into his pockets as he followed the younger vampire, he was always interested to hear a story from the Salvatore brothers as long as it didn't involve them whining about their pathetic lives.
Damon was surprised when his phone vibrated in his pocket, he pulled it out to see that he had a text from Grace, he almost had to hold back a smug smile on his face pointed at Klaus but he knew that would just cause trouble and none of them needed that. Looking down at the screen of his phone he couldn't help but smile sincerely, she was having a girls night, that was good at least she wasn't causing any trouble.
"Hey, good news. Grace is at the house having a small house-warming party for Elena where she can't get into any trouble. Bad news – this is the first time Grace and Elena have seen each other since... Since the Miss Mystic incident. Who knows what kind of fight we'll miss." He announced and was actually surprised when Klaus chuckled from where he stood a pace behind them, apparently fighting sibling humour was his thing.
"Yes, Grace has a few things that she has to celebrate. Including being able to successfully being able to drink from a human without draining them." Klaus' eyes flashed over to the dark look on the older Salvatore brothers face, a smirk pulled over his as he stood there waiting for a response.
"Yeah and when we figure out how to break this bond we'll see how many more dates she'll want to go on with you..." Damon replied earning a snarl from Klaus, he half expected to be thrown across the street and then staked in the stomach but that wasn't the hybrids' style snapping at him now would mean the anger would be gone.
"Who says that it's the sire-bond creating those feelings, Damon."
Damon couldn't help but scoff loudly. "Really? Because most people I know hate you for what you've done to Grace, so I find it hard that she would want to spend even a second of her precious time with you without her emotions being twisted and bent to your will." He snapped back at him turning to face the hybrid as they both stood there in the middle of the street.
"Why is it so impossible for you to think she could have feelings for me?" Klaus took a step towards him creating a stand-off in the middle of the busy street, but even the heated conversation between the two didn't alert any of the party goers that something was wrong.
The raven haired vampire shook his head growling. "No it's impossible for me to believe that she can be so blind to look past everything you've done and still see a half-decent person underneath all the evil and poison that you are!" He snarled loudly but before Niklaus could response the forest green eyed vampire stepped in pushing his brother away gently.
"Alright, alright. Ease up." Stefan placed his hands on his brothers shoulders looking down at him. "Just stop with all the fighting, ok? You're just making it worse." He informed him and before Damon could argue back Stefan spoke up again. "I'm not expecting you two to get along, or either of you to say 'I'm sorry', but-"
Damon was brought out of his anger spiral when Stefan said those two words. "What'd you say?"
New Orleans, 1942
The air was thick with cheap perfume and sickly hairspray as both Stefan and Lexi entered the small bar looking for the infamous Damon who had been rumoured to be in town, the blonde had convinced her best friend to see her brother and apologise for everything that had gone on between them, she knew that he needed his brother just as much as he needed her.
"'I'm sorry, I blamed you for my blood lust and for me becoming a Ripper. It wasn't your fault'." Stefan repeated his speech to Lexi with a look on his face as he glanced at her over his shoulder. "Do I really have to say it wasn't his fault, Lexi?" He questioned.
"Yes, keep going." She moved so that she was standing in front of the younger Salvatore now looking as beautiful as ever, the 40s really did suit her, with her dirty blonde hair pulled up into fancy twist with magnificent spirals at the ends.
"'You're the only brother I have and I hope we can be friends again'." He continued looking down to see the soft smile pulling over her lips, he wouldn't be doing this if she hadn't convinced him, Damon probably wouldn't even want to see him after everything that had gone on between them.
"Perfect." Lexi informed him patting his cheek. "Now, just remember we're here to talk to Damon, not to yell, not to drudge up the past and most definitely not to pick a fight." She added and he frowned a little, he probably wouldn't be the one picking the fighting, this was Damon after all one of the most impulsive people he knew.
Stefan smirked a little bit as he questioned. "That's the real trick, isn't it?"
"You've spent the last twenty years turning your life around." She reminded him as he thought back to that awful time when he had been a Ripper in the 20s and then Lexi had shown up again and showed him the light, showed him that emotions were worth it and human life was valuable and not his for the taking. "It's time to make nice with your brother." She informed him as they both look across the bar to see Damon looking down into his drink.
Stefan gave one final look to his best friend before walking away from her towards his older brother whom was bobbing his head in time to the upbeat tempo surprised when there was a light welcoming slap on his back, he glanced up and was taken back when he saw his baby brother standing there smiling at him gently.
Just like Damon always did he figured he'd make a joke out of the situation in not seeing his brother in such a long time. "You look like a guy I used to know." He mused and Stefan only frowned a little as he stood there with his brother.
"Hello, Damon."
"Come to put a stake in my heart?" Damon assumed the worst, just like always as he received a look from his brother.
"More like bury the hatchet..." He replied cooly as he held his hand out for Damon to shake, it seemed like a long couple of awkward seconds before the older brother gave him a meaningful smile and shook his heads agreeing it wasn't long before that handshake turned into a brotherly hug, it had been a long time after all.
After a couple of drinks it was just like old times between the two, with Lexi there to keep the peace with an easy smile and beautiful looks. They were sharing stories and Stefan had revealed why he was really in town, to help with the war effort. "Egypt, ha!" Damon couldn't help but laugh as he tapped his glass against his brothers. "Finally gonna get to see the pyramids." He remarked teasingly.
"Oh, I doubt I'll be doing much sightseeing. Driving an ambulance through the front lines, but yeah, yeah, Egypt." Stefan nodded his head proud of himself for once, being able to put the Ripper part of his life behind him and actually help people, good people who were fighting a bloody war.
"Think they have room for another driver?" Damon mused looking down into his bourbon glass missing the surprised look on his younger brothers face by what he was implying. "I could handle some war, if it meant spending quality time with my little brother." He added making Lexi take a quick shot drowning her spiteful words in alcohol.
"Tell you what, I'll talk to my C.O." The forest green-eyed brother promised nodding before taking the last swig of his drink and standing up. "I'm gonna get us another round." He informed him as he wandered over to the other side of the bar to wave the bartender down.
Lexi took this as her shot and moved closer to Damon leaning close to him before announcing. "You're not going." In a deadly low tone.
Damon scoffed a little before replying. "I don't like you." Bluntly and honestly, at least he didn't beat around the bush, yeah she was beautiful and fun to be around but after everything the two brothers had been through with her she wasn't worth it, that was his opinion anyway.
"In 1912, you pressured Stefan to drink human blood. He's been trying to put his Ripper days before him, but he needs to see death and blood and deal with them as a part of life." As a part of a humans life, she meant. "He needs balance, restraint." She added, if he was going to function in this world the he was going to have to deal.
"What makes you think I'm not balanced and restrained?" Damon trained his icy blue orbs on her as he smirked a little sipping at his drink.
"The fact that you never have been." She replied sharply and he creased his eye brows. "You think what you want, first, second and third. Stefan is better off alone than in your company." She told him in a thick voice making him narrowing his beautiful eyes.
"Well, I beg to differ." He answered deadly quiet as the younger brother came back with drinks smiling again putting them in front of him, both the fighting vampires put fake smiles on for his sake but he wasn't blind, he knew the two didn't like each other, they tolerated each other.
"To the Salvatore's in Egypt!" Stefan hollered cheerfully as they both clink their glasses together grinning ear to ear as he does the same with his best friend, they all drink their drinks the female staring down Damon as she knocked hers back.
It seemed like the timing couldn't be worst both Charlotte approached them with her victim for the night in her arms, she pouted at Damon as he saw him laughing and having fun with two people who were most certainly not her. "Damon." She announced and he looked alarmed to see her, Stefan gave her an easy smile as she walked towards them. "Did you forget you were supposed to meet us for dinner?"
The older vampire took a moment, looking from the judgemental eyes of Lexi over to the sired vampire. "Sorry, I lost track of time." He informed her with a careless shrug which only seemed to fan her jealous flames further.
She took a moment. "I brought you leftovers." She informed him kindly moving the victims head to show him a large bite wound and smeared blood running down her neck sinking into her beautiful clothes.
"Charlotte!" He growled looking around to see if any of the people in the crowded bar had seen the woman in her arms that was obviously close to death by now. The brunette rolled her eyes as she pawned the woman's limp body off into Stefan's ready arms, the blood smearing onto his hand alarming him, he may have had the blood lust under a slight control but it was still there, Damon was quick to pull the victim from his arms.
"Get away from him!" Lexi ordered in a gruff voice as she shoved Charlotte away from her best friend, she was only looking out for his best interests and it was obvious that Damon wasn't it, not when he was so careless and reckless with human life and anyone who wasn't himself.
"Stefan." Damon tried to get his baby brothers attention but he was staring down at his blood fingers in a trance it had been a long time since he had even smelt human blood outside of the body, he had been on the strict bunny diet with Lexi. "Stefan!" He puts his hand on Stefan's shoulder but he still didn't respond. "Stefan?" He questioned and his younger brother looked up at him with dark veins under his eyes. "Stefan!"
Lexi grabbed Stefan moving him out of his seat, he needed fresh air and a sweet fill of animal blood, she would be able to pull him back from this if it killed her. "She's better off without you, too." She remarked to him darkly looking at Charlotte and then back to her friend before leading him from the bar with sweet, soothing words.
New Orleans, Present Day
"Just both of you take it easy, alright?" Stefan looked between the two playing mediator and a damn good one at that, Klaus looked almost calm. "As bad as this sire-bond thing is you shouldn't take it out on each other. You're both looking out for her best interests in bad ways... It isn't either of your faults."
"Well, don't get all warm and fuzzy on me yet." Damon deadpanned darkly as the three stopped in front of an apartment, they all looked at it. "It's where the witch lived." He informed them both knowing they wouldn't understand what this place was and the significance.
The hybrid couldn't help but scoff loudly at his naïveness. "What, you weren't expecting to find the exact with in the same place?" He questioned darkly and the blue eyes vampire threw him a grim look from where he stood the other side of Stefan.
"No, but since I couldn't remember where the store was, figured it'd give us a start." He replied in a low tone looking over at the hybrid with narrowed eyes obviously fighting the urge to have another fight with him.
"Maybe there's another place to start." Stefan mused rubbing the palm of his hand on his chin deep in thought before glancing over at his older brother. "You think Charlotte might be in New Orleans?" He questioned and this peaked Klaus' interested to find the woman who had been sired to Damon so long ago.
"Yeah, maybe."
"Where was the last place you saw her?" He questioned and it took Damon a long moment to think about things, when he had last seen her, when he had last wanted to see her before he had run off into the night leaving her to fend for herself.
"Corner of Bourbon and Dumaine." The older brother answered nodding his head. "Kind of told her to count every brick in every building in New Orleans, and I'd meet her at the corner." He added earning a look from his brother and the hybrid. "I was gone by morning." His younger brother turned around and began to talk. "Where are you going?" He called after him watching as Klaus followed with a smirk on his face.
"Corner of Bourbon and Dumaine. I want to see how much this sire bond can affect a vampire, not that it will help us that much, he's a hybrid." The forest green-eyed vampire called as Damon let out a long sigh and began to follow the two.
Inside of the Mystic Grill both Kim and Adrian were having a good time playing pool laughing and just having fun not worrying about the sire bond for once. Just across from there Tyler sat with Hayley watching them both obviously not happy to see that they were having such a good time brooding and angry that they weren't taking this seriously.
"They are gonna get us both killed and we are just sitting here." Hayley grumbled as she sipped at her drink before looking over at her hybrid friend who just sat there silently for a long moment, he was going over both points in his head, Kim was right but Hayley was right, too.
"Kim is right. The point of breaking the sire bond is being free." Tyler informed her as he glanced over to see the stoic look on her pretty face. "They don't have to listen to me." He added but this only made the wolf angry.
"Yes they do, Ty." She told him in a firm voice. "You can make them. Hybrids are werewolves first. Wolves run in packs and every pack needs an Alpha or they end up challenging each other for dominance." She made a very good point proving that he should be leaders of their little hybrid pack. "Kim is challenging your position as Alpha. You need to put her in her place. Now." She added in a low tone.
Tyler nodded once before standing up and approaching the pool table where the laughter was coming from, Adrian hit the cue ball against the eight ball and it was trickling towards the pocket before the unsired hybrid put his hand in the way stopping the shot from behind made. "Long day tomorrow, Adrian. You want it to go better than today, you need to get some rest." He informed him as Hayley moved to hear more.
Kim was there to stand by Adrian's side at a moments notice growling. "Who do you think you are?"
"The guy telling you to call it a night." He answered in a low tone trying to assert his dominance over the woman who appeared to not be backing down as she stood in front of him glaring up into his eyes, she grabbed a pool stick from beside her and went to attack him with it but he was quicker and stopped it giving her a hard look. "This could get a lot uglier but I'm not gonna let it. Challenge me again, this conversation will end differently. You understand?" He growled down at her.
"Fine." Kim muttered narrowing her eyes at him. "Whatever you say." She growled actually backing down from him but the fury still so intense inside of her, she wanted to be leader and she knew she had to be.
"Finish your drink and get Adrian back to the stables." Tyler ordered in a low tone before turning back to Hayley looking over his shoulder at the hybrid. "We'll meet you there." He informed her as he began to walk away Hayley following behind him like a little lost puppy.
Kim could feel the anger building inside of her so strong as she began to think of ways to get back at Tyler, fight him for the Alpha spot she deserved, or so she thought. Beginning to walk in the opposite direction to the others hearing footsteps following she knew it was Adrian. "Where are we going?"
"To pick a fight."
Damon, Klaus and Stefan were walking down an almost empty street looking for the mysterious sired woman named Charlotte. They stop at the corner of two streets obviously Bourbon and Dumaine. The raven haired vampire looked around nervously relived when he saw no deranged woman waiting for him.
"There's no way she's gonna be in the same spot after seventy years." Damon made himself very clear earning a look from the hybrid, if it was a sire-bond they would end up doing whatever they wanted eventually. "So, what are we going to tell Grace?" He questioned changing the subject.
"I was actually thinking that we wouldn't have to tell her anything." Klaus spoke up and both brothers looked at him surprised, why wouldn't he want to tell her, it was obvious that he would be able to use this bond to an advantage.
"Well, I'm not going to lie to her." The raven haired vampire answered in a low tone as she face the hybrid completely. She had a right to know even if it was going to mess with her, he didn't deserve to have this hold on her that she would never know of.
Klaus rolled his mixed coloured orbs and replied. "It's not a lie, mate. It's an omission for the greater good."
"Oh, I see. That's obnoxious hybrid speak for 'Let's not do the right thing, lets just do what's right for me' Yeah, sure who gives a damn about how Grace feels in all of this, you make out like what you do is in her best interests but the only person you really care about is yourself!" Damon's icy blue orbs were filled with rage.
Klaus let out a short laugh. "I don't care about her? Really? Because from where I'm standing, mate, it looks like you're looking out for your own best interests, not hers. I'm willing to bet the only reason you want to find out of there is a way to break our bond is so that the feels she's has for me will go away, but who says that it affects emotions? We don't know anything about it. This is completely new territory for us."
"This is completely new territory that you won't be setting foot in. I'm going to find a way to put an end to this." Damon growled as he took a step towards the hybrid who just growled loudly at him, he turned to his brother with a dark look on his face. "I'm gonna get a drink. Hunt me down when you get rid of this dick!" He began to walk away leaving both Stefan and Klaus standing there staring each other down.
The blue-eyed vampire was beginning to calm down as he turned the corner into a deserted street, tucking his hands into his pockets he continued to walk until he heard a noise that made him stop. Turning around he saw no one there but he was still a little nervous when he turned back around ready to walk on a find a bar he was thrown to the ground by a rush of light alerting Stefan and Klaus to where he was being attacked.
Stefan ran over and pulled the vampire off of Damon into Klaus' arms as he held her there for a long moment before throwing her to the ground. "What the hell just happened?!" The younger brother demanded as he helped him to his feet.
Damon touched his lips once a little taken back, the vampire hadn't been attacking him at all, whoever it was had been so excited to see him she had jumped and planted a sloppy kiss on his perfect lips. "She kissed me." He informed them both as the woman crawled to her feet looking at them all, Charlotte.
"Damon, I always knew you'd come back for me." The brunette looked at him through dreamy dark orbs. "I must have counted literally every brick on every building in all of New Orleans." She informed him pressing her hand to her chest that was so filled with love and adoring feelings.
The older brother's mind went completely blank. "Literally every brick?" He questioned and she nodded her head as she wrapped her arms around his neck moving closer to him. "Uh, Charlotte, uh. Ha..." He unhooked her arms and moved away from her. "Please tell me you had a full life and that you've done something other than counting bricks..." He begged, if there was hope for this maniac then there was hope for Grace.
"Of course I have, I'm not crazy!" She snorted a laugh earning a little scoff from Klaus whom she just growled at obviously not know who he really was and how quick he would end her.
Klaus narrowed his eyes at her. "Then why are you still here?" He questioned in a low voice, he had to admit this was all very interesting was Grace going to become this obsessed with him in the future, he actually liked the thought of that. The pure need she would have for him made him begin to wonder.
"You know when someone breaks up with you and there's a song that reminds you of them. First, you hate it." Her voice lowered to a deadly tone as she faced Klaus pressed her hand to her ex-lovers shoulder massaging it gently. "But then it brings back all the good memories of them. Counting the bricks is my song and I've been playing it for decades."
"That's a really long time stuck listening to the same song." Stefan remarked dryly but Charlotte wasn't paying attention to it anymore she wrapped her arms back around Damon's neck leaning close to him but he leaned back away from her with wide eyes.
"Yeah, heh..." The blue-eyed vampire chuckled nervously as he pulled her arms from around her neck again and placed them at her own sides. "Well, you know, in the plus column, you know New Orleans better than anyone in the world. Which is really nice, because we need your help finding someone." Her eyes lit up, she was going to be helping Damon again, it was all she ever wanted.
The four girls had continued to party, the music was blasting loud. It was a good thing that the Salvatore house was in the middle of no where in the town on its own because if it wasn't they were pretty sure they'd get a noise complaint. Grace spun around with her blonde friend both giggling and chugging back the champagne like it was the cheap stuff. The witch had recorded all their fun and games on her phone and had just been able to capture a rush of light cascade past them all. Both vampires were surprised when they felt a rush of air walk past them, they look towards the dinning table to see a very proud looking Elena standing on it popping another bottle open laughing as she did it.
After the girls were completely danced out they retired to Damon's bathroom to have some down time and just relax. The smaller brunette twin was sat inside of the bathtub with he head resting back, the blonde was sat the other end her legs tangled against Grace's just relaxing. The witch and the newborn vampire were sat on the floor just outside the tub laughing as they watched the vamp-speed Elena in the video.
"Being a vampire is so weird." Elena mused aloud shaking her head from side to side as she manoeuvred herself to be sitting with her back to the wall facing all of her friends. She was right about that, being a vampire was the oddest sensation. She was dead but she had never felt more alive.
Caroline let out a small moan as she got more comfortable in the bathtub. "Oh my God, I love this bathtub." She announced with a small laugh looking down to the brunette at the other end whom just smiled back at her. She was thinking back to all the good memories her and Damon had in there, she missed him and she wanted him back home. "You know, you're lucky you get to use this everyday with your epic love." She teased in a laugh and Grace blushed a little. "Why don't we come in here more often."
There was a small scoff that came across the room which caught both vampires attentions. They glanced over to see Elena shaking her head a little, it was clear that she was still extremely drunk where as the others were just calming down to a sweet tipsiness. "I'll tell you why. Cooties." This earned a deep growl from the back of Grace's throat. "Think of all the germ-ridden skanks that Damon has lured into his den of inequity." Another growl rumbled from Grace's throat as she felt protectiveness over her boyfriend. "Ok, I'm sorry. Caroline has been able to not judge anyone all night, it was one little dig. I'll stop now." She informed her nodding her head drunkly.
"No, don't stop on my account." Grace's voice was filled with a sharp sarcasm that actually made Elena look at her through wide eyes, but this seemed normal for the sisters now, the fighting, it must have been the heighten emotions just getting to each other. "Rip away. I mean, it's not like I've been in a relationship with Damon for the past two years or anything..." She shrugged her shoulders narrowing her eyes at her twin. "How'd you like it if I just started ripping on Stefan for no good reason?" She spat, now the witch and the vampire were trying to calm the situation down but it wasn't working.
There let out a short laugh. "Well, say what you want about Stefan but when he was a Ripper or not at least all he's ever wanted is me. He's only ever been with me." Elena replied venomously earning yet another snarl from Grace and a deathly look from the blonde, there was no need for this she was just picking a fight because she could, because she knew how to get to Grace, how to push her buttons. "Alright, let's move on to something we all have a mutual hate of. Klaus." She smiled and the brunette felt something snap in her when she put 'hate' and 'Klaus' in the same sentence.
The blonde shook her head from side to side, Elena knew about the sire bond, she knew how Grace would react if she pushed her too far, she'd end up getting hurt and the smaller twin would be the one who would end up in trouble for it. "Elena..." She warned in a low voice but the taller brunette wasn't going to stop now.
"No, I mean, we all know how messed up he is. Grace more than any of us. You were away with him for months doing God knows what, then you come back and you still like him and want to go out with him. You're so blind! He's poison! He's bad for you!" She added and the older vampire resisted pouncing on her and ripping her throat out. "We all hate him. He's done such awful things to each one of us and you don't hate him at all?!"
"Yeah... You're right." Grace muttered as she nodded her head pulling herself out of the bathtub and walking over to the door stopping for a moment and turning around. "Klaus may have done all of these awful things but at least he's always been there for me when I needed him, that's more than I can say for you, Elena." She spat feeling tears begin to line her eyes, it wasn't worth it, she didn't deserve her tears.
"Yeah and you know why he's always been there for you? Because that twisted bastard wanted to sleep with you! Oh, and look you gave in to that, too. Didn't take much persuasion did it?" She scoffed loudly making Bonnie and Caroline gasp at her words, Grace just shook her head from side to side trying to block out the pain.
"I did sleep with him. Yeah, I did. And you know what? I can never take that back, I can never forget that, maybe I don't want to..." She muttered shaking her head a little before looking up at her sister with black eyes. "But you know, at that point in my life I was so low, I was hurting so much and I didn't have anyone I could turn to, I'd lost so many people, but Klaus was there. He was there to pick me up and tell me everything was ok and make me feel like it was all worth it at a time when I thought it wasn't." She spat before walking from the room quickly drying away her tears.
Back in New Orleans Damon, Klaus and Stefan all entered a mysterious looking shop on the corner of the street, they all looked around at the objects in the room before a middle-aged woman walked out from the room in the back with a kind smile on her lips. "Can I help you, gentleman?" She asked pleasantly, but honestly the raven haired vampire wasn't in the mood for pleasantries, he just wanted to find a way to break this bond.
"Hi." Damon smiled as he walked towards her. "We're looking for a witch. Sorry, no time for pleasantries." He informed her in a soft yet authoritative voice, he really wanted to spend no more time in this town with the hybrid that he hated so much, Stefan glanced over at his older brother a little taken back by his no tact for the subject.
"I'm sorry. I don't understand." The woman replied to him in a firm voice placing her hands on her hips giving the vampire a firm look.
Damon rolled his eyes a bit as he took yet another step towards her. "Look..." He searched the room for her name and noticed on the board behind her it read 'Nandi Special' that was obviously her name. "Nandi, is it? Let's skip that part where you pretend like you don't know what we're talking about." He glanced behind him to his younger brother and the Original who just stared back at him. "We need a spell that could break a vampire's sire bond to a hybrid. Now, there was a witch here named Val. Ring any bells?" He quizzed and immediately the woman recognized the name.
Nandi took a moment before looking back into Damon's captivating orbs. "She was my great-grandmother." She answered in remembrance.
"She had a grimoire and it had a spell for the vampire equivalent of the bond. There must be a way to change it around a bit to stop a hybrid from controlling a vampire..." He added deep in though as his mind flooded back to that time in 1942.
New Orleans, 1942
Val was standing in front of Damon with a hard look on her face, after what he had suggested she had found a solution for him but it had come with consequences that she wasn't sure he would want to face, even as a vampire. "The magic you're talking about is dark, powerful." She informed him in a low voice. "Magic like this doesn't come cheap."
The raven haired vampire glanced over to a table to see a little girl sitting there writing a booklet, this had obviously been a relative of Val with the resemblance in looks. Damon looked back over at the witch, he'd be willing to do anything if it meant he could have Charlotte off he's back and he could leave with his brother once and for all "How much?"
"Money won't cut it here, pretty one." The witch laughed a little causing him for frown, money wasn't a problem for him he'd be willing to pay anything. "Dark magic draws power from dark places. Casting the spell you need requires the sacrifice of 12 human souls." She added and he looked at her through slightly stunned eyes.
New Orleans, Present Day
"A sacrifice?" Stefan scoffed from behind him, he began to wonder if he's brother was really ready to sacrifice 12 innocent human lives to save Grace from a sire bond. "You brought us here knowing that the spell required a human sacrifice?" He looked over at his brother who shot a look back at him.
"Well, I was hoping the recipe had changed." Damon replied in a harsh tone narrowing his eyes at his brother, as long as Grace wasn't sired to that asshole any more he was willing to do anything, willing to kill as many people as it takes to make sure her feelings for him were fake and forced by the bond.
"Look, there's no magic like that here. I sell herbs and homoeopathic remedies and dress it up with a little witchy-woo-woo for the tourists, but I don't practice." Nandi answered honestly and if she was being completely honest she didn't want to take 12 human lives for these monsters.
Damon rolled his eyes, it was just their luck for them to find a witch that didn't want to use her powers. "Ok, fine, listen, just tell us where we can find someone like your great-grandma who can break the sire-bond and won't flake out on us like old Val did." He told her in a firm voice.
The descendant of the witch just shook her head. "There's no one. All of her stuff is gone – the grimoires, her journals. We lost it all during Katrina. If a spell like that ever existed, it's gone for good." Nandi made herself very clear giving him a hard look.
Throwing all the bottles into a bin bag Grace was done with all the partying for one day, pushing her hair up into a ponytail she continued to tidy until she heard three people enter the room, she knew it was her so-called friends looking for forgiveness but she just wasn't in the mood. After all the things Elena had said about both Klaus and Damon she had another thing coming.
"Grace, c'mon." Caroline's soft voice came from across the room trying to calm her down but she was having none of it, no one stuck up for her against Elena and her sister had said something things that she'd never forget that she'd never forgive her for.
"Party is over. You guys should go home." She looked between both Caroline and Bonnie who both had sympathetic looks on their faces, she then looked over at her twin with a hard look on her face. "You need to go somewhere else before I do something I regret." She growled throwing another bottle into the bag. "Do you think it makes me happy that you hate him?" She was back to talking about Klaus now. "I get it. His track record is awful but I don't hate him. I can't. He's good to me and I actually, I like him..."
"Ugh, you only like him at all because you're sired to him!" Elena quickly announced not thinking, Grace's brain went completely flat line for a long couple of seconds after her sister had announced that, the blonde looked over to the newborn with a shocked look on her face that she had just blurted it out like that and the witch just looked plain confused, she hadn't heard anything about this.
Bonnie looked between Caroline and Elena shocked. "What?"
The smaller brunette's eyes widened as she stood there opposite her sister, it couldn't be true, how could it even be possible, they weren't even the same species, well, he was part vampire but he was still half werewolf. She could feel her stomach turning over and over as she scanned all of their faces.
Caroline took it upon herself to step forward and try and explain everything to Grace but when she did she just took a step away shaking her head from side to side looking between them all trying to find an answer but she just saw empty stares looking back at her, some sympathetic others were ashamed but all over they were just blank.
"I... Look, I'm sorry you found out this way, but it's true. It may have been Damon's blood that turned you but it was originally Klaus' blood. We weren't sure it was possible but when you decided against Damon with the dress. You told me you think you owe Klaus for everything. Don't you think something is a little off about that?" The blonde questioned in a soft voice leaving the brunette standing there shaking her head trying to deny everything.
"No. There's no way... I... it's not even possible..." She shook her head trying to add everything up in her head but nothing seemed to make sense any more, everything was a huge heap of mess that she was trying desperately to sort though but nothing was helping. "It was just... It was a little blood..." She was hyperventilating now, Caroline moved forward about to sooth her friend.
"We talked it over with Stefan who spoke to Damon about it, this could all be possible." Caroline explained before realising she had just sold out the brunette's boyfriend, her brown eyes flashed with hurt that they had all been talking about this behind her back instead of just coming to her personally and asking what was going on and Damon was one of the people who knew and he hadn't told her.
Grace blinked a few times before finally finding her voice. "You... You spoke to Damon about this? And Stefan?" One was her boyfriend the other was like a brother to her, she could feel her heart aching in her chest and tears in the corners of her eyes, she sniffled and ran her hands over her face drying them away looking back over at her three friends.
The blonde frowned at her friend as she took another cautious step. "We're trying to find a way to sort this all out and find a way out of this. They're doing this because they love you, ok? This isn't your fault, ok? Klaus took advantage of you, he must have know something about this, the old freak."
The vampire could feel rage bubbling inside of her as they began to bad talk Klaus again. "You all need to leave, now." Grace ordered in a low tone making all of her friends look at her with surprised look on their faces. "Now." She added striding over to the door opening it so fast it slammed back against the wall with a loud bang, her friends were calling her trying to calm her. "I said leave." She added, in her mind she was here first and her sister had no right in talking to her that way.
"Hello, girls." A voice surprised her as she looked over to see Kim and Adrian standing in the door way with dark looks on their faces, this was what they meant by picking a fight, it was against Tyler she was going for the thing that he cared about the most, the woman he loved more than anything and who he would do anything for.
Kim rushed in knocking the smaller brunette against the wall hitting her head hard, Adrian was quick to grab her by her throat and hold her there against the wall, Kim on the other hand launched Elena across the room smacking her head against the wall knocking her unconscious before zipping over to Caroline holding her by her throat so that she couldn't break free.
Bonnie was the only free one and was also the only one who could conjure enough power to take them both down. She began to mutter a spell under her breath so powerful that the lights began to flicker. Both hybrids hadn't expected their to be a witch and especially not a powerful Bennett witch.
"Stop!" Kim ordered and the lights returned to normal as she stared over at the witch, it was obvious she would do anything for her friends, the hybrid extended her fangs making her eyes go their deadly amber colour. "One bite from a hybrid and she's dead, remember?" She growled reminding her before the other hybrid threw the brunette across the room next to her sister who was just coming around, Bonnie ran over to tend to them both.
"Caroline?" Grace called as she stood up quickly looking around for her blonde friend but they were all gone. Kim, Adrian and Caroline.
Over in New Orleans the three boys were walking down the street trying to think of a plan, well the Salvatore's were trying to think of a plan, Klaus was thinking of the endless possibilities that having a sired vampire on his side. He was smiling as his hands were behind his back following both of the bickering brothers.
"Witch is lying." Damon announced as he narrowed his eyes looking straight forward counting all the cracks in the pavement. "Doesn't practice magic, my ass." He added shaking his head from side to side, Stefan was still on the fact that this bond would only be broken by the sacrifice of 12 humans, did he really think Grace would want that on her consequence that they died so she could be free.
The younger brother glanced over to see the brooding look on Damon's face. "Human sacrifice?" He brought up the most important thing on his mind. "Did you really think that I would go for that? Or that even Grace would go for that?" He quizzed hearing a small smirk from behind him, he didn't even give the hybrid the satisfaction of turning around, he just looked straight forward to see Charlotte still waiting like an obedient puppy her eyes lighting up when she saw Damon approaching.
Damon shook his head from side to side, he'd do anything for Grace. "Extreme circumstances call for extreme measures." He replied.
The younger brother began to get curious, he knew that Damon would be willing to do anything to get that psycho sired vampire off of his back, but would he really be willing to kill 12 humans to get rid of her completely. "Did you kill those 12 people in 1942?" He quizzed giving him a look and his brother just shrugged his shoulders earning a pointed looking from Stefan.
"Absolutely, I did, and I do it again if it meant getting Grace unsired from that hybrid dick." He hissed earning a loud growl from the Original behind him, the younger vampire just rolled his eyes but he wasn't about to take it back, he really meant it he would do anything to make sure Grace was his completely and didn't need that dick for anything, he glanced over to his younger brother. "Are you gonna help me good cop/bad cop this witch or not?"
Grace was pacing around the boarding house, he had told her that it wasn't a good idea for her to be there with the possibility of her being sired to Klaus and the unknown side effects, it was better if she stay as far away from the barn and the hybrids as possible so that Klaus could still be in the dark.
"The spell isn't working." Bonnie informed her in a small voice but Grace was no longer thinking about the spell, she just thinking about the bond again, could it be possible that she was sired to Klaus, everyone seemed to think she was, maybe she was, it seemed impossible. The witch seemed to notice how vacant she was from the room. "Is it true? I mean, do you feel anything?"
Grace glanced over at her surprised by her sudden questioning she looked up watching her with a blank look on her face before letting the question sink in, she took a seat on the couch shaking her head from side to side. "I don't know... I'm sure how it's supposed to feel, or if I'm supposed to feel anything." She announced and Bonnie's face fell as she saw her friend in such a state, she was normally so strong and able to deal with this but finding out about this had ruined her.
"It's going to be ok." Bonnie soothed her as she moved from her place on the table to be sitting next to her friend, her face was completely empty of emotion as she stared forward at the coffee table in her mind she was begging for something to clear this all up, she was begging for Damon or even clarification from Klaus. "Damon and Stefan, they'll find out a way to end all of this, to find a way to get you unsired from him." With that she just began to sob into her hands, Bonnie wrapped her arms around the crying vampire holding her there.
Deep in the woods back in Mystic Falls both Elena and Tyler Lockwood were out trying to find Caroline, Elena was staring down at her phone Tyler stood in front of her searching for the blonde desperately, the hybrid was talking on his phone to his female wolf friend.
"I get it, Hayley." Tyler muttered nodding his head, she was spilling a load of rubbish about how he had to be the alpha and had to put Kim in her place no matter what it took, but the hybrid was only wanting to find his lover at this time, make sure she was ok and without a nasty hybrid bite that only Klaus would be able to heal. "I'll find them and get them in line." He hung up and shoved his phone back into his leather jacket.
"Bonnie said no luck with the locator spell." Elena announced from behind him, jogging to catch up with the fast pace with the hybrid whom they had called immediately for help, he had explained to the smaller twin how she couldn't come no matter how much she had begged, it would have been too dangerous with her sired to Klaus.
"They've got to be here." Tyler informed her as they weaved around trees moving closer to where the hybrid had informed them. "They're not dumb enough to risk getting caught by Klaus..." He took a moment before looking down at Elena. "How is Grace holding up, after you told her?"
"She was angry. Denying it." The brunette nodded a little biting her bottom lip hating herself for how much she had screwed everything up. "I didn't mean to tell her, it just... it for sort of slipped out, I honestly didn't want her to find out this way... It's bad enough that this is a possibility but she looked... she looked destroyed."
"Yeah, well trust me no one wants to be sired to that hybrid dick..." Tyler answered as he put his head down, he felt bad for her, it wasn't like she could break every bone in her body 100 times over so that she couldn't be sired to him any more, she was grateful to him for different reasons and he wasn't sure if there was a way for her to become unsired. "I can't believe they would do this. Kim is only trying to prove that she's the Alpha. If I can make her submit, the pack will fall in line and we can finally get them free of Klaus. You'd think they'd play along with how much they hate him."
"But Adrian doesn't do he?" Elena quizzed from where she stood next to a brooding Tyler. "I mean he's still sired to Klaus."
Tyler rolled his eyes a little. "Being sired doesn't mean you feel differently about someone. I hated Klaus but I still did everything he said. The bond doesn't affects how you act, not how you feel." He added before seeing the look on the vampires face change to fearful. "Look, Elena, it doesn't meant that a vampire-hybrid sire bond Grace and Klaus have is the same. Who knows that could affect her emotions, we don't know, this is new to all of us but we're going to find a way out of it for her." He assured the Gilbert sister.
Elena was about to reply when suddenly a scream erupted through the forest, Tyler recognized it from the moment it came to his ears. It was his lover, it was Caroline. His heart began to race in his chest as he looked around to try to find which way it came from. "Caroline!" He called before zipping through the forest with the vampire close behind.
Back in New Orleans, Nandi was busy doing work when she heard the bell on her door go, she glanced up to see Damon and Klaus enter the store again she only frowned, she didn't want to be dealing with them again. "What are you doing here?" She hissed at them all.
"Calling you out." Damon answered in a rough voice as he moved towards her, she gulped a little she was dealing with two vampires that she didn't want to be. "You're not Val's grand-daughter. You're her daughter!" The raven haired vampire announced and she held her head high not breaking eye contact with him, not showing weakness, he remembered the child in the store writing Nandi on the book whilst he had talked with Val but in the 40s. "You're 80 years old. You don't look a day over 50. You're a practicing witch."
She could feel her breathing begin to get heavier as she stared the two vampires down. "Get out of my store. Both of you." Nandi hissed defensive narrowing her dark eyes at her.
"Give me what I want." Damon demanded as he took another step towards her, Klaus just stood back with an amused look on his face as he watched the argument between the two but the witch turned on both of them and began to use her powers to give them brain aneurysms, Damon was the only one who fell to his knees growling but the hybrid just stood there smirking.
"You're gonna have to try harder than that to send me falling to my knees in pain, love. Unfortunately for you I don't give a damn if you live or die..." Klaus remarked smirking as he zipped across the room and over the desk holding her by her throat back against the wall about to end her and end the only hope they had for unsiring Grace but he was stopped when he felt a presence next to him.
"Klaus, stop. You can't do this. You want Grace to be happy, don't you?" He quizzed and Klaus knew he had him there, releasing his grip from around the woman's neck before he snapped it the Original took a step away from her giving him a hard look, the younger vampire turned to the witch with a pleading look on his face. "I just saved your life, you at least owe me an explanation..."
"I've told you there's no one here who can help you." Nandi informed him as she rubbed her neck feeling a bruise from the strong hold of the hybrid. "The kind of magic my mother practised, it's unnatural. Witches don't even call it magic. We call it expression." She explained helpfully leaving the vampires confused.
The raven haired vampire pushed him off the floor and looked over to her with hurt in his eyes. "Are you saying there is no spell?"
"The bond can't be broken with magic." Nandi replied to him with sorrow in her eyes magic a large grin spread over his face. I only know about vampire sire bonds. I've never even heard of a vampire being sired to a hybrid, but it sounds like she had feelings before the bond was formed. If you want her free, you have to set her free. Tell her to live life without you, find someone else, stop caring for you, and then leave her... That's all I can suggest. I'm sorry."
In the abandoned stables just on the outskirts of town Caroline was shackled to a wall, the same way the hybrids would have been during their transformations to break the sire bonds. Kim was the one holding the shackles this time and she was using them to make the vampire call out in pain, trying to draw Tyler in. "Argh! Why are you doing this?!" The blonde demanded looking up at the hybrid.
"To show Tyler who's in charge." She answered as if it was that simple, as if this was a completely normal this to do to someone, she cracked the chains to make them tighten uncomfortable around the vampire and make her call out again, it was only seconds later that the door at the end of the barn flew out and in stomped Tyler and Elena.
"Stop! Stop it, Kim! Caroline's with us. Alright! We're on the same team!" Tyler tried to remind her of the big picture in all of this mess, they were doing this to get back at Klaus, they were doing this so that they could be free, not so they could gang up against each other and hurt the people they loved.
"She's on your time, not mine." The short-haired brunette made herself very clear as more people entered the room, all more hybrids, one holding Elena's arm and two holding Tyler knowing that with him being older he would be stronger and more able to break free, Kim didn't stop with her torture making the blonde scream and flaring up Tyler's protective side.
Tyler shook his head. "Stop it! Stop!" He tried to break free from the two hybrids holding him back but they held him tight so he wouldn't be able to get out of their grip.
From standing on the sidelines Adrian had seen enough so finally he stepped forward. "Ease up, Kim. This isn't right." He informed her but only a sick smile crossed her lips as she reached into a duffel bag and pulled out a wooden stake, she lowered it to Caroline's heart pulling the chains tight to make her scream out again.
"Kim! Don't do it! I swear to God!" Tyler growled as he tried to move from the hybrids grips, Elena was trying to think on her think and she could only think of what he had said earlier about Klaus, it seemed the only thing they all had a mutual hatred of was Klaus.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Elena called from where she was being held, Kim looked up at her intrigued by her sudden speaking. "If you really want to hit Klaus where it hurts, then I now how to hurt him completely. My sister, he's in love with her, sometimes I think he loves her more than himself... Which is amazing, I know!"
Caroline's silvery orbs widen as she listened to what the vampire was proposing, she wasn't about to sell out her own sister. "Elena, no!"
"He's obsessed with her, if you let Caroline go I can take you to her..." Elena promised in a sure tone, Kim rose from where she was knelt and wandered over to the newborn with a highly suspicious look on her face. "You have to let Caroline go first and then I'll tell you where she is." Kim only laughed but everyone gasped when suddenly Tyler broke free of the hybrids holding him and stuck his hand into her chest gripping her heart.
"Stay back! I'll rip her heart out right now!" Tyler yelled in a low tone making everyone stop what they were doing, the smug look from Kim's face had vanished as she looked directly up into the unsired hybrids eyes. "Kim put you all at risk today but I'm not gonna hurt her. I'm not Klaus. I don't kill and torture my own friends to get what I want. Now, we broke the sire bond, but if you want to be free we have to work together. No one can step out of line. Now, you're either with me or you're against me. Submit. Submit or you die." He told them all in a voice that wrecked through them all.
Kim fell down to her knees whimpering still with Tyler's hand clenched around her heart, he looked directly into her eyes, he wasn't afraid to kill her any more, sure he didn't want to be Klaus but he did want to be the leader of this pack, someone had to take charge and that someone was him. "I'm... I'm sorry." She was quick to apologise and with that he removed his hand from her chest standing up to see that every hybrid around him was kneeling down one by one showing that they were submitting to him, showing he was their Alpha.
Over in New Orleans, both Damon and Charlotte were sat in an almost empty bar sitting opposite each other, she had a frown on her face as he told her of his plan to leave again but she felt as if her heart was being torn from her chest and ripped into tiny, little pieces she would never be able to put together.
"So, you're leaving me again?" She questioned with tears pricking her dark eyes, he shook his head, it wasn't like that he needed to know that she wouldn't be pining over him forever, the first time he had tried to get rid of her it obviously hadn't worked and she had spent decades counting bricks and pining over him.
"No, I need to get on with my life and so do you." He replied to her, Damon knew that the hybrid wasn't going to let Grace go that easily he had waited for her for so long and now he knew they had this bond he wasn't just going to give it up, he was a selfish dick. So he needed to be there for her and he couldn't be worried about Charlotte at that time.
Charlotte sniffled as she looked up at him through glassy eyes, they reminded him so much of Grace's eyes, only darker and not nearly as beautiful. "I don't want to live without you." She told him but he knew that she needed to move on with her life, it was the right thing for him to do.
"If you want to make me happy you will." Damon replied with a thoughtful look on his face. "You just forget about me. You'll never think about me again, and you'll find someone new, and you'll be happier than ever." He told her in a soft voice but she just began to sob she didn't want him to leave she loved him, she needed him. "Please, stop crying." He begged and like any good sired vampire she stopped crying for her sire, drying away her tears and looking at him with a pout.
"I'm never going to be able to forget about you."
"Yes, you are." Damon answered with a nod making her look at him through hurt eyes. "And I'm never going to be happy until you realise that you're never gonna have the life you deserve if I'm in it." He told her in a small voice thinking so little of himself as he stood up and looked back down at the brunette who was holding back her tears. "Goodbye, Charlotte." He told her before walking from the pub, he had done what the witch had told him and he hoped it worked for Charlotte's sake, she deserved to live a good eternity not pining over him.
As he walked outside he saw his brother waiting and then he glanced over to see Klaus' leaning against a car with his hands tucked away into his pockets. "It's that easy to let someone go, you know. To let them be happy with their life and not be wanting you because if a bond that you have over them..." He added and the hybrid narrowed his eyes.
"No one said that it would work with a hybrid and a vampire. She's grateful because of the times I've saved her." Klaus pushed himself off of the car and took a step towards the raven black-haired vampire. "You heard what the witch said: she would have had feelings for me before the bond formed. I'm not giving her up now, I've waited far too long to have her as my own and I won't let you leave with her."
"So, I take it from your little speech you're going to be the same selfish asshole as always are and you're not going to release her like any decent person would. Great, well in that case you can get the hell out of here. We don't need you any more, we'll find a way around this without your help." Damon ordered in a low tone and with a smug look on his face Klaus vanished into the night. "Dick..."
"You did a good thing for Charlotte in there, Damon. I'm proud of you, brother. It was a good, selfless thing you did for her..." Stefan patted his older brothers shoulder smiling at him. "We'll find a way to get her from this bond if it's the last thing we do, alright? We're just gonna have to keep her as far away from him as we can until then." He assured him with a small smile, Damon knew that Stefan thought it was hard for him to be so selfless all the time but it wasn't.
New Orleans, 1942
Stepping out from a cab the warm wide flew over his body as Damon stood there proudly in his full army uniform ready to go overseas with his baby brother to help the allies. He stepped into the train station with his bag thrown over his shoulder shoving it onto the luggage cart when suddenly he heard his name being called, turning his head he saw Lexi standing there.
"I know what you did and you're not going overseas with Stefan. Do you understand me?" She pressed she was only trying to look out for her best friend, she had heard through the grapevine about Damon's deal and him killing twelve innocent humans.
"Well, uncle Sam begs to differ..."
"You just killed twelve innocent people." Lexi informed him from where she stood and he walked over to her with a frown on his face.
"How do you know they didn't have it coming?" He quizzed, he had a point maybe they were all bad people who deserved death.
Lexi shook her head, she didn't care the reasons for killing them or not, whether they deserved it or they were completely innocent, she only cared about Stefan, she didn't want him to be a Ripper again and hate himself. "Your brother has spent the last 20 years racked with guilt, fighting the temptation to drink human blood. He's serving in war as penance for the pain that he has caused. If he finds out, he'll want to know how it is you function without guilt for the things that you do. He'll turn to you for guidance like he did before and he'll become the Ripper of Monterrey all over again."
Damon shook his head from side to side. "I've pretty much been on my own since our little falling out in 1912. Did you ever think that I just needed my little brother?" He questioned looking at her, he had missed Stefan so much and had felt so guilt since that day back in 1912 with Sage, just letting his brother run off like that and then hearing the awful stories of everything he did after that event. He always blamed himself.
"And that's why you can't go. It might be good for you, Damon. But it will destroy Stefan." She informed him a soft voice as they looked out towards Stefan who was standing there waiting for his brother and for the train. "For once, you need to put someone else in front of yourself..." She added looking over at Stefan again who was still searching for his brother in the growing crowd. "You need to let him go."
Damon turned completely to look at his baby brother who was still searching the crowd, he knew Lexi was right he couldn't ruin this for Stefan, if this was what his brother needed to do then he couldn't be there get in the way. "Good luck, brother." He muttered before picking up his luggage and heading out of there before he changed his mind.
Damon walked over to a cab that he had managed to whistle down with his brother by his side, the younger brother had never known about that, Lexi had never told him talking about those times made him think back to the blonde, reminding him of how much he missed her, he had really used Grace as a replacement, both were so different but still they were his best friends, little sisters, he loved them both. "I didn't know about that..."
"Yeah, well, next time I'll hang a billboard." Damon replied in a sarcastic tone as he opened the door to the cab turning to face his brother.
"We don't need Klaus to end all of this, we'll find another way to break the bond if it's the last thing we do." Stefan assured him as he patted him on the shoulder again. "The only person Grace loves is you, brother. You know that."
Back at the Salvatore boarding house, Grace was sat with a blanket pulled over herself as she waited for her friends to get back, when she heard the door open she sat up and looked over to see Caroline run into the room with Elena following behind both of them stood opposite the girl surprised to see the many empty bottles of bourbon and blood bags surrounding her.
She stumbled to her feet and Caroline was quick to run over and hug her with Elena close behind, she smelt like a cheap liquor store and looked completely drained. "I'm sorry." Elena muttered holding her tight for a long minute. "I wasn't thinking. I don't think. It just came out and I didn't think you'd react this badly to the news." She added and Grace nodded a little as she pulled away looking over at her blonde friend. "I'm a jerk. I promise never to judge again."
"You're safe. Elena isn't such a bad witch after all." She threw a teasing look over to her sister as Bonnie walked back into the room with a small smile on her face, she had left Grace to drink all by herself, she couldn't watch her ruin herself any more so she was happy to see she was alright and still standing.
"Thankfully we had our good witch." Elena glanced over to Bonnie with smile on her safe looking past Grace's comment whilst the witch just smiled back at her. "You know, your hottie, creepy Professor really knows his stuff, Bonnie"
"It's been baby steps but he's been helping with me with a whole new kind of magic. He calls it expression." She announced proudly and they all smiled back unaware of all the consequences of leaning that type of magic. The dark magic.
Professor Shane entered his office after a long day of teaching to see Hayley sat on his desk with a smug look on her face, he rolled his eyes as he shut the door and watched her sit there. "You ever heard of a text message? Maybe just give a guy at heads up..." He suggested shrugging his shoulders.
"Adrian finished breaking the sire bond." Hayley announced proudly as she moved from sitting on the edge of his desk. "You have your twelve hybrids. Now, where are my parents." She quizzed looking him in the eyes.
"They're dead."
A look of hurt spread across Hayley's face. "You lied to me?" She growled as she walked towards him.
Shane pulled out a flash drive showing it to her. "This is everything you ever wanted to know, including where they're buried." He added and she walked over to him snatching it from his hand tucking away into her jacket.
"You just picked a fight with a werewolf. You know that, right?" She growled at him reminding him of her supernatural side but he just chuckled darkly.
"Easy, killer, alright?" He calmed her down chuckling. "I'm not declaring war here. Now, just cause they're dead, doesn't mean you can't see them again." He informed her and she looked at him confused. "This is far from over, Hayley. We are the beginning."
Over at the Salvatore boarding house the next morning, Stefan had given both Grace and Damon some space downstairs and he was in his room with Elena who sat on the bed with her legs crossed, they were talking about the events of the day. "So... So Klaus isn't going to let her go? Ugh, he's such an asshole!" She announced in a harsh voice.
"Yeah. He is." Stefan nodded his head as she stood there deep in thought looking out of the window, Elena ranted on and on about what a bad person he was but all the older vampire was thinking about was from his side of things, he knew how much he loved Grace, how long he had waited and now they wanted him to end that and prove how much she didn't care for him, it must have hurt.
Sitting in the master bedroom all on her own she was nursing yet another bottle of Damon's best bourbon, the door to the side of her opened and she looked over at him through glassy, drunk eyes. The raven haired vampire walked into the room shutting the door closed behind him as he stood there leaning back against it. "I take it from the trail of empty bottles leading to here that you already know..."
"I wished you'd been the one to have told me. Not have it thrown back in my face by my own sister..." Grace muttered as she finished off the bottle laying it on the bed looking up at him through teary eyes. "Whether I'm sired to him, or not. My feelings haven't changed for you, Damon. I still love you so much..." A tear dropped down her face and he closed his eyes nodding his head. "Nothing has changed-"
"Of course it's all changed. Everything has changed, Grace." Damon answered her in a soft voice and she started choking out sobs, he crossed the room and sat across from her on the bed looking at her as her shoulders shook with every sniffle. "You have feelings for him, whether it's because of a sire bond or not, it's still feelings..."
"I know." Grace whispered as she looked up at him her cheeks wet with tears and eyes red and puffy as she crawled towards him. "I'm just really scared, I didn't even know this was possible... If I had known... I just didn't think that if I-"
"Don't say it." Damon whispered as he looked over at her shaking his head. "Please don't, it hurts too much to listen to. I know you love me and I love you with all my heart and I'm going to help you find a way out of this so that you don't have to feel anything for him again." She was crying harder now and he held her close to him. "I'm going to help you, if you let me. I've never given up on you before and I'm not going to now." She looked up at him with glassy eyes and just kissed him hard. "I love you, Grace Gilbert."
"I love you, Damon Salvatore." She promised as she linked their fingers looking at him through passion filled orbs, he just held her there in his arms there was no need for any more words they knew how each other felt and nothing was ever going to change for them no matter whom came between them he would always love her and she'd always love him.
A/N
Oh my God, I can't even believe I finished this part, I feel like I wanna just dance around it was so intense and I just felt like I wanted Klaus to be there otherwise he wouldn't have know about the bond so I hope that you liked that I added that it :)
Can I just take a moment away from the story and say thank you so freaking much to EVERYONE that reviews and everything last chapter, I got the most reviews in one chapter than I have ever got on any chapter, so thank you so much! It really means so much to me that everyone likes it, so thanks :) There are some really lovely people on here and I've met some amazing friends.
I only have one question for y'all this time :) if you had to use three words to describe Klace or Drace what would they be and why if you're feeling in the mood to explain :)
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If you left a review for last chapter then check below, because I would have answered it :)
Mckaela – Hi, thanks for giving me your opinion, Damon and Grace seem to be very popular, it's probably because they're the starting couple and they've been through so much together.
I3Elijah – Hi :) wow, really? I inspired you to write a story :') honey that's great I would really love to read it if you have to show it that is :)
ADORATIO – I'm glad that you enjoyed it :)
dreamsnhugs – Hey, don't worry I found TVD pretty late, too so you're not the only one :) thank you for leaving such a long review by the way, I really love reading long ones they give so much detail so don't even think that you're boring me, you're not! I agree with your statement about Drace and Klace being the Twisted Love equivalent of Delena and Stelena but I never want to make them boring or make people chose, I mean, I know people are always going to have their favourites :) I really loved how you said that Klace have sexual tension, that's definitely what I was going for with them, passion and very sexy so thank you :D!
livvixxx – I take it that you like Klace ;)
Guest – Yeah I understand what you are saying, both are interesting and have their pros and cons.
Mia Salvatore – hey girl :) I know, I think as much as people love Drace and I mean, I have some hardcore Drace fans I think everyone has their soft spot for Klace, he shows a side to her that he doesn't to everyone else and all of that is amplified by their newly found bond. I love that line you said, Klaus is her fairy tale and Damon is reality, that is amazing, I love that!
winxgirl1997 – Thanks for reading :) I'm glad you enjoyed
MissWhatEver207 – Hey, I'm sorry that you didn't like the idea of the Grace-Klaus sire bond so much, it was just that Grace had been a vampire so long it would have been weird to start showing her symptoms to Damon now.
Kayla – I'm really glad that you enjoyed the chapter :) I felt that Damon needed a love that was always going to love him through everything :)
guest5 – yeah, the Klace fan base seems to be growing everyday which is nice :) he makes her feels all of these emotions and he just consumes her in ways she finds hard to understand.
newgirl5 – It is a very hard decision to make ;) and I like that I have arguments from both sides, it's nice to see how other people feel about all of this, it's why I ask for your opinions so much.
susl – hey :) I'm sorry you were disappointed that Grace didn't sleep with Klaus, but he's a gentleman no matter how much he loves her he would never use his sire bond in that way knowing how she feels about Damon.
Guest – Yeah, I figured Klaus might always want to be human for someone and I figured Grace was that person.
witchlouise – I'm glad you thought the sire bond was epic :)
Jordan Lynn 7 – Yeah, I understand what you mean :) I never wanted Damon to become 'vanilla' but I am glad that you like Klace :)
calalily123 – I agree, I think Ripper Grace would be understandable with everything that is going on in her life but I don't want to upset people by doing something with a character they like so much, but maybe I'm not sure yet :)
Jane R. Doe – I agree, I think it would be fun to see Ripper Grace, see a darker side of her, I think everyone has their soft spot for Klace yet they also love Drace, it's nice to see :)
David Fishwick – Thank you for your opinion :)
Kel1017 – Thanks for your opinion :) I really appreciate it
xxxRena – Yeah most people don't want Grace to turn off her emotions, I think they like to see the raw side of her which I do love to write so much :)
Water-Fire22 – Thank you so much for reviewing and leaving you opinion :) I love reading them
peaches2010 – Hey I see you're another who likes Grace with epic love, as Caroline likes to put it ;) He is always there for her
Guest – Don't worry, he wants to help her :)
Amazon824 – I'm glad that you like Klace, I think their a sweet couple :) and I'm still trying to decide about Ripper Grace, I think I would be fun but complicated.
Chloe – Yeah, I'm a big Stelena fan also :) and also a big Drace face along with a big Klace fan :D
PattyFleur87 – Thanks babe :)
JonnaKP – I'm glad that you agree that Grace-Damon sire bond would be pointless, I just wanted a different angle of things, I think it will be fun to explore considering it hasn't been done in TVD yet I hope I can do it justice.
BloodMoonWanes – Aww, I made you tear up, that's really sweet :)
Whitttyyy76 – Don't worry Drace are strong, they've proved that during all the years they've been together. They may have their ups and downs but they've proved that they will always come back to each other. They love each other.
Tvdlover87654 – Yeah, I'm sorry about all the other stuff I put in there but I just don't want to miss anything :) You're just like Caroline with Drace being your epic love :D I just like Grace and her being happy :D
Nymartian – I love romantic Klaus, too. Whenever I can write him I will because I love that side of him so much and jealous Damon is also a lot of fun :)
Silently Tearful – Don't worry Grace's troubles with blood are long from over :) even if Klaus is helping her it doesn't mean they are over yet he just helped her with one person.
Lady Syndra – Yeah they're going to have to find another way haha
flazzy cullen – I love Damon and Grace together, too :)
bellahtrix – Yeah, I have to admit I'm a big fan of both Klace and Drace, nearly everyone wants Drace to be end game but they also what to see a Klace relationship for now and I'd love to explore it more also :)
TinyDancer365 – I'm really glad that you liked it, girl :D you're just like me, happy as long as Grace is happy :D I love that, too :)
pieperson9708 – I'm sorry that you don't like Klace but there was a nice Drace scene at the start of this :) Yeah mean Grace is bitchy, but bitchy is fun to write ;)
SomebodyWhoCares – Well Damon is rather impulsive but he loves Grace and wouldn't leave her like that :)
sandiw1875 – Yeah not a lot of people want Ripper Grace, I think she'd be fun to write but I don't want to upset anyone :)
grapejuice101 – Drace does appear to be the favourite between everyone haha :D
Graciiee