Clarke and Lexa go out on a date. Also, we learn more about Lexa's connection to the vampires and a plan to capture Bellamy is launched.
Notes:
I've been updating this story on archive and forgot to do so here. So you'll have some reading to do to catch up I guess hehe.
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"I know I say this a lot." Clarke says while staring at Lexa who's eating a burger. "But it surprises me how calm and collected you are about things."
"Would you rather prefer I freak out and scream?" Lexa jokes softly.
"It would be the normal response." the blonde murmurs. "I mean here we are, having a date, while my guards are planning an ambush against the vampire who's trying to kill you."
"I know you'll protect me." the brunette merely shrugs. "I have faith in you and our friends." she grabs Clarke's hand. "You should also start doing the same."
"Hard to do so when your attempted murderer used to be my best friend."
"Was he really?" Lexa asks her honestly.
"I thought he was." Clarke murmurs. "After Octavia left, he reminded me a lot of her and I guess I tried to replace her with him."
"But..." the brunette asks knowingly.
"It was never completely right. Don't get me wrong, Bellamy was very loyal to me and the cause. But his loyalty sometimes seemed to come from a place other than duty and friendship."
"What do you mean?"
"Sometimes it felt as if Bellamy protected me because he thought I belonged to him." Clarke says honestly. "His protection went beyond the duties of a guard and at times he got involved in my relationships and flings."
"Relationships?" she can't help to keep the jealousy out of her tone.
"There were attempts." the blonde continues to say honestly. "For a vampire, finding a mate that respects and at the same time is capable of satisfying your needs is the second best thing to a soulmate."
"Octavia mentioned it." Lexa relaxes a bit. "But for you to try that must mean that there was someone you liked."
"There was." Clarke says softly. "A woman named Niylah. And she was from the Trikru coven, a vampire a few decades younger than me. I never felt something like love for her..." she promises. "But we enjoyed each other's company and at the time I felt very lonely. I wanted to share what I had with someone else. And Niylah seemed like the right vampire."
"I understand." the mundane cannot feel angry or jealous becanse she can sense her mate's emotions.
"But right before I asked her to be mine she disappeared. No one at Trikru knew where she went and although we searched for her we found nothing. Not even a note." Clarke murmurs bitterly. "I wasn't devastated about her disappearance because like I said to you, she wasn't my soulmate. But it did saddened me that she left."
"And now you suspect that Bellamy had something to do with it."
"He tried that with you too, before going all homicidal."
"Maybe he believes that the moment he gets rid of me it will also be like last time: That you won't care much and move on."
Clarke stands up from her chair and kneels in front of Lexa who's a little surprised at the action.
"He doesn't understand what you mean to me." the vampire says passionately. "Not even I fully understand it because it's so overwhelming. Lexa, you're everything and more. You're the answer to all my questions and the new questions I never thought of asking. You're the heart of my broken soul and the soul of my broken heart. And I love you so much." she whispers brokenly while feeling shaking hands caressing her cheeks.
"And I love you too." Lexa whispers while kissing her mate soundly on the lips. "I'm not as romantic and poetic as you are." she chuckles softly. "But what I can tell you is that I can no longer imagine my life without you in it. I belong to you, Clarke kom Skaikru." she promises and she sees the way her mate's pupils dilate. "Relax dear." she caresses Clarke's eyes tenderly.
"You can't tell me those things and expect me not to react." the vampire pouts and it's so adorable that Lexa laughs loudly. "Yeah, mock me." her pout becomes even bigger.
"I'm sorry, you're just too adorable." she says while raising her hands in mock surrender. "Going back to the subject, can I ask you something that I've been curious about?"
"Of course dear." Clarke smiles while returning to her seat.
"Why did you keep Bellamy so close to you?"
"You're surprised because of what happened with Octavia?" Clarke mutters.
"I didn't say that." the brunette immediately explains.
"But you thought so." the vampire smiles sadly at her.
"I'm just surprised that you were capable of trusting him even after what Octavia said."
"I get it. I mean, I had the same dilemma during the trial."
"There was a trial?" Lexa asks interested.
"Yes. You see, when we implemented the new coven laws, we realized that many vampires had committed crimes against them because of the war."
"But they didn't commit a crime because there was no law against it." the brunette immediately says. "You can't punish them for a crime that they didn't know was a crime."
"Of course darling, but even before the Coalition, each clan had its own set of internal laws. So when a vampire acted out against one of their own then they got punished."
"And you told me that Bellamy was Azgeda before joining your coven." Lexa is starting to understand.
"Since during the war Bellamy was Azgeda, the crimes committed against his coven would have ended in his death." she says bitterly. "And when he killed Atom he was not officially a member of Skaikru."
"But Octavia said that Marcus offered him a place there." Lexa says confused.
"Yes, but it's not a simple thing to switch from one coven to another. Bellamy was Azgeda when he was aiding us during the war. It was in fact Marcus' idea to offer all the vampires the pardon after we won against Azgeda. You know, as a way to help protect whistleblowers and deserters who didn't wish to fight." Clarke explains.
"So Bellamy couldn't be punished by you because he belonged to another coven and he also couldn't be punished by Azgeda because after the war he joined Skaikru." the brunette understands her mate's turmoil.
"Yes. And before that didn't bother me because I honestly believed that Bellamy was not responsible for Atom's death. I thought that it was an strategy to separate us and to kill our informant. I thought as a Queen and not as a friend."
"Just because you made a mistake with Bellamy that doesn't mean that you'll fail to protect me Clarke. You couldn't have known about his actions because no one told you. And you know they say about sociopaths; they're the most dangerous ones because they act just like normal people."
"So Bellamy's a sociopath now?" Clarke teases her mate.
"I know what you're trying to do." Lexa smiles softly. "Teasing my knowledge and my nerdiness." she continues while dipping a fry and then eating it.
"You know me so well." the blonde says amused while watching the strange ritual her mate was performing. "Why are you dipping your fries in the milkshake?"
"Because it's delicious!" the brunette exclaims while again doing the same. "Vanilla shake with fries is like the best combination ever."
"I'll trust your word for that." Clarke smiles warmly at the woman in front of her. "Thank you for distracting me."
"Thank you for feeding me." Lexa winks and it makes the blonde smile wider.
"Well, since you said earlier that I'm the reason for you being hungry then I must also remedy the problem." the vampire winks at her mate who gulps at the sight.
"It's not fair that you're hot." she huffs sarcastically. "Besides, you weren't meant to hear that."
"Hard to keep a secret in a room full of vampires." Clarke jokes.
"When will you ask me what has you also troubled?" Lexa smiles softly. "I can feel your trepidation."
"How come you never knew what Anya was?" the blonde asks honestly. "You must have realized that she was not completely normal."
"I never knew there was something else." the brunette explains. "So what you call different I found peculiar. It had a certain appeal that made Anya be mysterious and charming."
"Mysterious and charming..." Clarke repeats and it sounds a little bitter.
"I had such a crush on her." Lexa laughs loudly. "Before I realized that I saw her more as a sister when I turned 16. That was the day I earned my nickname."
"You mean Little Heda?"
"Yes, I wanted her to see me as an adult and I ended up punished by Indra for escaping home. Anya found out and sweetly told me that I was too young for her and that she valued her life."
"She valued her life?" Clarke asks confused.
"Well, when I was getting reprehended by Indra I accidentally spilled out that I was going to a party at Anya's house. I don't know what my aunt told her that night but it basically made her confront the crush I was having." Lexa chuckles.
"Now you're scaring me." the blonde murmurs.
"Indra will understand." the mundane replies surely. "Besides, I was more worried before knowing that she's a part of this world too. Now there's no way for her to reject you or your kind since she's the leader of a coven."
"She can reject me without rejecting my kind." Clarke whispers nervously.
"She won't. If she made an alliance with you then that means that she trusts and respects you. Besides, taking the time to learn our language and customs is also something that she'll value. And about that..." Lexa says with a bright smile. "I find it so interesting that you wanted to learn Trigedasleng."
"I always try to learn all the customs of the covens that form part of the Coalition. That way, and as their Queen, I can understand and represent them to the best of my ability. So instead of trusting delegates and representatives that may not have their people's best interests in mind, I directly communicate with them." the vampire merely shrugs.
"That's amazing." the brunette says honestly because it truly is. "I can't really understand why Azgeda would want to get rid of all of this."
"Roan and Ontari like chaos." Clarke murmurs. "And there's also the fact that Azgeda lands are the coldest of the territory. During war time they can take resources from the rest of covens without trading, which means that they proliferate all wealth."
"And that gives them all the power." the mundane whispers. "That's why you had the meeting then, to try to calm things down?"
"I wanted to see what Azgeda had planned. They tried to deceive the covens so they would abandon the Coalition. That would have allowed them to systematically launch attacks and possibly take control of the outer covens until they reached Skaikru."
"They would have left you for last because your coven is the strongest, correct?"
"Yes, although Azgeda is worried about our alliance with Trikru. Trikru members are not only vampires, but they're hunters as well and they know how to fight against vampires. That is a factor in our favor."
"So no matter what you would have met with my aunt and uncle."
"Correct. I would have sent Anya away with a message asking for an strategic meeting. There we would have discussed Azgeda and possible containment positions."
"But now you're more calm because the Coalition still stands, correct?" Lexa asks worriedly.
"That does help. It gives us more time to plan and prepare. Nevertheless, I didn't take Bellamy into consideration when I was planning the war. Bellamy is a wild card that could aid Azgeda tremendously. No matter how much we try to change routines and machinery, something will slip our minds."
"Then that just means that we can't let him get out of Mackinac Island." the brunette says determined.
"You don't have to get involved..."
"He involved me the moment he tried to choke me to death." Lexa says darkly. "That means I want to see him suffer for what he tried to do."
CLCLCLCL
"There's something you're not telling me." Anya gets close to the brunette vampire out of nowhere.
"Shit, ninja much?" Raven huffs sarcastically while moving forward.
"I'm concerned." the Trikru vampire confesses. "I care about Lexa. A lot."
"I can feel it." the hacker tells her honestly. "And I promise you that I'm not keeping anything from you."
"But what you said to Octavia..."
"Is something that we suspect but can't confirm until this whole thing with Bellamy gets fixed."
"And it's nothing that will cause Lexa harm?"
"If it's what I'm suspecting then it may even help Lexa form a part of our world." Raven replies surely, immediately feeling the calmness from her mate.
"She's like the sister I never had." Anya confesses to her. "When I joined the Trikru coven I immediately became second in command. And that's when I met Little Lexa. She was so young."
"And she never noticed that you didn't seem to age?"
"If she noticed she never told me." the brunette smirks. "And that was what I liked about her; even if she saw things that shouldn't have belonged to her world she never reacted negatively towards it. In fact, she embraced it and called them peculiarities."
"I can see why you like her." Raven can't help but scorn a little at her remark. She sounds completely jealous.
"She's my best friend and I promised her aunt to protect her from our world. Somehow it seems that our world ended up finding her." she chuckles softly.
"She was a part of it nevertheless. By being the child of the coven leaders of Trikru. Someday she would have realized that there was something amiss."
"Perhaps." Anya agrees. "But I believe that Indra wanted to be the one introducing her to this reality."
"You think she'll get mad?"
"Maybe..." the Trikru vampire shrugs. "But she can't deny the bond Clarke and Lexa have. It's a part of our traditions and no matter how much it pains her she would never make Lexa suffer like that."
"Don't tell Clarke that." Raven whispers to her. "I can only imagine how nervous she must be feeling. Now not only does she have to capture Bellamy but also tell a coven elder that she has bonded with her child."
"Are you talking about Clarke's meeting with the in-laws?" they hear Octavia excitedly whisper.
"Keep quiet!" Raven shushes her immediately. "And yes, perhaps we were discussing our Queen's current situation."
"Well, you shouldn't worry much about it because Lexa is very calm about it."
"Lexa is sometimes a little naive when it comes to dealing with her aunt." Anya murmurs but they all hear her. "She usually never got in trouble, and when she did it was so insignificant that the only thing Indra did was take away her phone."
"What did you do?" Raven asks Anya knowingly.
"I may have told Lexa to sneak out of her house to come to a party at mine."
"No way!" Octavia laughs. "And let me guess, Little Lexa ratted you out innocently enough to not make you get pissed at her."
"How did you know?" the Trikru vampire asks surprised.
"I may have heard it from a similar story." Octavia jokes and then makes way for Clarke and Lexa to enter the room.
"My Queen." Anya kneels but is immediately helped up by the blonde vampire.
"You don't have to kneel when it's just us." Clarke reminds her. "You're my friend first."
"Thank you." the Trikru replies honestly and then turns around to stare at her friend. "How are you my friend?"
"Full and ready to get this over with." the mundane replies honestly.
"And that's why I'm here." Octavia says solemnly and they all realize that the time to joke is over. "I checked the guards' log and Monroe has been following Lexa closely by being a part of Clarke's protection. So she knows that Lexa has not been in her room since the bellboy planted the poison."
"That means Bellamy knows as well." Clarke murmurs. "Which means that we must intercept Monroe before she meets with him and convince her to betray him."
"And how will you do that?" Lexa asks.
"We vampires have ways." Anya mutters darkly.
"You mean you will use your charm."
"You know about the charm?" the Trikru vampire asks surprised.
"Clarke and I have no secrets." Lexa replies proudly. "She's been teaching me about her world and the many different things vampires can do. Besides, that's what Bellamy tried to do with me and it didn't work."
"It didn't?" Octavia is the one that asks.
"No. It was as if he was trying to read my mind without me wanting to. I don't know how but I pushed him out. He was surprised when it happened and I think that's why he suspects I'm bad news for Clarke."
"Don't try to assuage Bellamy's guilt. The reason why he's doing this is because he's crazy and psychotic. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise." Raven tells the mundane.
"Raven's right." Clarke smiles softly at her mate. "Remember that Bellamy is jealous about anyone that comes between him and the people he cares about. So no matter what you would have done he was still going to attack you."
"And now he's going to pay for it." it's Anya the one that says so and Clarke suddenly feels her inner beast wanting to show that she's Lexa's mate. She's the one solely in charge of protecting her mate.
Subtly, Lexa moves to stand closer to Lexa and wraps her arm around her waist, making the blonde vampire immediately relax and calm down.
"Thank you." Clarke whispers to her tenderly.
"Anytime." Lexa smiles and kisses her softly on the lips.
"Back to the plan..." Raven interrupts them with a smirk. "The idea is that Monroe, along with the rest of Clarke's guard, will escort the two of you to Lexa's room. Afterwards, Clarke is gonna ask them to stay and keep guard because of the recent mercenary attacks. Since they'll expect someone to stay inside in the living room, it will be Miller the one that gives the signal once Lexa pretends to drink the poison."
"Miller is already up to date with our plan and Monroe working with Bellamy. He's keeping it a secret from the rest of guards so that it doesn't leak out." Octavia promises them. "Once he gives the signal Anya will follow Monroe to where Bellamy is and before she can reach him we'll stop her."
"Meanwhile Lexa will remain in her room hidden, with guards, that include me, keeping her safe and protected." Raven promises Clarke.
"I'll stay as well." Clarke vows.
"You can't darling." it's Lexa the one that tells her. "I know how much to want to stay. Believe me, so do I." she gets closer to Clarke who's frantically moving around.
"You don't understand." the blonde whimpers while keeping her eyes closed.
"I do darling." the mundane promises her. "I felt how uncomfortable it made you when you heard Anya earlier." she whispers softly but realizes that all the vampires could hear her.
"I'm the one that's supposed to protect you." Clarke chokes out. "It's agony for my beast and I to leave your safety in charge of someone else."
Anya, not focusing much on Clarke's posture but on the proximity she was having to Lexa, can't stop herself from grabbing the mundane and moving her away from the blonde vampire. Immediately she regrets her move because she can see Clarke's eyes opening in shock and anger.
"What did you do?!" Octavia is the one that screams at her while moving further away from Clarke.
"What's wrong?" Lexa asks worriedly.
"Anya's move was seen by Clarke's creature as a challenge towards her. And her beast is reacting to it. She's transforming so she can face Anya and claim you." Raven is the one that explains to her.
"So what can we do?" the mundane whispers.
"Try to prevent her from getting angrier." Octavia says while staring mostly at Anya.
"I can't kneel in front of her, not when I don't know how she'll react." the Trikru vampire huffs out. "I must protect Lexa."
"Lexa was alright!" the younger brunette huffs out. "If we die it will be because of your stupidity."
"Don't talk to me like that!"
"Calm down!" Raven warns them while looking at Clarke who's solely focused on Anya and the way she's staring at her mate.
"Clarke..." Anya starts to say but a roar from the blonde makes her body tense in preparation. "I don't want anything with your mate."
"She's mine!" the blonde screams while closing her eyes. She didn't want to attack Anya but her beast was getting more control of her body.
"She won't be able to calm down!" the Trikru vampire warns them while getting in position. "You must take Lexa out of here!"
"I won't leave my mate alone!" Lexa cries out while avoiding Octavia who's not just grabbing her out of there because of Clarke.
"Don't be stupid goufa!" Anya huffs out. "Her beast is almost in full control of her body and she will attack anyone that's standing in her way. She has felt challenged and she'll react to the challenge."
"Don't attack her!" Lexa commands Anya who silently does as she says. "And you two..." she looks at Octavia and Raven. "Don't move."
"Lexa it's not like before." Octavia warns her. "This time she won't recognize you."
"Of course she will." the mundane murmurs while getting closer to Clarke who has her eyes closed. "She's my mate. My Clarke." she whispers and surely walks towards the vampire.
"Lexa!" Anya is going to move but a hand strongly grabbing her own prevents her from moving.
"Don't move!" Raven warns her.
"But Lexa!" the Trikru vampire whimpers.
"Knows her mate better than we do. Trust her and their bond." she tells while watching the mundane moving closer and closer.
Lexa, strangely, does not feel scared of Clarke. In fact, although the other vampires are obviously staring at the blonde as if she were a monster, to Lexa the woman was still her Clarke, her mate. So knowing that no matter what her mate would always keep her safe, Lexa quickly stops in front of Clarke and notices the way her eyes are all red and lost.
"Clarke..." she whispers and the blonde vampire roars in answer. "It's me, Lexa." she says softly while moving her hand forward.
"Lexa..." she can hear Anya warning her but she doesn't care.
Instead, what she does is that she caresses Clarke's face, the strong lines that are now a part of her skin and the indentations that have elongated her teeth.
"Look at me darling." she tells the vampire and immediately she can feel Clarke focusing on her. "There you are..." she smiles tenderly while continuing her caress. "My beautiful, strong and brave vampire."
"Lexa..." Clarke chokes out after a while. "You must stay away from me."
"I trust you." Lexa promises while wrapping her arms around her mate. "I know you'll never hurt me. And you won't because you love me, right?"
"I love you." the blonde confirms while lowering her mouth so it's on her mate's neck. "So much."
"As I do." the brunette smiles warmly. "You're smelling me and it tickles." she chuckles.
"Mine." Clarke purrs while licking and kissing her neck. "Mine. Mine. Mine."
"Yours." Lexa promises while showing Clarke her neck in a sign of submission. "Only yours." she continues saying and smiles when Clarke's runes and red eyes dissipate to their normal color and shape.
"Incredible." Anya is the one that says after watching that Clarke has returned to her normal self. "I've never seen such a thing."
"She just calmed a Queen vampire's beast." Octavia whispers in awe as well. "I didn't even think that was possible."
"It shouldn't be." Raven is the one that tells them. "Which makes it become even more important to take a blood sample from Lexa."
"Why would you need to do that?" Lexa is the one asking the hacker.
"Raven has a theory that concerns both of us and our connection." Clarke murmurs from Lexa's neck and whines a little in apology to Anya who merely shrugs. "But she needs your blood to do some tests."
"But what do you suspect?" the mundane asks.
"The way you just calmed Clarke, that's just not possible for a mere vampire or mundane to do." Raven starts to explain. "Also, the speed with which the bond between the two of you advanced was way faster than typically."
"So you're trying to tell me that I'm no normal mundane." Lexa interrupts her calmly.
"Perhaps." the hacker shrugs. "But without a blood sample I can't be sure."
"The moment we catch Bellamy I'll give it to you."
"Just like that?" Octavia is the one that asks.
"If there's something wrong with me I wish to know what it is."
"There's nothing wrong with you." Clarke replies immediately. "You're wonderful and perfect. In fact, all of these things make you become even more special than what you already are."
"So whatever's inside of me is not harmful." Lexa asks Raven.
"Not at all." she promises. "I didn't want to say anything yet because I didn't want to worry you."
"I understand and I thank you for your concern." the mundane replies honestly. "And I agree with you. Before finding out what I am we must first capture Bellamy."
"I'm game for that." Octavia smiles.
"You were right." Raven says to Anya who watches the brunette mundane with tenderness in her eyes. "She's quite special."
"Of course she is." Anya smiles brightly. "That's why our people call her Heda."