Chapter Twenty Nine

I woke up the next morning in our bed, though I didn't remember actually getting moved there. I decided that I was going to make everyone breakfast, seeing as I had been too busy to make a meal the night before. I couldn't help but spend a moment admiring Klaus' sleeping form beforehand; I placed a gentle kiss to his cheek before I reluctantly made my way to the bathroom to shower. I took my time in the shower, enjoying the hot water cascading over my body as well as the therapeutic process of washing my hair. Once finished I dressed in a flash; I wore black leather high waisted shorts with a white thin strapped vest top and black biker boots, leaving my damp hair down knowing they would form their natural lose curls once they had dried. I snuck another glance at Nik's sleeping form before I made my way down to the kitchen. Nik and I were usually the last ones up, so I wasn't surprised to hear everyone else already milling around in the house; I shouted out a good morning to everyone as I passed the different rooms before I finally reached the kitchen.

'Good morning,' I said giving Elijah and Hayley a warm smile where they were sitting on the dining table; Elijah was in the head seat he usually sat in with his back to the entrance of the kitchen, with Hayley sat to his left.

'Morning,' Hayley answered, she returned my smile, as did Elijah.

I turned to the fridge, leaving them to return to their conversation about the night before and pretending not to notice the fact that they were holding hands underneath the table, though I couldn't help the smile that played on my lips when I felt the mutual attraction between them both. It was nice to see them both happy, and I hoped it worked out for the both of them; a vampire and a werewolf pairing was a little rare, but that didn't mean it couldn't work. I hummed under my breath as I prepared the ingredients, deciding to make pancakes; I had everything set up in a flash and before I knew it I had two plates stacked up, twelve on each. I laid the table in another flash; Elijah and Hayley lifted their hands in the air without releasing their hold on each other or ceasing their conversation. Once I had done that I placed both plates of pancakes on the table, adding smaller bowls of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries as well as some honey and cream. I set out a cup of blood for all the vampires and poured Hayley a glass of orange juice, which she accepted with a smile.

'Breakfast!' I called out before I took my seat to the right of the other head seat, placing two pancakes onto my plate, taking a few strawberries and raspberries before drizzling honey over everything.

Elena and the remaining Original siblings trailed in, Nik being the last and still looking half asleep, his curls adorably askew. Everyone took their seats and began helping themselves to the food; Nik placed a kiss to my forehead as he sat down, causing me to send a soft smile his way in response.

'Mmmm pancakes!' Elena said, her voice excited as she took her seat across from me and loaded up her plate.

I grinned at her excitement in between mouthfuls before I looked over to Kol when he moaned in pleasure as he ate his food, making me roll my eyes playfully.

'Kol, if you could contain yourself that would be lovely,' Bekah said, sipping the glass of blood next to her plate before she continued eating.

He ignored her, not making any effort to quieten down, even when Elena lightly slapped his arm. Nik and I chuckled at his antics but otherwise made no further comment as we all continued to eat our food, quickly clearing our plates.

'I'll tell you what, you are the best thing to have happened to this family darling,' Kol said, sipping on his blood after his plate had been cleared.

'My pancakes are that good?' I smirked, linking my taking Nik's hand entwining our fingers.

'Your pancakes are astonishing, bestie, but that's not what I'm talking about,' he said, a genuine smile lighting up his face, I looked around the table and noticed that everyone was looking at me with a soft smile.

Suddenly feeling very uncomfortable, I went to stand up and collect the dirty dishes, but Bekah stopped me with a hand on my arm.

'You cooked, you're not doing the dishes as well,' she told me, taking the few plates I had in my hand and gesturing for Kol to gather the rest, which he did without complaint.

I sat back down, happy that the attention had moved away from me as we began to discuss what Elena and Kol had found out about Marcel's witch from Sophie.

'The witches here practice ancestral magic and over time, those ties start to weaken, and therefore, so does their magic. In order to restore their power, the witches hold a Harvest every three centuries, which is essentially a sacrifice.' Elena explained, looking between Klaus and me as she did.

'That is horrific,' I said, my nose wrinkling in disgust.

'What does that have to do with Marcel's witch?' Nik asked, his thumb moving back and forth across my knuckles as he spoke, trying to quell the sadness over the young witches fate that he could no doubt feel stirring inside me.

'It turns out eight months ago a girl called Davina was one of four teenage witches that were chosen to help the witches strengthen their ties to their ancestors. She was the supposed to be last girl sacrificed and that was when Marcel interfered and saved her.' Kol said, finishing off Elena's sentence as he sat back into his seat, throwing his arm over Elena's shoulders.

I shook my head, sad that a teenage girl had to go through that, but there was a niggling feeling at the back of my mind told me that I was missing something.

'She's so powerful because as the ritual happened the power form the previous witch flowed to the next. Basically she's got the power of four witches inside her,' Elena concluded.

'That's why she can sense when the witches are doing magic,' Nik said, his face lighting up in realisation.

'And why Marcel is keeping her out of the public eye; he doesn't want the witches capturing her again and completing the Harvest,' I muttered, realising that Marcel actually cared about her, in his own way; sure he had the advantage of being able to keep the witches in line, but I had the feeling that he was so strict with that rule because of what he had seen them do to three innocent teenage girls, which I could understand.

'Getting her on our side should be interesting,' I said, my voice ironic.

'If anyone can do it, it's you,' Elena said, sounding sure.

'How are we going to meet her anyway? If Marcel keeps her under lock and key it sounds pretty impossible,' I muttered, absentmindedly drawing shapes on Nik's forearm with the hand that wasn't entwined with his.

'Well, before I sent her to you last night I compelled the blonde to tell me anything that Marcel asked her to do, despite any compulsion that he might put in place,' Bekah started, sounding pretty pleased with herself, pulling out her phone before she continued, 'and this morning I got a text that Marcel asked her to babysit a teenage girl at the music festival tonight.'

'It seems an opportunity has presented itself,' Elijah commented, his tone as calm and collected as ever.

'Indeed it has brother. Getting her away from Camille should be fairly easy,' Nik said, sounding incredibly confident.

I could feel my stomach churn in with jealousy as he spoke and I knew what he was planning to do before he even said it. He squeezed my hand in reassurance, the mate bond obviously cluing him in on my feelings. Watching him flirt with someone else tonight was going to be interesting and I knew that I needed to prepare myself for it otherwise my anger might get in the way and ruin the whole plan; I couldn't help it though it was as if my whole body was telling me to make sure everyone knew he was mine whenever a woman spoke to him as if he wasn't. Once we had all promised to meet back at the plantation to get ready for the festival at three in the afternoon; Bekah was planning on having a hair and make up crew waiting for me, Elena and Hayley, we were all free to go. Well, Nik and me were; everyone else was planning on staying in the house, as there wasn't really anything else that needed to be done. We went to Marcel's house in the quarter, hoping to run into Thierry and get his decision; he had the night to sleep on it and speak it over with his girlfriend, I for one had a feeling I knew what his choice was going to be.

'Twins, you know I think since you've arrived in town I've only seen you two apart a few times,' Marcel chuckled; I could feel his genuine amusement as well as his bewilderment, he wasn't used to seeing Klaus so close with a member of his family.

'What can I say? We're inseparable,' Klaus smirked, sending me an amused look that I knew would confuse anyone else; we were inseparable just not because we had a strong sibling bond.

'I see that,' Marcel replied, looking more thoughtful now as he glanced in between us both with an unreadable look on his face, though I could sense his curiosity.

'Anyway, anything interesting going on that you need a hand with? We're bored,' I asked, pouting slightly, as if I was a child begging for sweets.

'Actually, now that you mention it I haven't heard from Thierry since last night; he was supposed to be here this morning to help with the rounds of the city but he never checked in. It's unlike him. I was about to head over there myself but with one man down already I can't really afford to leave as well.' Marcel said, sounding conflicted and I could feel his genuine concern for his comrade.

'We'll look for him,' I said, walking backwards and dragging Nik with me by his arm, 'let you know if we find anything.' With those parting words we both turned and flashed away, into an abandoned alleyway in the quarter, where we could talk thorough our thoughts without being watched.

Oh, the irony, I thought with a grin as Nik rested his forehead against mine.

Indeed, love. Am I wrong in thinking that Thierry might actually be taking us up on our offer? He asked, matching my grin with one of his own.

No you're not and I know where he will be, I moved to place a kiss on his cheek but he turned so that I caught his lips instead. He smirked smugly when I gasped in surprise at the sudden contact; his lips against mine made me tingle in a way that only he could instigate. My hands went to the tops of his arms as I felt myself being pinned against the alley wall, Nik's body pressing completely against mine, making me bite back a moan. I looked up into his eyes and when I saw the hunger and want shining in them, much my own, I linked my arms around his neck and pressed my lips to his, my whole body humming in pleasure. His hand slipped underneath my vest top, holding my waist so that I was pressed even more firmly against him, while his thumb moved gently back and forth causing my skin to break out in goose bumps when I shivered from the gesture. I felt him smirk against my lips at my reaction and I bit his lip to urge him to deepen the kiss; with a hungry growl, he complied. I moaned when his tongue entered my mouth, duelling against mine for a moment before he won the battle for authority; I loved that he always did. He dug his fingertips into my skin with the hand that had hold of my waist and I responded by running my nails along his scalp, using the grip I had on his hair for leverage; he groaned against my lips and I felt my own lips quirk up into a smile before I gasped in surprise when he lifted me up suddenly, using the grip he had on my legs to tie them around his waist before I linked my ankles to ensure that they wouldn't fall away. I grinded my hips against his, both of us releasing sounds of pleasure from the friction where we needed each other the most. Nik pulled away, resting his forehead against mine and smiling smugly when I released a sound of protest. I could sense his own desire and hunger and I knew that in that moment he wanted me just as much as I wanted him, but I knew that we couldn't exactly have sex unnoticed in a back alley in New Orleans, we were lucky to get away with what we had.

'Later, love,' he murmured, only loud enough for me to hear, his tone ringing with promise as his eyes flickered between mine, still darkened with lust.

'I'm going to hold you to that,' I smirked, unlinking my legs from his waist so that I slid slowly down his body, my smile growing when his eyes darkened even more before his gaze fell to my lips.

'We should go or we're never going to leave,' Nik said, grabbing my hand and hastily pulling me out of the alleyway after he checked that we could slip out without drawing attention to ourselves.

I chuckled at his insistence, knowing that he was close to dragging me home then and there so that we could finish what we had started, but as we walked he seemed to calm down, his hunger leaving him slowly. We made our way to Katie's house, my arm linked through his as we walked in comfortable silence. When we got there, I could already sense Thierry and Katie both inside as I raised my hand and knocked on the door. Nik quirked his brow, amused that I was actually knocking; I just gave him a stern look in response to remind him that though I had been invited in when I visited with Bekah, he hadn't. He rolled his eyes but otherwise didn't comment as we both moved our gazes to the door as it slowly opened, revealing Katie, she smiled in relief when she saw it was us; I assumed she was worried that Marcel was going to drop by in search of her boyfriend.

'Kim! It's good to see you,' she said; I could sense that she genuinely meant it.

'You too,' I returned her bright smile before I gestured to Klaus, 'this is Klaus, Klaus this is Katie.'

I could feel Nik's amusement over me introducing him; he just assumed that anyone and everyone had heard of him because he was the Original Hybrid, but in all fairness, though people had heard of him, that didn't necessarily mean they knew what he looked like.

'Ah, this is Klaus,' Katie's expression became one of realisation as she stepped back, taking the door with her and holding her arm in an outstretched manner, 'you can come in.'

'Why thank you,' Klaus said, his tone moderately sarcastic as we both walked forward and into the room immediately to our left, which turned out to be the living room.

The room was very light and open, almost like the kind of room you'd see on the front cover of a home wear catalogue; the walls were cream, as was the fluffy rug that sat on top of the hard wood flooring in the centre of the room. I looked over to Thierry who was sat on the brown fabric sofa that was placed along the same wall as the door.

'How did you know I'd be here?' Thierry asked, sounding genuinely surprised, causing Klaus and I to share an amused glance before we looked back over to him.

'Marcel said you were missing, we spoke to you about being loyal to us so that you could be with your girlfriend whenever you wanted, it wasn't that big of a leap to make, mate,' Klaus said, irony dripping from his tone.

'Oh, right,' Thierry said, running his hands through his hair; I could feel the paranoia coming from him in waves.

'Hey, are you alright?' I asked, my brow furrowing in concern as I sent waves of comfort towards him.

'Yeah, I'm fine,' he said, his smile much more relaxed as his suspicion ebbed away, he rested his hand on Katie's knee as she came to sit beside him on the sofa before he continued, 'we talked and… I'm with you.' I could feel his sincerity and the hope he was trying contain because he was afraid of Marcel finding out and punishing him for his betrayal.

'Fantastic,' Nik said, a smirk forming on his face, and if my arm wasn't still linked through his I had the suspicion that he would be rubbing his hands together in an eagerly.

'Thank you, Thierry,' I gave him a small, warm smile as I observed both his and Katie's desperation for this alliance to work for them and their relationship.

We didn't stay for much longer after that; we were nearing three in the afternoon and neither of us wanted to face Bekah's wrath if we weren't back in time. Sure enough as soon as we walked through the door we were ushered off in different directions; she had the stylists for the guys downstairs while the women's hair and make up team for the women were upstairs. I was stripped of my vest top, leather shorts and bra before I was put into a robe and then a chair to have my make up done.

'I have a bad feeling about tonight,' I said, moving to bite my nails but the technician who was still working on them swatted me away; my hair and make up were done now, I was just waiting for my nails to be finished and then I would just need my dress.

'No! We'll have no psychic premonitions to spoil the evening thank you very much,' Bekah said, not even opening her eyes as the woman behind her continued to curl her hair.

'A bad feeling as in someone's going to die or a bad feeling like a minor bump in the road?' Elena asked once the brunette applying her lipstick had finished, her voice sounding worried; Hayley glanced over to me from where she had just taken my seat to get her nails done, waiting for my answer.

'Minor bump,' I answered immediately, walking over to the bed, and holding my hands, which were painted a dark blue, gingerly in front of me as I waited for them to dry; I noticed that Hayley and Elena relaxed immediately.

'Well then, nothing to worry about,' Bekah waved her hand dismissively and I couldn't help but chuckle at how relaxed she was whenever she got her hair and make up done; I wouldn't have been surprised if she fell asleep.

'Alright princess,' I teased, laughing when Bekah lifted her hand and flipped me off.

Once my nails were dry the women then moved on to helping us into our dresses, though I had no idea what mine looked like; my eye shadow consisted of a sapphire blue and white, giving me the impression that my dress was going to be a shade of blue. I had no way of knowing though because Bekah made us shut our eyes as we were put into our outfits, wanting us to see the complete finished look in a mirror.

'Alright, now you can open your eyes,' Bekah said to us both, sounding a mixture of excited and proud and when I opened my eyes and saw my reflection, I knew why.

My dress was a sapphire blue, the kind that made my eyes stand out and it was made of the kind of material that adhered to the wearers body shape; it was fitted all the way to the bottom of my thighs where it then naturally flowed downwards, like a waterfall, to the floor; the stretchy fabric meant that I wouldn't have to worry about not being able to walk or sit down throughout the night. The top of the dress went all the way to the base of my neck, my arms being left bare; there were black beaded, vine like designs on either side of the waist as well as at the top of the neckline. The dress was beautiful and I found myself questioning if it was actually me staring back in the mirror; my hair had been braided into a fishtail plait and styled so it fell over my left shoulder, coming to a stop just below my left breast. My make up, aside from the blue eye shadow, was natural, along with fake lashes, a blood red lip and bronzer.

'Well? What do you think?' Bekah asked, sounding nervous for the first time.

I didn't answer verbally, instead I just threw my arms around her neck and hugged her, trying not to cry because I knew Bekah would give me a berating if I ruined my make up. When I pulled away Bekah was immediately ushered into a double hug from Elena and Hayley; I could sense the happiness coming from them all and it made me smile, happy that they were happy. Elena was dressed in an emerald green dress that was made of the same material as mine, the only difference was hers didn't have the beading that mine did and her dress had a sweetheart neckline. Bekah was wearing a red, lacy dress the same colour as my lipstick. It was long sleeved, fitted and it cut off midway down her thighs. Hayley was wearing lacy a purple dress, similar to Bekah's, though hers was a skater dress, meaning that it was fitted to her waist, where it then fell loosely around her hips, cutting off just above her knees.

'You all look incredible,' I told them, returning their bright smiles before I continued, cutting off anything they might say to me; I hated the attention, 'we should go, the music festival is waiting.'

'How long do you think we should wait before we just drag them out of there? I mean they don't need this long to get ready,' Kol complained from downstairs, making me smile; the girls looked at me questioningly and I just pointed to my ear to indicate they needed to listen, though Bekah had to tell Hayley what we were all hearing.

'I'm sure they will be ready soon, brother,' Elijah said, his voice completely calm, though I could sense his impatience, I had a feeling he was desperate to be reunited with a certain werewolf.

'I don't know why they take so long anyway, it's not like they need the professional help,' Nik grumbled; I could practically picture the way his brows were furrowed into a frown.

'That is exactly my point, Nik!' Kol whined; I imagined he was about ten seconds away from stomping his foot and throwing a full-blown tantrum. We all rolled our eyes in unison, Elena then shaking her head fondly.

'Kol, I can assure you; your complaining isn't going to make them get ready any faster,' Elijah warned, starting to get annoyed with his brother.

'You know what, forget this,' Kol said abruptly, making me wonder what he was up to.

'Kol! You are not going upstairs, if you interrupt them getting ready, Bekah will have your head,' Nik said, sounding like he was restraining Kol, though Bekah did nod in agreement with his statement.

'We should probably put them out of their misery,' Hayley said with a laugh, linking her arm though mine, dragging me to the door with her. With a devilish grin I indicated for her to be quiet and flashed us downstairs to the living room; I had been fast enough to get us past the four brothers without disturbing them. Nik currently had Kol pinned to the far wall, while Elijah stood behind Nik, making sure he didn't do anything drastic, like snap his neck. Finn was perfectly relaxed on the sofa directly across from us and he was the only one who spotted when we arrived, though I did see Nik's shoulders stiffen as if his body noticed me before he did. I held my index finger up to my lips to indicate that he should be quiet. With an amused smile, he complied.

'Kol, I swear to god if you don't stop fighting I will snap your neck,' Nik warned, sounding like he meant it though I could feel how much he didn't want to do that, as if Kol sensed it too he grinned smugly.

'You wouldn't do that, not only would it piss off Elena, but my bestie wouldn't be very happy with that development,' Kol said, sounding very sure of himself.

At the mention of my reaction, Nik stiffened even more, his expression murderous as he dropped his hand from Kol's neck effectively dropping him to the floor.

'I'm gonna say you were more afraid of Elena's reaction than mine, Nik,' I laughed, looking over to Elena and Bekah as they flashed to sit on the other side of Hayley and me on the sofa.

'No way, I never get angry,' Elena argued, but she was smiling so I knew she was finding the whole situation as funny as I was.

'Do you remember that time I ripped your Just-,' I started but she slapped her hand over my mouth; apparently she didn't want people knowing about her obsession with Justin Bieber. I pulled her hand from my mouth without any effort and laughed when Bekah scolded her for nearly ruining my make up; thankfully I'd gotten away this time smear free. The men had been watching our interaction with shocked expressions on their faces, except for Finn, as they tried to pin point exactly how long we had been sitting there, eventually they snapped out of it and straightened. I met Nik's eyes and smiled softly when I saw the gentle but intense look he was giving me; I could feel the rest of the room starting to slip away but before I was too far gone Elijah walked over to Hayley, passing Nik and breaking the trance we had almost gotten lost in.

'We really should be going,' Elijah said, walking over to Hayley and offering her his hand. With a smile she took it and stood from the sofa, walking to the door with Elijah; I could feel the attraction coming from the both of them and it made me delighted; I loved seeing Elijah find someone for himself. Now we just had to get someone for Finn and Bekah; that was my next mission.

'Are you ready, love?' Nik's voice broke through my thoughts and I looked up to see him offering me his hand; I took it without hesitation, giving him a bright smile as I stood, 'you look beautiful,' he said, only loud enough for me to hear as we walked out of the door; I blushed and placed a kiss to his cheek in thanks, grateful that Bekah had insisted I use smear proof lipstick.

'I love you,' I whispered into his ear, placing a kiss to his pulse point before I pulled back, rubbing my thumb back and forth over the back of the hand that was linked in mine. He met my gaze, his eyes twinkling with affection as he stared back at me before he placed a tender kiss to my forehead.

'Come on you pair!' Bekah muttered, ushering us to the stretched black limo that was waiting for us. We flashed over to the car were Elijah and Hayley were already seated without another word and spent the rest of the drive with our hands intertwined sitting on his lap as I rested my head on his shoulder, resisting the urge to climb onto his lap and nuzzle my head into his neck. Nik ran his thumb back and forth over the back of the hand he was holding throughout the whole journey and placed soft kisses to my hair whenever he sensed that my nerves were reaching breaking point; the bad feeling I had earlier was growing the closer we got to the festival.

'We're here,' the driver told us as he came to a stop outside Marcel's house; the party was already in full swing by the looks of it and I was grateful that so far none of the vampires appeared to be snacking on the guests.

'He really went all out for this, didn't he?' Elena commented, looking around at the ice sculpture and chocolate fountain amongst all the other extravagant decorations.

'It would be much more impressive if he didn't have compulsion,' Bekah said, sounding a little offended that Marcel would be capable of throwing a good party.

I shook my head at her antics, smiling in amusement before I squeezed her shoulder reassuringly with my spare hand, amplifying the comfort I was sending towards her before I said, 'I'm sure you'd throw a better party Bekah.'

Her unhappiness ebbed away with my touch and she smiled brightly at my comment, silently agreeing with me before she pulled Finn onto the dance floor, Elena following with Kol. I was about to suggest that we find Cami, seeing as Davina would be with her when a loud voice called over to us.

'The Mikaelson's have arrived! Now the party can really get started!' Marcel's voice shouted over the sound system; my head whipped in the direction of the live band and sure enough, there he was, wearing a black and white tux with a huge grin. The crowd erupted in cheers when he finished speaking; all holding their glasses up in the air in a toast before the music started back up again and Marcel appeared in front of us in a flash.

'Marcellus, this is quite the party,' Nik said, using his free hand to pat him on his shoulder.

'Thanks, man; to be honest I didn't organise anything, I left it to my guys,' Marcel admitted.

'Well they did a good job,' I told him with a forced smile, managing to keep it in place as he moved forward and gave me a one armed hug; I felt Nik stiffen and I squeezed his hand in comfort, discretely moving back from Marcel. I saw Elijah leading Hayley to the dance floor out of the corner of my eye and I bit back a sigh of relief; I didn't particularly want Marcel anywhere near her with him having a deep hatred for werewolves.

'We're going to go and dance,' I said, giving Marcel a parting smile and leading Nik to the dance floor, getting as close to the speakers as possible encase any of the vampires in the room tried to eavesdrop.

'That was weird,' I muttered, low enough for only Nik to hear as we danced to the music.

'He likes you,' Nik said, sounding sure and pissed at the same time.

'No he doesn't,' I told him, because it was true, 'he's just trying to make Bekah jealous and pissed at me. That and he's seen how close we are and he wants to get a rise out of you; he knows how protective you are of Bekah, he probably thinks that you're worse with me.'

'That makes sense,' Nik agreed, his eyes flickering over to where Marcel was standing; I noticed that he was watching the both of us with interest before Nik and I looked back to each other, Nik's eyes glittering with amusement.

'I know what you're thinking and-,' I started but he cut me off by spinning me out before he pulled me back, promise shining in his eyes.

'You don't agree?' He asked, his smirk revealing his dimples.

'Actually,' I started trailing off as I leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss onto his lips before I pulled back, smiling at his surprise, 'I don't think it matters if they know the truth anymore. Plus I'm getting tired of keeping my hands and lips to myself in public.' I said; we shared a grin before his hands grasped my waist tightly and pulled me flush against him, closing the space between us as he captured my lips with his own. My own hands tangled into his hair, keeping his lips firmly against mine, the rest of the room falling away for a moment as we got lost in the kiss; I was putting how much I loved him into it and I could feel him doing the same. I was on the verge of reaching forward and ripping off his clothes, starting to get desperate for the feel of his skin against mine, but someone clearing their throat pulled us out of our moment, we broke away from the kiss; Nik rested his forehead against mine, his eyes shining with love and lust; I'm sure mine held the same emotions. We gathered our breath before we looked over to who had interrupted us and came face to face with Bekah and Finn; Bekah was angry while Finn was concerned; I sent waves of reassurance their way as I placed my arm around Nik's waist while his arm did the same.

'What the bloody hell are you two doing?' Bekah asked, keeping her voice low enough so that she wouldn't be overheard, though it appeared to be with a tremendous amount of effort.

'Going public?' I offered, giving her an ironic smile before I continued, 'it doesn't matter if they know Bekah, at least not anymore,' I assured her; Elena, Kol, Hayley and Elijah appeared just in time to hear my statement, everyone's expressions transforming to ones of relief simultaneously.

'Now that we've established that, let's try and look less conspicuous,' Elijah muttered, noticing that almost everyone was staring at us.

'Good idea,' Bekah said, stepping forward and grabbing Nik's hand yanking him away from me, 'you're going to dance with me for once, brother.'

'As you wish little sister,' he smirked, swirling her away; I laughed at the surprise on Bekah's face; she had been expecting him to protest.

'Come on, bestie you owe me a dance,' I smirked yanking him away from Elena, much to his displeasure; he looked ready to protest but I had already pulled him onto a different part of the dance floor and he started subconsciously leading me without realising it.

'How are you feeling tonight, darling? I heard that you had a bad feeling?' He asked once he stopped sulking that I had pulled him away from his date.

'So far so good; something tells me it's over the witch,' I murmured, making sure my voice was at a volume that only he could hear.

'You'll figure it out, bestie. You always do,' he said, smiling genuinely, which I returned.

'I hope so; she's Marcel's main weapon and honestly the poor girl doesn't deserve to be used like that; she's a teenager she deserves a semi normal life at least.' I muttered, trying not to let the sorrow I felt for Davina overcome me.

'You are far too good for Nik, darling,' Kol shook his head with a disbelieving smile on his face, I simply rolled my eyes in an exaggerated manner but otherwise didn't comment. He was about to say something else when I caught a flash of blonde hair over his shoulder heading towards the bar; it was Cami with a brunette; she was clearly a teenage girl and she was wearing a white dress that was fitted to her waist where it then puffed out, cutting off just above her knees. After I made sure Marcel's attention was elsewhere, I grabbed Kol's hand and dragged him over to the bar without an explanation.

'Darling what the? -' He stopped when he saw where I was taking him before he looked to me with an amused expression, 'thirsty?'

'Yes,' I said reaching behind the bar for a bottle of whiskey before I "accidentally" bumped into Cami; she had her back to me as she faced the teenager she was with.

'I am so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going…' I trailed off as Cami turned around, 'wait I know you, don't you work at Rousseau's?'

'I do, you're the first girl I asked for I.D.' She said, her face lighting up in recognition as she gave me a warm smile.

'Yup that's me, otherwise known as Kim,' I smiled, offering her the hand that wasn't still holding Kol's; she shook it as she told me her name, though I already knew it.

'This is Kol, my little brother.' I said, gesturing to the tall brunette beside me as he finally caught on to what I was up to.

'Lovely to meet you,' Kol smiled brightly offering his other hand to her, she shook it with a smile before she turned, bringing forward the girl who was stood behind her up until that moment, she looked between me and Kol with a shy smile on her face that made me just want to hug her.

'This is Davina,' Cami said, smiling encouragingly to the teenager.

She shook Kol's hand and when she held her hand out to me I ignored it, stepping forward and pulling her into a hug, amplifying the comfort that I was sending towards her. Davina hesitated for a moment but she hugged me back; I released her when I sensed that she was now completely calm.

'Nice to meet you, Davina.' I said, offering her a warm smile, which she returned.

We chatted for a moment longer before Cami whisked her away, muttering something about introducing her to more people but Davina promised she would find us later. I managed to steal Kol for one more dance before he went back to Elena. At that point I looked around for Nik, the feeling of concern growing in my gut when I couldn't find him and when I couldn't see Davina either, that was when I knew the bad feeling I had been feeling all night was to do with him messing up the plan. I sighed in annoyance and managed to slip out of the party without anyone seeing me before I focused on Nik and his scent; once I had located him I listened to my senses and followed the direction that the pulling in my heart told me to go in; I was led to an abandoned church and when I listened I heard three heart beats; Klaus, Davina and someone else. Without another thought I opened the door and walked inside, being sure to remain silent as I listened to what Klaus was saying to Davina.

'All I'm saying is that Marcel doesn't care about you. He's only using you for your power, and personally I think that's a little unfair,' Nik said, his voice condescending.

'You're lying!' Davina shouted, I could sense her anger and I winced when I felt Nik's pain as she threw him against the wall hard enough to dent the plaster.

'All right, I tried it the nice way, now lets see if this works for you,' Nik said, his voice dropping in a way that made me nervous, I could feel his frustration and I knew he was going to do something stupid, 'come on out, Tim.'

I heard another presence enter the room and I felt Davina's worry, but it was only present for a moment before she became angry. That was the moment I decided to step forward, but Klaus didn't notice me and what he said next made me shake my head in disbelief.

'Either you join me, or I'm going to start killing the bloke's you fancy.' Nik muttered, a dangerous smile on his face.

Before Davina could respond I flashed forward, taking Tim from his arms and shoving Nik back a step. I gestured to Tim, urging him to leave, knowing that if he stayed he might get in the middle of a fight he wouldn't survive.

'Are you out of your mind?' I shouted to Nik, flashing to stand beside Davina; I could feel her apprehension at my presence and I automatically sent comforting waves in her direction without even thinking.

'Not particularly, no,' Nik answered, his hands clasped behind his back as he regarded Davina and me.

'Tell me you did not just threaten a teenage girl with her first love's life,' I said, my hand going to my forehead as I tried to ease the tension that was building up.

'I would but something tells me you already know the answer to that, love,' Nik smirked.

'Ignore him; he lets his impatience get the best of him sometimes. What he meant to say was Marcel does care about you but at the same time he's selfish over your needs, honey. You're a teenage girl and you deserve to live like one. You deserve to have a crush and go shopping with your friends without worrying about being kidnapped and used in some creepy Harvest ritual. If you trust us we can promise you a normal life.' I said to her, making sure that my voice remained soft as I squeezed her hand, amplifying the comfort I was sending towards her; much like Thierry she had too many emotions playing on her mind and I was trying to calm her down enough to allow her to think clearly.

'Marcel saved me,' she answered, meeting my gaze, her eyes pleading with me to understand.

'He did,' I smiled before I continued, 'and you've repaid him by serving him and living god knows where for the past eight months. Him saving your life doesn't mean that you owe him by spending yours devoted to him; you deserve your own life, you deserve to do what you want to do. And if you chose to stand by Marcel then that's fine, I'll completely understand and I won't say anymore about it,' I said, my voice gentle as I held my hand up in Nik's direction cutting off the protest I knew he was about to voice, 'just think about it, all right? Though I don't know how I'm going to find you for an answer; something tells me that Marcel doesn't let you out that often.'

A small laugh left her as her eyes pooled with tears, 'come here tomorrow at six in the morning, just make sure Marcel is gone before you come in; he usually meets me here every morning at around five thirty and he's usually gone by six, but you never know.'

'Okay, honey, we'll be here.' I promised her, trying not to show how horrified I was at the idea of getting up before ten in the morning as I pulled her into a hug, placing a kiss to her cheek before I grabbed Nik and left; we flashed back to the house, neither of us in the mood for a party.

'What the hell was that?' I demanded, kicking off my shoes in the hallway as I reached up to untangle my hair from the braid it was contained in.

'I was taking care of it,' Nik insisted, kicking his own shoes off before he pulled off his jacket and hung it over the banister on the staircase.

'Taking care of it? She was about to go nuclear on your ass, you idiot! Blackmailing teenage girls is not a good idea, especially not one with that much power!' I yelled back, crossing my arms over my chest.

'My method has worked perfectly well for centuries, love,' he refused to admit that he had done anything wrong.

'Well believe the quadbrid, it wouldn't have worked out tonight,' I said poking his chest in annoyance and enough force to make him take a step back.

'Well we'll never know now, will we?' Nik smirked, but I could feel and see the annoyance just beneath the surface, 'you need to trust me, love.' He stepped forward so that there was only an inch between us.

'You need to trust me, Nik!' I yelled back, staring him down before my gaze flickered down to his tantalising red lips, my eyes darkening with lust as I met his gaze again; I could see his eyes reflecting the same emotions before he suddenly flashed me over to the wall, roughly pinning me against it as his lips met mine. I bit his lip asking him to deepen the kiss, hard enough to draw blood; the taste of his blood in my mouth made me moan in pleasure while he growled in approval, his tongue invading my mouth as he reached down and lifted my right leg up, holding it around his hip before he roughly pushed his hips forward into mine. I moaned at the friction before I removed my hands from his hair and ripped open his shirt, I pushed it to the floor as I leaned forward, allowing my quadbrid face to appear as I bit over his mark, his blood trickling down my throat as I grinded my hips against his, the pleasure overwhelming me. I heard him growl hungrily before I felt his fangs sink over my own mark that was already open as he drank from me.

My back arched as he consumed me and my hands went to the dip in his spine, scratching hard enough to break the skin as the gratification built up higher and higher inside of me. All too soon we pulled away from each other, our fangs withdrawing as our lips connected again; we both moaned, as we tasted our blood mixed together when his tongue entered my mouth once again. I went to flash us upstairs to our room but somehow ended up on my back against the stairs as Klaus' lips moved from my mouth, down to my jaw; I moved my head to the side to give him better access to my neck as he nipped and sucked his way down. He pulled back when he realised that I was still wearing my dress and it was obstructing his access, without a moment's hesitation he ripped the dress from my body; in the back of my mind I knew Bekah was going to be pissed but in that moment I just didn't care. His mouth was on my skin again as he trailed down to my collarbone, growling when he noticed that I wasn't wearing a bra before he took my left breast into his mouth, his teeth and tongue working over me in a way that made a deep moan protrude from my throat.

My hands tangled into his hair, as my hips arched as I desperately tried to gain any kind of friction, but his hands trailed down to my hips never leaving my skin, causing a trail of goose bumps behind as he held me in place. Nik's lips moved from my breast, trailing down my abdomen, kissing me softly as he went. His hands continued to trail down my sides, taking my underwear on his way, throwing them away in flash before his mouth was where I needed him the most, his lips and tongue moving over and devouring me in a way that made my eyes roll into the back of my head and my hands dig into his shoulders, my nails breaking the skin as he continued to move his exceptional mouth over me. I could feel myself ready to fall over the edge and he knew it too; he reached up, massaging my breast, his teeth grazing me softly and that was all it took as I reached my climax, gasping so hard my lungs hurt.

I felt him smirk against my stomach as he kissed my abdomen while I recovered, my hands absentmindedly playing with his hair before his lips connected with mine once again. I felt his hands wrap around my waist and I linked my legs around his as he lifted me from the stairs, flashing up to our bedroom and laying me on the sheets all the while not moving his lips from mine. He entered me in one swift movement, my heels resting in the dip of his back as my knees fell to the side, providing him with better access and allowing him to penetrate me deeper, his broad frame pressing against my entire body as he did. His lips moved to my neck, biting, nipping, sucking and basically overriding my body with complete ecstasy, his hands sliding down each of my arms, entwining with my hands as he pinned them to the mattress above me. I was completely vulnerable to whatever he wanted to do to me and I loved every single second. It wasn't long before we both fell over the edge together, our screams of ecstasy swallowed in our frenzied kiss. He rested his forehead against mine as we regained our breath, sharing a grin before Nik turned over and pulled me against his chest, my head resting in the crook of his neck while my legs tangled with his.

'I do trust you, you know,' Nik eventually said, his voice soft as he absentmindedly ran his fingers through my hair.

'I know you do,' I said resting my head on his chest as I looked up at him, 'you're just not used to accepting help and that's okay.'

'It's not just that; I'm paranoid and a voice in my head is always telling me not to rely on anyone else, that I have to be the one to get things done if I am to succeed.' Nik admitted, his voice almost ashamed as he explained to me why he had acted the way he did.

'So you threatened Davina because the paranoid part of you told you that they only way to get her on our side was to threaten those she loves and force her hand?' I clarified, giving him a soft smile when he nodded guiltily, 'you have nothing to be ashamed of; I know you, remember? I love you, and you wouldn't be you if you weren't a little paranoid.'

'That's it?' Nik asked, sounding surprised before he continued, 'aren't you going to yell at me for going behind your back?'

'No, because I understand why you did it, so I'm going to let it slide this once on one condition,' I smiled, my hand going to the side of his face, my thumb moving back and forth comfortingly, 'every time that voice in your head tells you that you can't trust anyone and that you have to do everything yourself; tell it to fuck off. I love you, your family loves you and you will always have us for anything. We deal with things together from now on. Deal?'

He regarded me for a moment, his apprehension ebbing away as his whole expression softened, 'It's a deal, love.'

I focused on him for a moment, and when I felt his sincerity I leaned forward, capturing his lips in a brief, tender kiss before my head rested in the crook of his neck again, inhaling his scent, grateful when it carried me off to unconsciousness.

There's chapter twenty nine! I hope you enjoyed it! Let me know what you think!

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XxSunnaxX: Might their kingdom rise! They are so perfect for each other, I can't stop saying that :D The prophecy showed how beautiful New Orleans could be :) Do you plan something for Finn? So sad to see/read him alone T.T. Can't wait for the moment Marcel realize what they plan :D Loved reading it and can't wait for more :) Good job, Vampes! XX Thank you, lovely, I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter- I hope you liked this one too :) I'm glad you like them together; I've wanted to see Klaus with someone who actually understands him for so long; Kim doesn't hold his outbursts or mistakes against him, she just accepts him for who he is. Things might be looking up for Finn soon… We'll see ;)

Guest: This story is really great! I hope it continues to be so awesome and I especially like Kim and Klaus together! I love the little changes you made to the original plot and I absolutely LOVE Kol and Elena! Will you introduce Sage for Finn and someone for Rebekah? I really hope so cause they are one of my fav characters! Thank you so much, I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far and I hope you continue to :) I'm thinking about introducing someone for Finn, but I don't think it will be Sage, but definitely someone who is suited to him; might be a little bit of a wait though. I haven't decided with Rebekah yet, you shall just have to wait and see ;)