Caroline peered around the bedroom door. She didn't know whose bedroom it was or even if it was used. The entire mansion was like a maze with endless rooms and corridors. She believed Klaus was on the first floor. Of course she couldn't be sure but that was where she last heard him.
Caroline breathed in deeply and then raced down the hallway into another room. To human eyes she would have been just a shadow. This room was darkened with its lights turned off.
She peered around the door again. She could see the front door from her vantage point. It was so close. All she would have to do was make a break down the stairs and race a couple yards out the front door and she would be free. Of course that meant getting past Klaus. She knew she couldn't wait out the hour hiding from him, he would find her eventually, this was her only chance.
Oh crap, she heard light footsteps coming up the stairs. Too late, her chance was gone. Even worse, the room she was in was the first room in the long hallway. No chance of hiding, Caroline dashed out and down the hallway and up the stairs.
She felt sure he was right behind her, chasing her, hunting her. Adrenaline pushed her forward and Caroline raced down so many corridors and zig-zagged in and out of rooms, making so many twisting turns that even she couldn't tell where she was.
Finally Caroline breathed against a door, just inside another darkened room. She felt sure she had lost him, no way could he have followed her. As she slowly regained her breath, she felt a prickle on her right shoulder.
A soft, honeyed voice, "Hello love."
Caroline screamed.