Protecting Them (Only His Series: Book 3) *NEW VERSION*

Chapter 43

Alex's P.O.V

Klaus told me to take Leo to the bell tower and wait for him and Dahlia to return. I knew what he was doing; he was having dinner. I told him to pick up some supplies for Leo on the way back. We wanted them all to pay, but I also knew everything to come was one big trick. Just to get Dahlia to not question our loyalty. Leo was crying again because of the storm and I bounced him up and down while pacing in the little room.

"I know, my little lion, but it's ok. We're safe as long as we go along with whatever malicious plan your dad has in store for your Uncles and Aunts to gain the wicked witch's trust," I whispered to him and kissed his head. "Then we'll get your sister back, and your dad and I will get married, and we'll be one big happy family." Talking to Leo seemed to calm him down a bit. Leo was still scared of the storm, but he wasn't crying as loudly as before. "Hey, maybe we'll go see your Uncles in Mystic Falls after all this. I'm sure Damon and Stefan would love to see you and your sister again...then, of course, Lily's also there, and technically your grandmother even though my mother died in 1855-"

Klaus suddenly walked into the room and I sighed with a smile. He placed a baby carrier on the table with a pack of diapers, some baby food, and clothes. Klaus touched Leo's head affectionately then kissed the top of it before looking at me. "No one saw you, right?" Klaus asked.

"Give me some credit," I scoffed. "I have done this before and, if I remember correctly, I was running from you."

"Yeah, and I found you," Klaus replied. He seemed back to his old self which told me he fed enough and I was glad.

"No one saw us," I told him, with a reassuring smile then gave him a peck on the lips.

I took the supplies out of the carrier before laying Leo down inside. He needed to be fed and have a diaper change. Talking about food, I needed a blood bag or a hot vein to tap in on. I looked up at Klaus as he looked out at the city below through the old shudders in this tower. Talk about another noise that won't let my son calm down.

"Hey did you get me a blood bag?" I asked him and Klaus reached inside his jacket before placing it on the counter. "Thank you." I pulled the blood bag closer to me as Klaus went to his original position and I set up a makeshift diaper changing station.

Dahlia walked up to Klaus as I began to change Leo's diaper. I will honestly never understand how a baby can produce this much poop. Once Leo had a new diaper on and was back in his carrier I realized he had calmed down immensely. So that's what's been bothering you?

Klaus's phone rang as I prepared some food for Leo. "Who's that?" I asked him.

"Just my therapist. No doubt Rebekah called her to try and appeal to my good nature...now that you can't do it for them," Klaus replied while declining the call.

I hummed in amusement as Dahlia spoke to us, "My deadline has come and gone, and yet you bring me here."

"I find it fitting," He told her. "This is where Freya plotted her own treachery."

"When I granted you the strength to overcome that dagger's curse I assumed you both would thank me by taking swift and merciless action," Dahlia explained. Oh, we will...just not yet.

Klaus laughed lightly as he moved to stand by me as I continued to feed our son in his carrier. Leo was smiling as I put food in his mouth and I smiled in return while his father kept talking. "Are we to trapeze around in this monsoon you've created with Leo?" Klaus asked her.

Dahlia blew into her hand and caused Klaus to have a headache. "This storm is to stop her family from running with your daughter," Dahlia stated. "So I wonder: are you two having second thoughts about standing against them? They are the family, after all, who left you both to rot."