The Fallen One (On Hold for Edits and Rewrite!)

Chapter 17

Isolde's POV

Nik and I had decided to stay in New Orleans longer than we originally planned. It had been a month since Cecilia had dropped the news of my pregnancy on us, which put me being a little shy of four months and I still had not fully come to terms with it. Every time I glanced down at my now slightly swollen stomach I could not stop my mind from running to dark worries I held. Nik on the other hand smiled every time he saw it. I knew the thought of this child brought him joy and I would not ruin that for him.  I had convinced him to tell no one about this yet but I knew the time would soon come when I would not be able to hide it.  I knew we would need to tell our family soon.

The up side of us staying here longer is that I was able to feed often to keep up with my growing appetite. Niklaus would take me out as many times as I needed to keep me well fed or he would bring me someone back to the house. It was a thrill when we would feed together which also helped my other growing appetite which had nothing to do with food. My sex drive had become so high I don't believe we spent much time with clothing on as of late. I'm not complaining though and neither was Niklaus. We currently lay naked, covered in blood on the kitchen floor.

My eyes closed I let out a content sigh as a smiled formed on my faced. "Niklaus Mikaelson you are an incredible man."

"And you are incredibly sexy my love." His hands ran down my body as he kissed my neck.

A sad smile formed on my face as he rubbed my stomach causing me to sit up. "I think it's time we leave here Nik. We should go tell our family and I fear that if we stay here to long Marcel will find out about the baby. While I do not fear him in the least, we still do not know if the baby can be harmed."

"Isolde you know I would not let him harm our child but if you wish to return home to Mystic Falls then we shall."  Nik's body pressed against my back as he spoke.

"Mystic Falls is not my home Niklaus, it was once long ago but it is now just a place I will reside until you decide we should move on. My home is with you. Wherever you are I shall be there too."

Once we had showered and packed our things we started our journey back to Mystic Falls.  The long drive made the dread and worry about telling our family the news worse than it had been before.  Niklaus had tried a few times to bring up conversation of the child but I would quickly change the subject.  I had no desire to discuss what was growing in me.  As much as I loved Niklaus and wanted this for him it pained me and I could not bring myself to talk about it.  I would not break his heart by telling him my thoughts on the situation we had managed to get ourselves into.  If I would have ever thought this to be a possibility I would have taken greater precautions to prevent it.  The longer I thought about it the more certain I became that I would do no good for this child.  It deserved more than me for a mother.  It deserved the love that I knew Niklaus would give it but I would probably never be able to.

I had been stuck in my head so long that I did not realize we had made it to the mansion until Nik placed his hand on mine.  Looking up I saw our family, Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, Noah, and Liam, all awaiting our arrival on the front porch.  A feeling I had never felt before, fear, settled in the pit of my stomach.  I placed my head down trying to avoid looking at any of them.  How could I look at them?  How could I ask them to endanger their lives farther to protect something I didn’t even want?  It was not a fair thing to ask of them.

Nik’s stroking my hand made me look up at him.  “Is are you alright, my love?”

“No Niklaus, I am not alright.  We are about to ask our family for something they should not have to do.” I sighed looking back at my lap. “I cannot do this Nik.  I thought I could but I cannot face them.”