• A tale of love, pain and hope •
Mikaela Lockwood is the younger sister of Tyler Lockwood, and a recently-turned Hybrid. After being turned by Klaus, she becomes sired to him, and kills dozens of people. Her family send her to the 1994 Prison World...
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TW: 18+ only! Explicit content and descriptive details of sexual scenes fairly soon ahead.
The drive back to Mystic Falls was fairly quiet. Kai did most of the talking - of course - whilst I sat back and listened, a small smile on my lips the whole journey.
Honestly, I didn't really know what to say. I was embarrassed and upset and furious with myself. Yes, I may have lost all memories of me and Kai, but that didn't give me the right to be such a bitch to him.
Stress was a big factor in my behaviour, I had to admit. Fear also. Confusion, and of course, denial. But the main reason I had been so hostile to Kai?
Klaus.
Back in the real world, my bond to him was so much stronger than in the Prison World. I still cared for Kai, massively, but I couldn't shake the power Klaus held over me. I felt the gravitational pull towards him every day, hoping that he would come visit, wondering when I would see him again.
Waiting for the next task he had for me so that I could make him happy.
And now that I had killed again under his watchful eye, I craved the taste of blood every second of the day. It was all I could think about.
Like now, as we sat in Kai's car, the radio playing a soft-rock tune quietly in the background, all I could focus on was the witch's rhythmic heartbeat as it pumped the crimson liquid through his veins.
After losing myself in my thirst each day in our basement, and forgetting all the work Kai had put in to help me conquer my demons in the Prison World, I was back to the old me. The Mikaela that had slaughtered dozens of people before being sent to another dimension.
Truthfully? I was struggling.
As we stood side by side in the elevator of the hotel, waiting to reach the third floor, the proximity became almost unbearable. The taste of Kai's blood had been seared into my brain the moment all of my memories had been returned to me. I hadn't been able to get it out of my head since.
"Are you alright?" Kai asked me, nudging my arm slightly to pull my attention back to him.
I blinked. "What? Oh, yeah. Of course." I gulped. "Are you?"
He flashed me a grin as the elevator doors opened. "Never better," he replied, gesturing for me to step out first.
Kai unlocked the door with his keycard once we got to room 302, once again letting me enter before him. Being here again, this time with all of my memories and feelings for Kai, sent a kaleidoscope of butterflies swarming in my stomach.
The last time Kai and I had stayed in a hotel together... I tried to push the thought away, heat growing between my legs. The way his body had felt against mine, his hands in my hair - it was becoming harder for me to control myself.
