Is it Destiny?

Chapter 31

"Caroline, stop." Katherine softly said as she tried to pull Caroline away from the suitcase. "Caroline. Caroline! Listen to me! Stop!"

Caroline finally caught her breath and fell onto the bed.

"Care, you made me promise you years ago that when he came back, that I would not let you run. You are thinking with your heart not with your head. It may not feel like it right now but you are stronger than this. Stronger than him. We are not running!" Katherine said firmly, pulling Caroline into her arms.

"Thank you." Caroline whispered taking a deep breath. She had known this day would come and she would not allow him to intimidate her. He would not ruin the life she has created for herself.

Caroline stood from the bed and held her head high. She could feel the extra steel walls building up around her heart as she looked down at the suitcase.

"We are not running." Caroline smiled.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Klaus had watched her drain the man outside the bar, shocked that she could kill so easily. He had not seen her in twelve years and as much as he wanted to run after her, he would do so.

He walked over to the man dead on the ground and sighed deeply. This man's death was on his hands. He stood there as the memories of the last decade ran through his mind; he felt a wave of shame and despair at how things had gotten so out of control.

The first five years after Caroline left was a blur. He remembered nothing except for the hunger and the blood. He killed everything and everyone that crossed his path. There was left of him. He felt nothing, no pain, no compassion, where his heart had once been there was nothing but a deep black void. He never tried to find her because his damn pride stood in the way. He had convinced himself that she had betrayed him, that she never truly loved him. He used that rage to destroy everything he came in contact with.

It was after the fifth year that Kol finally approached him. He knew Elijah had been around earlier cleaning up after him but it was too much of a blur to remember. Kol found him living in a large penthouse in Los Angeles. He never went out, only to feed but using all of his strength he learned how to control himself again. To feed and kill with out needing the thrill of the hunt, the screams of the victims.

He could never just feed and compel them to live as that is what he had been doing while with Caroline. That is why the beast within him grew so wild. He would always be a killer but he did not have to do so for the pleasure of watching his victims suffer. He would simply feed from then until they were drained and dispose of the body.

His love for Caroline and the pain he now felt for that loss drove him to no longer enjoy the kills. He would never forgive himself for what he had done to her. The vile words he had spewed at her. She was his wife, his lover, his everything and she deserved a better man than he was capable of being. He would stay away for all eternity as long as she was happy. He did not deserve to feel her love, her tender touch, her sweet kiss. He was a monster and no monster was worthy of such an angel.

Kol stayed with him for a week, enjoying the women of California before he finally spoke about Caroline.

"I saw her last year. She is doing well." Kol said out of the blue one day, as they sat in the living room. Kol was growing bored of his brother's constant state of despair.

Klaus simply nodded as he sat on a large chair drinking a glass of bourbon but his eyes pleaded for more information.

"She is still with Katherine. They were in Rome; she is quite enjoying it there." Kol added watching his brother intently. Klaus was trying to hide it but Kol knew he uld see he wanted to know more.