Darling, you wound me.

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"I can't go back there. Not after what they did." She said worried. I couldn't take her to Nik's mansion. That wouldn't end well. I had an idea.

"Would you like to come with me, darling?" I asked, and I noticed the shocked/scared emotion on her face. "Not to the mansion, I assure you." She let out a breath and her shock disappeared, confusion setting in.

"You aren't going to kill me? Or teach me how to kill?" She asked, scared again.

"No, love. You will be in no danger and I will only help you." I said, what was this woman doing to me. I was going soft!

"I will go if you promise me something." Ah, there's the little deal maker Elijah was always talking about.

"And what would that be, darling?" I asked quickly with a smile.
"You can't kill anyone. Either drink from a blood bag or snatch-feed-compel." She said, I smirked, she was good with her words, just as my brother said. Now that my humanity was back on, I didn't think I would have a problem with those terms. I already felt bad enough about the last thousand years as it was. That was the downside about turning on my humanity. I had done so many horrible things. I felt the massive guilt again.

"If you won't just leave and go running back to those Salvatore's. They clearly aren't any good for you." I said, mumbling the last part, however not quiet enough, as she snapped her head back up to look at me.

"Then we have a deal." She said holding up her hand for me to shake. I had never shaken hands with a woman before, but I quickly put my hand in hers and shook.

Before she could say anything else, I had my arm around her waist and had picked her up, running at vampire speed. I knew she could now run almost as fast, but I didn't want to take the chance that she would run into a tree and get stabbed. I knew exactly where I was taking her. She didn't even bother struggling, knowing that it wouldn't do any good.

"Where are you taking me?" She asked into my chest as I ran.

"My home." I said truthfully. She just stared at my face. She was nothing like Tatia from what I remembered. Tatia was cruel, she tortured my brothers. Played games with them because she wanted the attention. Elijah had told me that Katerina was the same. But this girl was selfless. She might have been in love with two brothers, but clearly not anymore. She didn't use them for her own good. All she cared about was protecting the people she loved, from the deals I heard from Elijah. He had even held the girl at a high esteem, which was really saying something. I ran us straight to my car. Elijah had bought it for me and taught me to drive. It was a nice sports car from what people told me. A matte-black Audi R8. I put the girl down and opened the passenger door for her. I was a gentleman when I wanted to be. She looked shocked at the car.

"You have this?" She motioned to the car in surprise.

"Yep. A gift from my big brother." I saw her confusion at which brother. "Elijah, that is. I was always much closer to him then any of my other siblings." I didn't quite know why I had told her that. I had shut the passenger door and climbed in the drivers side before she could even blink. I could see the sun start to rise in the distance. The car had extremely tinted windows but that wouldn't protect her. I took off my ring and necklace, letting the ring slide onto the necklace. I then put it on her. She looked even more confused.

"What is this?" She asked, looking at the ring.

"My daylight ring, you will be safe wearing it." I said as I backed out of the driveway and began driving down the road at a speed that was not even close to legal.
"But won't you need it?" She asked curiously. I looked over at her and she was still examining the ring, and the gold chain it was on.

"The sun can't kill me, darling. It is a bit irritating, but I will be fine. The tint on the windows will help." I explained, wondering why she cared.

"Oh, well thank you. I hadn't even thought about the sun. This is all so new to me." She said, now looking at the window, a death grip on the door handle.

"I just saved your life, I'm not about to let the sun kill you." I said.

"Why did you save me? From what I've heard, you are more than happy to kill." She said, covering her mouth in embarrassment from what she said. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." I laughed.

"Darling, the day that I turned, I 'flipped the switch' as you now call it. I turned my humanity off and it has been off ever since. Until tonight." I told her, wondering how she would respond. I hadn't planned on telling her, but I was going to be in a car with her for about 10 hours anyways and if she was going to be staying with me, It would probably help.