Millennium | Kol Mikaelson

Chapter 4

Catalina was in a bad mood now.

She felt incredibly embarrassed, having been left completely alone. Anyone who'd been watching her would have seen the exact moment she was practically dumped there like an idiot.

Thankfully, the music changed, and the couples switched partners. Which hopefully meant that no one had really noticed. But that also meant she was left in the arms of Damon Salvatore, who was just about the last person she wanted to be dancing with.

"Surprised your creepy boyfriend isn't here to get you to stop dancing with me," said Damon, which caused her to roll her eyes.

"If you grabbed me just to examine the 'extended family' and ask questions, then perhaps you ought to leave," sneered Catalina. "I'm not in a good mood."

"And why might that be?" He was mildly concerned. A one-thousand-year-old vampire who was pissed off didn't exactly sound like a safe situation, especially not for the regular civilians around them.

"Wouldn't you like to know," she muttered. "I've seen you. Asking around about me. Worrying over that doppelgänger girl. You're just butting in where it isn't welcome."

"Well, you caught me. I am worried. Maybe you'd like to pitch in to let me know if I should continue with that or not."

"What, has this den of apex predators become too frightening for you?" she asked mockingly.

He spun her around, then pulled her closer than before, digging his fingertips into her waist, which actually caused her a bit of pain. "If you know something, say it, because I'm not letting my girl get hurt."

She smirked wickedly. "You should know better than to threaten a vampire nearly seven times your age."

She slid the hand that was on his shoulder towards his neck, and with ease, pressed down, causing his collarbone to snap, which made him bite his lip hard to mask a grunt. Immediately, he loosened his hold on her waist.

"A word of advice, Damon Salvatore," said Catalina, leaning in to whisper in his ear, putting so much pressure, she could feel more individual bone fragments breaking beneath his skin. "Don't let your ego instill this much false confidence when you're in a room full of vulnerable people and six ancient vampires. We could very easily kill that little doppelgänger bitch and anyone else who stands in our way. Put your hands on me again, and I'll be taking a bite out of her heart before I rip yours out."

She shoved him back as the partners changed once more. This time, she found herself with Finn, who, according to Kol, was the Original she was closest to aside from her 'boyfriend.'

"You seem displeased, Catalina," mentioned Finn.

"I'm rather sick of being told that I experienced things I can't even picture in my head," she said simply. "Not to mention I've never liked when those young vampires get cocky and convince themselves that they can gain the upper hand. I don't know what that's about, but that boy is insistent on protecting that girl he came with."

"My mother wished to speak to her," said Finn casually. "And I suppose he is convinced that my mother intends to harm her. That's not the case at all."

Catalina scoffed. "And what, he thought to speak with me because Elijah told him that I'm Kol's 'girlfriend' and he thinks I'd be willing to rat out a woman who isn't even my mother-in-law? I've never even had a conversation with her. I don't intend to."

Finn didn't seem bothered by this. "Perhaps you might be happier elsewhere. I can see that you don't wish to be here."

"Your brother abandoned me in the middle of a ballroom, just as he abandoned me in that room one thousand years ago."