Bed Of Blood

Four

Amelia opened her eyes and waited to move as she took in her surroundings. Knowing she was a powerful mage was tragic enough but finding out Elijah was her mate and she was pregnant with his child just added onto all of that. It didn't help that she had to worry about Klaus' interest in Cami as well as Davina's safety. She stood whispering a silencing spell under her breath so she would not be heard. She needed time to process and deal with everything and there was only one place for her to go.

~Bed of Blood~

Marcel sighed rubbing a hand over his face as he listened to Klaus rant about Amelia. His sire did not seem to understand her past was tragic and she bad no mother so it was going to take a minute for her to process. Just as he was about to speak Davina beat him to it.

"Will you just stop?" she yelled shocking everyone into silence.

"You little," Klaus started but was interrupted.

"You know all I hear from you is how tragic your life was. Well you are not the only one that has been through hell. My sister was tortured by our mother for a crime she did not even commit. She had a father that loved her unconditionally but still she felt like she had done something wrong. She is afraid of what is happening to her and she is entitled to all the time she needs to deal. If you don't like it you know where the door is," Davina spat.

"I hate to interrupt the fight but we have a problem," Cami said running down the stairs.

"What is it?" Kieran asked standing.

"Amelia is missing."

~Bed of Blood~

Amelia looked at the grave feeling nothing but hatred for the woman it stood for. Her mother did not even deserve a visit from her but she needed to get this out even if it was to a grave.

"I always use to wonder what I did to make you hate me so much. As the years went by I finally after so long figured out that it was not me that did anything wrong but you. You are the one that cheated on your husband and had a child. I didn't deserve the torture you put me through and for so long I thought that because of how you treated me I could not be a good mother but I recently figured something out. I already am a better mother than you. I was the one that helped Davina with her homework every day and helped her back up when she fell.

I protected her for years from anyone that wanted to hurt her even you. It might not be much in the grand scheme of things but I will never be like you because I had a father that loves me with every fiber of his being and I am not alone."

Finished Amelia stood up and walked away from the grave. She stopped in front of the one other person she was there to see. His grave was covered in red spray paint. He was being blamed for something he did not choose. She ran a hand over his name wishing that she could have done something for him and remembered a day about a week before he died when he made her believe she was something more than what her mother created.

Tears ran down her face wondering when it had all gone so wrong. She always knew that her mother hated her but never did she think she hated Davina. Amelia heard footsteps and looked up from the pew to see Sean walking over to her. He was her cousin but sometimes he felt like her brother and he always had the perfect thing to say much like his twin sister,Cami.

"What is it that is making you cry so much?" he asked gently.

"Its nothing," she tried to say but he wasn't buying it.

"I don't believe that and something tells me it has to do with her," Sean spoke his voice going cold for a moment.

"Same thing different day. It is just a prime example of why I do not want kids. I would probably screw them up," Amelia said with a sigh.

"I wish you wouldn't do that. You would be a great mom because I know you and you had a great role model in Kieran. You cannot let that hateful woman make you think you are less than what you are. You are an amazing woman, smart and most of all you are an O'Connell. No parent is perfect, Kieran wasn't but you will be a good mother one day Amelia O'Connell. I have faith in you," he finished kissing her forehead and then leaving her alone to her thoughts.

"You always believed that I was strong and smart. You made me believe I could be better than what Alice Claire made me think I was. I failed to save you cousin but I will not fail in being a good mother," she promised the grave whispering a small prayer.

"He believed in you more than you believed in yourself," a familiar voice spoke.

"I know he did Dad," she whispered softly.

"What happened to him is not your fault and I know for a fact you will be a good mother Amelia," he told her placing his hands on her shoulders.

"I hope so," Amelia said wishing she believed in herself half as much as everyone else did.

Her father wrapped his arms around her and she leaned into him seeking comfort. He had always been there and she had been afraid that being pregnant with Elijah's child would change that but it seemed she was wrong because it didn't.

~Bed of Blood~

Cami rolled her eyes at Klaus seeing behind that broken mask he put up. He reminded her a lot of Amelia in the sense that they both had issues with abusive parents. She looked into his blue eyes and found herself drawn to him, something she could not explain. She was going to have to ask Amelia about it later on.

"You know you remind me of my cousin. You both put up masks hoping that everything will be play and no one can see past it. You aren't half as bad as you seem to make yourself out to be," she spoke boldly surprising him.

"You know nothing," he denied.

"Maybe it's time you open your heart and let someone else in," she advised walking away.

Klaus did not have anything to say as he watched to woman walk away. He had been intrigued by her from the beginning and felt drawn to her in a way he had not with Caroline. He had to figure out what he was feeling but he did not like being told what to do. He took a sip of his bourbon wondering when things had spun so out of control and what was going to change.