Forbidden (Klaus Mikaelson Love Story) #1 in the Forbidden series

Chapter 26

I stepped out of my bathroom, wearing my comfortable sweatshirt, that I'd stolen from Klaus, and some yoga pants and flopped down onto my bed with a deep sigh, how dare that insignificant little human presume e knows anything about me or my family, fantasying about all the ways I could kill him, I glanced at my phone, which sat, abandoned, on my nightstand, and sighed again, it had been several days since Nik had last called or texted me, and the sick feeling in my stomach grew. I hadn't expected to get this attached again this quickly, I also hadn't expected his reaction, he said he'd kill me if he ever saw my face again and he had made me go on the run like many of the other people he wanted to murder, grabbing my phone, I tapped on his contact and hovered my finger over the call button.

If he answered what would I say? I obviously couldn't tell him about Elijah getting daggered because he'd march down here and expect me to be in on his plot against my brother and Ric, only Mikaelson's could mess with Mikaelson's, that was their rule, I also couldn't tell him about John because that walked also led him to marching down here and ripping John to pieces.

~Flashback, 90's, Alex leaving ~

"I have to check my messages," I mumbled to him and kissed his lips gently, I picked up the landline and pressed the button that relaid my unheard messages, a smile graced my lips when I heard Elijah's voice come down the line, I hadn't heard it since the 70's.

"Alexandra, I know I said I would not be in communication with you but this is a dire emergency," he whispered into the receiver "Mikael is coming, he knows where you and Niklaus are and he is on his way. Meet me at our meeting place in 2 days, you know where it is, do not tell Niklaus where you are going, Mikael only wants Nicklaus but he will gladly kill you as leverage to get Niklaus to come to him" Elijah's voice became desperate "Run!" There was a click and the call ended, like with every other communication with Elijah I deleted it before putting the phone back into its place and I tried to slow my breathing, if Mikael was coming here then they were as good as dead if I stuck around, I was a liability to Nik's survival, he'd get in the way if Mikael tried anything and had before, taking wooden bullets when we were attacked in the 20's, I closed my eyes, willing my burning ears to go before moving my unsteady legs to Nik's art room, I stopped in the doorway and took in my husband's form as he painted on the thick canvas, he was focusing on landscapes this decade, most of them were recalled from when he was a boy, those places were long gone but they were vivid and touchable in his mind.

"Anything interesting?" He asked me, breaking me out of my thoughts, I looked to him again and it broke my heart to destroy him like this, I knew what he'd say and do which was worse then not knowing.

"I have to leave" I mumbled, I knew he'd hear me, there was no way he'd miss my words, he was a thousand years old and extremely powerful, he could have probably heard my phone call but when it came to me he respected my privacy, mostly because I'd told him I'd stake him if he didn't.

Without a second thought I began to pack my things into a warn trunk, I'd found while antiquing back in the 60s, as fast as I could, I moved throughout our apartment, throwing things into the trunk as I went, I didn't care if my silk underwear or expensive clothes got messed up, I could always buy more.

"Why?" Nik asked when I'd gotten to our bedroom, I quickly put my photo album into my truck before he could see and swallowed the lump that formed in my throat around the lies I was about to tell him, 'he's safer this way, he comes first, especially when it came to Mikael'

"Because it's what I need to do," I  said blinking away the tears that scolded my eyes, he came up to me and grabbed my arms to stop me from moving, he moved closer and I knew what he was going to do, he was going to kiss my neck, my weak spot, he knew how to make me forgive him or fold immediately, I shrug out of his hands, Elijah's whispered pleas rang loudly in my ears.