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

Chapter 35

After I calmed down from my meeting with Klaus and drank several glasses of Bourbon I stumbled my way back to the Boarding House, I swung open the doors and four pairs of eyes looked directly at me "ladies" I mumble, as I learnt heavy on the door frame of the parlour, I saluted Elijah and met Damon's glare head on "dude can  we not do this now?" I asked, Stefan, never one to keep a secret, obviously told our brother and his girlfriend.

"No, we are doing this now" he shouted, making me cringe and have a slight flashback to our father, he was suddenly in my face and I had to hold back the eye roll "we're talking about this right now! All those secrets, all that sneaking around, you knew all about the sacrifice, what it entailed and you didn't tell us" he growled, spittle sprayed over my face and I resisted the urge to wipe it off with the sleeve of my cardigan.

"Of course I fucking knew" I said standing toe to toe with him, I didn't last as long as I didn't with Nik and not have a back bone "you don't ducking understand that I was keeping Klaus away, I was taking him on a wild goose chase for looking for Katherine" I shoved him back and he stumbled slightly "I was lying to him constantly and killing anyone who even mentioned your fucking precious doppelgänger, if it weren't for Stefan dragging Isobel into this he wouldn't of even knew she existed until we were more prepared" I swung my gaze to Stefan and then back to Damon "so go ahead, be our father, scream at me for marrying him, it happened decades before I even knew you were alive!"

"Oh I doubt you were helping us" Damon's glare was so full of hatred I felt like my heart was shattering "you were probably doing it for him, pretending to care about what we were doing while you went and tattled to Klaus behind our backs" Damon got nose to nose with me again.

"If I was doing such a thing Klaus would've been here the instant that I met Elena, and you know it" in a second flat Damon's open palm connected with my cheek and I was flung across the room with how hard he had hit me, getting up as quickly as possible I flashed in front of him and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying into the bookcase behind him, he was up once more and was about to throw another punch at me when Elijah and Elena got in the middle of us, Elena touched my cheek gently and I moved out of her touch and glared at her, I looked at Elijah who was now holding Damon in a death grip that looked painful.

"I will be back when it's time, Alexandra is coming with me, if you want to fight about it I suggest you don't, you've already been shown what Alex and I are capable of when we fight" he let go of Damon and touched the small of my back "I suggest nobody mention his to Klaus, the last thing you need is my brother coming after your for hurting his wife" he led me out of the house and took me to his apartment.

"I'm so sorry Eli, I failed, I couldn't stay away from him" I mumbled with a sniffle, I could only imagine what Rebekah would be saying right now "you twit, you are a strong woman, they are all just little boys chasing their own tails. Now clean your face, we are going to go for a drink' she'd end it with a wink before kissing my cheek, she'd then talk about hosting a party for no reason.

"Alex" Elijah sighed, he had taken off his jacket and threw it on the nearby chair before leaning over me and wiping away my tears with his thumbs "he doesn't deserve your tears, and your brother.." he sighed and shook his head "you did everything you could to help them without showing all of your cards" he lead me more inside and made me sit on the couch while he went to get us some blood from the fridge in the small kitchen.

"Eli," putting my head in my hand's sobs began to rack my frame and Elijah's arms wound around my body and pulled me into his embrace and held me tightly until I fell asleep.

~ The Next Day ~

I woke up and headed out to the Grill when I realised that Elijah had left, probably to the Boarding House to talk to the others, I needed a drink badly and I wasn't about to go looking in Elijah's cupboards, god knows what I might find.