Loving a Mikaelson

Chapter 15: He Doesn't Care

Lacey's POV

Chapter 15: He Doesn't Care

The thing about Mystic Falls, is that there's always a formal gathering.

Of course, I get dragged into it.

I glance around, looking for a framiliar face, when someone punches my arm. I turn around, a smile appears on my face when I see him. "Damon! Ow!" He chuckles. "Lacey,"

"Would you care for a dance?" I laugh. "My brother is forced to dance with me, that isn't depressing at all." I joke. 
"Let's go!" One of my favorite songs came on, putting a smile on my face. When the chorus comes on, we sing along, dancing to the beat. "I SHOULD BE OVER ALL THE BUTTERFLIES, BUT I'M INTO YOU, I'M INTO YOU. AND BABY, EVEN ON OUR WORST NIGHTS, I'M INTO YOU, I'M INTO YOU."

I pushed the hair out of my face and I glance at the now opening door, just as Matt comes in. He invited me to be his date - as friends, of course. For the sake of old times. "Oh! Matt's here! See you around, Damon!" He chuckles as I hurry away to meet my best friend.

Matt and I dance a bit to a few songs, joking, laughing, telling stories, and catching up with each other. After a while things grow tiring, and he walks away to get me a drink.I stand alone, staring off into the distance. It's a voice that shocks me out of my trance.

"Where's your date? If I may ask."

I blink, I must be dreaming. He can't really be here. 

"He'll be back." I retort. Klaus smiles, offering a glass of bourbon in his hand to me.

I shake my head. "You seem a bit jumpy, love." He observes sincerely. "I'm not jumpy, I just don't like you." I counter, avoiding his gaze and his eyes. I can't look into them without falling right back into the trap. He chuckles. "Harsh."

Klaus's POV

I walk away from Lacey, shortly after. It's almost as if I've realized how much I love her now that I can't have her, they say you don't know what you've got till it's gone, and somehow I agree. But this still changes nothing. She would never be truly safe with me, as much as I wish to hold her in my arms for the rest of eternity. That's why I left her. It's why I told her I never cared about her. I had to hurt her to keep her safe. I have too many enemies to be able to keep my friends close to me.

One of my hybrids, Mindy runs up to me. "You have a visitor." She says. I roll my eyes. "Tell the visitor to wait." I growl. "The visitor said his name is Mikael." My jaw clenches and my breathing speeds up in surprise. "Then let's go have a little chat with my dad."

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I open the door to find Mikael standing before me. "Hello Niklaus." He says. I kept my face emotionless, it's what I know best. "Hello Mikael." I reply. "Won't you come in? Oh that's right, you can't." I smirk.

"But you could come outside if you want." He suggests. "Or I could order my hybrids to tear you to shreds." I grin, gesturing to the people that now gather around Mikael.

"One snap of these fingers..." I warn. Mikael only laughs. "You won't kill me."

I grin. "Maybe not, but it'll make one hell of a party game."

"What do you say?"

Mikael smiles. "The big, bad, wolf. You haven't changed. Still hiding behind your playthings. Like a coward. Oh, and you forget. They may be sired by you, but they can still be compelled." He threatens, stroking Mindy's cheek as she stands beside him.

I stay silent, fear shines through my eyes. Suddenly, Mikael grabbed Lacey out of nowhere. She struggles, looking like she's about to cry. "Come and face me, Niklaus." Mikael taunts, Lacey still in his grip. "Or she dies."

Lacey's POV

"Go ahead." He whispers to Mikael. My eyes glisten with tears. I should've known. Of course he doesn't care. That doesn't stop the feeling of my heart dropping fifty feet. Klaus has already told me he never loved me, I know already so I shouldn't be surprised, yet I still find myself near tears.

"Kill her." He growls. My breath catches in my throat. "No." I whisper. "Klaus, he'll do it." He ignores me, sending a pang through my chest. "If she dies, you'll have no one left. Is that what you want?"

"I don't care about her. I just want to be rid of you." Klaus growls. All the humanity I thought he had disappears. I've been delusional. Delusional and stupid. "Is that your wish? You choose to live alone forever, with no one at your side? No one cares about you anymore, boy! Who do you have?"

"You don't have her. No one. No one." He whispers.

 "I'm calling your bluff, Father." Klaus growls. "Kill her."

"Come outside, and face me, you little coward. And I won't hurt her." I can see the fear in Klaus's eyes. He's afraid for once in his damn life. Then I remember something, something Klaus told me.

"My dad was a dick too. It gets easier, love. I know from experience." Does that mean his father did the same as my father did to me? Is that why Klaus seems so broken?

"Everyday of my life you have underestimated me. If you kill her you lose your leverage, so go ahead. Go on, kill her."

"Come on old man, kill her." I shake my head, a pleading look in my eyes. "KILL HER!" He roars.

Mikael only laughs, and plunges a knife in my back. I gasp, pain overpowering me and taking over my body as I struggle for breath. He rips the blade back out, and the last thing I feel is my head hitting the floor.

Klaus's POV

I gasp. Mikael laughs at my pain and Damon jumps behind me, anger in his eyes, ready to jab a stake through my heart. "NO!" I shout. He jabbed the stake in my stomach, then raises it again, ready to kill me.

Stefan shoves Damon off me, pinning him to the ground. "What are you doing?!" Damon yells. Fury in my eyes, I grab the stake at my side, running at Mikael, and slamming it into his heart. He screams out in pain.

I just watch as his body bursts into flames. That's what he gets for hurting my girl. "What the hell did you do?" Damon exclaims, looking at Stefan with shock. "He's earned his freedom." Stefan stood up and I look into his eyes. "Thank you, my friend."

"You no longer have to do as I say. You're free." Stefan's eyes widen, and he runs off. I mutter one word, a name. "Lacey."

I run to her limp body, it lays cold on the floor. The breath catches in my throat. "Lacey." I whisper, leaning down beside her. A tear fell down my cheek. All the things I said... I wanted her to hate me so I couldn't cause her pain.

But it didn't matter. She died anyway.

Damon's eyes widen behind me. "She'll wake up. Stefan fed Lacey his blood last night." He whispers. Then realization hits me like a bag of bricks, it feels suffocating and agonizing.

"Lacey will wake up as a vampire."


Ummm, SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It actually is my birthday, by the way if you were wondering. So that was a um... Happy chapter. Song is Cold as you. Dedication to Ari_001 who finally updated!!! But guys, for reals you all need to read her book, Another Gilbert Girl and the sequels. It's awesome.

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