Klaus could feel her pulse weakening but he didn’t care. He continued to feed, taking long drafts of the girl’s blood even as he felt it getting scarce. With one last gulp, he dropped her unceremoniously at his feet, which was exactly where she was when Elijah entered the room. Ignoring his older brother’s slight look of annoyance at the body in the living room, he smiled, licking the excess blood of his lips. Elijah narrowed his eyes.
“Enlighten me as to what you have to smile about, brother. Your party was a scene of carnage, your emotionless sidekick had fled and the mother of your child is missing.”
His smile somewhat lessened, Klaus replied, “Couldn’t even let me enjoy a little post-feeding bliss, could you? Never mind I was daggered last night and need the blood to keep my strength up- “
“I could care less about your strength, Niklaus. I have been searching for Hayley nonstop since last night and I’ve found nothing, not even a whisper of her whereabouts. I’ve heard plenty about your soiree, on the other hand. The entire Quarter is abuzz about the impromptu live fire show…”
“And what are they saying?”
“A few know that Marcel was supposed to be up there and think the dagger was meant for him. But most are more interested in the fact that an associate of Marcel’s tried to kill you when then entire Quarter thought you two had made peace. They’re…looking at Marcel in a different light.”
Klaus’ smile slowly returned. “The loyalty of his subjects is undermined. I should have known she would go that route.”
Elijah raised an eyebrow. “ ‘She?!”
“Yes. Caroline. She orchestrated the whole thing, the dagger, Thierry, the party…clever girl. By the way, do you know where she went?”
Elijah’s entire demeanor changed. Most people wouldn’t know the difference but Klaus knew his brother. Right now he was positively apoplectic.
“Hayley is God knows where and you’re more concerned about the baby vampire?”
Klaus rolled his eyes. “I have the Hayley situation under control, brother. Caroline, on the other hand is an unknown entity right now. I don’t know where she is or what she’s doing now that her emotions are back.”
“Why ever did you do that? You two seemed to get along while her humanity was absent. Are you so sure that camaraderie will continue?”
Klaus cast his eyes down and pressed his lips together before he spoke. “To be honest I didn’t think about that. I should have but in the moment I was in pain from the dagger and she had been playing games for weeks, never letting me know exactly what her plans were…I wanted to get back at her.”
“How mature of you.”
Elijah was saved from whatever blistering retort Klaus had for him when Sienna entered the room. At the sight of her, Klaus rose from his chair and took a few steps toward the other Original.
“We’ll have to continue our sibling bickering later. I have business to take care of.”
He walked around Elijah and he and Sienna walked out of the room, both with serious expressions. Then Elijah heard the door slam and knew they had left.
The taste of blood…
Caroline slammed into the side of a building.
The snap of bones…
She kept running.
The smell of burning flesh…
She barely felt the cut of the glass as she crashed through something.
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A Way Out
FanfictionCaroline flips her humanity switch and ends up in New Orleans with Klaus. Only he would let her feed and kill as much as she wanted. Klaus wants to help her back to herself but will it be she who helps him find his real self? All this in the midst o...
