Ink

Chapter 19

"What does this mean?" Klaus asks. His tone has changed from sarcastic to concerned. "Does he know where we are?"

"I have no idea." I shake my head and begin to ponder the possibilities as to why Mephistor would communicate with the man from the resistance. If he could communicate with the gifted as well as the non gifted, was there a limit to his power? "And I'm not sure that I want to find out."

"He's desperate to have you," Begins Klaus,"That's for sure."

I lean into the seat and shut my eyes.

"I guess it's a good thing he can't materialize before us." Says Klaus, attempting to make light of the situation. Unfortunately, his comic relief does little to alleviate my stress. I send him a small smile to show my appreciation for his concern.

"Yes, I guess that is a good thing." I say, but my tone of voice alludes to nothing short of despair.

"So he can communicate with you and-"He motions to the back seat with his head"-does this mean that he doesn't know that I'm with you?"

"I don't know, but, if he knows about the man that we are currently saving after never seeing him before than I highly doubt he doesn't know that you are with us."

Klaus furrows his brow in suspicion.

"What if this isn't the first time Mephistor has met him?"

"What are you getting at?" My own brows furrow as well. "Are you saying that this man is in with the king?"

"Think about it, Alliana." Klaus's eyes glow."We, as well as this man, were the only ones to escape the coronation. He was positioned on the stairs in distress sure-but what if he put him there!" His voice raises,"What if he knew we were going to escape, and, therefore set a trap so that if you wouldn't reveal our location-"His fists shake with anger."-he would."

"Klaus I don't think that-"

"Oh, Alliana please don't tell me that you are this naive to ignore such an obvious-"

"Naive! I'll have you know that I am anything but naive!" I begin to raise my voice as well."Has the thought ever occurred to you that maybe you're just paranoid?"

"No, no it hasn't because-"

"Geez, you guys really go at it don't you?" A voice snaps Klaus and I out of our argumentative moods. We both turn towards the man in the back seat who has seemingly rejoined reality.

"Oh you don't know the half of it." Klaus says with a light laugh. It's strange, a second ago I was so angry, but now I feel like myself again.

"Are you-"

"Not possessed anymore?" The man laughs and I nod."Yeah, I'm good."

Klaus isn't convinced. "You're good." His laugh is maniacal. Before I can comprehend what his going on, Klaus's hand shoots out and grabs the man by the front of his uniform. He pulls him in close and flashes his fangs."I don't care if you're good, and, quite frankly I'm beginning to think that you'd be better off if you were dead." His tone is deadly and I can feel the intensity of it. Tension fills the car.

"What do you mean?" The mans voice is full of worry. He turns to me,"Hey, what's his problem?"

"My problem-"Klaus growls and shakes the mans attention back to him."-is that the king is inside of your head, and, as you can probably tell, that doesn't help our current situation ."

"Klaus enough! He doesn't know what you're talking about!"I say but only earn a deep chuckle from Klaus. He turns to me and I nearly gasp as a flash of black protruding veins appear from underneath his eyes. They're gone in less than a second, but, I know that the man and I have both seen them when we turn to each other, fear evident on both of our faces.

"Klaus." I begin slowly."Please put him down."

"And why should I do that?" He says with a smirk creeping up his lips.

"Because you're hurting him."

Another laugh. His green eyes crackle, now flickering with flecks of red. He only holds the man tighter.

"Klaus." A growl sounds throughout car. I know where this is headed if we can't get him under control. An idea pops into my mind and I decide to act upon it. The man looks to me with a pleading expression. Both of my hands reach out to grip Klaus's face and I press my lips to his. The mere shock of the action causes him to abandon his grip on the man who sinks into the back seat while grasping for air.

Klaus growls as his hands shoot out and tangle in my hair-keeping my mouth against his. The act is possessive, and he tastes heavenly. I can't help the small moan that escapes me. His response is a smirk against my lips.

I can hear a throat clear from the back seat of the car.

"Um, guys-"

Klaus growls again and holds me tighter. His mouth molds with mine perfectly.

"Guys-"

I suddenly come to and my eyes shoot open in realization. My hands move to Klaus's chest and I push lightly. He comes apart from me with difficulty and removes his hands from my head.

"Alliana." Klaus asks, his voice is back to normal now and his green eyes are back to their normal cat like appearance."What happened to me?"

I shake my head. The fear that is in Klaus's eyes is now in both mine and the man's."I have no idea."

"You don't think-" He begins and slowly sinks into his seat.

"I suppose it's possible-" We look to each other and suddenly the stream of events that took place earlier are beginning to make sense.

"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on!" The man yells.

While Klaus is attempting to collect himself I turn to the man.

"This thing, whatever just happened here-"I begin."I think it may be targeting gifted vampires."

"Well that's not good." He says."So it makes them go all demonic and lash out-" He looks down at his body."-and I'm a human. Could this get any better?" He asks sarcastically

"I have no idea what's causing it." I look between both men. "But it can't be good."

"Arrived" The gps goes off throughout the car and I look out the front window to reveal a small cabin.

Great timing

Through the roof I notice that we are now in a forest about six hours from the palace. Although I know the amount of time separates the king and I, I have no idea where we are. I can't help but think that will play to our advantage, especially if Mephistor does have some sort of control over the man.

"What do we do now?" He asks and motions his head towards Klaus."With you know who?"

"I guess we will have to wait and see how much control he has before it happens again." I say, unsure of any better options.

"You're going to wait for this to happen again?!" The man says."You do know that he tried to kill me, right?"

"You know I'm sitting right here right?" Klaus says, a hint of annoyance laced through his tone.

"How could I forget." Says the man as he rolls his eyes. "I think we should start by getting out of this car," He continues, cracking his back."It's getting a little cramped in here and I don't particularly want to get choked again."

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