The Red Herring: A Mikaelson Love Story

Chapter 7: Non-Negotiable Sibling Tactics

"What are you doing here, Klaus?" I asked the vampire who was lying beside me and looking over me worriedly.

"I heard you crying." He answered quietly. "And I needed to explain myself to you."

"There's nothing to explain." I said, biting my lip in an attempt to stop any more tears from flowing. "You used me."

"I didn't. I would never do that to you." I rolled my eyes and turned away from him but he merely pulled me in closer and wrapped his body around mine. "You don't have to say anything, I just need you to listen. Yes, I knew who you were and yes, I knew that Elena was your twin but the reason I didn't tell you isn't because I was using you, it's because I didn't want you to leave me because of what I planned to do to her. The only part that was a lie was who I was, but my intentions were pure, I assure you. I loved you, I still do. However, as I said before I know there are some sins that do not warrant forgiveness." He got up to leave but I brought him back down and turned to face him.

"And like I told you before, all sins can be forgiven." He pulled his face to mine and kissed me and I didn't stop him. I didn't stop him when he started to take off my clothes and I didn't stop him when we had sex. He had done bad things to my family and he still planned to do bad things to them. Not to mention the whole family would disown me if I pursued things with him. And yet, there we lay side by side, in my bed.

"I'm sorry." He said as he pulled a strand of hair from my face.

What I was doing with him was wrong and if I continued to pursue this relationship, I'd be turning against my family. And if I was going to do all those wrong things, I had to do at least one right one.

"Klaus, you need to know something." I told him in earnest. "I meant what I said before. You cannot kill Elena and if you try and kill her, I'll have to kill you. And that's non-negotiable."

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Klaus and I had begun to date in secret, leaving my friends and family in the dark about it. I had patched things up with Stefan, Jeremy and even Alaric and I had gotten to know each other properly. Everything was going great until one day Alaric came back with a message that made me sick to my stomach.

"Klaus, he got to me." Alaric told us all nervously. "He sent me to deliver a message. The sacrifice happens tonight."

"We need to see Elijah." Elena said, trying to formulate a game plan but I knew what I had to do.

"I have to speak to my agent." I told them whilst maintaining my best poker face. "I'll be back soon I promise."

I raced all the way to my house knowing Klaus would be there any minute and prepared to tear into him. However, when I got there, he was already there watching me on TV with an angered expression.

"Melody Stone." He said, gritting his teeth. "That's who you really are, right? Melody Stone?"

"Iliana is my name. Melody is just a stage persona." I told him, slightly worried about how things were going to change.

"You talk to me in anger of lies, when you yourself masquerade under a façade?" He shot back, almost yelling.

"Don't even try and compare what you did to this. I just didn't tell you that I also happen to be famous, you lied about trying to kill my sister." I sneered.

"Why didn't you tell me then?" He asked sceptically.

"I don't know Klaus, maybe because being a celebrity is usually common knowledge, maybe I didn't want to be treated differently because of that, or maybe I subconsciously knew not to trust you." I snapped. "I really enjoyed hearing about your plan to complete the sacrifice tonight from Alaric, by the way."