Predator and Prey (COMPLETE)

Part 2: Elijah's Intentions

By: eternityunicorn

Once Eternity was gone, Elijah turned to his little brother and waited for him to say whatever was on his mind.

"Well, it seems congratulations are in order," the hybrid began. "I didn't believe that you would succeed, but now that you have, I wonder what you plan on doing with her, Brother?"

"I won the challenge. She is mine to command," he explained with a casual shrug. "Therefore, I plan on using her as I would a sword, as an weapon to protect our family from our many enemies. To ensure no other can steal her away from us, I also plan on marrying her. She will be my wife and as such, a part of our family - bound to us forever."

Niklaus and the others all looked at each other, then back at him with looks of amusement and surprise.

"Marriage is a bold move, Elijah," Kol piped up. "Though, it does have merit, I suppose. Just one question: Has she consented to such an arrangement?"

"Not yet," admitted the older Original, "but she will. I haven't informed her of my intentions. Yet it doesn't matter, as she doesn't have much of a choice. As I said, she is mine and she will obey me per the arrangement of the challenge that had been set forth."

Again, his siblings all looked at each other.

Niklaus narrowed his eyes on him and grinned knowingly, "You're smitten."

A master of masking his feelings, Elijah remained poker faced as he snorted, "Hardly. I am simply trying to make sure that our secret weapon remains in our hands permanently. I do not want anything or anyone to rob us of the one protection that will ensure our survival. We have no shortage of enemies, Niklaus. Keeping Eternity from falling into enemy hands is the goal here. I am merely ensuring she stays with us."

"If that is all, then why should you be the one to marry her?" His brother inquired, the taunting amusement evident in his tone. "Why can't one of your other bachelor brothers or sisters wed the beauty you have brought into our home? Surely any of us would suffice in keeping this otherworldly creature in our hands, yes? So why should it be you that she calls spouse?"

Though he knew his brother was simply baiting him into reacting, Elijah's neutral mask cracked as his jaw tightened with his strong feelings of possessiveness that welled up inside him. He put his hand in his pants pocket as casually as he could to hide it as it automatically began to ball into a tight fist.

"Because, as I said, I am the one who commands her," he practically growled. "I am the one who was victorious is securing her. Therefore, I am the only one who has the right to claim her, to wed her. She. Is. Mine."

Niklaus held up his hands in surrender and with an amused chuckle, backing off.

"Now, if we are quite done here, I must tend to Eternity," Elijah said with finality, a humorless smile stretched upon his lips. "If you'll excuse me."

With that, he turned and walked out of the room, before his mask of neutrality cracked any more than it already had. He sped up the stairs so he didn't have to hear his siblings talk about him, as he knew they would. He didn't want to deal with their gossip.

Instead, Elijah focused on meeting Rebekah and Eternity. He found them in his bedroom with a bunch of his sister's spare clothes spread over his bed haphazardly. The ethereal beauty wore nothing of the female Original's, but sat on his bed wearing one of his own dress shirts.

Upon seeing him in the doorway, Rebekah sighed and explained, "Your little friend is exactly that - little. Nothing fits. Everything hangs off her too much to be comfortable. I hope you don't mind, I put her in one of your shirts for the time being. It's big, of course, but at least it hides her attributes well. We are definitely going to need to get her to the store as soon as possible."