Claire Forbes had everything a girl in a small town like Mystic Falls could want. A boyfriend, popularity, beauty and the best of friends. Everyone always knew they were going to have a good time when the party girl of Mystic Falls shows up.
Howeve...
*There is a mature scene, if you don't wanna ready it, skim through it... Also...Guess who's at the end of the chapter?*
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Claire wakes up slowly. Elijah's arms are wrapped snugly around her, his head nuzzled in her neck as he spoons her. She smiles sifting further backwards causing Elijah to tighten his grip. His nose brushes against the mark he made on her neck.
The mark came from him feeding from her the previous night. While it was obvious there is a mark there now, it would fade within a few days but it would always be there. Humans wouldn't be able to see it but the supernatural would. They would also smell Elijah's scent mixing with Claire's, warning everybody that she's been claimed and that a very gruesome death would follow anybody who dare lay a hand on her.
"Good morning, Elskan" Elijah mumbles in her ear. A pleasant shiver races down her spine. She spins in his arms so she was facing him. He opens his eyes and she smiles at him.
"I love you" She whispers.
"I love you more, Elskan" He whispers back before kissing her. The desire slowly growing in both of them. Claire pushing Elijah on his back, climbing on top of him. She straddles his waist her hands roaming his chest.
Before they could go too far, Claire slowly pulls away and sits up. Elijah watches her curiously as she frowns her eyebrows. She knew they were the only ones in the room but she could swear she was hearing something.
"Those are my thoughts, Elskan" Elijah explains. Claire looks at him instantly. She then becomes painfully aware that she could hear every thought and had access to all his memories. But that wasn't all. She didn't only have access to his mind but to his emotions.
She gasps as they start to overwhelm her. Elijah didn't have much difficulty, if any at all, with the change. He had access to her emotions and thoughts as well but after being a vampire for a thousand years, he's used to dealing with heightened emotions which helped his handle suddenly being able to feel hers. He also had experience being able to entire ones mind so hearing her thoughts, feeling her emotions, it didn't overwhelm him.
Claire, however, is only human. She's only spent 17 years alive and in those years she's only ever experienced her normal emotions and her own thoughts. Now she could feel Elijah. She could feel his heightened emotions which quickly took over almost all her senses. It as impossible for her to decipher what was hers and what was his. Panic began to over take Claire only causing everything to get worse.
"Claire, my love, please calm down" Elijah whispers sitting up. He wraps his arms around her her and she buries her head in the crook of his neck. His lips kiss her shoulder.
"It's too much" She whimpers. He rubs her back soothingly making sure that he remained calm knowing it would be easier to calm her down that way.
"You can block it out" He whispered to her. "Imagine a barrier around your mind, a mental wall." He mutters in her ear. Claire tries to do what he tells her but it felt impossible.
