A Fall into Darkness

Her Anger/ His Protection

Katherine waited she knew that Nikolas would show himself soon enough. They both looked toward the door as it opened, Katherine let out a low growl as Nikolas walked into the room.
"Now Katherine is that anyway to act."
"Yes." She said looking at him. Nikolas cleared the distance between them, he pinned her to the wall, he leaned in and sniffed her and then kissed her neck. Katherine placed her hands on his chest and shoved him across the room almost impailing him on the large horns that hung from the wall.
"You are stronger than I remember. You used to enjoy my touch."
"Touch me again and I will remove the arm." She spat. Nikolas growled and dove at her only for her to side step him and pin him to the ground.
"You should have stayed away." She said slamming her fist into his chest and pulling his heart from his chest, his eyes wide with surprise.
"You've been too sloppy my dear." Katherine said stepping down on his neck hearing it make a sickening crack. She looked up as his followers entered the room, they saw his body on the floor and her holding his heart in her hand.
"My love if you would." She said holding it out. It was as if Clark knew what she meant and with his heat vision caused it to burst into flames. Much to Katherine's surprise as it happened the ones in the room screamed in pain. She began to laugh,    Clark looked at her oddly.
"He bonded with each of you." She said walking over and picking one up by the throat.
"How much of his blood have you drank?"
"Enough."
"Then die with him."
"You were changed by him why does this not hurt you?"
"Because he changed me well over 1300 years ago. I am no longer dependent on him. Where as you as humans who chose to drink his blood are. So now you will die with him." Katherine said, she looked over and smiled as she let the one she was holding fall to the floor, she walked over to another, she ran her fingers over his face and had him look at her, Clark watched with a strange interest, she leaned down and kissed the young man, he looked up at her and pulled her closer and deepened the kiss, Katherine wasn't in the mood and tipped his head sideways and bit down, she could have laughed when she heard him moan in pleasure as she drank from him. She pulled back and let him fall from her arms.
"We can go." She said holding her hand out to Clark.
"You knew you could destroy him."
"I did. I knew if I didn't he would continue to come. Now he won't and half his followers will die with him. He knew the price that would be paid approaching me. He was gone before I was three hundred years old, I had a thousand years to hone who I am."
Clark said nothing and once they were outside and lifted her into his arms and took to the air. Clark landed on his balcony and set her down, Katherine lowered her eyes and walked inside. She started toward the bathroom stripping of her blood covered clothing and started a hot shower to remove the blood from her hair. She stepped into the scalding hot water and let it run over her skin, she heard him sigh before reaching in and turning the heat down a bit. He slipped into the shower with her, his lips kissing her skin. He said nothing just kissed her, his hands moving over her wet skin, he turned her around to face him. Clark leaned down and kissed her deeply, she looked into his deep blue eyes.
"About what happened."
"Dont." He said kissing her, he moved his hands over her body, he reached beyond her and grabbed the shampoo and began washing her hair. She closed her eyes as he ran his fingers through her hair and then he rinsed her hair, he moved his hands over her skin again and turned her to face him.
"Never think I will look differently at you for doing what you had to."
"Clark you've seen me feed, but you've never seen me angry., what I did to Nikolas was mild compared to what I wanted to do. "
"I know and I knew you would have done more." He said touching her face, he knew she never felt bad for doing what she had to do. He lifted her into his arms and headed into bedroom. He lay her on the bed and looked down at her. He would never totally understand her mind but he would try.