Protecting Them (Only His Series: Book 3) *NEW VERSION*

Chapter 21

Alex's P.O.V

~In the Afternoon~

I sat on the bank of the lake as I chucked rocks into it. At first, I was skipping them along the top, but as I stood there, the skipping became angrier. Now I was just sitting here trapped with my thoughts. Charles deserved to know about the twins, that much was true. However he didn't trust Klaus, and it most likely Klaus didn't trust him. That truth made me chuck another stone into the water before me. Why can't my life be simple?

"Hey," I glance over my shoulder to see Hayley standing behind me.

"Hey," I answered as she moved to stand next to me.

"What happened between you and Charles last night?" She asked me. "He doesn't seem like himself."

"I had to tell him the truth about the relationship between his father and me," I explained. "Then I scolded him because he started to talk about Klaus the same way my brothers did at the beginning of our relationship."

"Oh," Hayley said. "Do you think you got through to him?"

"I doubt it," I stated. "While many will say he inherited my mind, he also, unfortunately, inherited the Salvatore trait for stubbornness as well."

"Did he ask-"

"Of course," I stated. "I didn't tell him anything and it kills me that I can't tell him. Hell, it kills me that I can't have them in my arms right now!"

"I couldn't agree with you more, my love," I turned around at the sound of Klaus's voice behind us. Hayley looked between us before standing up.

"I'll leave you two alone then," She said and squeezed my shoulder in a comforting way, before leaving. I stood up and turned to him while crossing my arms.

"Kol is safe and sound with Davina if you're still angry about that," Klaus informed me.

"Good, but I know why you're here, Klaus. It's because of the truth serum plant isn't it?" I asked rhetorically. "It shouldn't affect them since they aren't lying to each other about it, meaning it's not a secret. The only person it's still a secret to is my son-"

Klaus's face turned stone cold as he cut me off, "If you even think about telling him-"

"You'll what? Try and lock me away until the wedding?" I asked him.

"Maybe I will if this preposterous truth-telling idiocy has gone to your head," Klaus stated. "Under no circumstances will you divulge any family secrets, especially none that would endanger my children!"

"Esther is gone, Klaus and Charles have proved to us that he wasn't working for her. If I can see your siblings as my own, then the very least you could do is consider my flesh and blood son your family too!" I argued and stormed past him to make my way back to Charles's shack.

"Your son died!" Klaus exclaimed and I turned to him quickly.

"So did Henrik," I scoffed. "Yet he's here, alive and well. Not to mention, you were so quick to add him back to our family even though we knew he was working for Esther, while it was only a theory in Charles's case!" Klaus's jaw clenched in rage with the comparison. "Finn is growing more powerful by the day and the more allies we have, the better."

"The outcome of your guilt is not worth the risk it imposes on our children," Klaus said and I became frustrated.

"Well, it's not a risk if I trust my child. Their brother," I said to him. Klaus rolled his eyes and I grabbed his chin so he'd look at me. "Klaus, I know my son. With him in the loop, and the wedding giving Victor's power to everyone, we are going to have a whole army of super-wolves who will protect our children with their lives."