Vivienne Forbes has always been the rock for everyone around her. She has loved fiercely, to the point where the ones she cared for most have hurt her the most. She's longed for the love of a father-just a bit of validation, consideration, or even empathy. That's all she ever wanted. The love she feels for her family is unexplainable; she would kill for them, and be killed by them.
But now, she doesn't let people in. If they don't know her, they can't hurt her. She's learned the hard way that the greatest betrayal often comes from those you love most-the ones you trust, the ones you let in.
When he enters her life, it's going to be a sight to see.
Niklaus Mikaelson is a man who takes what he wants. Vengeful, manipulative, and ruthless, he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals and remove anyone who stands in his way. He has a reason for everything he does, and while it's driven by selfish motives, there's a fear behind it all.
Klaus is also a skilled artist, often seen sketching in his spare time. Rather than showing love to those he cares about, he uses fear to ensure their loyalty. He believes no one will ever choose to stick by his side, so he forces them to stay.
What the world calls evil, he sees as an appropriate response to a harsh and unfair world. Cruel, powerful, narcissistic, and manipulative-yes. But Klaus is also compassionate, lovable, and deeply emotional, even if he refuses to let anyone see that side of him.
"Love is a vampire's greatest weakness. We do not feel, and we do not care."
Will this saying change when their worlds collide? Will he push her away, or will she break down the walls he's built over thousands of years? Will she let him in? Will he be there for her when she rises? Is she his salvation or his demise? Neither of them knows yet, but one thing is certain: their souls are already intertwined.
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❝So who are you then, love?❞
❝I'm nobody, sir.❞
❝Well, we both know that's not true. Everybody's a somebody.❞
❝Not me. I was born a nobody and I'm destined to die a nobody.❞
Being born and raised in the sixteenth century as a bastard lowborn was exhausting and painful for anyone, and Calliope Connard was not an exception. Having never met her true parents and being a servant for the Staple family, Callie has already experienced betrayal and agony by the time she has adulthood, and when she and her friends are informed of the arrival of another noble family, they expect the same to happen once again. Only to find herself meeting and intriguing the one and only, Niklaus Mikaelson.
Callie's bastard status and her outspoken silent personality interested the Original more than he cared to admit, and as she finds herself falling for him more and more with each day, she gives her heart and more importantly, her trust, over to Klaus, in a way that she never had before. But loving a Mikaelson has never had anyone any good and Callie is no different. She will do anything and everything to save her family and friends from what she believes might be an early death-but how can she save them when she cannot even save herself?
[BOOK ONE OF THE CALLIOPE CHRONICLES]
[PRE-THE VAMPIRE DIARIES-S4]
[KLAUS MIKAELSON