Klaroline - Destined Mates

Chapter 23 : Arriving in NC

Caroline's POV-

The beginning of the trip is filled with a comfortable silence and Klaus has reopened the bond on his side I can feel his trepidation about how much of his memories I'll have to see, and although I send him reassurance It only helps him a little bit the feeling of the unknown and the lack of control getting to him.

I decide to take his mind off it I kill the radio and turn to him "So tell me about Ketzy."

Klaus shoots a small smirk at me before turning back to the road and saying "She's a witch love, her and Elijah met a way back and started a torrid affair most unlike him really."

"So what happened? He still seems pretty raw about it." I ask.

"She tapped into some darker magic and began to lose control, just as Elijah was helping her to claw it back Mikael was spotted nearby and we had to leave she begged him to stay. But his loyalty to his family made him leave and she refused to go with him, her father abandoned her when she was a child and I think him leaving just reopened fresh wounds." Klaus muses darkly.

"Why wouldn't she go with him, surely she realized the danger he would be in if he stayed?" I ask curiously.

"She didn't want to leave her home, her mother was there, her friends. Elijah wasn't enough for her or so he thinks." Klaus says definitively.

"That's so sad for them both." I murmur sadly.

"It is what it is love they've had time now to get over it." He says dismissively.

"How long ago was this?" I wonder curiously

"About 100 years ago now but you'd have to ask Elijah for specifics."

"How is she still alive?" I gasp shocked.

"She tapped into some magic that helped prolong her lifespan, she probably got at least another hundred years left. That's part of the reason we are going to her, she exceptional at family magic and was the one that introduced the idea of vampires having mates as well as wolfs to us." Klaus speaks softly.

"Can we not threaten her please." I say hesitantly.

"Love" Klaus says imploringly.

"Just promise that you'll let me try to talk to her before you go all growly." I interrupt him

"Fine, but you stay close to me Caroline, she's a very powerful witch." he mutters bitterly.

"Thank you. It'll be fine she'll like us." I say cheerfully.

He shoots me a glance that tells me he hopes so but doesn't share my optimism. I turn the radio back on and settle down in my seat singing softly under my breath. I feel Klaus's contentment flood through the bond and it makes me smile as I lean against the door and softly fall asleep.

A short while later I'm woken up by the feeling of being lifted and I struggle to open my eyes, when I pry them open I realize that I'm in Klaus's arms and he's carrying me out of the car. Obviously we have arrived in North Carolina and it's kind of like I expected clean but worn.

The square we are standing in is very old fashioned with a grocers and butchers and the building we are heading for, which I'm guessing is the hotel only looks to be two or three stories tall and is probably the only hotel in this town.

It kind of reminds me of mystic falls in a weird way it's got the old town vibe but mystic falls has been updated at least we have a motel. But altogether I decide I don't mind it when I see an old fashioned ice cream parlor.

"We have to go there." I say perking up excited by the prospect.

"Ah awake now are you love." Klaus murmurs amused.