The Original Love (Book 5)

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

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I stand up and watch as Klaus talks to Esther "you judge me evil, yet it was your lust that made me what I am" Klaus says to her. "And not once have I ever regretted the love I had for your father. And, you have never known the truth of how that love came to be, or what happened in the months after Mikael and I lost your sister Freya to the plague. There are no words for the loss of a child, as you well know" Klaus' eyes widen in pain, and he strains to keep from crying.

"After Freya died, Mikael was inconsolable. Compelled by his grief, we were forced to pack our things and set across the seas. Eventually, his despair would drive us apart, and that's when I saw him for the first time, your father. I'd never seen a man like him. Powerful, yet wise, but loved by his people. And, because Mikael had chosen to leave me alone in his grief, shunning me from his life, I found myself drawn to another" Esther said.

"Spare me the sordid details of my origin" Klaus says "I only speak the truth" "then tell me this, Mother. Why did your Adonis abandon his son? Why did he allow me to be raised by a monster who hated me? Why not claim me for himself, raise me among the wolves? Or, was he as ashamed of his bastard as you were" Klaus asked? "No, no, no, he loved you. It was I who forbade it. I knew if Mikael had learned of my infidelity, he would've destroyed us in his rage. I had no choice" Esther says.

Klaus glares at Esther furiously "because of you, we were a family again" Esther said. I watch as Klaus steps away from her, overwhelmed. "A family built on secrets and lies" Klaus says "oh, you were my secret joy! And, to protect your secret, I denied you a life with your father. But, what if I could make up for all that? By curing you of this sickness that's infected your soul? Wheras I put Kol and Finn into the bodies of a witch, you I shall place into the body of a werewolf! So you can live out your days as what you were always meant to be" Esther says.

"What could possibly make you think I would agree to such a thing" Klaus says. "With mortality, you could start over. You could have a family of your own. Happiness, peace, all the things you have long been denied? You can spend the rest of your days with the girl you love" Esther says, pointing to me. "Enough" Klaus yelled "tell me where Elijah is, or I will kill you, in this body or any other you choose to jump into from now to bloody Armageddon" Klaus says and takes a step toward her, but Esther throws him away from him using telekinesis.

"I had hoped there was some part of you that yearned for an end to your vicious ways! But, if you are determined to perpetuate the cycles of the violence to which you have become accustomed? Well, then, I'll have to accommodate you" Esther says and snaps Klaus's neck making him fall to the ground, unconscious. "Klaus" I call and run to his side. "Why do you keep doing this" I yell at her "I am doing this so we can be a family again, something you didn't have much of as a kid" Esther said.

I shake my head "I had a family, but they weren't mine, this" I pointed to Klaus "this is my family" I said in anger. I knelt down next to Klaus "you can feel it, the hunger, it will soon be to overwhelming for you. Just say the word and I will give you blood" Esther says and sits on a bench near by. I ignore her and sit by Klaus, waiting for him to wake. When he finally dis wake up it was night and Esther was right, the hunger for blood was overwhelming and I could feel myself on edge.

I was pacing back and forth when I heard Klaus gasp and sits up. I quickly run over to him and kneel by him, putting a hand on his shoulder as he looks at me before looking at Esther who has been waiting for him. "Apologies for the headache, were you dreaming" Esther asked "I was remembering the day I found out who my real father was. Only that was after Mikael slaughtered him" Klaus says and stands up as I do the same.

"My darkest hour. Had you yourself not killed me soon thereafter, I doubt I ever would have recovered" Esther says and checks her pocketwatch, "you woke earlier than I expected. No matter. It is time" Esther says "time for what" I ask scared a little "you said you wanted Elijah. He's sleeping. Chained to the wall of a tomb in Lafayette Cemetery. I've lifted the spell that hides him. You are free to take him home. Now, his own mind will work out his choice for him. When he wakes, he'll make his own decision. Every single thing I've said to you tonight is the truth, Niklaus. Whether you choose to believe it is up to you" Esther says.