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Chapter 05<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chef had brought her some food, but Bella hadn\u2019t been hungry. She had had three whole pancakes that day and they had been delicious but the more she thought about that morning, the more truth she saw in it. She was a Cold One, and Cold Ones didn\u2019t need human food, they couldn\u2019t eat it. She shouldn\u2019t eat so much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The food was still resting on her table, though, as a reminder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was quiet in the building. Freya was out, Kol was out, Klaus was out with Bella\u2019s sister and Elijah was reading. Bella enjoyed the silence very much as she was sitting underneath the table with her legs crossed. It was welcomed, after everything that had happened that day. It was getting late in the day, the sounds outside were changing from passing cars to more people on foot, laughing, thinking loudly, but that was alright, Bella didn\u2019t have to listen. Her bubble was nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until the point where her door flew open and slammed shut again. She shifted so she was sitting on her knees and peeked out from underneath the table. Kol would knock before he\u2019d enter. So would Freya. \u201cFucker, fuck!\u201d It was Myriam. Bella\u2019s sister. What was she doing in her confinement? Bella couldn\u2019t get a read on her, but she could tell that she was slightly drunk on blood. \u201cWhat a fucking asshole! Taking me out to see the city? How nice of him! Exploring the city was wonderful, saw many beautiful and old things and I heard many stories. Then he took me to an all you can eat buffet!\u201d Myriam barked out a laugh. \u201cJesus fuck, there were so many of them that I thoroughly enjoyed myself while we fed. And then it dawned on me\u2026 you know, the fucker says \u2018love\u2019 a lot. A LOT. Oh, and \u2018sweetheart\u2019, jeez, that\u2019s fucking annoying! He held the doors open for me. Made sure everything was to my liking. Fucker! See, that\u2019s why I hated him calling Dad, because Dad would make a joke that I\u2019m fucking cheap and it would get ideas in someone\u2019s fucking head! Just because I fucking killed my fuckbuddy doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m free and open for anyone else! Jesus fuck!\u201d She stopped pacing then, the smell of cold human food entering her nostrils and spotting the plate. \u201cAnd I didn\u2019t give up my humanity for you so you can skip your dinner. Sit down and fucking eat your food!\u201d She pulled Bella from underneath the table and set her down on a chair before taking a seat in front of her, where Kol usually sat. \u201cI\u2019m here for you, Bella, I\u2019m not here to get fucked with by traditionals, you got that? No messing with my mind or no nudge in the right direction because I swear, I will kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella did as she was told and started to eat the food, she wasn\u2019t sure what Myriam had been going on about, other than it sounded like Klaus was being kind to her. \u201cIt\u2019s called kindness<\/em>, ma\u2019am,\u201d she softly said as she continued to eat. \u201cThis family is very kind, except for when there\u2019s anger and rage involved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, Bella, Klaus was trying to get into my pants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI doubt it\u2019d fit, ma\u2019am,\u201d Bella replied as she kept her eyes on her plate and continued to eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam didn\u2019t know whether to laugh or dismiss it. Because it did sound funny and it was the truth, Klaus Mikaelson would never fit into her pants, but Bella was so innocent. \u201cYou have no idea what I was ranting about, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t like Klaus\u2019 kindness, ma\u2019am,\u201d Bella said, half shrugging. \u201cIt is something to get used to, but give it a few days and you will appreciate it that these vampires like kindness above else. They don\u2019t believe in punishments or water and oats, and they don\u2019t do experiments. They do magic and Freya made it look so pretty. And these vampires\u2019 touch is warm, not cold. They\u2019re soft, like I am!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed as she leaned on the table and rested her head in her hand. \u201cYou\u2019ve been here a while\u2026 have you been inside their heads? Do you trust them? What do you think of them?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Edward abandoned me, Klaus took me with him, ma\u2019am. I was sure I was going to get punished or killed, and I welcomed it. I felt as if nothing mattered anymore, because they had finally found a way to get me away from everyone. To be safe, and not to have someone as defective as me. I don\u2019t like Klaus much, he has a lot of fear and rage inside of him. Kol found me in the dungeons while Klaus was away, and Kol started to show me kindness. And I tried so hard to refuse. I believed that Edward was going to come for me and take me back home. It was only because Kol forced me to feel something, to make me hurt twenty people in the street, that I know that I have been wrong in rejecting kindness. That they are trying to make me adjust to their version of living, likely in the hopes that I can serve them as I tried serving the Cullens. Like the children we had at home, we showed them a better way of life and made them stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed then. \u201cFor you, this<\/em> is a better way of life. Yes, you were raised as a Cold One, but not entirely because you\u2019re still human. You have needs that the Cullens couldn\u2019t give you and birthgiver and sperm donor only used you for appearances sake. You don\u2019t have to be quiet. You don\u2019t have to serve. I can see that now. You\u2019re free. Like I am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo ma\u2019am,\u201d Bella shook her head. \u201cI might hurt more people. I\u2019m a monster, I\u2019m a bad girl. You\u2019re the good girl. You\u2019re strong, and you\u2019re fast, and you\u2019ve made a good impression on Klaus. You kill bad Cold Ones. I only hurt good people or people who don\u2019t deserve it. And I\u2019m aware that I\u2019m different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to be different, if we were all the same, life would be so incredibly boring,\u201d Myriam shrugged. \u201cAnd to be fair, your innocence is so adorable. You\u2019re not a bad girl, Bella. You\u2019re a good girl who\u2019s had bad things happen to her. You\u2019re a good girl, wrongly instructed by bad people. The Mikaelsons are trying to teach you their way of life because this is exactly how life should be lived. With kindness. With good food. The first 18 years of my life had been fantastic, Peter and Charlotte couldn\u2019t cook for shit, but they employed a cook so that I had my normal, human food. I spend my days out in the sun on the farm. Riding horses or training to become stronger and faster. Because Peter and Charlotte told me about the bad Cold Ones when I was old enough to hear where I came from. And ever since then, there\u2019s this fire inside of me that just needs to kill bad Cold Ones, you know. I won\u2019t rest until they\u2019re all dead,\u201d she smiled then. \u201cAnd maybe, one day, you\u2019ll feel strong and confident enough to come and help me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut killing is bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKilling bad Cold Ones isn\u2019t bad. It\u2019s good,\u201d Myriam pointed out. \u201cIt makes the world a little safer for humans to live in. On top of that, I don\u2019t feed off of good humans, either. I feed on the bad humans, because they deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had finished her plate and carefully put it aside. \u201cWhat\u2019s a sperm donor, ma\u2019am?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella hadn\u2019t slept because she didn\u2019t need sleep. Like her sister because Cold Ones didn\u2019t sleep. Kol hadn\u2019t come home, and Bella was a little bit worried, but she knew that he could take care of himself. He had told her that quite often. Instead, Bella listened to Myriam as she spoke about how and where she grew up, describing a lot of things in detail so that Bella knew that things were, or at least understand. Bella was good at listening, and she believed that Myriam simply wanted to talk to someone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it was morning, and the staff of the Mikaelsons started to prepare for breakfast, Bella couldn\u2019t believe it had only been a day since she met Myriam. Myriam was an open book, there was no need to go into her mind to understand her, because she spoke openly and used the word \u2018fuck\u2019 a lot. Bella had the feeling that she knew Myriam quite well already – granted, there were things that Bella didn\u2019t understand but simply let Myriam talk. And talk. It was what Myriam needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella wasn\u2019t sure how to feel about having a sister. In her experience, families were bad, like the Cullens. But the Mikaelsons were a family and despite all of their anger issues, they were together and they were kind. It was confusing and Bella didn\u2019t know how to be a sister. What if she\u2019d be bad at it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, tell me about Kol,\u201d Myriam smiled at her. \u201cHe\u2019s been looking after you, hasn\u2019t he? Been teaching you things?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella nodded. \u201cAnd Freya and her doctor Keelin are figuring out how I\u2019m built and what\u2019s in my bloodstream. They have to determine if they need to get it out or if it can stay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah? Like what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBirth giver\u2019s herbs, I guess ma\u2019am. All the syringes with things in them to make me better. Freya said that she wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Doctor Carlisle rewired me on the inside, in my chest, but Keelin took pictures of me, you know those where you can see on the inside? And she said I was complete. I still had everything, although I don\u2019t know what could be missing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sucked in a breath. \u201cWell, sometimes Cold Ones who are in the business of \u2018helping\u2019 special children, like to remove a kidney to sell it for money. Or half a lung. Or you know, get the part out where you can grow a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to be a birth giver!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She laughed then. \u201cNo, you don\u2019t have to be one. You can become a mom<\/em> if you want to. But you\u2019ll never have to worry about becoming a birth giver. That might have eventually happened if you weren\u2019t caught by Klaus\u2019 daughter Hope. But you know what? That\u2019s a talk we can have some other time. What else did Kol do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe showed me that warm water is nice, ma\u2019am. That it\u2019s much better to be underneath the shower or in the bath than being hosed down. And that I had to use a towel. Oh, and the toilet, but luckily I knew how it worked having been on one a few times. And that human food is indeed better than water and oats. And most of all, he taught me that it\u2019s good to talk about what you feel and that crying could feel good. He thinks that because of my instructions of not being allowed to feel anything that I\u2019m getting those explosions in my head that hurt people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd, is that working?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy head still feels light, ma\u2019am. Usually by now it starts to feel a bit heavy. And then heavier, and heavier\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd then it takes just the right push for you to explode.\u201d The whole \u2018ma\u2019am\u2019 thing was annoying Myriam immensely. She was Myriam, for fuck\u2019s sake. Her sister. She was not a ma\u2019am. \u201cWell, guess what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat, ma\u2019am?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccording to Jasper, and to my parents, I can block mental abilities. Like\u2026 Jasper\u2019s manipulation of feelings. Or compulsion by traditional vampires\u2026 or\u2026 Edward\u2019s mind reading. Haven\u2019t you noticed? You can\u2019t get into my mind? That\u2019s because I\u2019m keeping you out. You can push people away with your shield, or protect them, right? Well, I just have to stand in front of whatever is happening and it goes away. Hurts no one.\u201d She saw a big smile appear on Bella\u2019s face, a smile of relief. \u201cI haven\u2019t tested it yet with your meltdown, though, so you\u2019d better keep on the good work so I won\u2019t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can really do that, ma\u2019am? You can make sure that I\u2019m safe to be around? For everyone?\u201d Bella sounded like an excited child, her voice filled with hope and anticipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheoretically I should. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid you tell Klaus, ma\u2019am? That would certainly ease his mind about me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam smirked then. \u201cI have not told him and let\u2019s not tell him, okay? He\u2019s a polite asshole who tried to get into my pants. We\u2019re not going to tell him anything. I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s in the bundle of information that Dad has, but if it\u2019s not in there, we\u2019re not going to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut isn\u2019t that bad? Not telling something important to someone, ma\u2019am?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot in our case, Bella. You and I are special. Perhaps even more special than Klaus Mikaelson himself, and we can\u2019t give away our secrets like that. You know why?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella shook her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause in the case of emergency and we need to get the hell out of here, I\u2019d rather have them surprised by what we can do than for them to have anticipated our moves,\u201d she said as she helped Bella to her feet. \u201cBecause even nice people can be bad, especially for us Cold Ones. Now, come, let\u2019s get you something to eat, they\u2019ve finished setting things up. You need to tell me what you like to do for fun so we don\u2019t get bored,\u201d she said as she looped her arm through Bella\u2019s and took her to the courtyard. \u201cYou do have hobbies, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you mean, ma\u2019am?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed and ran a hand through her hair. \u201cWhat do you like to do to kill time? Like\u2026 cooking or reading or\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remain in my confinement until I\u2019m needed, ma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was there, what do you do here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe same, ma\u2019am. Although I do like it when Kol\u2019s spending time with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam scowled as they sat down at the table. \u201cSeriously, what\u2019s up with the sir and ma\u2019am shit? I\u2019m Myriam. I\u2019m your sister. I\u2019m getting very very icky vibes off of you calling me ma\u2019am, makes me think that the Cullens did more than you say they did. Did they ever like tie you up? Pushed their cold hard junk inside of you? Whipped you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, kinky,\u201d Kol said grinning as he sauntered into the courtyard and for Myriam he was reeking clearly of blood, booze and sex after his long time at D\u00e9bauche. \u201cI\u2019d love to, darling, but I am spent! Maybe tomorrow!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella watched Kol go into his own room and blinked. \u201cI thought vampires couldn\u2019t get sick?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, they can\u2026 well, they <\/em>can. I can\u2019t. I think he drank through an entire bar or two\u2026\u201d It was fortunate that she didn\u2019t need to breathe, Kol\u2019s stench almost made him vomit. \u201cHe smells disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella started to fill a plate with some food and got to her feet. \u201cI\u2019ll be right back, ma\u2019— Myriam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cWhere are you going?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s sick, he needs to eat something to make him feel better, like he told me to do,\u201d she said innocently before going over to his room and knocked on the door. \u201cKol?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGo away, Bella,\u201d Kol\u2019s voice sounded from the other side of the door. \u201cI\u2019m not feeling too great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sure didn\u2019t sound like himself. She took a deep breath and opened the door, slightly. Kol had helped her when she was feeling sick, it was kind<\/em> to do it for him, too. The room was dark, the curtains were drawn and there were no lights on, and no place for the sun to come in. She hadn\u2019t been into his room before, but it reminded her of her confinement at the Cullens, just warmer. She opened the door slightly further. \u201cI know, but I brought you something to eat. You\u2019ll feel better when you eat something. Those are your own words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol let out a groan. \u201cOh sure, now you\u2019re paying attention,\u201d he muttered. \u201cDarling, I\u2019m not sick. I merely\u2026 overindulged and I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019m quite done yet, but they kicked me out after having had every girl in that brothel, there was no one who could satisfy me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll just put the plate on your table so you can take some food when you feel like it,\u201d Bella said as she quietly got into his room and managed to find the lightswitch so she could find a table. Kol wasn\u2019t wearing any clothes and he was on his bed, looking at Bella as if he was shocked. Not even blinking, she slipped into his mind for a moment as she made her way over to the table to put the plate down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the fuck! Oh bloody hell, this is going to ruin her, why didn\u2019t anyone stop her? She smells so good though\u2026 oh fuck, yep, there it comes. <\/em>Kol grabbed a pillow to cover up his modesty and kept his eyes on Bella, who didn\u2019t seem to be bothered, at all. \u201cThanks, darling, you can go now,\u201d he said with a strained voice. Why haven\u2019t I seen this before? No, I did. But she\u2019s broken and innocent. Not pure, but interesting. No, this wasn\u2019t love, this was lust. Because she was new and exciting. And I want to fuck her. Fuck. Her. Fuck. Bella. She\u2019d feel so good\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d Bella said softly as she left his room. Why were his words contradicting his feelings? She felt a little hurt that he didn\u2019t like the kindness that she showed him. She sat back down at the table and grabbed herself a pancake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella\u2019s silence told Myriam enough. She had read his mind. \u201cWhat did you learn?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was likely feeling feverish, he wasn\u2019t wearing any clothes. He used your bad words in reference to me,\u201d Bella replied sadly. \u201cHe didn\u2019t like my kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy bad words?\u201d Myriam said surprised, thinking about her vocabulary and what Bella might have heard. \u201cYou mean fuck?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou use that when you don\u2019t like something or someone,\u201d Bella nodded slowly. \u201cKol doesn\u2019t like me…\u201d she then picked up another stray thought. \u201cAnd he wants to eat me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam started to laugh, and couldn\u2019t actually stop laughing as Bella nibbled on her pancake. This was hilarious as fuck and she wasn\u2019t sure if she should be the one to give Bella the talk about the birds and the bees. She wasn\u2019t even sure if the girl was ready for that, seeing as she had a hard time identifying some emotions still, and wasn\u2019t expressing enough on her own. \u201cAlright, Bella,\u201d Myriam was still laughing as Bella\u2019s words played through her head. \u201cGet out of his head, give him some privacy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the presence of one Klaus Mikaelson, this place was a hoot. Myriam was definitely going to stick around!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over breakfast, everyone had laughed on Bella\u2019s expense, and yes, it was kinda shitty of them, but to be honest, it was kinda funny and it was a lesson for Bella to stay out of someone\u2019s head when they were too incapacitated to put up their mental roadblocks. Myriam went out into New Orleans to a) avoid Klaus and b) to get some board games to play with Bella since her sister pretty much said that she didn\u2019t do anything for fun<\/em>. It meant that she was sitting still, waiting for the next thing to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That wasn\u2019t living. Bella needed to have fun. Maybe, just maybe, Myriam could teach her how to bake cookies and eat them. Or lasagna, the cook\u2019s recipe from when she was growing up had been delicious and Bella could share with the Mikaelsons for all Myriam cared. She just wanted to give Bella something to do, to keep her engaged. Like a fucking toddler needing to learn all the things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wasn\u2019t going to mess with Kol and Bella\u2019s friendship or whatever they had going between them. While the exchange had been hilarious, this was something that Kol needed to talk about with her sister, because right now she was feeling as if Kol didn\u2019t like her very much. Which was partially Myriam\u2019s potty mouth\u2019s fault, but that was beside the point. While Myriam would love nothing more than to see her sister happy and taken care of, she was nowhere near that point and Kol was going to have to keep a lid on his feelings for her until she was ready. She hoped that he was smart enough to realize that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best part of seeing her sister up close was that she could get the measurements right. Bella was shorter, likely due to the fact that she didn\u2019t get enough sunlight and the best food while growing up, and of course, thinner. It would likely take months<\/em> for her to look like a healthy human being. Myriam loved shopping for clothes, and it was more fun to shop for someone else, while looking at them to see if it fit and if it was something for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though Myriam wanted to buy all the tight stuff, she refrained from doing so and opted for a nice summer dress instead. And underwear. She hadn\u2019t seen any underwear in any cupboard in Bella\u2019s room, likely because she was wearing sweatpants all the time and second hand underwear was gross. A nice cozy big shirt to sleep in and some fluffy bunny slippers. Of course, now that Myriam was going to stay for a while, she needed some essentials of her own, clothes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she returned to the compound, she saw Kol slip into Bella\u2019s room – it was about time, the bastard hadn\u2019t left his room since he returned the day before! Myriam decided to stay out for a while longer, although she secretly wanted to listen in on the conversation. It was always good when men squirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol found Bella sitting in her favourite corner, knees hugged to her chest, and only acknowledging him briefly before staring blankly ahead of her again. \u201cHey, Bella, how are you doing today?\u201d He asked as he sat down next to her. \u201cIs everything going well between you and your sister?\u201d When she nodded, he continued. \u201cCan we talk about what happened yesterday?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at him then. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to. You weren\u2019t feeling well and didn\u2019t appreciate my kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had far too much to drink, alcohol, even more than we can usually tolerate and I was absolutely shitfaced. I had a lot of blood inside of me as well and I was a little frustrated,\u201d he said slowly and in a soft tone of voice. \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing that you saw me that way. Stark naked about to wank and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s shitfaced? What\u2019s wank?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight, well, shitfaced\u2026 have you ever experienced being in a situation where you felt really good and your head was all floating and thinking crazy things? Perhaps you felt urges you\u2019d never felt before at the same time? That\u2019s what alcohol does to you. And drugs. And too much blood, in my case. When you\u2019re shitfaced, all your walls come down. Like\u2026 all of them. No self control, nothing.\u201d When Bella nodded, he continued. \u201cAnd wank\u2026 well\u2026 humans and vampires alike enjoy a lot of things similarly. Wanking is the action of stroking my penis until it feels so good that white stuff, semen, comes out of it. It makes you feel relaxed. It\u2019s basically playing with yourself until you feel good and relaxed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She couldn\u2019t see the appeal to both of them. Losing control over your own actions was scary and wanking sounded gross. She\u2019d never touch herself down there, for what purpose? It was where her pee came out! But she nodded, thanking him for his explanation anyway. More information to remember. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you, you went inside my head, you devious little thing,\u201d he said as he playfully poked her arm. \u201cYou know I don\u2019t like you to poke inside my head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou were sick. I was merely trying to make sure you were truly alright,\u201d she replied softly. \u201cBut instead I found something that I didn\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She found something she didn’t like<\/em>. Progress. He hated it, though, that she didn\u2019t like something about him<\/em>. \u201cReally? What was that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t like me,\u201d she stared right at him. \u201cYou used Myriam\u2019s bad word in combination with my name. But it\u2019s okay, you don\u2019t have to like me. I have Myriam now, we can go if you\u2019d like me to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam\u2019s bad word? Fuck? Yeah he often used that word inside his head, they were a part of his thoughts, but his thoughts were unfiltered and—- oh. Shit. \u201cRight,\u201d he sighed as he put an arm around her and pulled her closer. \u201cDidn\u2019t they<\/em> ever mention that hearing someone\u2019s thoughts is hearing them unfiltered? That what that someone thinks is private and usually raw? Think about it. Your inner monologue is different what comes out of your mouth. It\u2019s likely not a huge difference for you, but for most people it is. I understand you wanted to make sure I was alright, Bella, but you shouldn\u2019t have read my thoughts while I was incapacitated like that. Just because you can, doesn\u2019t mean it gives you a free pass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you going to punish me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNever,\u201d he smiled at her. \u201cWhy would I punish you for things you still need to learn? You know it\u2019s wrong now, and you likely won\u2019t do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you don\u2019t like me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do, Bella, I do,\u201d he replied as he held her even closer for a moment. \u201cI don\u2019t want you to leave because you think I do. I\u2019m not sure in what kind of context of the word fuck was used when I was shitfaced, but I think you should ask your sister about it, since she\u2019s the one who\u2019s using the word a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut it were your thoughts, it wouldn\u2019t be kind of me to discuss them with Myriam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s from my understanding that Myriam knows a lot about the different meanings of the word fuck<\/em>, I\u2019m sure she\u2019d love to tell you all about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut to discuss your private thoughts with someone you\u2019ve only met yesterday?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol shrugged, pretty sure knowing what his thoughts were. \u201cYour sister is more alike to us than you or she might realize at this point, being raised the way that she is. I don\u2019t mind. It\u2019s actually a topic that should<\/em> be openly discussed rather than to feel embarrassed about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe told me to ask you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m telling you to ask her,\u201d he grinned. \u201cNow, did you manage to get any sleep or did your sister keep you awake all night?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCold Ones never sleep, I\u2019m used to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh yes, but you\u2019re a human, darling, you require regular hours of sleep, how about you take a nap? I\u2019ll have to go and discuss something with my brother anyway and if I see your sister, I shall tell her that you\u2019re resting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you truly meant it? You do like me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, Bella, I do. Very much so,\u201d he took the blanket and wrapped it around her. \u201cGo have a nap, darling, I\u2019ll be back to fetch you for dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She smiled then as she shifted and took her place on the floor. One of these days, Kol was going to have to convince her somehow that she\u2019d really prefer the soft bed that was standing in her room. It wasn\u2019t just an object, it was something she could use and it was more comfortable than the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol stayed until she started to breathe steadily and evenly and then quietly left her room, bumping into Myriam, who had a big smile on her face. \u201cDon\u2019t even think about waking her up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, I\u2019m not,\u201d she grinned. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t help but listen in on your conversation with her and how hard you needed to work to deflect talking about your most deepest desire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou want to fuck my sister!\u201d Myriam started to laugh. \u201cYou honestly want to fuck a broken bird, couldn\u2019t you have waited to develop feelings for her until she was\u2026 I don\u2019t know, functioning like a normal person?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol growled as he pushed Myriam away from Bella\u2019s room so that they wouldn\u2019t wake her up. \u201cI don\u2019t want to fuck her, Myriam. I want to covet her and treat her like the brilliant person she will turn out to be. Don\u2019t you think that I\u2019m not appalled with the fact that I\u2019m attracted to her? Not because she\u2019s awful or ugly, but because she needs to find herself, she needs to get comfortable in her own skin and amongst us. She needs to forget her training and that will take time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam hummed then, a random thought popping up. \u201cYou know, being around Cold Ones makes humans be completely infatuated by them, what if she has that effect on you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFreya already checked her over for that and she doesn\u2019t have that gene, I wish it was that easy, but it\u2019s not.\u201d Kol decided to change the subject then, as he was tired talking about his feelings for Bella. \u201cHow was your night with Niklaus? Did you two have fun<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam narrowed her eyes on Kol. \u201cNo, and that fucker is staying away from me. I\u2019m here for my sister, not for anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol was surprised to hear that. \u201cYou two did not have sex? I have lost a bet with Freya then\u2026 What happened? Performance anxiety?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need to stop or I will kill you,\u201d Myriam told him as she slowly started to lose her cool. \u201cI\u2019ve already spoken to Bella about my evening with your brother, I\u2019m not going to discuss it with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith Bella?\u201d Kol laughed. \u201cOh, that poor girl, she must have been so confused!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no laughing matter!\u201d Myriam said as she pushed Kol away from her. \u201cShe\u2019s twenty years old! She\u2019s a fucking human who, until she came here, had never tasted good human food before! She\u2019s never been through puberty, or it\u2019s been fucking repressed. She\u2019s so fucking innocent that I don\u2019t even want you around her because you\u2019re thinking about fucking her while you smell like the whores you\u2019ve been visiting previously!\u201d So much for keeping her mouth shut about her sister\u2019s friendship with Kol Mikaelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey now,\u201d Kol defended himself. \u201cI have been taking care of her, making sure she felt safe and secure, ate, and got some routine going with the help of my sister. I have been nothing but respectful towards her! So yeah, forgive me if I went teetotal last night because your sister requires a lot of patience and control and I\u2019m not known to possess those qualities! I had to let loose!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re saying she\u2019s a handful? A burden?\u201d Myriam lowered her voice, definitely making sure it sounded like a threat as she approached him. Oh, she so wanted to kill him. Traditionals would be so easy to kill\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI did not say that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt sure sounded like it, try again, see if you can make it sound like she\u2019s not a burden to you,\u201d Myriam said, still advancing on Kol, who was walking backwards, towards Bella\u2019s room. Even if he\u2019d go inside, wake Bella up and ask her to put her shield around him, it wouldn\u2019t matter. Myriam could get through. It would be good practise, a test of theories. \u201cHow dare you<\/em> to claim to have good intentions when you\u2019re looking elsewhere to get off? She deserves better than that! Better than you!\u201d Myriam grabbed him and threw him across the courtyard, straight into the partition that hid an ugly spot in the courtyard, a loud crash could be heard as Kol\u2019s body broke the partition and he dropped to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one fluid motion, she was on top of him, not giving him time to recover. \u201cShe deserves someone who\u2019s dedicated to her, and her alone, not allowing his needs to seek his kicks elsewhere simply because at the current time he can\u2019t get them from her<\/em>!\u201d She wanted to punch him, but he was quick enough to dodge her fist and she cracked the pavement. \u201cYou\u2019re not even introducing her to the most human things to do! Board games! Cooking! Ride a ferris wheel! Learn how to read, devour books! Watch movies! Let her be a teenage girl, or a child, even! She\u2019s never had that! You know what I did this morning? I went out and bought her clothes. PJ\u2019s. Fluffy bunny slippers and a handful of board games she might enjoy! Oh, and crayons! Because she\u2019s never had that! And what do you do? You come in, talk, and leave her to stare into nothingness, not engaging her mind at all! You fucking claim to want her with everything that she is and that makes you no better than the fucking Cullens.\u201d The next punch she threw, hit, shattering a cheekbone. \u201cYou\u2019re fucking lucky I\u2019m not taking her away from here because we have nowhere else to go, but you\u2019re not going anywhere near her again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlright, that\u2019s enough,\u201d Elijah\u2019s calm voice sounded as he pried Myriam off of his younger brother, whose face looked dented, Myriam\u2019s knuckles having left quite the imprint. Knowing he couldn\u2019t contain the furious Cold One himself, he pushed her towards Niklaus, who grabbed her tightly and held her close as Myriam fought him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet me go, you fucker! You\u2019re even worse than he is!\u201d She said as she tried to push herself off of the ground, but all Klaus did was to lift her feet off of the ground. Despite being taller than Bella, she still was a tiny ball of fire and Klaus was taller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCalm down, love,\u201d Klaus said softly as he was impressed by Myriam\u2019s strength. She hadn\u2019t been lying that she was strong and he\u2019d never encountered a Cold One this strong – yet. \u201cYou\u2019ve done enough breaking for today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t talk to me,\u201d Myriam spat as she tried to wrestle herself loose. Klaus held her good, she couldn\u2019t move her arms at all and her legs couldn\u2019t even kick him as he held her at an angle, keeping everything away from her. \u201cIf it hadn\u2019t been for your stupid daughter, Bella wouldn\u2019t have been here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, she would have been dead,\u201d Klaus replied calmly. \u201cGo ahead, blame everyone and the world, but you need to calm down before you seriously injure someone.\u201d Myriam knocked her head back, colliding with Klaus\u2019, causing the hybrid to stumble, but not to let go of her, seriously pissing him off now. Such a shame that Cold Ones couldn\u2019t be put into time out with a snap of the neck. He felt his hybrid fa\u00e7ade bleed out and carefully scraped Myriam\u2019s neck, careful not to get her venom onto him, because that would be a bitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam stilled then. It was something Peter would do during her year of being a newborn and she was getting out of hand. She could be decapitated and that would bring her nowhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, calm down, and once you\u2019re calm, we\u2019re going to have a civil discussion without breaking things, do you understand, sweetheart?\u201d Klaus asked nicely. \u201cI am going to hold you until you calm down seeing as we have no space in this house that could contain you in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol,\u201d Elijah spoke quietly as he didn\u2019t take his eyes of their audience. \u201cWould you be so kind to go to the kitchens to get yourself some blood to heal yourself a bit faster?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Cold One smashed my face in, Elijah, a little sympathy couldn\u2019t hurt,\u201d Kol shot at him as he managed to get to his feet, Elijah moving slightly to block Kol\u2019s sight on Bella\u2019s room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou and Myriam garnered quite the audience during your little scuffle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLittle scuffle<\/em>? Seriously, \u2018Lijah?\u201d Kol huffed as he touched his cheek and was surprised to find it dented. \u201cOh, bloody hell! Who thought it was a fucking good idea to have a Cold One underneath our roof? And unstable at that! My handsome face!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol,\u201d Klaus said, warning him, as he could feel Myriam\u2019s muscles tense up again. \u201cGet yourself fed. Where\u2019s Freya?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s with Keelin,\u201d Elijah replied as he watched his youngest brother walk off towards the kitchen before going over to Bella, who was still looking at what had happened in the courtyard. \u201cEveryone is alright, Bella, no one got hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam can still get hurt,\u201d Bella said as she looked at Klaus holding her sister like she\u2019d seen happen many times before. Her neck was too exposed. She needed to shield her so that Klaus couldn\u2019t hurt her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can assure you, the last thing Niklaus wants is to hurt your sister,\u201d Elijah smiled at her. \u201cHe\u2019s merely keeping Myriam from hurting herself or others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut Klaus doesn\u2019t like me. He\u2019s fearful of me, why would he allow me to have my sister after she attacked his brother?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elijah sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. \u201cNiklaus, for one time, would you please allow Bella access to your mind so she can see for herself how well your intentions are for her, and her sister?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, I know exactly what his intentions are!\u201d Myriam growled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHush, sweetheart,\u201d Klaus whispered in her ear, and Myriam stilled again. \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of that idea, Elijah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He looked back at the pair. \u201cI do not either, but you need to allow Bella to read your mind to be reassured what you\u2019re doing is the best option for now. Considering what she came from, imagine what you two appear like to her at the moment. And perhaps Myriam would gain some perspective herself when the day is over,\u201d he finished, his tone mildly scolding as his eyes settled on the Cold One at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo I get any reassurance that she won\u2019t mess around in my head, instead?\u201d Klaus wondered out loud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elijah huffed in frustration. \u201cNiklaus for God\u2019s sake\u2026,\u201d he retorted. Turning to Bella, he knelt near the girl in attempt to appear less imposing. \u201cWould you only read his thoughts and nothing else? Could you promise that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t manipulate thoughts and feelings like Jasper could, I can read only.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s more afraid of what you were able to do to the humans outside if you were actually in his mind, dear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella blinked at him. \u201cI don\u2019t enter people\u2019s brains to do that, it\u2019s just happens and I don\u2019t have control over it. But I can\u2019t do that by myself. I never hurt people when I read their thoughts. I don\u2019t want to hurt people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elijah stared at her for a long minute to gauge her understanding. He truly felt that sinister ability was emotion based and it hadn\u2019t affected the family at the time. Nodding, he looked over his shoulder at his brother. \u201cI trust that she can do it. We need to begin trusting her if we want her to trust us,\u201d he murmured in addition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVery well,\u201d Klaus sighed as he opened his mind, hoping that whatever Bella would see in it wouldn\u2019t be confusing for her because otherwise he\u2019d be in trouble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella didn\u2019t particularly feel like she wanted to read Klaus\u2019 mind, especially not after she had read Kol\u2019s and he had told her that it was his privacy that she\u2019d been invading and that his thoughts were his. Unfiltered. Raw. Unreliable. \u201cI promise I\u2019ll keep them to myself,\u201d Bella said as she took a few steps closer to Klaus, his mind was harder to get into than she had anticipated. \u201cBut do keep talking, if you wish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t like this. For Bella\u2019s reassurance opening my mind for her? As if I would ever harm a woman! That thought is preposterous!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam squirmed in his arms and smirked at her sister. \u201cI told you he only wanted to get in my pants. Now you have confirmation of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat does preposterous mean?\u201d Bella questioned. \u201cI don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elijah eyed his brother. \u201cIt means absurd, or ridiculous. Forgive my brother. He favors his expensive words almost as much as I.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be ridiculous,\u201d Klaus huffed at his brother, glaring in confusion at the girl in his arms for her outrageous claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expensive words, I say education. Long years of living. One\u2019s bout to pick up words he favors, difficult or not. Myriam\u2019s strong. When is she going to stop struggling so much? Peter should have given me other options. Other than to \u2018build a bunker\u2019 and this one. Peter doesn\u2019t know everything, can\u2019t know everything. Jasper manipulated his ability to know everything, danced around it. Hid things. And Peter was worried about the safety of his girl and her sister. Well, yeah, so am I. They\u2019re safe here, for now. Peter assured me that Myriam has her own special way to make sure Bella\u2019s safe to be around with.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That thought surprised Bella, Myriam said it would be their secret, and Peter told Klaus about it? So much for it being a secret! She liked to identify the feelings and have the mind tell her what reason it was for them to feel that way. It made her understand it easier, but sometimes it only made things worse for her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam was right about bringing more humanity in this home, Freya said the same and I was going to send Kol out to buy things that could possibly interest Bella. It\u2019s a good thing Myriam was already a step ahead, painful, too. Myriam needs our help as much as Bella does, her life couldn\u2019t have been easy, either. Lonely, perhaps, knowing she had a sister and not — perhaps Freya could try to bond with Myriam, they both have the same experience concerning siblings. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why on Earth would Myriam think I was trying to woo her and bring her to my bed? We\u2019ve only just met. I was just showing her the city. Our beautiful New Orleans. The lights. The buildings. The places she could feed safely without the deaths being too much of a nuisance. The Art. That\u2019s what set her off. And that conversation I overheard that she had with Bella made no sense. Myriam is attractive, yes, but we\u2019ve only just met! I was trying to get to know her and now she\u2019s acting like this. Oh, perhaps in time, she\u2019ll see that I was only being friendly and making sure that she wouldn\u2019t turn our home into a ruin\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did she really have to pick a fight with Kol, though? They both mean well and they were both fighting for Bella. Well, perhaps Kol did deserve it. Myriam was right in that sense, if Kol is truly interested in Bella as he claims, then he shouldn\u2019t seek his entertainment elsewhere. Those days belong in the past, not in this time. Granted, we\u2019re vampires and we don\u2019t have to adhere to humanity\u2019s standards\u2026 well\u2026 Kol has to. I don\u2019t– but I do. Nowadays. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, she is beautiful, isn\u2019t she? Despite her cold, marble skin, she\u2019s a beautiful raging sun that would make me want to see how amazing it would be if she\u2019d exploded around me. Glorious, I\u2019ll bet. I need to paint this beautiful metaphor. Oh, if only I wasn\u2019t still holding her.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella blinked and gasped as she watched the metaphor<\/em> happen. Klaus\u2019 thoughts were quite vivid, images, feelings, thoughts, all at the same time and she tried to listen to the words, but this image was spectacular, incredibly detailed and the feelings— overwhelming. Was she supposed to see this? What was this? What needed to happen for Bella to feel this for herself? Would she even be able to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elijah and Myriam watched Bella\u2019s reactions and he looked over at his brother in wonder. What exactly did she read in his head to garnish such a response. All he knew was that Klaus was trying to hide a blush within Myriam\u2019s hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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