Klaus’s POV
She was totally shocked by my appearance in her room. It also wasn’t helping that I was basically glaring at her.
I tried to soften my features a little as I said “Joseph told me you’re not coming to the ceremony, but judging from what I just saw, I guess you changed your mind”
She shook her head and said in a determined tone “No I am not going to it. Jake just wanted to teach me how to dance”
“Why?” I asked in confusion.
“Why what?” she asked back.
She wasn’t sure if I was asking her why she wasn’t going or why Jake was giving her dancing lessons when he was supposed to be tutoring her. I found myself asking her the latter while I should have asked her the former.
“Why was he teaching you how to dance if you’re not going?”
She smiled mysteriously as she said “I don’t know, he came up with the idea, I guess he
Ellaโs POV I was still standing where I was after the alpha left. His last words made something melt inside my heart. No one ever wished me a happy birthday before. He was the first one. It may be such a trivial thing to be so thrilled about, but to me it meant a lot. I was unable to believe that I offered myself to him. I was supposed to do that if he never found one, not right now. I have no idea why I opened my mouth. I was half expecting him to snap at me in disgust for offering such a thing, I was also half expecting him to take me up on my offer. But he surprised me and did neither. โThank you for thinking about me, when Iโve done nothing to deserve such kindness from you. I donโt deserve your sacrifice for me Ellaโ I canโt believe those words came out of him. He showed me a different side of him today. A side that really saw me as just Ella, and not my fatherโs daughter. It showed how much his struggle was real. How much he was fighting that struggle and that rage inside him
Ellaโs POV We walked deep inside the hall passing through many people, until we reached a table almost at the head of the hall. Thatโs when I noticed Joseph, Sara, and alpha Klaus all standing together and talking. Sara was the first to notice me before I reached them. She was wearing a red, long sleeve, dress with a side slit. Her hair was styled in vintage curls. She broke away from them and hugged me so tightly as she whispered in my ear excitedly โI am so glad youโre here Ella. You look so gorgeous and stunningโ I smiled at her compliment and said โYou look so beautiful too. Red is definitely your colorโ She thanked me, held my hand and walked me towards where Joseph and Klaus were standing. Joseph looked so thrilled to see me. He was smiling broadly at me. He was wearing a formal tuxedo with a black bow tie. He looked amazing. My eyes slid over to alpha Klaus and froze there for a while. He was stunningly beautiful in an all black tuxedo suit wit
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Ellaโs POV As soon as I heard his voice, my whole body went rigid and tensed. I was still in alpha Klausโs arms, he instantly tightened his hold on me as he sensed the change in my body. โWhatโs wrong?โ he asked with a furrow. I was still reeling from what that man just said to me about Sara. What did he mean? โDear Sara couldnโt hold her tears from coming down when she saw you dancing with her son in law. She was probably feeling sad because of how affectionate both of you danced. I guess she missed her daughter so much she couldnโt watch you two dancing anymore, she took off for the bathroom. My guy snatched her right away. She is somewhere safe. And she will remain that way if you do exactly what I tell you. And I mean exactly. If you evade my orders by even a letter, Sara will die in one mind link from me to my guyโ Another song started playing and all around us, people started dancing. I gripped the back of the alphaโs neck as I felt dizzy from the horrible turn this day ha
Ella’s POVHe looked exactly the same as the last time I saw him in my old pack. Same cold smile, same disgusted look. The only difference was that he was wearing a suit to blend in with the guests.“You little girl, are so lucky. You keep surviving. You survived alpha Grey and beta Sam back when you were their slave. You survived alpha Klaus after he figured out who your father was. You survived a god damn knife to your chest!” he said in wonder as he approached me slowly.I take small steps back to keep him from initiating a fight.Not yet, I said to myself. I need him to keep talking as much as possible. Because once the fight begins, I won’t last long. I need to keep buying time long enough for Joseph to find Sara.I tried to keep my voice steady as I said to him “Why are you so keen on killing me? I don’t understand. I told you that I don’t know anything other than what I already said. Why go to all th
Klausโs POV I climb the stairs three at a time, trying to reach the roof before Ella dies. When she told me where she was, I heard the agony in her voice. She was hurt real bad I could almost feel it. I begged her to keep fighting until I reached her. The last time I begged someone, was when I begged Kate to stay with me while I was holding her dead body in my arms. I was terrified out of my mind that history was about to repeat itself with Sara and Ella. At least one of them was safe now, thank goodness. I race towards the roof in blinding speed while the thought of losing Ella almost tears me apart. I canโt handle it. She canโt die, she canโt. I reach the roof and bust the door off its hinges. My eyes find them instantly. She was trying to run away from him but he got a hold of her hair and yanked her back towards him. The second he heard me, he turned around with Ella. She was trapped, his arm around her neck, while his other arm was on the top of her head. He was holding her
Klausโs POV I burn a hole through the floor as I pace back and forth in front of the room Ella was being treated in. Something was wrong with Sara, but Joseph wouldnโt tell me anything until we were face to face. I was repeating the same prayer over and over again. Please, goddess let her be okay, I cannot bear to lose someone else. โKlausโ Joseph said as he reached for me. โWhat happened? Tell me that sheโs okay. Tell me that sheโs alive, please Josephโ I pleaded while holding him tightly. โSheโs alive. Sheโs still in surgery, the doctors didnโt finish yet. But she will live my son. She will be fine. We just have to waitโ he said in assurance. โWhat happened? You told me she was fineโ โYou needed to save Ella, I didnโt want you to be distracted and waste time on explaining what happened. How is Ella?โ he asks in concern. โSheโs injured, I donโt know the extent though, they just took her inside. She had a deep wound on the side of her head and probably a broken arm, these were
Ellaโs POV Iโm stuck on the roof with that man. I was on the ground, bleeding and whimpering in pain, while he looks down on me with disgust and repulsion. โAre you still waiting for someone to come save you, little girl?โ he asks in a mocking tone. I look at him in hatred and keep my mouth shut. Someone will come, someone will save me. He crouches and leans closer to my face as he whispers with a smile โNo one cares about you Ella. Do you want me to prove it to you? Letโs stay here until the sun comes down. That is a solid thirty minutes. No one will come through those doors. Not even if we stay all nightโ I grit my teeth and try to grab him, but he stands up and backs away from me. He leans against the cement structure, by the door, with his hands in his pocket as he whistles an annoying tone. I stay huddled on the ground repeating to myself over and over. someone will come, someone will save me. Darkness ascends and nothing happens, no one comes. He laughs an evil loud la
Klausโs POV โWaffles, nana, pleaseโ We were all gathered for breakfast like we do everyday. Me, Ella, Joseph, Sara, and our precious twins, MJ and Melanie. MJ was pointing at the plate of waffles, cutely asking his grandmother for the last piece left. There would have been war between me and Sara over who would get the last piece, a few years ago. But, because it was her little spoiled grandson asking for it now, she happily obliged. The twins had a special place in all of our hearts. MJ looked like Ella with his golden bouncy curls and big brown eyes, while Melanie had my hazel eye color and my ash blond hair. As Sara handed him the last piece with a kiss on his chubby cheek, we all noticed at the same time a yellow note left on the waffles plate. It was hidden by the last piece that Sara gave to MJ. It said โSave The Last Piece For Me Please!! -Baby #3โ My heart fluttered excitedly as I reread the note again and again. I looked up at Ella and saw her staring at me lovingly w
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6 years Later Itโs been six years since my life actually began. Six wonderful years full of love, happiness, safety, and bliss with the closest people to my heart sharing it with me. Six years where neither me, or anyone of my family was harmed or put in danger. My life was perfect in every way. The day dreams I used to have back at my old pack, on my thin cots, trying desperately to distract myself from my throbbing and aching body, finally came true. I had the best parents in this whole world. Even I didnโt envision them to be as perfect as they actually are. I was the luckiest girl to marry this man that I am sleeping next to right now. He was perfect in my eyes. Itโs ironic, considering that our first few encounters always filled me with a mix of fear and hatred towards him. If someone back then could possibly see the future and informed me that I will end up marrying alpha Klaus and become so happy with him, I wouldโve hi
Ellaโs POV He was so shocked by my unexpected condition, it almost felt like I asked him to kill someone for me. I stifled a chuckle from escaping me at his reaction, and repeated myself in case he doubted what he heard me say. โKiss me Klausโฆ hereโ I put my index finger on my lips. โI want to taste the feel of your lips on mine again. I keep thinking about how our kiss at the wedding ceremony made my insides melt, and I want more than just a brief, short kiss, I want the wholeโฆโ He cut me off as his lips came crashing down on mine, silencing me in the best way anyone could silence another person. And it was no brief short kiss at all. He kissed me with a hunger that coursed through my whole body, with a passion that made me explode; literally, with desire. The kiss made me realize that I was missing out on a very important, life sustaining, supplement, his lips. I couldnโt contain my moan from escaping as the emotions I felt were too much to suppress inside me. That one kiss w
Klausโs POV โIf I doze off behind the wheel and hit a tree, I will haunt your ass for eternity Klaus. Why couldnโt we just spend the night and travel back to the head pack first thing in the morning?โ asked Joseph while stifling a yawn. We were on our way back home from visiting our last pack. It was almost midnight and the path we were driving through was barely visible in the poorly lit, uncemented dirt road. โItโs just an hour and a half drive Joseph, Iโll keep you awake donโt worryโ I said firmly. โThat still doesnโt answer my question. Whatโs the rush?โ he asked curiously. I sighed heavily. The rush was because of Ella. If I thought the three days before our wedding were torturous, I was so wrong. I wasnโt as attached to her then as I was now. I wanted to return back to the head pack since the first night. Hell, I wanted to return the second we drove past the border. I have no idea how Iโm going to do this again next time. She was an addiction I never wanted to sober up fr
Ellaโs POV โI thought you were in a meeting with Josephโ I said in wonder. โI found myself unable to stop thinking about you the whole day, I couldnโt wait for the damn meeting to end so I could come spend the rest of my day with you. I missed you even though we were apart for a few hours onlyโ he said fondly. I grinned at his lovely words as I replied โI missed you too so much. You never left my thoughts all dayโ I came over to him and hugged him, placing my head on my new favorite place, his chest. He tightened his embrace around me passionately. After a minute, we pulled away as he turned his expression into a professional one and said โOk, letโs see what youโve gotโ We trained together for an hour and a half, and I was always on the defensive side. He was simply a magnificent fighter. Graceful, fast, and strong. I found myself constantly getting distracted by his beauty and skillful movements during our fights, that I fail to block his attacks and end up falling down or get
Ellaโs POV Klaus and Joseph head for their offices and I hang back with Sara before she heads to work too. I had ten minutes before my studying session with Jake, so I decided to open the subject with Sara. โWhatโs on your mind Ella?โ asks Sara curiously. She could always read me like an open book. I wondered if I was the only one she could read so easily, or she had a special gift of reading people. โI donโt know if Klaus talked to you about this, but he and I have real feelings for each other. Weโve had them well before we got married, but we were both scared of our own feelingsโ I said awkwardly. She speaks tenderly โI know, not just because Klaus confirmed it last night, but because Joseph and I suspected it from the beginningโ I suppress my snort as I wonder to myself. How come everyone but us, was so sure that we had feelings for each other? She laughs under her breath as she says โWe probably figured it out before you two even admitted it to yourselves. We didnโt say any
Ellaโs POV We end up having a super late dinner. As the four of us already skipped lunch and the usual dinner time, we were all starving at that point. We kept our conversation light and short, without diving into anymore drama. We were exposed to enough drama to last us for a year. As soon as dinner was over, I couldnโt keep myself from yawning constantly. I was super tired and exhausted from all the emotional turmoil that I put my body through today. Sara notices my yawns and speaks softly to me โItโs getting late, you should go lay down and rest. It was a very rough day on all of usโ I nod my head in agreement as we all get up from the table. Klaus comes over to my side and holds my hand instinctively. We say good night to them and head back towards our home, hand in hand. I couldnโt get enough of his touch, it had a magical calming effect on me, I will probably never get enough of it. When we walk into the bedroom, I notice that everything was put back in its place, and al
Klausโs POV After Ella fled from the house, Joseph and Sara started sobbing so hard. My heart was aching for all of them. โShe was right about everything. We can never make it up to her or erase what happenedโ said Joseph in a broken tone. He was still kneeling on the ground where Ella was sitting. โShe hates usโ he said sadly. Sara shook her head as she spoke for the first time since we came here. โShe doesnโt hate us, she was just too hurt, too angry, she had to let it all out. The trauma and the truth that was revealed were overwhelming her so much, she had to speak everything trapped inside of her to be able to tolerate and stand the realization that everything she had lost was supposed to be her right from birth. Even if we ended up being blamed for forgetting her and for everything she was deprived from. I just hope she doesnโt end up hurting herselfโ She came over and sat next to me as she held my face tenderly with both of her hands. โKlaus, please donโt leave her alone