Elisa suddenly recalls all the things she had heard about him.
How he killed a maid and her child because the baby whined and he couldn't sleep.How he trapped his father and killed his mother in cold blood. He exiled his brother and banned him from casting spells. And no one knows what had happened to his sister, cause even a body was yet to be found.
She would not become a victim.
She suddenly lost her breath, and reflectively placed her hand against her chest.
He stares at her for a while as she struggles and he finally gets sick of it. He sits beside her and draws in closer. He raises her chin so she could stare into his eyes.
" Breathe ", he says. She suddenly feels calmer. She pushes him, once she realized how close they were. " He may be ravishing but he's still a monster ", she says to herself.
Darn ! How could I even think about such things right now. She thinks
" Wh . . . What did you just try to do " , she says totally forgetting the reason she lost breath a moment ago.
He chuckles but there's clearly no humor in his dark eyes.
" Don't get me wrong. You are only a tool ", he tells her looking not the least affected by her sudden change in expression.
He awaits her response, dreading that her father's crimes may be what had gotten erased.
" Speak ! ! " , Elisa doesn't seem to have heard him, she felt like something was missing, she had something to say but she couldn't remember.
She dreads what Niklaus would do to her if he found out he couldn't get what he wanted from her.
The moment he sees her expression, he comes to the realization, that indeed he underestimated the enemy.
He gets up and leaves the bedroom immediately. Elisa heaves a sigh of relief.
Vatler enters few minutes later with maids and varieties of dishes. She stares at them in awe, she has never been served before. She had always been the one doing the chores of her sisters . . . Oh no , step sisters.
" Your meal, My Lady. And please refrain from doing anything drastic, His Highness would be aware ", Vatler bows and the maids leave.
She stares at the generosity of the food. Why so many dishes at once - she asks herself
" My Lady ? " , she wished she was just hearing things
" Indeed, Your Majesty. You are to be wedded to His Highness ", he leaves before her mind could even process what he has just said .
But she didn't have appetite - who could blame her, she was under the same roof with the most powerful man alive that was to be her husband ? - and he is not a nice one.
No ! - she refused to have her life dictated by strangers.
She gets up from the bed, her leg still feels a little bit wobbly. She makes head way to what she believes looks like the palace entrance door.
She continues slowly and steadily as she notices, there aren't much guards. There are barely any, " he must really think highly of himself", she says to herself.
She manages to go through the gate unnoticed. The moment she crosses the gate, Niklaus smirks.
She runs as fast as she could, she had never ran that fast, not even when she ran from her dad after killing that maid.
She stats feeling dizzy, so she enters the next building on sight and as her shitty life would have it.
She ends up in a club.
Before she could think of leaving, everything turns into mess. Vampires suddenly start feeding and there's a rampage.
She wants to run but she slips and falls. She manages to get up but her path gets blocked by a vampire, with hint if blood still evident on his lips.
He walks slowly towards her and she takes minor steps back until she is backed against a wall. He gets closer and leans in to bite her.
" Argh . . . " , she screams but feels nothing. She passes out before she could realize what was going on.