She stared at him in disbelief for a moment and shakes her head.
" You could also ask, you know. You don't have to get all bloody, before you get what you want.
" I would have had a lot to say on that but our conversation earlier proves otherwise ".
" Yes that's because, Vincent is ill and needs to be taken care of. You don't expect me to just abandon him, when it's my fault he's lying there in the first place. You mustn't always get what you want, part of being human is accepting a failure " he suddenly stops moving and she bumps into his back.
" Ouch! " she furrows her brows and rubs her forehead. Niklaus turns to face her.
" I. Always. Get. What. I. Want " he says to her emphasizing on the ' I '. He turns and she continues to follow him. He enters a room that is filled with clothes.
Elisa gapes in awe as she stares at the entire room filled with clothes of different colours and various qualities, adorned with the most sort out jewels. Niklaus clears his throat at her and she comes back to her senses. He comes close to her, so close she could feel his breath on her burning skin and it makes her shudder but not in fright with something else that she is yet to figure out.
" Y'know, you may not recall this but I promised not to raise my voice at you anymore. About earlier, even though you were obviously in the wrong for deciding to omit a very important detail about a certain guest. I still raised my voice at you and for that I'm. . . . I'm. . . I apologize " he turns around immediately like nothing happened.
Elisa looks up at him and she feels herself instantly relax. For some reason she feels warmth that she has never felt before from his voice and a smile slowly draws itself on her face. Even though he didn't exactly say ' I'm sorry '. Still . . .
One step at a time, she says to herself.
" Niklaus ".
" Love ".
" Uhm . . . You mentioned that I had to invite a guest over. . . "
" Oh yes, indeed. At our last ball I was a little bit harsh on your friend. Why don't you invite him to our abode and over a little chat we could call truce over the issue ".
So he wants me to apologize on his behalf huh ? Classic Klaus.
" By friend, you mean Sir Albert ? "
" Yes. Indeed "
" Since when do you care if people hate you ? "
" I'll take that as a compliment to my self esteem. You're not wrong to think that in all sense but the lad is brother to a certain partner of mine and also an informant. Right now information is exactly what I need. So I don't want my informant in a bad mood ".
Elisa still has a lot to ask him but she decides against it.
" Fine, whatever you say " she secretly rolls her eyes at him but Niklaus could see it from her side view. He smirks.
She still has that spark huh ?
" You better get a dress now, the ball's in a few hours. I'll even let you pick my outfit "
" You'll wear anything I pick out ?" She says with a sinister smile on her face but she wipes it off before he could notice. He sees the smile for a second but it disappears and he brushes it off, feeling that the current Elisa is probably too innocent to plot anything mischievous.
" Of course, you're doing me a favour. That's the least I could do " he says and leaves the room and her eyes follow his out.
Elisa turns her gaze back to the room and flashes a wide grin. She's going to make Niklaus the centre of attention tonight.
She moves round the room, inspecting the colors and quality of the clothes, the smile not leaving her face for a second.
Niklaus heads back to the throne room with, Vatler following behind him.
" I need you to find every single thing you could get on little Mr. ' house guest '. How a witch is on the mainlands, his weaknesses, strengths, family and if possible what he occasionally has for breakfast ".
" Yes Your Highness " Vatler bows to Klaus. Niklaus moves close to him, patting him on the shoulder.
" You have to handle this task yourself, you're the only one I can trust " Vatler nods. Klaus pats him on the shoulder, then on his cheek before signaling him to leave.
Niklaus' sits down, lost in thought again.
" What spell could Vincent be performing that would put him in such a condition ? What does it have to do with Elisa and why the hell hadn't I noticed that I was living with a super natural that wasn't my wife ? Is he cloaking himself ? What else is a lie ? I did feel his scent was a little bit familiar. He's probably an enemy that got close to me using my wife. I have to find our what that low - life is up to. For now I'll just have to keep a close eye on him without startling the snake. But first, I need to find out what spell he was performing. I hope she knows the spell. . . "
He comes out of his thoughts and walks down the hall to the room he last saw her in but . . .
She's gone ? She chose an outfit that fast? I thought girls were supposed to be indicisive. Whatever, it's a good thing.
He heads to their bedroom. Elisa hangs her choice of outfit, she can't wait to see Niklaus' expression when he sees her colour choice. Niklaus enters the bedroom and Elisa looks at him for a reaction but he doesn't seem fazed. Niklaus approaches her, he doesn't seem to notice the outfit she has chosen, there were more pressing issues than a change of clothes.
" The spell . . . "
" What ? " she asks him bewildered by the sudden question.
" The spell. Do you know what spell, your ' friend ' used to almost get himself killed ".
" I. . . I don't. . . I'm not sure "
" Try to remember something. Anything at all. Like what he said ".
" He said uh . . ' dim . . .din taru. . . no se re. . . abslam' "
" Are you certain, that's what he said ".
" I guess so, I'm not familiar with the spell, so I'm not certain ".
" We'll just have to hope you're right then ".
Without waiting for a response Niklaus walks out of the room with long strides. Elisa follows behind him struggling to keep up with his pace.
" Niklaus please slow down a little " he ignores her. She continues to run after him. He continues to go down the hall, the further he goes the darker it gets. The place starts to get creepy and Elisa couldn't help throwing glance over her shoulder every now and then.
Elisa finds herself infront of a stairway that leads to some sort of basement. She looks ahead of her and all she sees is darkness. She runs faster and holds unto Niklaus' arm as they descend. The stairway is narrow but they both could fit through at once. She gips tightly on his arm as they descend. She feels safer with Niklaus by her side and she resists the urge to look over her shoulder since they'll be nothing in sight but darkness.
They continue to descend the stairs for what feels like forever until there's a sudden ray of light. The light isn't bright, it's just as faint as a dwindling candle but feels extremely glad.
" At least there's a little bit of light ahead. Meaning there's hope " Elisa breathes a sigh of relief .
They continue to move towards the light. As they reach the end of the stairs to meet a dead end.
Huh ? What the Bloody hell !!!
Niklaus halts infront of the candle and blows it out.
" There he goes again. Ruiner of Destinies, Crusher of Hopes. He just killed out only source of light"
Suddenly there's a creepy noise behind them, like the sound of a moving rock. Elisa looks behind
her and she sees the wall opening. Or she thinks it's the wall opening since she could barely see a thing.