Klaus's POV
I watched her fall around as she tried to get away from me. She acted very strangely before she fell on the bed weakly.
I didn't know how to help her, although I wondered if she would be hungry. That was a better thing for her. She would be hungry and she would need some food.
I opened my mouth to say something as she sobbed and I knew it was my cue to leave.
I exited the room, calling my maids and ordering them to get her something to eat.
It would help with her mood.
Everything she had accused me of in the room could not be argued seeing as I was unexpectedly pulled in by an intense pull which I had never felt while with Layla.
The regret of her losing her fangs was on me. I hated myself for asking my guards to investigate the truth about Layla's death. I didn't know they would use this much strength on the woman. Now I was left with nothing but guilt over what had happened.
I knew the fangs were not going to grow back and I felt sorry for her. She wasn't going to be the same person she was before. She was going to be different.
I could even see the difference in her at the moment.
I watched the maids run to the blood bank to get her blood to drink.
I zipped out of the hallways.
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Mara's POV
The maidens brought blood for me which I rushed to drink only to notice my fangs were not showing up.
Shoot. They would take me a while to grow back.
I shrugged and drank it. At least if the blood was poisoned let me die and leave this dastardly place but if I would not die at least let me live and find my way out of here.
When I finished, I found out my powers were not accessible to me. I couldn't use them any longer.
I ran to the mirror to see that my fangs were still shortened. Even after drinking blood I could not heal them. What was all this?
What had those monsters done to me? My powers were gone.
A letter knife was on the table which had me picking it up to cut my hand. I watched the blood spill but it didn't heal.
I was powerless. But the blood I drank had not affected me negatively. What did that mean? It was a mystery to me.
Now I was scared. So this was why Klaus had tried to talk to me. This was why he had tried getting closer to me. He had removed my powers and because he knew I was no longer a threat he saw it fit enough for me to be amongst civilization away from my prison.
But how long would I stay here before being dragged into the dark silver cage?
I glared at the door, expecting that one day he would burst through that door and take me to the silver cage to lock me up in there.
Hours turned to days and days into a week and I was still in the guest room, still being served food by the maids with none of them giving me judgmental looks or even insulting me.
This was very strange. I had been accused of killing my sister which was a very terrible thing to do, however they still saw me as a guest and served me food.
Of course I never left the room and ever since that first day I awoke and found him in my room, I never saw him again.
I wasn't approached by anyone who would accuse me of murder which made me all the more confused.
What was going on?
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Klaus's POV
I sat in my throne room with my best friend Marcus and we drank through the troubles we had. Of course my troubles were way bigger than his seeing as he had little dreams while I wanted to be at the top of the food chain by being the overruler of the entire vampire land.
"That criteria is such a downer," I sighed, taking a long pause before continuing. "Who would make up such a stupid criteria anyway?"
"I believe you should not forget that the rules were made more than a century ago," said Marcus. "You should focus on getting yourself a woman who would lead beside you. That would boost your chances."
"I just lost Layla. Who would be a better candidate?"
"I don't know, Mara looks like a better candidate than Layla ever was to me."
I shot him a look which told him to shut up as he was getting on my nerves.
"Look, let's be honest," he said. "You told me she was your soulmate the first time you both shook hands. That you felt something you haven't felt with Layla before. So this means that she is your soulmate.
"If that's the case, you just need to marry her and use her to get what you want. It's not that hard. You want to be the lord of lords, then get Mara to be your mate. It's that simple."
He was right. That was all I needed to do. This was a brilliant idea.
I approached Mara after a week of ignoring her and I wasn't surprised when she refused.
"Absolutely not!" she yelled. "I will not marry you. Not after what you've done to me. You ruined my life."
"How did I ruin your life?" I asked that question, clearing knowing she already knew about her missing fangs.
"My fangs are gone. That is your fault. I could have done so much better with them on than being this pathetic loser I am. I blame you for this."
"I didn't order for the removal of your fangs," I said knowing she would not believe me.
"If you didn't, then who the fuck did?!"
That was a great question and I had no answer to that.