Chapter 45

Getting up, I looked at the three young women who lay entangled on the bed, reminiscing on the night before. Caroline's perky ass lay uncovered right before my eyes enticingly, as her arms wrapped around Katherine. Katherine herself lay on her back, her breasts pointing to the roof and Rebekah lay on the other side of the bed. Rebekah's body lay completely uncovered, bare before my eyes, almost compelling me to join her again. As much as I would like to continue staring at the great sight before us, I needed to get going, I had a lot to get done today. I mainly needed to clean up the mess I left at the former restaurant yesterday, I had sealed the building with magic so no one would discover the carnage. But it could not stay there for much longer, I wanted to get the supernatural club open as soon as possible, so I needed to start cleaning up the building quickly. Not to mention, I was meeting with Finn and Kol. Finn wanted to discuss the inevitable arrival of Klaus and Elijah. The fact that they had not appeared yet concerned all three of us, whatever was halting them would no doubt cause us all the more trouble.

I left for the former restaurant; it was early, the town only just rousing, the streets empty and silent save for my footsteps. The air was cool, yet I did not feel it. I had not felt the cold in centuries, my body burning far hotter than the air around me. The only evidence of the chill in the air was the condensation spilling out of my mouth with each breath I took. It was early November, and soon enough, snow would start to fall in Mystic Falls, the cold in the air, and the leaves falling off the trees were evidence that winter was soon to come.

Arriving at the former restaurant, I looked around, ensuring no one was watching, before despelling it and darting inside. The stench of the bodies wafted over me in a wave, yet the smell did not turn me away, not after all the death I had been around in the years. I looked around, only just now realising the carnage I had caused, my wrath evident at the bodies strewn across the room.

Tables were overturned, chairs lying shattered across the ground, and blood stained the entire room, pooled on the floor, painting the walls in macabre splatters. Even the ceiling had not escaped the carnage, splatters of blood decorating it in crimson. Mutilated flesh and shattered bone mixed with the crimson tide that decorated the room. The air was thick with the taste of copper, a reminder of my uncontrolled fury.

I raised my hands and let fire flow from my fingertips, controlling the flames to burn away the bodies, blood and other grime, yet leaving everything else untouched. The flame washed over the room in one precise wave, leaving an almost clean room in its wake. Though I still had to deal with all the other damage, that was caused by my slaughter of Mason and the others. 

I started moving the broken furniture to one side, clearing the room so I could get a good look at it. It was not too bad, a large open room with a large bar in one corner. Once it was renovated, it would be a good club for all supernaturals. Of course, I would have to carve some runes into the walls and maybe put a few spells on the building itself. Mainly just to make sure the building wasn't destroyed if conflict did arise, but also to limit the abilities of any witch and to limit the use of magic inside the building.

The door to the building creaked open, turning on one foot, I saw Alexandria trying to quietly sneak through the door. I looked at her with a smile, "You're annoyingly hard to sneak up on, it's not fair," Alexandria spoke, out, faking a sad look. I smiled again, "The door probably doesn't help", I answered with a laugh. "No, it doesn't. Rebekah said you would be here. Do you need help?" she asked.

I looked at her for a moment before agreeing, the two of us working together would get the building tidied up quickly. "You could have just hired someone to do this" Alexandria said, taking a break from the almost hour of work we had done. "perhaps I should have, but it feel better to do something with your own hands, you can't argue with that" I said, gaining a slight nod of agreement from her. "plus, I would prefer that humans had as little information about this place as possible, even if is just the layout or size of the interior of the place" I continued, with a satisfied smile at the work we had achieved.

Over the centuries I had kept myself busy by doing menial tasks like this myself instead of hiring someone to do it for me. Any immortal needed to find ways to keep themselves busy, lest they fall into madness from the boredom. I also always set up businesses that I made specifically for the supernaturals, which made it far easier for me to make sure that all the supernaturals would blend into it without issue.

"So what are you doing later, Rebekah says you're meeting with Finn and Kol", Alexandria asked. "Yes, we are. Finn is concerned that our other brothers have not shown up yet", I responded. "And you?" she asked again. "I agree with him, it is concerning that they have not shown their faces again. It would be foolish to think that there is no chance of them building strength before coming here" I responded.

"We could go, take Elena with us and disappear. Klaus and Elijah will never find us if we don't want them to" Alexandria spoke with concern in her voice. I stopped, it was very rare to see her worried, yet the threat of my brothers had managed to make her genuinely afraid. I walked over to her and put my hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes "I know you're afraid, for us all, but if we run, we will spend the rest of our lives doing so. Elijah and Klaus will both regret any actions they take against us. I will keep you all safe, as I have done for centuries, you just have to trust me" I said, gaining a slight smile from Alexandria before I pulled her into a hug. 

I stood there for a few minutes my arms wrapped around Alexandria, comforting the young woman. She knew that some of the only people able to harm me were on their way here, naturally, she would be worried, but even then, I had not expected it to worry her so much. We separated, and I looked her in the eyes," You should get some rest, head home, I will finish up here, it won't take me too long," I said, to which she nodded. "Okay, I will see you later, let me know how it goes with your brothers. She said her voice was now without an ounce of the previous worry she had. Just as she reached the door, she turned to face me again" Stay safe, please", she spoke, with a nod, I agreed. 

Alexandria turned and left, I continued my work for another thirty minutes before I decided to leave, needing to go meet Finn and Kol. Yet before I turned to go, the door creaked back open, "Alexandria, you're back?" I said. Yet it was not Alexandria that responded, "I think you're confused, brother" I turned at the voice, the arrogant tone, the self-righteousness, the familiarity of it. "Elijah", I responded, my jaw tightening and my claws drawn, prepared to fight if it came to that.