The O'Connell | Klaus Mikealson

Chapter twenty six

She huffed.

It was when she noticed the car travelling at an alarming rate that things began to slot into place.

"We're traveling away from something." She murmured, awaiting the approval only to see an unprovocative gaze glued to the road.

"Or to something." Ava continued, nodding as she saw the flaw in his expression linger.

"To someone. Your mum wanted someone on the inside to find out something; to find out where someone was." Ava slowly assessed klaus again.

His eyes flickered down to his hands and up to the road as the thoughts lingered in his mind. His hands only whitening further from the strength attached to his grip on the steering wheel.

"But who is in danger out of New Orleans that concerns you?
Elijah can handle himself, although he has been different recently- the whole flower scenario happened for him after all.
Rebekah- she's at home asleep if the spell worked correctly.
Hayley- I mean do you really care that much for her?"
Ava rambled as her head span with each person she connected with the hybrid.

It was when the last name rolled off of her tongue she instantly became mute. Her tongue went numb and her eyes bulged with the crystal shade brightening in thought.

Klaus had slowed the car down slightly to listen to avas thought tracking, carefully watching as her fingers recoiled from counting and fell into her lap.

The two were silent for a few seconds as they matched gazes.

"Hope." She whispered so quietly that if it wasn't for vampiric hearing, klaus wouldn't have been able to hear her.

"Your daughters in trouble." The tone her voice came out in was so delicate and guilty that Ava had to gulp down the lump forming in her throat. She had been such a bitch, when after all that klaus still had to be reminded of his baby girl being taken by the new enemy.

The one Ava did not know about.

"And that is why I like you avangaline, nothing gets past you and your inquisitive mindset." Klaus hummed trapping his gaze back on to the car ahead.

"You like me? I thought i was just a plaything as your family have named me." Ava chuckled cynically at her nickname.

She hated that phrase, it was as if she was a compelled doll for niklauses amusements.

The car suddenly swerved and shuddered to a stop at the side of a dusty road. Klaus turned to the girl in disbelief, his blue eyes a cold rage.

"You are not a plaything avangaline. Do not label yourself as such." He demanded, his lips flat and his eyes a blue blaze of anger.

"How can I not when it is a constant theme with your family?" Ava blurted out before she could hesitate. Her eyes matching the ice from his, the air instantly chilling around them.

"By simply ignoring the idiotic bunch of adolescents." Klaus declared angrily, his tone a bitter sweet as he tried to defend the girl.

"We should get back on the road Nic, Hope is waiting." The nickname slipped past her lips before she could comprehend it and her eyes went wide.

Klaus had paused from the name, a sweet reminder of his sister warming the air with her sarcastic wit and fast comments.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean..."
Ava murmured out in fast apologies.

She had over stepped her mark. But as soon as her voice filled the air she was silenced.

Klaus' lips attached to hers.

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