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Nik's POV

I stood there looking at the battered body of a person I used to perceive as a friend. How foolish I was to believe that so easily. Luna had warned me but I didn't want to believe her. I have never been one to deny a challenge, so how could I deny one that came from her? 
I can't say that a part of me hadn't doubted him, but I hoped that I was wrong. Anger coursed through my body the longer I stared at the unmoving body of Stefan Salvatore. The traitor in our midst. My hand clenched around his throat and I wanted nothing more than to crush it into pieces, to crush him.

I could hear Luna's voice but it was muffled, reduced to nothing more than noise in the background. It was as if I couldn't hear anything around me clearly, but it didn't bother me as it let me work through the best way of dealing with the traitor. The anger and the pain I felt from another betrayal left me in a daze. I should be used to it by now, after all my own family has betrayed me countless times. For their betrayals, I already had a prepared punishment, a dagger to their undead hearts. I would leave them daggered until my anger and the pain of their betrayal fizzled out, and then some, another century or so would teach them their lesson. They were not to cross me. Ever.

Feeling steps coming closer to me, I immediately tensed up, ready to fight if need be. That was until I felt her near me and my shoulders immediately relaxed. She had that effect on me and I couldn't fight it even if I wanted to. I tried and failed each time. Recalling what Gloria had said before we entered my longing to be near her was quickly forgotten and my anger rose.

She soon stepped in front of me, but I ignored her presence and instead stared back at Stefan angrily. Her velvety voice reached my ears loud and clear this time around "Nik, look at me"
Showing no intention of paying her any mind, her hand soon enveloped mine, pulling it away from my prey. As always, tingles ran through me and she repeated her previous words "Look at me" 

This time I couldn't help my gaze from reaching hers. Despite the various emotions that swarmed my body and mind, I focused on the one that always made things easier, easier to explain, easier to understand. 

"What, Luna?!" I growled out, taking a step closer to her. If anyone else was standing in front of me they would take a step back, scared or surprised, but instead, she stood her ground and met me head-on. It was expected by now, but for some reason, it always seemed to surprise me to some extent. 

By now I was standing so close to her, I could feel her body flush against mine and if I hadn't been so mad at her my actions would be very different. Instead, my mind went into a frenzy over her actions and everything she hid from me.

"Anything else that you want to admit? What else have you been hiding? You made me sign some fucking blood contract and you didn't even tell me that the doppelganger was still alive!" I could feel my eyes flash amber as they always did when my anger took over. Her anger rose to the same extent and I could see the fire burning in her eyes. Her control was marvelous compared to mine but I could see it slowly slipping as her ragged breaths reached me. Her violet eyes shone just as bright as mine did, just as bright as her anger did.

"Really Nik? That's rich coming from you. You've been hiding something from me since the moment we met so it's about time you stop throwing accusations left and right. Yes, I knew that Elena was alive and I didn't tell you. Why do you think that is? I knew exactly what you would do the moment you found out. You would go there and threaten everyone, making it very clear that you don't care who you hurt so long as you get what you want."

"Yeah, so what?! I'll kill anyone that stands in my way! If you have a problem with that then why did you even come with me?" I couldn't stop my thoughts from going in a different direction than I originally intended to. Did she expect me to become some saint all of a sudden and for what? I won't change just to suit her expectations. I suppose I should have expected that, she was after all a Bennett witch and they were known for their saintly ways. 

"Goddamit Nik! You have enough enemies as it is, why do you keep making new ones if you can settle things differently. I got Elena's blood without threatening anyone" 

The image of Elijah flashed in my mind and the mere thought of her preference for my brother over me spiked my anger. Jealousy coursed through me unwillingly and I did my best to ignore it, instead of saying what I thought I just muttered "I think you mixed me up with Elijah, love. I do not make deals." 

She frowned after hearing my words and continued with her little speech "You don't need to make a deal with them to get what you want, but if the first thing that you do is threaten them then they will immediately look for a way to kill you or hurt those you care about. They shouldn't even see you coming. I don't see any reason to go in there guns blazing. It's ridiculous. Come on Nik, be smart about it"

Instead of disregarding her words or getting angry about them, I decided to listen to what she had to say "And what do you suggest I do?" 

"Let me worry about getting Elena's blood and you can focus on making hybrids," She shrugged almost indifferently like it was the only logical option and she was probably right. Her eyes softened while watching Rebekah caressing Stefan's face. The worry was evident on my sister's face but instead of thinking further about it, my focus returned to Luna.

"About yesterday..." not even a second later her eyes connected with mine and she coldly replied "I believe you already said your piece"

She swiftly turned around and headed out of the bar. Speeding forward, I was in front of her in no time. Despite all the loud sounds of the outside world that surrounded us, it was as if we stood in a silent bubble. Our eyes stared at each other and whereas hers burned with enough fire to destroy me, mine were filled with regret. I should have known that my words would have hurt her deeply, with our bond it was expected. Just like the mere thought of her betrayal felt like a stake through my heart, my words have cut her just the same. 

"Please Luna, at least let me explain" I pleaded for her to listen to me, begging her with my eyes. If my enemies saw me right now they would laugh in my face, but I couldn't bring myself to care about that. I only cared about making things right between us. She looked at me all the same, no emotions were evident, except the hurt that was visible in her eyes despite how well she hid it. "I'm not interested in hearing anything that you have to say." Of course, my mate had to be as stubborn as a bull.

Luna started walking away from me and each step felt as if she was drifting further away from me. She was heading to her old life, not caring about anything else. 

"Don't you at least want to know what I've been hiding from you this whole time?" I tried one last time to get her to talk with me, at this point it was the only thing that would have gotten her attention. I didn't let her see the distress it caused me, instead, I covered it with a cocky smirk and waited for her reply. She turned around quickly staring at me the whole time without saying a word. Getting annoyed with my silence she muttered "Well, are we going to stand here all day, or are you going to spit it out?" 

"We're connected" just saying those words was hard enough, how was I going to actually explain it to her without her wanting to kill me? Yeah, as if that was possible to achieve. Her reply was as sarcastic as always "Do I have to wait for three more months to hear an actual explanation or is now okay with you?"

I sighed finally meeting her eyes "We're connected, our lives are connected. That's why you have that birthmark on your wrist. It tingled when we first met, didn't it?"

She frowned at my words "How would you know that and how are we connected?"

"I don't know how we're connected, I've been trying to figure that out for the last three months" That was a lie, a blatant lie that I was hoping she hadn't caught. If I told her that I knew since the moment I met her, she would definitely have my head. I wasn't stupid enough to believe that her calm demeanor would mean that there would be no retribution on her part. I've learned that a long time ago from the mistake I made with Elijah. If she was bitter about me hiding something, then she would be furious once she found out what that something was.

"I really don't appreciate being lied to Nik. When you're ready to tell me the full truth we can talk until then goodbye." She turned around and left without looking back. I sighed cursing internally for being so sure that she would believe that blatant lie.  

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