I don't think y'all are ready for the twist I threw in this chapter 😳
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Quinn's POV:
When I wake up I feel Kai's arms wrapped around my waist. His face is nuzzled into my back where I can feel the hot air coming out of him. I'm so mad for not standing up for myself last night. I should have kicked him out of the room but I didn't.
Why didn't I?
I let out a sigh as I decide to slowly get out of the bed. I literally make it an inch before he is pulling me closer to him. His grip on my body is tighter like he never wants to let me out of his embrace.
"Kai I need to get up." I tell him, unsure if he is actually awake or not.
"No you don't." His voice is sleepy and raspy which gives me butterflies.
"Yes I do." I try to move again but he moves so quick that he is now on top of me. His forearm resting next to my head as he holds himself up. His other hand meets my cheek and then slowly wanders it into my hair.
"Can't we just forget about last night?" He stares into my eyes.
"No." I answer.
"I said I was sorry." He frowns.
"You were drunk Kai." I say as I try to get out from under him. The hand that was in my hair is now down on my side, holding me in place.
"You know what that say, the truth comes out when you're drunk." He gives me a sleepy smile.
"Is that why you told me you didn't want to lose me?" I stare deep into his wide eyes that are now awake.
I know he didn't think I heard him and honestly I was half asleep when he said it so I didn't know if I was dreaming or not. But the look on his face assures me that I wasn't dreaming.
"I only said it because you said it first."
"What? No I- " I start to say but he cuts me off.
"Yes you did. After you threw that star into my chest. You sat there with my head in your lap, stroking my hair and crying." He explains.
"How....how do you know that?" I shake my head.
"When I die it's like I become a ghost. I was there but you couldn't see me. I always thought it was cool because I could just look at myself dead. I watched you cry over me and admit that you couldn't lose me." His hand is back to my hair.
"You weren't supposed to hear that." I gulp.
"Yeah and neither were you." He plants a soft kiss on my lips.
The way I immediately melt at his touch is actually kind of annoying. He stretches his arm out as it goes under my pillow and we hear a crinkle. We look at each other in confusion as he pulls out a piece of paper. We both sit up as he unfolds it.
"I think this is for you." He hands me the paper.
When I have the paper in my hands I see Bonnies handwriting and I squeal. "Oh my god... she got my message!"
My hand goes over my mouth as I smile in shock that the spell actually worked. I look to Kai who is staring straight ahead.
"She wants to know who sent me here. That way they can find the ascendant."
"Yeah I know. I read it." He states. "But if you tell them your brother is the one that sent you here it would be a dead end. He wasn't the one who created this world so he wouldn't have the ascendant."
"So then who should I tell them to look for?" I question.
He sighs. "My father. Joshua Parker."
I nod my head as I hop off of the mattress. I leave the room to go find a pen and paper plus a candle. When I walk back into the room Kai is still in his same spot with his arms draped over his knees.
I set the stuff on the floor and light the candle. I start to write to Bonnie to tell her to look for a man named Joshua Parker.
"Portland, Oregon." I hear Kai say. "That's where they'll find him."
I watch as his jaw clenches as he tells me this information. He doesn't look at me so I bring my head down looking back at the paper. I add the location and crumple the paper up.
As I start to chant the spell I can feel Kai's eyes on me. I don't open mine as I am too focused on the spell. I feel the paper heat up in my hand and then the ashes fall onto my skin. When I open my eyes Kai is still staring at me with a concerned expression. I bring my hand up to my nose because I can already feel what's happening. It's bleeding again.
"You should have given me some of your magic so I could do the spell." He says.
"It's fine. I'm fine." I reassure him. "I'm gonna go take a shower." I don't let him answer, I just walk into the bathroom and close the door.
Kai's POV:
She shuts the door to the bathroom leaving me alone in the bed. She should have just let me do the spell. She isn't strong enough to send something to a different dimension.
I wonder what's going to happen when they go looking for my father. I know for a fact he won't give that ascendant up without a fight. I hope they don't kill him to get it because that would defeat the whole purpose of me getting out of here. Well there is the other reason. The one I didn't tell Quinn yet.
This reason has to happen before I kill my father though. If I kill him first then everyone in the Coven dies. So my plan is to become the leader of the Gemini Coven by merging with my twin sister. When I win, and I know I will, I'll become the leader of the Coven making it easier to kill my father.
I don't know why I haven't told Quinn this information yet. Probably because she has nothing to do with it.
It doesn't matter anyways because when we get out of here we will go our separate ways. She will go to her friends and Stefan to handle her brother and I will go to deal with my family.
The water has been running for about ten minutes and I know I have about fifteen more until she gets out. I peel myself out of bed and walk over to the bookshelf. I slightly remember standing here last night and looking at all the photos.
There are picture of her in the 20's, 50's and the 70's. She can literally pull of any style. In each picture she is standing next to her sister which makes me wonder if she is daggered in a box somewhere or if she is free.
My eyes scan down the shelf when I notice the drawer below it is open just a little. I place my hand on the small knob and pull it out. There is a stack of Polaroid pictures lying there so I pick them up. One by one I look at them, in each one she is smiling. Truly happy.
I set the ones I've already looked at on the shelf when I make my way to the end of the pile. I flip over the next picture and freeze.
"What the hell?" I say under my breath. I look at the picture then to the bathroom where I hear the water turn off. She got out early.
Looking back at the picture, I put it in my one hand and drop the rest on the shelf. I walk to the bathroom and open the door, not bothered with knocking.
"Jesus Kai!" She lets out a little yell as she wraps the towel around her body.
"What the hell is this?" I hold up the picture for her to see.
She squints her eyes before coming closer to me. When she sees the photo her eyes widen and she snaps it out of my hand.
"Where did you get this?" She demands.
"The drawer of your bookshelf." I answer. "Now do you want to explain why you have a picture of us?"
"I-" she starts. "I honestly don't know Kai."
Her eyes meet mine and I can tell she is just as confused as I am. I walk to her side to stare at the photo.
In the picture she is holding the camera in front of us with a huge smile on her face as I'm kissing her cheek. My eyes scan to where her thumb is holding the photo to see a smudged black marking.
"What's that?" I point to it.
She moves her thumb to reveal a date: 1993
"Wait I'm so confused... we knew each other in 1993?" She looks up at me.
"Seems like it." I state.
"But- how... why don't I remember this. I would have remembered this..."
"Not unless your brother made us forget." I tell her when the realization hit me. "You said the originals are the only vampires who can compel witches."
She nods her head. "We look so.... happy."
"Maybe that's why he did it. He didn't want you to be happy." I shrug as I stare at the picture. She is right, we do look happy. I can't imagine in that point of my life or ever, actually feeling happy.
"You think he'd stoop that low?"
"Maybe." I tell her.
We keep our eyes on the picture for a couple more minutes before she sets it down on the counter. I can see in her eyes that there are a million thoughts racing in her mind.
"If he did that just so I wouldn't be happy..." she brings her eyes to mine which have now grown a shade darker. "I'll kill him."
So uhm yeah.... the ideas I have!!!!