Caroline woke up with Klaus by her side, caressing her hair as he looked up at the ceiling.

"Good morning..." She whispered in a sleepy voice.

"Good morning, Love!" He whispered, not taking his eyes of the ceiling.

"What are you thinking about?" Caroline whispered.

"What to do to the Salvatore and the Hunter." Klaus said without any emotion.

"I think they learn their lesson. Let them go."

"Are you mad? After what they did? I killed people for much less than what they did. If someone ever questioned my orders they would die. Why would I give them a free pass?"

"Because... they made a mistake and I'm sure they won't do this again." Caroline tried but Klaus gave her a look, making her know that her argument was weak, so she tried again. "Fine. Then... if you kill them, Elena and Stefan will see it as a way of you breaking the pact because part of our deal was you not hurting my friends. Which means, they will leave, they might even stay on the run, like Katherine did. As soon as they leave, the hybrids will realize the Pact was broken, which would mean they are free to do as they wish, making you stay here with your siblings without your army or blood to make more hybrids, which would put you in advantage. And let's not forget that your new allies would probably rethink their alliance when they would see your little army leaving you."

As Klaus listened to every word Caroline said, he become more tense, afraid of what would happen if he reacted impulsive about what happened. He could not afford to lose now everything he has been building for so long. Even if that was what made him tense, it wasn't the only thing that he thought about, he was now wondering how Caroline could be so kind and protective of two men who tortured her.

"Why are you defending them?"

"What?"

"Why do you want them to go away freely? They tortured you. You should at least want them to be hurt. To suffer the same way you did." Klaus said, then rolled to be on top of Caroline, grabbing her wrists so she could not leave. "Is there something that you are not telling me? If this is part of a plan to take me down, I will find out and make you see what the big bad wolf is capable of doing."

"What? Okay... First of all, stop being suspicious. There's no plan, if there was, I wouldn't have been tortured. You saw the way I looked yesterday, you saw my wounds... Second of all, I'm defending them because I know how much Damon means to Stefan and Elena and how much Alaric means to Elena. And third of all, don't refer to yourself in the third person, that's just lame." Caroline said without showing any fear, which messed Klaus's head because he was not used to people not showing fear to him.

"I have to say, you made a good case. I will think about it as I decide what to do to them." Klaus whispered to her lips and then placed a soft kiss on her cheek, then he started to kiss her neck, making her bite her lower lip to repress the moans.

"Klaus... please let them go." Caroline whispered as Klaus kissed her neck.

Klaus wanted to listen to her beg, but not for the prisoners safety, he wanted her to beg for something else.

Caroline rolled them over so she could be on top of Klaus, making him look at her who clearly wanted him to decide now to let Damon and Alaric go.

"I will make the decision today... I'll tell you once I have my decision." Klaus whispered and was going to kiss her neck again but she pushed him against the wall, then grabbed a wooden stake as she walked over to him.

"I won't let you touch me until you decide to free them."

"And if I decide something else."

"Easy. I will only talk to you about business. You can forget about your drink buddy, you can forget about us being friends, I will be only a hybrid you have to boss around and who will argue whenever you make a dumbass decision."

"Are you trying to threat me? I'm the original hybrid! I don't take orders from anyone!" Klaus yelled.

"Every choice has a consequence. Everyone has to deal with that... even you." Caroline said calmly.

"Why would you think this would make me decide to free Alaric and Damon?" Klaus growled, hating that this young blonde hybrid had so much effect on him.

"Because even if you can compel someone to listen to you, to drink with you and to be your friend... it's hard for you to make a real friend. You told me that once." Caroline said calmly.

"I can easily compel you to forget about me killing Damon and Alaric or even compel you to stay on my side."

"But you don't want that. You want a real friend. If that wouldn't be the case, you would compel me and Stefan a long time ago." Caroline said.

"Why are you so bloody stubborn?" Klaus asked feeling frustrated.

"Why do you have to torture or kill people to make a point?" Caroline asked.

"They hurt you... How can you try to defend them?"

"Because they thought they were doing the right thing. Because Damon is Stefan's brother and Alaric is like a father to Elena. Because I have to."

"So... you are not forgiving them because of your big heart. It's all because of your friends... Interesting. How can you be this loyal?" Klaus asked, admiring how loyal Caroline was with her friends, even when it meant forgiving someone who wronged her.

"Because... friendship also means being loyal. Besides, Stefan only has his brother and Elena already lost too many people. I don't even know how much hurt they carry with them... I don't want to add anymore loss and hurt." Caroline whispered.

"You're so kind and loyal... Let's hope that won't be your undoing." Klaus whispered and left.

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