Where Secrets Lie

Alex led them to the library with a reluctant Kara traveling close behind. As they entered the room, Kara stayed behind, wondering if she belonged. Michael came to halt when he noticed she wasn't beside him. He looked back, the light illuminating his beautiful pale face, "Are you coming?"

Kara nodded her head, "Yeah, just a second." She pulled out her phone and texted Logan to gather a few others. They were a team and she figured they should know what's going on as much as her. She slid her phone into her pocket as she crossed the threshold, waiting for someone to break the uncomfortable silence.

Hannah stood there with her arms crossed, tapping her foot rapidly against the wooden floor. "What are we waiting for?" she said agitatedly.

Just then Logan and Alyssa showed up, "We're here."

Amy and Michele followed after with Henry trailing behind, "Logan said there's news." his handsome face flushed with confusion.

"Not about Yomi... about something else," she looked at Hannah and Michael, "They have a right to know too. We're all in this together."

"She's right." Alex spoke up, "There should be no secrets between us."

"Hell yeah!" Amy said enthusiastically. "The Original Nine."

Everyone looked around the room, gratefully. They've been going against Elijah since the beginning, some longer than others, but they knew they wouldn't be there without each other. They viewed each other not only as leaders of the rebellion but equals.

Hannah visibly calmer stepped toward Alex, "How am I related to Michael?"

Everyone gasped caught off by her comment. Logan deep voice filled the room, "What do you mean you're related to Michael?"

"I don't know. All I know is that Catherine stabbed me with a spelled knife and only family blood could heal me from the poison. Kara gave me, what I know now as Michael's blood and it healed me," said Hannah, finally taking a breath from talking so long.

"You..." Kara interrupted his story. "You might want to just do the short version for now."

Alex nodded. "John Powell is my brother, not Elijah," he said bluntly.

Everyone's mouth dropped. "But… Elijah?" Amy asked.

"I made him long ago," Alex replied, swiveling to face Amy. "Everyone just assumed he was an original."

"So there are only two originals? Not three?" asked Amy.

"Yes," replied Alex.

"Oh my god!" The outburst drew everyone's attention to Hannah, "We're cousins." Hannah looked at Michael, disgusted, "and my dad knew that! I think I'm going to throw up!"

Alex placed a hand on Michael's shoulder, "Sorry I didn't tell you before, son. It was best this way."

"Yeah, lying is always the best solution!" Michael pushed his way past his father.

Kara threw Alex a sympathetic look before following Michael to their bedroom. "Are you okay?"

"You knew about this?" asked Michael, with disappointment in his eyes.

"It wasn't my place to tell you. If you think about it, he's right. It was better to protect you and the clan."

"I know." Michael sighed, not wanting to agree, "I know. I just wish he could have trusted me enough to tell me." He gagged. "I kissed my cousin. Hell! I married her." He rubbed his head with his hands as if he had a headache. "I am so glad we never had sex. I don't think I could live with that."

Kara looked shocked. "You two never.....?"

"I was compelled to love her, but every time we tried, I just couldn't. It didn't feel right." Michael got closer to Kara, pushing her hanging hair over her shoulder. "It didn't feel right because it wasn't you. You can compel one's mind, but not their heart."

Michael kissed her. His soft lips sending chills down her spine. She pulled back catching her breath, "What is this? 'I just found out my ex-wife is my cousin' sex?

Michael chuckled, "Because we just skipped over 'my dead sister is actually alive and a vampire' sex."

She let out a louder laugh that resonated in her chest, "Our lives are so weird." She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him.

"That's an understatement," His kiss deepens while his free hand trails down her back, igniting Kara's desire even more.

He tosses her on the bed then rips off her pants. "Those were my favorite jeans," Kara said shocked.

"Were they?" He asked, then ripped off his pants in one swift motion.

Kara smiled at him entertained as she laid back on the memory foam mattress, gasping as their hips pressed together. Michael kissed her wrist, his fangs scraping against her skin. He bent over to whisper in her ear, "I want you." Kara didn't know what had gotten into Michael but she was enjoying it.

"Then have me," she replied.

Michael sunk his teeth into her neck drawing blood, heightening the sensation between her legs. The back and forth motion quickened as their hearts beat faster and faster. Kara pulled him in deeper, her fingernails digging into his back. Pleasure reached its peak and it washed over them as they slowed. Sweat pouring from them both and their breathing returning to normal. Michael propped himself up, his butt exposed due to the sheet covering him halfway. He looked over her as he licked his lips, "Delicious." He leans in, his lips almost touching hers.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"GO AWAY!" Michael growled. He turned back to Kara intending on kissing her but her finger on his lips said otherwise.

"There's been a development." Henry yelled so his voice would carry through the door, "Find me when you're done."

Kara smiled as she hopped out of bed. "Our work is never done." She picked up her jeans and looked at the huge rip down the middle of the fabric.

"NOOOOO, just come back to bed," Michael said waving her towards him.

"Or, we could take a shower," she said, disappearing through the bathroom door. She peaked back out, "Together." she added. Michael hopped instantly out of the bed, running after her.