Here's the final chapter, I hope it turned out ok. Thank you so much all of you for reading, taking the time to leave reviews and adding this story to favs/alerts, you were my inspiration. Warning, there's a lemon in this chapter.

Epilogue

Italy, few months later

"Kol, please slow down," I giggled. "I just dropped my veil…"

"Liliya," he cut in, I felt how tense his arms were around me. He was carrying me up the stairs and he barely managed to keep his speed more or less normal, he knew that the vampire speed made me nauseous. "A man can only take so much. After tonight you will be mine."

The lust in his eyes was dark and primitive, but that didn't scare me, I knew that he wouldn't hurt me. He had been incredibly patient during the last few months, but now he was done waiting. Our wedding had been beautiful, small and modest. The only guest had been Katerina, even though she didn't like Kol any more than he liked her. It was probably safe to say that they hated each other, but they had tried their best to get along. I had needed time to work things out with my sister and fortunately Kol had understood that, but he certainly hadn't been happy about Katerina staying with us.

I had been stunned when he had proposed to me a week ago; he had wanted us to get married on my birthday. The whole thing had felt strangely natural; the bond between us was stronger than ever. I would have given myself to him without marriage, but I could pick up from his thoughts that he wanted me to be his and only his. Forever. He wanted to be my first and only man. Perhaps I was wicked, but a part of me enjoyed seeing how much he wanted me, the look in his eyes told me that he would have ripped to pieces anyone who would have tried to stop him now. He let out a growl when I nibbled his earlobe, I really was feeling wicked.

"Damn you, Liliya, you need to stop that or help me God I will take you right here."

He definitely wasn't kidding; I was smart enough to stop. I was ready for this, but suddenly I was nervous, what if he would be disappointed? He had waited for so long; I knew that he hadn't been with anyone else after he had been undaggered. We hadn't had much alone time during our journey, Katerina had been there almost all the time. Tonight we had the villa all for ourselves. I truly loved this place; I had already painted several paintings of the beautiful sceneries after we had arrived here three weeks ago. I had no idea how long we would stay here, but I was planning to enjoy every moment. My maid was just coming out from the bedchamber, she greeted us and curtsied.

"Everything is ready, my lord," she said. "Do you need some assistance, mistress…"

"No," Kol cut in without even looking at her. "Leave us."

She curtsied again before leaving.

"Congratulations, mistress. My lord."

She was a sweet girl, for a brief moment she made me thought about Bridgette and Natasza. I couldn't help but to feel sadness. Somehow Bridgette had managed to send a word to me before we had left from England, she was alright and so were Natasza and Bartek. Klaus on the other hand… He definitely wasn't alright. Despite of everything that had happened I couldn't help but to feel a little sympathy for him. That didn't make much sense, I should have hated him, but I couldn't bring myself to do that.

There was some humanity in him; I had seen it during our engagement. Deep down he was a broken and damaged person who was capable of feeling and even caring, no matter how hard he tried to deny it. Perhaps I didn't hate him, but I could never be what he had wanted me to be, not after what he had done to my family. I wasn't foolish enough to think that my forgiveness meant anything to him, but granting it to him had lifted a huge burden off my shoulders, I was finally free.

Perhaps he would one day find me, but today wasn't that day. I gasped when Kol carried me into our bedchamber, it looked beautiful. There were dozens of candles burning and the whole chamber had been decorated with roses and lilies. Rose petals and small white flowers had been sprinkled all over the floor and over the canopy bed.

"Kol…" I muttered when he lowered me to my feet. "This is…"

"Before you say anything, I did not do any of this," he cut in. "I only ordered your maid to make sure that you will be comfortable."

I turned to look at him and smiled, it was cute how he was still embarrassed of showing that he was capable of doing nice things. Slowly I walked over to the dresser in order to see my reflection in the mirror. My hair was up in a simple coiffure; I let it down and ran my fingers through it few times. I could feel Kol's eyes on me, but he didn't say anything, I hesitated for a brief moment before turning to look at him. My wedding gown was cream and gold and the neckline highlighted my bosom. Katerina had given me a beautiful pearl necklace; I started by taking it off and carefully placing it on the dresser.

"I need some help…" I started, but I didn't have time to finish my sentence when Kol was in front of me. Without hesitation he ripped open the bodice of my dress. I had no time to say anything when he had already ripped my chemise in two; his fingers were playing with the lace of my corset for a brief moment before he ripped it open. The next thing I realized was that I was standing in front of him wearing nothing except my undergarment. I let out a small nervous giggle; he gazed at me hungrily and licked his lips. His eyes darkened with primal unmasked lust when I slowly took my undergarment off. After a short hesitation I also took my knickers off, I felt a flush rising in my cheeks when his eyes scanned my naked body.

"Do you have any idea how much I want you?" he murmured.

I bit my bottom lip and lowered my head; I couldn't help but to feel nervous. Once again I was concerned that he wouldn't be satisfied, he had been with so many experienced women…

"Liliya," he said and lifted my chin. "Stop thinking like that, I mean it. I want you to relax and enjoy this. You are not afraid, are you?"

I shook my head.

"No, just a little nervous."

He smiled and leaned closer, his hand was soothingly stroking my neck.

"I will be very gentle with you, darling, I promise."

I started to relax when his lips brushed against mine; his tongue softly stroked the corner of my mouth. He kept the kiss gentle until my body melted in his embrace, I barely noticed him lifting me up into his arms. Our lips never parted when he laid me down on the bed, he deepened the kiss while placing himself on top of me. His clothes felt a little rough against my naked skin and I could easily feel how ready he was.

I picked up from his thoughts how hard he was struggling to control himself, he wanted to spread my legs and slam into me again, again and again, he wanted to claim me and make me to scream in ecstasy. The images I saw were pure animalistic lust, every part of him was screaming at him to take me. Yet he wasn't going to do that, not like that. He cradled my breasts and rolled the sensitive tips between his thumb and finger, squishing lightly while his mouth was sucking my neck.

"You are so beautiful, darling," he muttered, I moaned when his mouth was suddenly sucking and licking my breast while his hand fondled the other one. The sensation was more incredible than I could have ever imagined. We had never done this before; he had only touched my breasts through my clothes. He sucked harder, his tongue kept teasing while he kept switching from right breast to the left and back. Over and over again. My moans were getting louder; I arched my back in order to press my breasts even closer to his mouth.

"Kol," I moaned and took a hold of his hair as I climaxed.

He raised his head and grinned, he seemed surprised, but definitely not unpleasantly.

"Oh, my little flower," he purred. "I absolutely love how sensitive you are. So…" He paused and touched the wetness between my legs, making me to moan again. "…responsive to my touch. You like my touch, do you not?"

I was out of breath, but somehow I managed to nod.

"Yes."

He didn't give me any time to recover; he traced kisses down my stomach, hips and thighs before gently spreading my legs.

"Oh God!" I cried out when his tongue started teasing me, he could barely get started when I climaxed again. My body had never felt so sensitive; I knew it was because of him. I could feel the bond between us and my body was telling me that it was ready for him. It needed him.

"Oh my," he hummed and licked his lips. "I knew I am good, but that..."

I was about to protest when he stood up, but then I saw that he started to remove his clothing. I was panting and admiring his bare upper body, but when he started to unbuckle his pants I suddenly realized that I had never seen him or any other man naked. The realization made to turn my head away; I couldn't help but to blush. Shyly I took a quick look and gasped, he was very, very aroused.

"Do you…do you want me to do something?" I muttered insecurely.

He smiled and knelt on the bed next to me.

"Just relax, darling."

He touched my cheek and covered my body with his own, he was careful for not to crush me under him.

"Are you ready?" he asked, struggling to control himself.

I looked into his eyes and nodded, I was ready. He bent down and gave me a soothing kiss as he entered me. I gasped even though he wasn't even fully in yet, he wanted to give me time to adjust. Clearly he was struggling desperately to gain his self-control, his expression was almost painful. Still he kept caressing my cheek and giving me tender kisses, wanting to make sure that I was ready to continue.

I yelped in pain when he thrust into me completely, tearing my maidenhead. He forced himself to stop again; I could tell that it took all his self-control. The dark veins appeared under his eyes; quickly he bit his wrist and placed it onto my mouth. His blood took all the pain away; I took a hold of his arms and pulled him closer. In that moment all his self-control was gone; he let out a growl and began moving inside me.

I moaned desperately as his thrusts were becoming deeper and his pace was becoming faster and faster, my hips were moving instinctively against his and I wrapped my legs around his waist. Our bodies fit together perfectly; I could have never imagined anything like it. Every new sensation brought me closer to ecstasy, the pleasure I felt made my whole body shudder.

"Liliya," he groaned through pleasure and kissed me. Our fingers entwined and I literally felt everything he was feeling and vice versa. In that moment we were truly one. He groaned louder as he felt me climaxing so forcefully that I almost pass out. That made him to climax as well; he looked dazed when he rested his head on my chest.

"Holy…" he murmured. "That was…"

"Uh huh," I muttered, somehow I managed to lift my hand in order to stroke his hair. We stayed like that for a moment before he managed to move beside me and wrap his arms tightly around me. I could tell that we were just getting started, he already wanted more. I wanted more too.

"I love you," I sighed and snuggled as close to him as possible. He tightened his embrace and kissed the top of my head.

"I love you too, my little flower."