( she's far more forgiving than most. more than he would be, given the circumstances. he may have been turned against his will, but it was with a mother's love and desperation at heart. not that he values esther's heart at all, when it's not ripped out and served on platter. regardless, this man is beginning to remind him of a few vampires he knows, willing to do whatever necessary for a human girl. but his thoughts digress; she was collateral damage, she knows this, and yet.

he watches her, quietly interested in the tick of emotions transforming her face, and waits patiently, curiously for her question.

a fair one. klaus sucks in a breath and answers as he promised. honestly. there's little harm in that, revealing secrets that are centuries old. ) Yes, I have. ( he thinks of lucien, his blood and tears, his mutilated body, his hatred. ) The first I made by mistake, in an attempt to save his life. ( his voice is flat, considering how lucien repaid him quite recently. ) I loved him as a friend, and he considered what I'd done for him a gift.