Eternal Love in Darkness

[LAVA GODDESSS]

The Dark One

I knew what was in his heart, in fact, my blood began to boil with a false hotness as my temper rose.


Closing my eyes, I let my temper rise and rise....so far from the depths of my once tortured soul, that I thought the world would burst into flames. I opened my eyes, their blankness a deep void.

I sneered at him. Him. Oh the pain he had caused me.

"Say what is on your mind my pet." I said as I beckoned him closer. No woman would have him. Mine. Mine. Mine.

I made him. Therefore he was mine.

"I know you have a voice, for I did not cut off your tounge. You will answer me. "
My eyes flashed in warning.

I brought my chin up in a show of superiority.

 

[Ravenloft]

Nebankh:

Cleo's hate crackled, alive, through the room. It made the air thick. Nebankh had witnessed her anger many a time... "I dare not my mistress... For it will not please you." He whispered as he lowered his eyes and stared at his hands. "I will speak my mistress, what would you have me say?" His tone was level and calm, bare above a whisper.

Ravenloft

 

[LAVA GODDESSS]

Her Mistress, the Evil One.

"Tis Love and nonsense clouding you my pet." I walked towards him, my bare feet made no noise as my silk gown flowed generously around my feet in a blood red crimson.

Grabbing his hair almost , just almost gently, I pulled so that his eyes met mine. "It is her isn't it?" It must have shocked him. His eyes grew wide.

I smiled evily. My eyes glowed with a fire that made the devil seem timid. The glare fell from my face, my features softening.

I looked away from his eyes, for love would never be mine. From anyone. Ever.

I released his hair from my grasp, letting my arm fall to my side.

 

[Ravenloft]

Nebankh:

A deathly quiet consumed the bedroom as Nebankh lowered his head to hide the sorrow in his eyes. He had no choice but to stay at Cleo's side. And how long could he resist her temptations? How long could he hold onto the last remaining shreads of his humanity? She would keep trying to draw him back, back into the abbyss of her darkness... For he surely didn't have the strength to give her back her own humanity... He could feel that she wanted to be loved. But how could one love a creature as dark as she without slipping into that inky darkness. For once the darkness consumes you, you forget what it means to love...

 

[papillon24]

Kamia

I heard the call from far off as if drifted into my ear.

"Who's there" calling into the emtyness of the night. I stood up and looked around for the sweet voice I had just heard.

I felt my heart start to race and fear rush through my veins. And then I heard it again.

"Kamia"

"Where are you!" I called out. I could feel the fear rise in my voice.

I knew it was a bad night for a garden walk. I quickly turned to go back inside and I hear him again. I stoped and turned back to look out at the headstones of the cemetary.

His voice was sweet but sent chills through my body. I could feel goosebumps form on my pale skin.

"Show yourself, I know your out there somewhere" my voice began to shake.

I couldn't run I tried but I couldn't. I felt trars start to run down my face.

 

[cgraven]

The doctor

It had been a long day at the clinic. Treating the retched of this city was depressing and paid very little. I was an immigrant, a stranger, not one of them. Yes immanently qualified, but not quite of the right class. I reach for the bottle of Gold Vasser a little pleasure from the land of my birth. The fiery liquid slid down my throat, spreading peace and contentment and to keep the haunting Demons at bay. They that had stolen my love and driven me from Home.

The phone rang. " Dr. Lazlow Bauer here."..... "Yes I will come Sargent, immediately."

Throwing my cape over my shoulders, grabbing my medical satchel, and downing my silk top hat I hurried to the local Police Station, for I was the Police Surgeon for the district.

The seen that met my eyes would shock the good citizen of London. Two constables where holding a young man down on a table as a third held a cloth to his neck trying to staunch the bleeding.

I made a quick examination of the wound. I place the constable's thumb on the pressure point just bellow the wound. No time for the lotenum. The scalpel flashed, the sutures made in record time, to save the young mans life.

His breathing was ragged and shallow, but he was alive. I would sit with him tell he came to.

His wound I knew it well. So they where here to.

 

[kitsuke]

Thibor Lidesci

Silent, wraith like I approach. I allow the mist to part before me, revealing myself in the darkness to her. As she sees me she freezes, her mind screaming to flee but her body refusing to obey the command.

"Come to me, sweet Kamia." I whisper, almost too low to hear, "You shall never fear the cold or the dark again." I smile wide, revealing my fangs and revelling in the conflict within her now being waged.

Now I send to her not images of fear, but desire. Ultimate pleasure, lust, gratification and of course my desire for her. I send it to her in all it's hideous glory.

"Come Kamia, and you shall live... I shall love you as no other, my sweet." I am reeling with the sweetness of her presence. She is innocent yet. If not in all ways, then in enough. The laugh threatening to escape me is stifled.

 

[papillon24]

Kamia

His teeth shone in the darkness like pearls from the deep. I wanted to run from them but his voice was warm and tender. He reached his hand out to me and called me too him. In my mind I was already running but my body would not follow. I was under some sort of spell. His spell.

I felt my hand fall into his and him pull me close. My heart race, of fear or desire for this man I did not know.

"What is it you want with me?" I could feel my body shake as well as my voice. My innocence from anything dark and evil was obvious, but I tried hiding it being very unsuccessful

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

As I sleep lying there in my cell, Images keep flashing through my mind. Images of Salina, the night sky, trees, and Rhiannon. I had no clue who this women was yet that name kept runing through my mind. I did not know if i could recognize her if i seen her again, and I was sure I would see her again did not know why but I was sure of it. In all the confusion of the night my two incounters had blured.... In my mind I relived the events of the night, but it was Salina that had attacked me in the park and my memorys of Rhiannon were fadeing.

I awoke and found myself in a cell once again. I knew not where I was or what had conspired. This had not been my first time in jail, but glanceing to my side, I knew I would not be escapeing as fast as I usualy did. A man sat beside me, I was ready to strike at him but had no energy, I was limp and lifeless.

 

[cgraven]

Dr. Lazlow Bauer

I was dozing half asleep, half awake, it had been a long day and even a longer night. The demons of a past longed pushed from my mind returned to again torment me of a love lost, to them and then to me by my own hand.

Oh, yes I new the young man's wound so very well and who or what had caused it, for I carried one just like it. I knew the longing and the torment it would cause him. I must stay close to him for he would lead me to them through the one that had bitten him. This boy, this lad was tied to her forever until one's lifer or the other's was ended. Oh yes I knew the one that had biten him was female.

His stirring brought me back to the present. I placed a gentle hand on his shoulder to comfort, to reassure.

"It's alright boy, I am Dr. Bauer the police surgeon." ..."Who bit you?"

..."Do you remember the fangs?"... "I can help you."

I waited to see if this child of the gutter would respond or keep his own silent console.

 

[rashid]

a glimpse and the.........

As the second act drew to a crashing close, a soft, throaty, voice whispered my name into my ear. "Robert!!!!" More than suggestive, it was insistant. Demanding me to follow it to its source. In an instant, my eyes left the stage and scanned up and to the left as if ranging a field gun to bracket the target. There!!! - a flash of white and again those golden eyes. - DuShaen!!!!!!!! but how??? and why????? after so much time could it really be?

I told Bartlett I'd be back soon and left him to other company during the intermission while I made my way to the lobby outside the main theatre. Again, I saw flaming hair and golden eyes floating up the broad staircase to the private boxes on the second level. Determined now, I followed. At the top of the stairs, a brief smile as if to encourage me and then she was gone behind the curtains of her booth.

Much as I wanted to believe it was DuShaen there was something not quite adding up in my mind. Fifteen years ago I'd been barely 30 and my golden eyed saviour had appeared to be in her late twenties. Today I was 45 and the woman in the booth looked to be as young and vibrant now as she had then. How could it be? I approached the booth and using my walking stick eased back the draperies to afford myself a view of the mirrored wall to the left of the entry. Looking into the glass, I could see the viewing box in its entirety. It appeared to be quite empty. I stepped through to the interior at exactly the same time as I heard the voice say "I knew you would come, do you remember me?" and whirled to come face to face with "her".

When I found my voice I could only say "how......?" and wait to hear the story I felt certain would come.

 

[kitsuke]

Thibor Lidesci

"What do I want from you, my dear?" I say amusedly, "Just a few things, really. A house, a place of refuge, company for long nights, resources, and one thing more." My teeth yearn as I pull her into my arms, "You Kamia... I want you."

I pull her against my body and sink my long eyeteeth into her delicate neck. The feeling of rapture spreads through me like wildfire, a surge of pleasure and pain flooding into me from her. Her sharp gasp and weak struggles only serve to heighten my pleasure. I must feed, take from her, drain her unti- NO.

I stop.

Panting I hold her limp form at arms length. Restraint is so difficult after famine. When she wakes she will be linked with me. I smile as I ponder it. Free-willed, but devoted to me. It was so cruel and I loved it. Gathering Kamia in my arms I carry her inside the manse.

"Let us explore my new home, shall we?"

My laughter rings through the hall as I step over the threshhold.

 

[LAVA GODDESSS]

Her Mistress, The Dark One.

"Oh my sweetness, since when have I not been here for you, given you all you need? All you craved, all you yearned for." The last of my words became deeper, more whispered, seductive.


"It has been a long time since I have had your heart...oh so long...what have I forsaken you? Why have you betrayed me?"

My voice grew cold.

Damn it all. I was Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, once ruler , powerful...

i still am powerful, If it is that silly girl Rhiannon, I would have her heart...and her soul.


In fact, why not just take them for the fun of it?

 

[Ravenloft]

Nebankh:

"I have not betrayed you, my mistress, however I am not the being you first created in the shadows all that time ago... Even in undeath we too can change... And I have..." Nebankh said softly, seeming to sit next to her like a stone statue, his eyes dark empty holes peiring back at her.

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

Looking up at this man over me hearing what he had to say, and being nausious from my loss of blood, I just looked up and spoke.

"Sa.. Salina" The doctors eyes widened, he obviously knew who i spoke of. "How could she do that, she saduced me at the party and got the drop on me in the park. Those eyes benieth that hair of red, I could not resist her."

Looking around the room I asked "Where am I?" Though I knew fully well where I was. But I felt there was still a posibility to escape.

 

[papillon24]

Kamia

I felt his arms encircle me and his teeth sink into my neck. I tried to scream but I couldn't. I felt my body weaken and shake in his arms as he drank from me pulling the life from me.

At that he pulled away and lifted me up. I looked up at his face but things went blurry and fadded into the darknes.

I woke up to find myself in my room in my bed......alive. I felt the abrasion on my neck but I didn't care. Where was he. I had to find him. Somehow we were conected and I needed to be with him.

I sat up to find him standing on the balcony that looked out over the garden.

"What happened? Why is it that I'm not dead? I know what you are and that I'm either suposed to be dead or tur.......I'm not, am I?"

I saw him turn and his eyes reflect the candlelight. I stood up but faultered a bit having to hold onto the edge of the bed to get my balance.

 

[cgraven]

Dr. Bauer

"You are in Jail"..... "But not under arrest."

I saw the look in the lad's face. He was no stranger to his surroundings. His past was his business. His future mine.

"No I don not know her, but I know her kind."

I told Of how I lost my love to these creatures and how I took her life to save her soul, and how he was now tied to "Salina", and exactly how and what it meant.

"What is your name Lad?"

 

[Honey_B]

Rhiannon

I touched his face, tracing my fingertips over his features. Brushing his neck with my pointed red fingernails.

"Who have you become, Robert? I knew you fifteen years ago. Yes, that was I, Rhiannon Du Shaen that day on the moor. That day when I fell in love with you."

I held his gaze as I spoke. The admission came with none of the shy blushes of a simpering mortal. My voice was quiet but contained the depth of feeling that had been born on that day.

"Oh, how I wanted you, but I knew I could do nothing but watch over you. You were helpless, vulnerable from injury. To take you then would have meant I had reverted to the savage, taking what I pleased without regard for anyone else. There are others of my race who do not flinch at such cruel manipulation. This I could not do. You had to be allowed to fullfill your destiny, to come to me on your own."

 

[rashid]

As I stood there stunned,

she touched my face, tracing her fingertips over my features and brushing my neck with long pointed fingernails.

"Who have you become, Robert? I knew you fifteen years ago. Yes, that was I, Rhiannon Du Shaen that day on the moor. That day when I fell in love with you."

The words formed themselves in my mind but her lips never moved. How could this be?

"Oh, how I wanted you, but I knew I could do nothing but watch over you. You were helpless, vulnerable from injury. To take you then would have meant I had reverted to the savage, taking what I pleased without regard for anyone else. There are others of my race who do not flinch at such cruel manipulation. This I could not do. You had to be allowed to fullfill your destiny, to come to me on your own."

"For fifteen years I searched for you" I said, "but they told me you had left for good." I gazed upon her stunning features, drinking in fifteen years of longing and said, " I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage, for it seems you know a great deal more about me than I do about you." You have remained as beautiful and young as I remember but how??????"

The words trailed off and I became aware of her scent, the soft rise and fall of her breasts as she stood closer to me. I wanted her then like I have never wanted a woman before. As if she could read my mind, her hand reached to pull me down to the sofa where she kissed me softly and said, "I know it's sudden, but we must talk, I have much to tell you and you have choices to make."

 

[kitsuke]

Thibor Lidesci

I smile to myself as she comes to herself again. Resilient, most would have slept until dawn. I shall need resilience. She shall make a fine thrall. Crossing the room I help her to her feet, he clutches at me for support.

"Ah, you wake early, dear Kamia. It is good, for we have much to do and the sooner you understand your new role, the better. I am something more than human. You must know that by now. You will not wake in the morning to find this all a dream that can be shuddered away. I am Forever, and you, are Mine." she shakes a bit as I pronounce this, feeling it's truth down to the core of her soul. My hand begins to wander, it has been long since the flesh of a female has quivered next to me. My hand closes on her breast. My cheeks flush and again I ache.

"I am to be your husband. At least, that is what you will tell those you associate with. A childhood acquaintance from Italia. Near enough for my purpose." As I spoke my roving hand moved almost of it's own accord, down her belly and between her legs. Through her nightdress I felt her, the flesh of her heated center almost seemed eager for the invasion of my fingers, yet I held off. Tonight was no time for lust.

"Serve me well and you shall be well rewarded for it, for those who are Mine are also under my protection." Withdrawing my hand from between her thighs, she whimpered a bit in disappointment. Surprising. "Now would be when you might ask of me questions, for in the future I may not tolerate it."

 

[papillon24]

Kamia

I felt him help me up. His hands started to roam my body. I was awed by him. My body ached for him as his hands found their way between my legs.

"My husband" I wispered to myself.

"May I ask why me and what is to become of me?" still sleepily leaning into him.

I moved my hands around his waist. I had never been touch by a man, except for when dancing at the parties I was expected to attend. Many propsals had come my way in the past but I had always refused them. This was one that I could not refuse.

"Many know me, how am i to pas you off as my husband to those who know me well? The sevants, and the police who I've had many talks with as they escorted me home." I was nervous. Never had I ever told a lie, not even a small one,

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

"My name?" I wispered to myself as I slowly sat up and servayed the room. "I... I'm Drake, Drake Watson."

"What did you mean you know what she is, and what do you mean by I belong to her?" In a panic I said to him as i grabed his coller "I did not rape her, she saduced me in the park. I don't even know what happened after that."

 

[cgraven]

"My name?" ... "I... I'm Drake, Drake Watson."......"What did you mean you

know what she is, and what do you mean by I belong to her?"

......"I did not rape her, she seduced me in the park. I don't even know what happened after that."

Drake grabbed my collar and there was real fear in his eyes. He came from the gutter and it took a lot to unnever him. My hands grasped his wrists and dragged them from my collar. There was a strength and power in my hands he did not expect. It matched the will and determination of my crusade against these fiends.

"You are tied to her for the rest of your life, and that life would now be over if she had not been interrupted."

....."If ever you meet again you may not be so lucky."......"Drake you will

spend an eternity lusting for warm living blood."..." That will be you're only

pleasure."...."That and nothing else."

I watched for his reaction. To see if my words had reached his cunning mind.

 

[kitsuke]

"What is to become of you? Under my protection you will flourish, my dear." I smile with a warmth not often seen on my features, " You will speak and bear yourself with a newfound confidence, for I will accept no less in what is mine. Your manner will be as one elevated. Through sheer force of personality and will your holdings, and consequently My holdings, will increase. You will live a long life, Kamia. You will age not as other women. Above all that, you will always be mine. With me on one sense or another forever."

I enfold her in my arms and lay her head on my chest. "As to what you tell them? I care not. Tell them I was arranged marriage from your youth that you finally decided to honor. Tell them we have ben exchanging love letters ever since your last trip to the Continent and eloped. Tell them I am a gigolo you saw every week and eventually married because I gave you so much pleasure. As long as it is plausible I care not, those that meet me will be convinced anyway."

"Most importantly however, I will tell you that you are to be my front. My cover. Even my protection. For the legends, in some respects at least, are true. I cannot stand the light of day and cannot move abroad in it. You shall protect me from it and those among it who may catch wind of me." My smile narrowed from it's warmth into mirthlessness, and my hands gripped her arms tightly as I hissed between clenched teeth, "For make no mistake, my dear Kamia, my end would bring your own. In a way as horrible and fantasic as you could never dream."

I relaxed now and kissed her lightly on the forehead, "So do strive to be a skilled servant. I would hate for so perfect a vessel to be marred by so grisly a demise. Now go fetch me your most attractive maid, she must be brought in as you were. Although she will be something less than you are."

 

[Honey_B]

Rhiannon

The haunting music floated up from the opera's gilded stage.

The final act.

"I know it's sudden, but we must talk, I have much to tell you and you have choices to make."

My hands held his. So very warm and vital. His precious blood flowed in those veins. Not for the first time, I wondered if I would have the courage to take it. To endanger his life.

"That what you know of this world is limited to what you can understand. I am going to ask you to believe in something that I will not be able to explain. Not yet, anyway. I can tell you, Robert, that I live outside the laws of nature. That I am unlike any wouman you have ever known."

Carmen began to sing of the supernatural and death, the aria called "En vain pour éviter".

Let's see, I'll try a turn
Diamond, spade...death!
I read it well...me first.
Then him...for both all death!

"Robert, that is all I can tell you while we are here. Come with me to my house and I will reveal my true self to you."