Chapter 4

licia

My eyes were glowing and I was observing the connection between us. His arm across my stomach and went around my waste. His broad shoulders and toned chest felt like a rock behind me, completely unyielding.I could here my own heart beating hard and loudly in my chest and my body was rigid. The air around us where filled with the blended smell of sweat and blood.

The minute past by and nothing was said between us, it was as if he tried to make me understand whom I belonged to. He held me so tight it hurt my ribcage and it was not until a knock on the door interrupted the strained moment, that he let me go. He stood up, leaving me completely empty sitting on the floor.

"Enter, " he shouted a bit to loud.

"Master, you called for me. " It was Elza's pithed high voice. My back was faced the door so I could not see her.

"Take Alicia with you, make sure she is cleaned up and put to bed. I want her rested for tomorrow." With that he went into the bathroom and closed the door shut behind him.

I glanced towards the window and noticed that the sun had set and the darkness was quickly enveloping the hills in the horizon. Elza's arms tugged me up from the dark oak floor, it took her some effort and I tried to help, but my body was out of energy. She hugged my waste and placed my arm around her shoulder and half carried me out of the room. I felt sore and my eyes where heavy.

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I hardly noticed that my clothes had been removed and I was sitting in the bath, Elza was there and she was scrubbing away the blood as it colored the water red. There were so many feelings inside of me that I could not get a single one out. Elza must have noticed my demeanor cause she started to stroke my hair again.

"It will be alright Alicia," she tried reassuring me.

"How can it ever be alright? "I asked quietly more to myself then to her.

"You will get used to it and Master will get bored, then if you are compliant he will not wan to play with you as much," she said kind of sadly.

"Play with me? I am not a doll, I am a human." I looked at her.

"Well you are his human, so what ever he wants with you, he gets from you. Doesn't matter if you like it or not." She lowered her head and emptied the bath with the red water as most of the blood had come of me.

As I saw it go down the drain, I felt tears pooling down. 'This is not the life I am suppose to live. Enosos, have I not been strong enough, do I really deserve this punishment?' I started crying out of control, as all the event of the day cached up with me. So many bad things had happen in such a small period of time. I had gone from being a princess and a fierce ruler to a slave with no own will or power. My people where being slaved or slaughtered because of my foolishness. 'all because of me.'

As the now cold water left my perfectly curved body I got Goosebumps by the coldness in the room. Elza pulled me up and hung a towel around me, but it did not bring me the comfort I needed. 'How did it all go so wrong? Why was my kingdom attacked? We have always done our best to please the vampires. So why?'

My kingdom was great, but there where many others around the warm sea that had greater possessions. Mine was one out of the 5 grand ones that still was ruled by humans. The vampires had taken a lot already, and they had conquered many kingdoms for the single reason of being food stock. They kept human within great walls forcing them to reproduce in order to reassure the survival of the vampire race. We had never opposed their way of living officially, even though I hated the idea. If it was all up to me the vampires should be slaughtered, but for the sake of my people I had been quiet and done my best to keep the peace.

"Come now, lets get you to bed," Elza told me and pushed me into the oval room. My cheeks where still tear strained as I looked around the room, I knew of it, but had spent little time here. Soft surfaces and pillows in light colors lying about the floor completely covered the room. From the roof hung withe airy fabric that was draped into arcs from the middle out towards the wall and then draped down the walls. There were small windows high up the wall along the ceiling, but it gave little comfort.

When my father was alive he used the room as his harem, for the many girls he did not wed, but bed. That was long after he and my mother had me. He was very faithful to her, but when she was killed he burrowed his sorrow in the arms of exotic women from all over the world. The room smelled of sweet incenses and rich oils that contributed to the sensual feeling the room was to hold.

Elza had dressed me in a short silk, sleeping gown that did not cover up a lot of my body. I quickly found a place at the opposite side of the door, where I gathered up some pillows and fabrics to get warm. I was completely strained from the day and it did not take many moments before I was sleeping.

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I woke up by a soft voice and someone slightly shaking me.

"Alicia, wake up," Caroline whispered. I moaned in response trying to make her go away.

"I am tired, let me sleep," I answered her.

I was in that perfect world between completely awake and asleep, if it where up to me I would rather sleep. But just like that it all cleared, and I remembered, I remembered everything. Caroline actually looked a bit chocked as I shoot up from where I was lying. Now I was on edge, and even though my body was sore it felt a bit more at ease thanks to the sleep it gained.

The girls where dressing up in there uniform and I quickly did the same, but when I saw that Lauren was still in here bed I went to sit down at her side. She looked pale, but better then yesterday.

"Hey. How are you feeling?" I asked her.

"Oh, I am better," she answered with a tiered smile and a horse voice. She continued " I am sorry if you got scared last night." I looked down at my hands a bit concerned. 'it looked terrible when he had bitten her'. The whole situation had scared me and I could not get over the fact that it was just a matter of time before he would bite into my flesh.

Lauren saw my anxiousness; "The bite is not all that bad, and he can make it real good. They all can, but only if they wish it," she tried to calm me down. I said nothing, as I did not want to think about it. 'I have to comply, as much as possible. I must protect my people, they matter more then I do' Today I would really try, but I don´t know how long I was going to keep it up.

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I had been called to my master's chamber, and as I walked inside I dreaded what was going to happen. I made a deep bow and stayed in the position, just as I watched Lauren do the other night.

The smell in my old room was different, more masculine and rough and the smell of fresh roses that normally welcomed me in here was gone.

He was walking around in the room and I caught a glance at him. He was getting dressed; his muscular upper body naked and still a bit moist from a bath he recently must had taken. A towel hanged over his left shoulder and I saw him turn towards me and I quickly lowered my eyes again. The sounds of his footstep stopped and I saw his feet just in front of me. My legs where killing me, why did he not allow me up.

"Did you enjoy the view?" he asked me sarcastically.

I was about to answer, when he continued. "You are to keep your eyes on the floor until you are spoken to, do you understand?" He walked away again. "And you are to answer when I ask you questions, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" he asked harshly.

"Yes, I understand," I answered him. Apparently my answer was not to his liking, because in a blink of an eye he was in front of me.

"Yes, what?" There was nothing in his voice that would bend on this point. It hurt my pride to name him, but what choice did I have.

"Yes Master," I answered him. That earned me a pet on the head and I realized I was allowed to stand up.

" Come here," he said as he walked over to the side of the bed and I followed 'What is he up to?'

"Turn around," he said with a silky smooth voice. 'That voice almost frightens me more then his harsh one' I felt the tension in the air, and my body tighten as I heard something clinging behind my back. Then he grabbed my waste with left arm and pushed me up against him. He bit down into his right hand wrist and shoved it against my moth forcefully.

"Drink," he said. It was not a suggestion but a command, the debt took ahold of my body and I started to drink. The thick, horrible fluid rushed down my throat and soon filled me with bliss. Then his hold on my waste disappeared, even though he held me tight with the wrist over my mouth. I felt cold metal smash against my throat and it felt like it was going to strangle me. The previous state of bliss completely disappeared and the pain ached throughout my body. It burned into my skin as if melting together. Then I felt the same kind of metal being clasped and melted around my wrists. I wanted to scream in pain caused by the melting metal, but I just continuing drinking his blood.

Suddenly everything stopped and he removed his hand from my mouth and something was different. My body did not move, even if I willed it to, it stayed the same. My breathing accelerated and my eyes darted back and forth trying to understand what was happening to me. Tears escaped my eyes as I could feel his breath towards my neck.

"You are my possession now, for the world to see it." He continued walking around to my front. "I control your body and I can even control your mind." He traced a finger down my arm. "This is what the debt is all about, the blood I gave to you that now runs in your system listens to me." He smirked. I tried to pull out of it, without success.

He continued, "The necklace and the bracelets intensifies my powers over you." He stepped closer. "Now I can stop your sight," he said and moved his finger at my temple and it went dark. 'What just happened? No! What is this terrible trick? I can´t see anything!' I was panicking. I could just feel his hand going toward my ears and I heard his voice whisper. " I can make you deaf." And all sound disappeared I could only stand there and feel him walking around me touching me and ensnaring my waist. Then I felt his hand over my throat and all my senses rushed back to me, and my body fell limp in his arms. 'I can move again' I stated to myself, even though I was disorientated it made me thankful. That was until I remembered that the man who was holding me, was also the man that did that to me and could do it again.

"Did you enjoy that slave?" he asked me teasingly.

"No master," I answered truthfully.

"Then I hope you will obey me, without forcing me to call upon the debt in the future?"

"Yes master," I answered. 'I would never want to experience anything like that ever again.'

"Well then," He said as he let go and lay down on the bed. " I want you to get onto the bed!" He continued with an amused smirk placed upon his face. 'He wanted me to do what?'

"Now Alicia " he said as he waved me forward with two of his fingers. 'O gods please let him be merciful' was the silent pray that left my thoughts as I walked towards the bed…