Written for astronaut's Legitmately Challenging Challenge. It took me so long to set up the drabble because I didn't quite know how to use the pair with a genre of horror and a prompt of "licentiously." But I must say, I'm pretty impressed.

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"Andromeda!" Narcissa cried, running through the dark halls; she continued her frantic shouting for another minute and then fell silent, her blood chilling. No matter how large the house was, if he heard her screams, he would find her.

She couldn't let him find her. Not on her life.

Cissy continued to run as fast as her cold legs would carry her. Tears dripped off her nose and down her chin as she tried desperately to hold back terrified sobs. She hurried down sets of stairs spaced with small landings, looking over her shoulder into the darkness at every turn.

The sound of breath caused the teen-aged girl to draw in a sharp gasp. Narcissa tripped gracelessly over the hem of her nightgown and sent herself tumbling down the last several steps. Regaining her upright position with the speed of a lightning bolt, Narcissa saw an image flash through her mind: dark, wavy hair, stone-colored eyes, sweetly scented kiss . . . that horribly tight hold . . . snarled lips, licentiously gruesome thoughts dancing in his eyes before hers . . .

"Andromeda," Narcissa called as loudly as she could manage, staggering now at the head of the hall leading to her sister's room. If only this house wasn't so enormous . . .

As a hand gripped hard on her shoulder, Cissy let out a piercing scream. "Why did you run, darling?" Rabastan's rough voice tore through the blood rushing in her ears. "I thought we were having fun?"

Narcissa gasped for breath again, hoping: scream, yell, Andy will hear; Andy will hear me and she'll come and save me. . . In the darkness of the hall, Cissy saw a shadowed fist draw back and propel forward. Her stomach received the blow; the air expelled from her in one painful exhale.

"Come, my darling," he said, heaving her over his shoulder.