Title: Nights in White Satin

Author: landofthekwt

Rating: PG-13

Prompt: White (Inuyasha Themes #24)

AU

Genre: Royal Rumbles

Pairing: Sesshoumaru/Kagome

Word Count: 1000

Warning: Typical AU character difficulties

Summary: Trouble in Paradise

She awoke alone again. A shaft of light was shining through the window. It must be late morning already. She shivered under the satin sheets. No sign that her husband had ever been present. Alone again. Sighing she slipped out of bed and put on her robe. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her reflection was shocking. Dark lines had formed under her eyes which were puffy and blood shot.

A shower would cleanse all the impurities from her body. She needed sometime to revive her body. A soak in the tub would only serve to lure back to sleep. She had been in bed too much already. The water splashed over her. Exhilarated she closed her eyes and let it hit directly in the face. Just what she needed at the moment. She needed to feel something, anything. Even if meant facing another day in the palace.

She grabbed a towel off the rack as she exited the shower. It was good to feel clean again. The shower had refreshed. A new robe had been laid out for her. The material caressed her skin as she slid it around her body. It was a comfort. More comfort than she had received in days.

Returning to the bedroom, she noticed that a breakfast tray had been placed on the table next to the window. Most important was a steaming carafe of freshly brewed coffee. She plopped down at the table and proceeded to down the breakfast which had been provided to her between jolts of caffeine. For some reason she had not realized how hungry she was

She thanked whatever gods there were for the food they provided. People came and went without her ever seeing them. It almost made her believe in fairies. Food appeared and disappeared. Clothes would appear in the closet and her dirty clothes would vanish when her back was turned. The room was always immaculate although she never saw anyone clean it.

When she was done, she stared out the window. The life was she had chosen when she married Sesshoumaru was a fairy tale. She lived in a castle. Servants at her beck and call. The best of everything. She could have anything she wanted. She would trade it all in a minute for five minutes with Sesshoumaru.

What had happened to the man she married? He had been so sensitive and kind. Not like any of the other men she had dated. He had been attentive to her needs, anticipating them before she even thought of them herself. He had literally swept her off her feet. The presents and the jewelry had been stunning.

The physical part of their relationship had been the best. She had been in a lustful haze much of the time she had been with him. He was god incarnate. The first time they had made love she thought she would die when she orgasmed. She could imagine feeling happier in her life. When did it all change?

The wedding had rivaled Charles and Diana's. Royalty from around the world had been there. She felt like a fairy tale princess. The honeymoon had been a romantic whirlwind. Making love in the surf. Walking hand in hand on moonlit beaches. Candle lit dinners. She had wished that it could last forever.

It might have if she had conceived the heir that Sesshoumaru wanted. But when time passed without any hint of pregnancy things began to change. There were visits to doctors. Advice from nearly everyone. The more she tried, the more tense she became. She felt like she was under a microscope Required to perform under duress.

Sex became more and more strained. Ovulation was charted. Dates were circled. The pressure to produce became almost too much. There were arguments and recrimination between the two of them. Stormy confrontations. And then nothing. One day he did not come home. Soon it became weeks. It had been months since she had seen him. No calls. No emails. No texts. No Sesshoumaru,.

The household continued to treat her as if nothing was amiss. All her needs were attended to by the household staff. She could go anywhere she wanted so long as she was always accompanied by one of the servants. If she needed to be driven there was a chauffeur. If she wanted to go shopping, one of female staff would accompany her..

At first she had been pleased by all the attention. Now it seemed controlling. She had no more freedom that the worst criminal. She was never out of sight of a servant, bodyguard or other employee of Sesshoumaru's household. Her cage might be gilded, but it was still a cage. She yearned for more, but no matter what she did she could not shake the feeling that she was a prisoner in the palace.

She was surprised to see that a newspaper under the tray that had been delivered with the breakfast. She wondered why she had not noticed it before. Somehow she had become cut off from all media. There was no TV in her room. She did not recall seeing any papers before today.

The paper was not an ordinary newspaper. It was one of the scandal sheets that are distributed in the supermarkets. It was folded back to a particular page. A grainy black and white photograph was circled. An arrow pointed to one of the persons in the photographed. As she stared at the picture, she gasped. The person with his arm wrapped around the statuesque brunette who could have been her twin was her husband, Sesshoumaru. The headline read

" RECLUSIVE ROYAL TAISHO SESSHOUMARU AND HIS WIFE,KAGOME WERE SEEN LAST NIGHT AT THE OPENING OF IPPUDO'S IN NEW YORK."

She reached for her purse Pulling out her cell phone she pushed the number listed for "Scarlet Knight". When he answered she simply said " This is Kagome. I need rescuing" After a pause he replied " Be out front in an hour."