Chapter 3
your P.O.V snap you felt the pain against your back and the blood drip from your reopened scars, snap you weren't going to give him the satisfaction of your suffering, snap 'this bastard can whip me all he wants but I will never pay him any respect.' snap you grit your teeth against the pain and then blackout. a few hours later 'oww… Jesus Christ, why does my back hurt so much worse than it should?' you wonder. "Alira, wake up. I am sorry for the burn but you are going to have to deal with it if you want to see Rin without making her worry, so hold still." you stared at the wall enduring the burn while she applied ointment to your back. "Alira?" Mika seemed like she had something on her mind. "Yes Mika?" you wondered why she was asking you a question at a time like this. "Why do you hate Lord Arbassa so much aside for him enslaving you?" she really knew how to get you aggravated sometimes. You sigh and decide to answer her, "The reason I refuse to pay any respect to him is because he murdered my only family I had left." Flashback your P.O.V Kurade! Hayaku (hurry), take the girls inside and stand guard at the gates incase more come I need to go after those bandits, they took the head woman!" you were shouting as you ran in the direction of the thieves. You quickly changed into your unicorn form because it was much faster than your other forms. You caught the scent of the bandits and the head woman but something was off, the scents smelled as if they were forged or, as if they were, "replicas!" You turned around and headed back towards the village as fast as you could. 'A trap, what could they want with my family and me?' you rushed down the path startling some villagers but ignored their surprise. You rushed down the path startling some villagers but ignored their surprise. You saw the northern lord at the gate arguing with Kurade but you were confused as to why he was there. You changed into your humanoid form ready to attack. You slowly walked toward Arbassa hoping you can get your dagger across his throat to threaten him to leave. Just as you were about to move, Kurade gave you a wide eyed look warning you to turn around. Arbassa caught his look and gave a silent command for his men to surround Kurade. "If you move my beauty your precious mate will be killed, along with your little girl!" with that two men walked out with a semi-conscious child. "Mitsuki! You monsters what'd you do to her!?" you screamed. "There's nothing wrong with the brat. She's just under a sleeping spell." you growled at the bastard before you. "What do you want with me?" this man was pissing you off beyond belief. "Isn't it obvious? What I want is you!" with that guards surrounded you all of them smirking. Your eyes turned pitch black. This guy had royally pissed you off. "I'll never let a piece of trash like you even touch me!" you began to move to kill his guards but the one holding your daughter pulled a dagger to her throat. You stopped moving afraid for her life, your eyes turned from black to a sad blue. "That's dirty Arbassa, you wouldn't really kill a child would you!?" Kurade his eyes set on you trying to tell you to forget about them. "I will let her go if you come with me peacefully as well as your mate. Is it a deal?" this lord was making you extremely mad every time he talked. You looked at Kurade trying to tell him that you were going to go so they could live. "NO Alira! You can't! Forget about us I can fight them off. Please don't do it!" he didn't want to lose you. "Shut up runt!" with that Arbassa's guards began to beat him. "No stop please, I'll go just leave them alone you have nothing to do with them!" The beating stopped and Kurade looked at you. "Please don't worry about me ok? I promise I will be alright, I love the both of you so much that I would never abandon you!" you eyes were brimming with tears." Arbassa grabbed your wrist and dragged you behind him. "You will obey my every command wench from this point on!" with that he fastened a golden collar around your neck that had a phrase in the ancient language inscribed on it. He let go of your wrist and walked away. "Come slave!" You stood stock still, pissed off at the fact that he had the nerve to call you slave. "I said come here!" your neck began to burn where the collar was. "What the fuck is this!?" you screamed in-between gasps of pain. "That my dear is a special collar made by the dark mage himself, it shall burn your skin and tighten around your neck every time you disobey me. Now then, stand up my dear." you just stared up at him think that he was a mad man for going to Archeades. "Stand up!" the collar began to burn again and tightened a bit. You winced in pain but managed to stand up. "That's a good girl, now come with me to your new 'Home'." He turned around and mounted his horse which began to trot westward. You turned around to Kurade and Mitsuki. "I love the both of you so much; I will be home soon okay." With that you walked away tears running unchecked down your face. To your horror you heard an ear splitting scream com from Mitsuki and the withdrawing of a blade from flesh. You turned around to see your daughter lying in a pool of her own blood and guards forcing their swords clean through your mate's chest. "Nooooooo!" You began to sob hysterically. "You promised! You promised you wouldn't harm them you sick bastard!!" you turned back to Arbassa ready to attack him claws extended and fangs bared. You began to summon your unicorn magic but an excruciating pain shot from the back of your neck where the collar was down your spine, sending you to your knees. "Did I forget to mention hat the collar also restricts you from using your demonic and unicorn powers? I guess I can be so forgetful sometimes." He laughed his maniacal laugh then stopped abruptly to speak. "And I did promise that "I" wouldn't harm them but my guards are free to do as they like." he began to laugh again and signaled for you to follow behind his horse. You looked back at your family hoping Rin was safe and lived long enough to run into Him. "I swear that I will get revenge one day and then I will come back to give you a proper burial." You walked away from the horrifying scene crying. "I love you Kurade, Mitsuki, and Rin!" You obediently followed Arbassa staring daggers at him the entire way to his castle"end of flashback "I can't believe he did that to you. I never knew!" Mika was looking at you horrified with tears running down her face. "You wanted to know, and now you know!" You turned away from her wanting to change the subject. You were surprised to hear someone walking down the cellar stairs. You couldn't tell who because it had been years since you had done the ritual to thank the gods for your powers so your senses were messed up. "Whose there!?" You growled to frighten them off but it didn't seem to work. "Don' you growl at me you worthless wench!" you new from the tone of voice and his arrogance who it was. "What do you want, you'll be in a great deal of trouble for being down here without the bastards permission." he had some guts coming down here just to see if it was really you. "You have no right to ask me questions mutt!" you didn't even need to see him to now that he was sneering at you. "You're the same as always aren't you, Sesshomaru!?"
