Deception

APOV

I am frantic to find my beloved Little Daphmere. Where in the hell could they have taken her?! How could they only bring one person back when I had paid the full ransom amount? Dammit! I am using every single resource I have to find her, and I keep coming up empty. It is like she has disappeared off of the face of the earth. I have never felt so helpless, so terrified. Deciding to go back to my Aunt's house one more time, to see if she has remembered anything new, anything at all that can help me. I let myself in and I head to her office. I am just about to open the door to her office, when I hear voices. I recognize them as the voices of her 4 guardians. Then, I hear a more familiar voice, "Men, you did an excellent job of making the kidnapping appear real. I knew that if I wasn't kidnapped as well, Adrian would have assumed that I was the one responsible for Rose's disappearance. Thanks to your help, that gold digging little bitch is safely tucked away at the Blood Whore community where she can never bother our family again. Here is the money that I promised each of you. Thank you for playing your parts so well." Said Queen Tatiana.

I kick the door down. "YOU LYING, DECEATFUL, CONIVING BITCH!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO MY WIFE????" I roared like a demon possessed. The Queen looks at me calmly. "Whatever do you mean? How could I not get rid of that good for nothing nuisances? Clearly your drinking has finally driven you insane if you think that Daphmere could be accepted as part of our family! For God's sake Adrian, what were you thinking marrying that, that thing! Clearly I had to take control of the situation and get rid of her before the public found out. When Natalia told me about seeing you at the club, I didn't believe it. Sure you have done your share to embarrass the family, but this is not as simple as a rich boy screwing around. You actually married it!" I grabbed a letter opener and held it to my Aunt's throat. "Tell me where she is." I growled primaly. "Or I swear by God, I will rip your fucking throat out." "Adrian!" The Queen snapped. "We are family!" "We are not family. Tell me where she is, or I will kill you." I said with dead pan calm. "She is at the Turkish Blood Whore commune."

I dropped the letter opener and sprinted to my car. I made a call to the pilot to get the jet ready. I was seething with furious anger. I wanted to kill my Aunt, and I wanted so very badly to find my Little Daphmere. Once aboard the plane, I paced back and forth and made several phone calls trying to learn as much as I could about the Queen's deceit. Before this is over, I will have her dethroned, and I will have Lissa become Queen no matter how much super compulsion and blackmail it took. Lissa, with her modern ideas and friendship with Rose, was exactly the kind of leader the Mori world needed.

The plane landed, and I was at a run. The airport was luckily on the outskirts of the airport. Feeling my feet pounding the pavement faster and faster. I willed my lungs and my legs to keep me pushing on. I had to save her. I had to save my one true love. My heart is burning in my chest. I am so anxious to find her. God, what if I am too late? What if she has already been raped? How could my Rose recover? As strong as she is. How could she?

There is a tiny hut at the front of the commune. A Madame is there greeting new customers. I run to the head of the line and stuff a wad of cash into her hand. "You have a new Daphmere working here. Her name is Rose and she has long dark brown hair and brown eyes. I need to see her." I tell the Madame. "She is not receiving customers yet." The Madame replies. I almost jump for joy, but I keep my calm. I take out another fistful of bills and hand them to the Madame. "It has to be her." I tell her. The Madame slides the bills into her pocket and says, "Fine. You can wait for her in tent number 33." I nod to her and then I start down the pathway through the tents. I come to number 33, and I take a right and walk through the door. The floor is tarp, and the room is quaint. There is a full sized bed with no sheets in the corner, but no other decorations. I nervously sit on the bed to wait for Rose, while willing my heart to slow its racing beats. I can't help but think what would have happened if I were even one day late. My hands ball into fists. I will make the Queen pay.

I hear a rustle at the door, and I look up as I see Rose walk through the door. She is still wearing the same clothes she had on the last time I saw her. "Little Daphmere." I say, and she pauses and stares at me. She blinks as says. "What are you doing here?" So not what I had expected! "I am here to rescue you." I tell her. "But, I broke up with you because we made a mistake." Rose tells me. "When did you break up with me? Why didn't you tell me?" I ask her. "I broke up with you after the spa. I am not supposed to tell you that I broke up with you." She responds nonchalantly. "Who told you that?" I ask rather confused. "The voice." She responds. What the fuck?! "Let's get you out of here, and then we can discuss why you would dump me." I tell her, grabbing her elbow and trying to steer her out of the tent. She shrugs me off and says, "But, I don't want to go." "Why do you want to stay here?" I ask totally confused!!! "I want to stay here, because I want to further the Mori race so we can protect our precious Mori." Rose replies with utter certainty. I am looking around for cameras thinking this has to be a practical joke. "That's ridiculous. Where did you get that idea?" I ask her wondering if her kidnappers had hit her on the head. "From the voice" She responds again matter of factly. I grab both of her hands and pull her towards me. I can feel her wedding ring under my hand, and then I notice another ring. Puzzled, I hold up her right hand and look at the diamond "I". "Where did you get this ring?" I ask her. "From the Queen. She wanted me to have a family heirloom as a present welcoming me to the family." Suddenly, a light clicks in my head, and I take the ring off of her finger and throw it out of the tent window.

"What the hell did I just say about wanting to be a Blood Whore?!" Rose asks infuriated. "WHAT IN THE HELL AM I DOING IN A TURKEY BLOOD WHORE COMMUNITY?" She rages looking much more impressive than I had. "Let's get on the plane as quickly as possible and then I will fill you in on everything. I promise, but first, I have to make sure that you are safe." I tell Rose. I take her by the hand and lead her back up the pathway I had just come down. We came to the Madame with the line of men, and I said, "Rose quits." The Madame looked infuriated, but I threw another handful of bills at her, and she let us go. We race back to the plane, running as past as we can while still holding onto hands.

Once we are safely in the air, Rose turns to me and says, "Explain." "I will, but first I need to do this." I said as I took her gently in my arms and kissed my beloved wife passionately. "We never got our reunion." I tell her. She smiles at me and says, "I am glad that you didn't forget that, but please explain." "Well, it appears that my dear ex-Aunt did not stop by to congratulate us, instead she pretended to accept you into the family so she could give you a ring with a compulsion charm on it that would convince you to leave me, and told you that you willingly wanted to become a Blood Whore. Then, she paid off her Guardians to make it look like both of you had been kidnapped for ransom money." "That fucking sadistic bitch! You just wait until I get my bare hands on her fucking neck." "I have a better plan than murder. I am going to take everything that is dear to her away from her, just like she did to me. We are headed back to Court, because I am going to use super compulsion on the Royal Board and have her voted out of office. Then, I am going to make the Board vote in Lissa, so she will be the next Queen. I think she is exactly what the Mori need." I tell Little Daphmere while kissing her on the forehead. "You are brilliant! I must say I am quite impressed! I can't wait to call Lissa Queen. She sure will get a kick out of that! There's just one thing I don't understand. The Queen can't use compulsion, so how did she charm that ring?" Rose asked me. "Well, I made a few calls to my contacts, and it appears that Tatiana made a deal with Victor Dashhow that he would get a shorter sentence if he put a compulsion charm on the ring." I told my heart while watching her as the words sank in. "That fucking conniving bitch. I can't wait to see her suffer" Rose growls.

"Sweetheart." Rose calls me. "Do you mind if we switch the topic? I want to show you just how grateful I am that my sexy husband rescued me! You are so incredibly smart and much more devious than I would have ever guessed." She smiles, looking admiringly at me. "Perhaps that I why you love me so much?" I ask her, planting a kiss on her lips. "Oh," she says slyly. "I could think of another reason." "Like what?" I ask while wrapping my arms around her waist. "Like the fact that that we are going to have baby together." She tells me sweetly. "Really?!" I ask excitedly? "Really, Really?!!!" I ask again while literally jumping up and down. "We are going to have a baby?! On, Little Daphmere, you have made me the single happiest man in the whole world!!!" I sink to my knees and put my hand gently on her flat stomach. "Hi Little Baby Daphmere. I am your Daddy. Your Mommy and I love you so very, very much! We can't wait to meet you!" I tell our baby as I rub my beloved's stomach. I stand up and kiss my Beautiful Little Daphmere sweetly.

The End