Chapter three

Paris argued for a few minutes longer but he knew he wasn't winning this fight. Sienna was adamant about his need to control her when near the other lords so he gave in but insisted that they be chained to each other by the wrist and not her being chained with him holding it like a leash.

They made their way down the stairs and to the kitchen where Ashlyn was cooking breakfast. Maddox immediately planted himself in front of Ashlyn and two blades appeared in his hands. Ashlyn suddenly bent over and grabbed her belly and a rush of breath escaped her mouth."Maddox, I felt that! I have a little more than a month left and you are causing me to have contractions each time your mood changes suddenly." She growled at him.

"I'm so sorry my love. I only wanted to defend you just in case." Maddox whispered as he held her in his embrace.

"She's hungry, as am I now leave her be and help me with these plates." Ashlyn said as she pointed at the breakfast. She sat down at the table still rubbing her belly and spoke directly to Sienna. "I hope you had a nice rest. There's plenty of food, I'm used to cooking for large quantities considering the over abundance of testosterone in this house. Please join us." Ashlyn waved to the open chairs next to her. Maddox grumbled something before sitting down next to Ashlyn and Sienna started to panic and back herself into a corner.

"Paris?" Sienna whispered. "It's alright, we can sit over at this end." He said gesturing to the far end of the table.

"I hope this is not too personal of a question by may I ask why you are chained to each other?" Ashlyn said in almost a whisper.

"Sienna insisted that it would make my brothers feel more at ease knowing that she can't get too far away should Wrath throw a temper tantrum." Paris answered.

"Oh I see. Well sorry about Maddox, he houses Violence so you will probably feel on edge every time he's in the room with you." Ashlyn said as she play slapped his arm.

"My love, you'll hurt yourself. Please be careful." Maddox said as he grabbed her wrist and gently kissed her palm.

"And you are such a worrier. I'm fine, the slap didn't feel like anything more than a feather landing in my hand." Ashlyn said as she kissed his forehead.

"Good morning everyone." Olivia said as she floated almost literally into the room.

"Olivia, please keep your distance. You know that Wrath wanted you just as much as I do." Aeron said hovering protectively.

"It's alright Aeron. He's found another fixation. I believe the reason you had so many issues with him is because he didn't like being inside a man. It is kind of weird to admit but I've found him staring so to speak." Sienna said. "While it's creepy most of the time it can be quite reassuring that he likes being in me rather than being repulsed."

Paris let out a low growl and as everyone focused on him Sienna quickly ate the rest of her food.

"I'm sorry. We were both jealous for a moment. I got it under control though." Paris reassured everyone.

"Aaw, I spent years as plain old Sienna just another face in the crowd and now I have an immortal warrior and two demons vying for my affection. Again creepy and reassuring. Weird." Sienna announced.

Paris took a moment to relax back in his chair and stretched out his legs. Sienna peaked at the open space of his lap and secretly wanted to curl up in it. Paris pretended not to notice and went about talking to his brothers about their plans for the day. As the conversation moved on and everyone started to relax around Sienna, Paris thought it was finally going to settle down and everyone could go on living their lives and searching for artifacts but of course he was wrong. Sienna had her back to the kitchen door and didn't hear Sabin and Gwen enter. Sabin shouted, "Paris, how stupid can you be?" Sienna instantly jumped out of her seat and straddled Paris' lap. Her wings came out of her back and protectively sheltered as much of Paris as she could. She held fiercely to his neck and even hooked her feet around the chair. Sienna was shaking furiously but Paris calmly and slowly stroked her rib cage and lower back whispering words of reassurance in her ear. "Ssh my sweet, it's alright. It's just Sabin and apparently Doubt got the better of him. Gods Sabin, look what you did! Apologize right now." Paris said never stopping the soft strokes he applied to Sienna's back.

"Doubt, I hear that slimy little voice of yours creeping out. Get your ass back in the shadows before I put you both through a bit of pain and suffering. Sabin you should be ashamed of yourself for letting him out like that. Look around you, everyone is relaxed and smiling and laughing but the two of you instantly attack Paris for letting his woman come out and properly meet everyone." Gwen said as she smacked Sabin and walked up to properly greet Sienna.

"I know you're a bit nervous under there considering the wings are shaking feverishly but I would like to introduce myself. Especially since you're wearing one of my favorite shirts which I will be stealing back cause Sabin has the matching one." Gwen said waiting for Sienna to look at her.

As Sienna finally let go of her death grip on Paris she hesitantly looked up at Gwen's smiling face and tried to smile back. "Hi. The name's Gwen. Don't worry about him, I'll tear him to shreds if he scares you again. I'm a Harpy and have wings myself that's why Gilly brought you some of my clothes to wear. Less slits to cut in the tops. By the way where did you get that top you had on last night?" Gwen rambled on.

"Lily. She wanted to make sure I looked extra perfect." Sienna whispered.

"Hmm, well don't be shocked when it turns up missing. I'm a thief by the way." Gwen replied.

"Y-yes I know I studied about all of you when I was still with the hunters." Sienna said.

"Still, so you're not with them anymore and we're just supposed to believe that." Sabin half growled the words at her.

"Sabin, she gave Kane a list of safe house addresses and killed one of the hunters. Can't you just trust someone, just once." Paris said as he stood up from the chair still holding Sienna and held her away from Sabin in shielding manner.

"But how do we know for sure that she isn't part of some big plan to divide us and slaughter us from the inside?" Sabin asked.

Paris was about to step forward in a means to intimidate Sabin but Gwen beat him to it. She let out a shrill Harpy scream and Sienna let go of Paris broke the chain and snagged a blade from Aeron. As Sienna edged her way forward Gwen using her speed jumped in front of her and dove at Sabin. Holding onto Gwen he staggered out the door pleading with her to calm down. In between his words of apology and endearments Gwen was snarling and growling and yelling NO!

"Well that went well." Olivia said as she looked around the room.

"Um, Paris you might want to…" Ashlyn said as she nodded in Sienna's direction.

"Oh yeah, thanks Ash. Sienna, sweetheart can you hear me? I need you to calm down and look at me. Okay, focus on me please." Paris quietly whispered in her ear being very careful not to touch her in a way that would make her uncomfortable.

"Her eyes are already glowing red, you may want to get her out of here right now." Aeron commented.

Paris walked around to her front and lifted her chin to meet her eyes. It was as if she were staring right through him and didn't see him. Slowly he positioned her in front of his chair and as he gently pushed her down into the chair she shouted at him. The words which were all too recognizable to Sienna shocked and distressed Paris when he realized their meanings.

"Why? Why are you doing this? You could have anyone. Why do you want me? I have nothing to offer you that you don't already possess. Why?" Sienna cried.

"Oh gods, he didn't. I'll kill him! Do you hear me Sienna for you, I. WILL. KILL. HIM!" Paris said as he gently kissed her forehead. "Maddox, Aeron get the women out of here and tell Lucien that we need to be locked in my room. I'm losing my grip here and I won't be able to control myself or Sienna." As Paris shouted the command the men hurriedly removed the women from the kitchen. Moments later Aeron returned with Lucien and Reyes.

"Chain us, chain us together in my room and lock the door. Don't dare enter again until there are no more screams, sounds of a struggle or any other noises. Flash us there it will be quicker." Paris demanded as he snarled and sheltered Sienna who was already slashing at him with the blade.

After flashing them to his room Paris was beyond furious. Sienna was screaming and slashing and tugging at the chains but this time there were too many and they were too thick for her to break. Lucien asked one last time if he was sure about this and Paris just growled at him then shouted, "OUT!"

For the next few hours the lords could hear the feral snarls and growls coming from the two of them and the utter destruction of the bedroom. It sounded as if whole pieces of furniture were being turned upside down. The lords paced and paced and from time to time the women stopped by to listen as well. Anya mused at one point that she had always wondered what angry demon sex sounded like. Reyes couldn't take hearing the cries of pain from either of them and left to find Danika. Lucien stood guard alone hoping that he wouldn't have to fight both of them if they did manage to break the chains.

It had been approximately two hours since the last sound seeped out of the room. Strangely enough it sounded like two bodies hitting the floor with a thud. Should I go in or should I knock? Maybe I'll just wait a bit longer.