Fitful dreams filled Aydan's mind that night. He was a teenager again being chased by his giant vampire brother. No matter how fast he ran he never gained any ground and his brother kept closing in. The sound of cruel laughter surrounded him as he tried desperately to find a place to hide.
Kiri was woken by muffled yells. Groggily she stumbled over to the bed where Aydan lay twitching in his sleep. She prodded him gently at first and got no response. Jabbing his shoulder with her fingers did no good either. Sighing she called his name and shook him. "Wake up Aydan."
In his dreams the vampire had caught up to him and it slowly reached for his arms.
"Fannin wake up. You're…"
Aydan's eyes flashed open and he grabbed Kiri by the shoulders and flung her over him onto the bed. Before she could react she was pinned down by the sorcerer. His grey eyes were glazed over. She didn't struggle or try to move. One wrong move and she'd be dead in an instant.
"Aydan it's Kiri" she whispered "You're safe. It was just a dream"
His grip relaxed as his eyes came back into focus.
"Kiri?" His chest was heaving and he could hear his heart pounding. He gave a start when he realised he was half lying on the rogue. Half lying and only in his small clothes on top of the rogue who wasn't wearing very much either. Her musky scent filled his nostrils. It was intoxicating.
She's so….I could just….Stop. Remove yourself. Now!
His mind forced his body off of Kiri. He sank back down beside her in the bed, reluctantly.
Kiri sat up and pulled a blanket around herself. There had been a moment where something had flashed across Aydan's eyes, where he had kept her pinned a moment to long.
Was that desire I saw?
Kiri was far from innocent. She knew men liked to have a little rough and tumble, generally heavy on the rough, but Aydan was a noble.
What would a man of his standing want with me?
She made to get up from the bed and go back to her chair when Aydan grabbed her wrist. "Stay" he simply said and it wasn't a question. Kiri nodded and sat back down, unsure of what was going to happen next. She found Aydan darkly handsome and his body was impressive but still she was unsure of him.
He lay down with his hands behind his head and shut his eyes. Kiri curled up in her usual sleeping position and let her eyes fall shut. Soon she was making soft sleeping noises that amused her employer. He rolled onto his side to watch her, one hand supporting his head. Very gently he brushed a strand of hair out of her face. By the gods I want her…
He realised it was probably more torment to have her so near to him but the sound of her breath was comforting to him. He slowly slipped back into sleep but this time his dreams were full of his half-breed rogue.