The movie was over shortly and she got the same looks that she got walking down the street with him. Several looks of confusion but every time that she felt looked upon he squeezed her hand and smiled at her. He helped her into the car and she was quickly asleep on the ride home. His eyes couldn't stop from drifting over to her several times and he gently stroked her hand on the arm rest. She would shift slightly in her sleep but her jaw hung gently.
"After the party..." He said softly to himself. "I will tell you everything after the party my Akera."
The car purred down the road and his hand continued to caress hers softly. What would she say when she knew his true nature? What would he do if she wanted to leave? He couldn't bring himself to imagine these scenarios. Just the thought of losing her hurt him. Her ears twitched softly in her sleep and she gently pulled his jacket closer.
She wouldn't leave me he thought harder. There's no way she would really want to leave. Just to go back to be a breeder. But then again he wouldn't want to keep her against her will either. Her ears twitched more and she rolled in the seat holding his hand with her other. Her smile broadened and she sighed happily nestling down more.
She won't leave me. I just need to be honest with her. I know she won't leave. He smiled more as he drove closer to the house. He knew just around the bend was the gate to the driveway. He pulled his hand away slowly to prevent waking her so he could input the code. The gate opened slowly and he pulled up the driveway. When he reached the garage he pulled in slowly before getting out of the car. Moving around to Akera's side he opened the door gently watching her tail lull out as she slept. He lifted her softly from the car cradling her in his arms Jacket and all. Resting softly in his arms another sigh escaped her lips from the movement. He smiled kissing her forehead before he entered the house. He headed straight up to his room and gently laid her on the bed.
His hand softly brushing across the soft fur of her face watching it move under his touch. Her delicate collar hanging softly down onto her shoulder. Gently lifting her head he removed the collar from around her neck and replaced the blue one with her name embroidered onto it. Latching it softly around her neck he smiled watching her sleep. His hand tracing the soft silver thread of the collar, her ears twitched softly hearing the clinking of her tag against the D ring. Gently sitting her up and maneuvering her with ease he replaced her black dress with a silk nightgown. Laying her back down softly he positioned her head on the pillow. The blanket softly rustled her fur as it was pulled around her. "There you go my sweet." He smiled and kissed her forehead before heading towards the bathroom to take his shower. The warm water soothed his nerves as he could feel his self control sinking. It had been a long time since he feed and he felt it was too risky to feed off her.
He knew it wouldn't be long before he would have to again or he would be putting her in danger. He always hated it, he never liked what he was but he tolerated it. He really didn't have much choice in that matter though. Hanging his head in the shower the water ran across his face. "It's better to just get it over with..." He said softly to himself before he turned the water off. Wrapping a towel taunt around his frame. Sneaking softly back through the room he wandered toward his office glaring furious at the phone.
His fingers flew softly over the buttons as he quickly called Kirin. The dial tone seemed to take forever before Kirin's voice came over the speaker. "Do you have any idea of time? I am trying to enjoy my night."
"Kirin I need your help again. A one time deal I don't want Akera ever finding out that this happened." He said harshly into the receiver and gripped the phone a little hard in his hand. Kirin gave a soft chuckle on the other side of the phone and rested back in his own chair. "Ohhhh did someone let their self go a little long." He said in a condescending tone even taunting Kain a bit.
"You know how it makes me feel." Kain said back and Kirin snickered again. "Yeah I know it makes you feel great and powerful." He said actually talking about himself. "Oh no wait that's just me. You have your pet now why don't you just use her, I am sure she won't mind at all." He snickered softly knowing that she would actually quite enjoy herself.
Kain growled to him and gripped the phone harder. "I can't do that to her, not in this state Kirin. She wouldn't be herself anymore if I did it now. If I started I wouldn't be able to control myself." His hand released from the phone softly thinking more and more about it. How she would be broken and that would be all she would crave. She would want nothing more than him to feed off her again if he did it now. That's the problem with feeding. The victim becomes more and more distant from the real world. That becomes all they can think about. It's a good thing for the Incubus because they are always fed but for the other... He quickly changed his train of thought and glared at the phone. "Just find me someone and tell them to meet me at the usual spot okay?"
Kirin sighed on the other end and just shook his head. "Whatever man just try to enjoy yourself this time..." The line went dead and Kain hung it up quickly. He rested back in his chair just watching the fan spin around and around. He quickly scribbled out a note to Reina before placing it in the kitchen for her to find. Moving quickly and quietly to the bedroom he grabbed a suit from his closet and underwear on the way out. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Akera roll softly over in the bed knocking a pillow off.
He smiled gently placing the pillow back on the bed and covering her back up. Smiling softly he sat on the side of the bed stroking at her fur. "I am sorry my dear Akera. I will be back soon, Reina will take care of you till I return." His whisper was hardly loud enough to even hear by himself before he kissed her head again.
A smile spread across her face and she nestled deeply into a pillow knowing he was close bye. "Be good my Akera." He said softly before pulling away quickly.
She awoke softly in the middle of the night the room dark. Feeling around the bed she looked for Kain and woke with a start. Noticing he wasn't there her ears perked trying to listen for him. "Kain?" She called out into the hall before heading slowly through the house. "Kain?" Calling out again she made her way down the stairs. When he wasn't anywhere to be found her ears dropped in concern. Moving into the kitchen slowly, she caught sight of the note he left for Reina. It read "Dear Reina, I had some important matters to attend to late last night. I trust you will tend to Akera for me till I return. I should be back mid afternoon. Have a great day Reina, Kain." She read slowly over the letter and admired the sophisticated handwriting. "He... He just left me..." A worried and concerned look crossed her face. "He said he would be back around noon...Maybe Reina knows where he went..." Sitting down in the stool chairs at the island she thought about all of her options. "I could go find him... Yeah He's probably at his office... Only question is... where is his office... Kirin! He would know where his office is. If I can just get to Kirin he could take me to him!" She shouted into the empty house and quickly bounded up the stairs. Changing out of the night gown she tossed it onto the bed before moving to search through her wardrobe. She grabbed a pair of jogging sweat pants and a delicate top. She quickly searched for a heavy jacket to keep her warm. She knew that the car was most likely gone not to mention she couldn't drive it even if it was there. There was a large coat nestled back in the back of the newly filled closet. The coat fell down to her knees, was a deep green in color, and was obviously made for the colder weather. Holding the coat close she headed down the stairs thinking constantly about the route she needed to take to get to Kirin's. It was warm inside the house but she knew for sure it wasn't out there. As soon as she opened the door the crisp cold air almost knocked the wind out of her. She quickly pulled the coat closer to her and closed the door behind her. With the gate and everything she didn't feel it was necessary to lock the door nor did she have the keys to lock it anyway. The concrete was freezing against her paw pads but she quickly moved trying to keep them warm. Padding down the drive and towards the gate she picked her feet up high almost like a horse thinking that would keep her paws from freezing to quickly. She knew there was a key pad on the other side to open the gate but she never saw him using a keypad to get out. Looking around slowly she tried to figure out how to open the gate. A tiny gleam from the light's over the drive caught her eye, there was a small round switch in the drive that was sticking up just an inch or two. She trotted over to it softly and gently pressed her foot down on it feeling it sinking into the ground. Almost like magic the gate swung open quietly giving way for her. Grinning almost proud of herself she moved quickly through the gate afraid she wouldn't get through in time. It closed with a clanking behind her and she quickly plodded toward the road.
Walking at a decent clip through the small town she looked around softly admiring the soft falling snow. The only company she had on the road was the light from the street lights casting a soft glow on the accumulating snow gathering on the road around her. As she continued walking she could only think that the trip to Kirin's office seemed so much shorter in the car. Her ears fell softly as she stopped. "What on earth am I doing out here. I don't really know where I'm going." She shook her head quickly and started running in the direction of Kirin's office. After quite a while she could see the lights of the high rise standing off in the distance. She was panting now but she didn't stop. The running kept her warmer and she could hardly feel her paws now. They felt completely numb and her entire body was shivering. It wasn't long after seeing it that she arrived on the short drive up to the building. She could see valet's standing at attention outside and they looked confused as she came running up. Smiling her tail wagged hard under her coat as she approached the front door. Padding up slowly she smiled to them "Please... I...I...I need...to...to speak... to Kirin.." She was shivering incredibly hard now and they quickly corralled her inside.
"Where did you come from? Let's get you inside and warm you up." A very strong looking valet with a marine style haircut walked her inside and quickly looked to her snow coated paws. As soon as he had her inside he called out to the secretary to call for an ambulance. He got her sat down on a bench and quickly through his coat over her as well. He quickly felt her paws trying to brush the snow from them and she let out a loud yelp at the gentlest of touch. He could only imagine her paws were frost bitten. "What on earth were you doing out there?"
She was still shivering and her body almost felt like it was hurting now as she was warming up. "I... I have to see Kirin. Please I need to speak to him." The secretary came carrying a large pail of warm water. The valet gently lowered her paws into the water and she yelped and squirmed trying to take them back out.
"You have to keep your paws in to fight off frostbite..." He said softly and reassuringly. The Secretary looked to her before quickly moving to the phone. Dialing up Kirin's number quickly it took him a moment to answer and then he was practically growling on the other end. "You are not seriously calling me after I said I didn't want to be disturbed."
"Sir I am incredibly sorry but there is a... I'm not even sure how to describe her... She's a dog... but not... she's in the lobby here and her paws are frostbitten... she ran here from somewhere." She said into the phone. He almost dropped the phone before thinking. "Does she have a blue collar on? Does it say Akera in silver!" He said quickly. Before she could even respond she could hear the other line go dead and a door slam on the top floor. The elevator a minute later made the tone signaling it was there. He came flying out of the elevator over to her. "You did call the ambulance correct?"
"Yes, of course Sir." He quickly looked over Akera and she was shivering violently her feet hurting in the water. "Kirin... Do... Do you know... Where's Kain..." Her voice came softly and she could hardly get the words out in between her shivering.
Smiling gently he held out a box of tissues to her. "My dear what on earth are you doing like this? You should know better than to run all the way here. You could have got hurt you might not have made it..." He shook the thought from his head quickly. "Are you okay?"
She nodded and smiled. "Just cold... and my paws hurt..." The Paramedics came running in and looked her over quickly, at first they didn't know what to make of her but they still got to work. They checked her temperature and quickly looked over her paws. As the paramedics were looking her over Kirin flew over to the phone and cringed before picking it up and dialing the number of Kain. He answered on the first ring "Hey Kain... ummmm are you done..." Kain shook his head on the other end of the phone. "No I haven't yet. What's going on I know you wouldn't normally call in the middle of this."
"Ah yes well... Ummm so remember how you didn't want Akera to find out what was happening... Well bet you can't guess who showed up to my office..." He heard the other end die and could practically feel the tension.
"Oh no..." was all he said before heading over to see how it was coming. "Please tell me she's okay." They looked up to him quickly and nodded softly. "Well her temperature is normal but I am concerned about her paws. Do you know about how far she traveled?"
They all heard tires skidding to a sudden halt at the front door and Kain came flying in the front door. He quickly hugged Akera as tight as he could tossing his coat over her as well "Akera what on earth are you doing here? How on earth did you even get here?" She smiled brightly and cuddled into him just relaxing at his scent. "I knew Kirin would know where you were and... and you were gone... I just needed to know where you were."
The paramedics gently held Akera's paws again and she whimpered and tried to pull them away. Kain held her tight knowing that they were just trying to help. "Akera sweetie please please stay still they are just trying to help. You shouldn't have done this. I was coming home..." He said softly into her ear and she whimpered softly in protest to the attention being paid to her feet. Her ears falling back softly she tried to relax.
"I just... I didn't understand why you left without me... I just wanted to be with you all the time Master... I am your companion I was always told I was to accompany you anywhere unless you told me to stay... Were you leaving in my sleep a stay Master? I am sorry I disobeyed if it was." She whimpered more as they put a wrap around her feet.
Kirin watched her amused and could hardly believe his ears. He could only think about how much he wanted one for himself at that point.
Kain just shook his head and cradled her in his arms looking to the paramedics as they finished their work. "She'll be alright Sir. Just keep her off her feet for a while."
Kain shook his head softly and gently asked. "How long would you say. We have a party coming up soon that she is the main event of. It's in a couple weeks."
The paramedic shook his head softly looking to him. "I would say as long as she stays off them till then I would say you will be alright but you really just need to watch them if they get any worse bring her in. But we can't really judge the damage because of her fur. A vet may be able to better judge."
Kain nodded slowly lifting her up. "Thank you all for your help and patience I am very sorry for the inconvenience." Akera nodded in her way of apologizing even though she still felt like she did nothing wrong. She thought that her Master would have been happy with her for coming to get him. She missed him and she really wanted to see him. Her ears dropped softly as he carried her to the car looking stern and mildly upset with her. "Master... Are you upset with me..." She asked softly under her breath. He nodded quickly but then breathed out shaking his head. "No... I'm not... I just didn't expect you to get so lonely to follow me. Where did you think you were going? Did you even have any idea as to where I was darling?" She shook her head and her tail gently wagged in between his arms gently brushing at his coat.
"No I had no clue. But I just knew that if I made it to Kirin's that he could tell me and I found you Master." She smiled proud of herself and nuzzled his chin. He smiled and gently stroked her shoulder blades holding her like it was nothing. He could hardly believe how excited she was to have found him and be back with him. Her loving showing no bounds. "Okay I am glad you found me and I am happy you are safe but please don't ever do that again. I will leave my phone number for you from now on and teach you to use the phone so if you can't find me you can call okay?"
She nodded softly and smiled. "I won't do it again Master, I promise. I'm just worried about you."
He gently placed her in the car being extremely careful of her paws before climbing in himself. He quickly got the car moving down the road and dialed up Fur-ever Companions. The dial tone was short again before Karen answered on the other end. "Fur-ever Companions how can I help you today?"
"Hi Karen, It's Kain, Can I be connected with the vet Akera went and did something kinda stupid. She decided to hike through the snow of Alaska with no shoes on for a better part of an hour walk..." Karen gasped on the other end and transferred him with out another question. "He heard the dial tone for just a moment before there was a male voice. "This is James with the vet department how can I help you?"
Kain explained to him what happened and the state of her paws and James thought for a moment. "I can have a vet sent your way today Sir. Just give me your address and the name of your companion." Kain quickly rattled off the information and Akera just stared at him from the passenger seat. She knew she did something wrong but to her it didn't feel wrong. "Alrighty, We can be out there at say two p.m. does that work for you Sir?"
"Yes it does Thank you and we await your arrival" He said turning off the phone and just staring out the windshield. "What on earth were you thinking Akera? You could have been kidnapped you could have been hurt worse than you are. Just what was the thought?"
She whimpered softly and her ears dropped. "I just wanted to be with you. I thought I was going everywhere with you."
He sighed heavily and shook his head. "Akera sometimes I am going to have to leave you alone. Those times are going to be very far and few in between but it's going to happen sometimes. You were safe in the house, I left a note, and Reina is coming in the morning. Look I am sorry I left you alone so early after getting you but I just needed to go to this meeting and I didn't figure you would want to go so early in the morning." He lied softly and glanced over to her. "Please don't ever do that again Akera"
She nodded and smiled to him wincing as her feet throbbed warming up under the heat of the car.
He drove them home in silence and carried her gently inside the house. Laying her gently on the bed he took a blanket and covered her up. "Stay here and sleep well hon. I am going to my office to finish work."
She whimpered softly wanting him to never leave her but she understood.
