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Chapter 10 Cheating

King Odin stood as glorious and magnificent as ever. Dressed all in white from head to toe he looked breathtakingly beautiful. Sarah just stared mouth agape. Jareth and Dimitri just looked very annoyed. Both their plans were ambushed now by their own father. They both knew he was up to something.

"I believe introductions are in order my dear, and since I seem to have rendered everyone speechless, I think it wise for me to introduce myself." He came to stand in front of Dimitri and kissed her hand as he said "I am King Odin ruler of the 1st realm of seven. And father to these young men who wish to win your heart Sarah." His voice more hypnotizing then Jareth's or Dimitri's combined, and strangely familiar.

"Hello" Sarah said breathlessly.

A smug grin was Odin's reply. He knew the effect he had on women and he especially liked the effect it had on this particular woman. Sweet, that she is. No wonder his two sons were so infatuated with her.

He drank her up from head to toe, unashamedly staring at her body as if she were a piece of juicy steak hot of the grill. And reminding Sarah of how inappropriate this whole scene was. She had two men after her and their father looking at her as if he wanted to just devour her.

"Allow me to remedy your discomfort my dear" with a snap of his fingers, Sarah found herself clothed in a luxurious green dress made of silk. It was beautiful but very revealing, leaving very little to the imagination. The material was very thin and without proper undergarments it traced and outlined every curve especially now that she stood up from the bed.

"Father if you don't mind, I would appreciate you allowing the task of dressing my Wife to me." Jareth said with vexation.

Odin gave him a look of warning but decided against chiding him for his tone. He knew Jareth loved the girl probably as much as Dimitri but he had promised them both a fair chance to win her, yet he never said playing fair was apart of that bargain. He just said he would be watching. Now all he had to do was get the ball rolling and the rest would take care of it self. If Sarah was as strong as claimed then she should have no trouble playing along.

"In the future you may have that privilege if you succeed and if she allows it. But now I believe Sarah and I must leave. We have a lot to discuss. Dimitri, Jareth we will return shortly." His announcement held no room for argument. And they would not dare. Not yet anyway.

Sarah felt a bit belittled by the way they spoke of her as if she were a doll that they could do as they pleased with. It miffed her a bit but she was more curious to see what King Odin had to say. If only she could stop ogling over him. Sure Dimitri was dangerously handsome and Jareth mysteriously handsome but this man, who called himself their father was something altogether unearthly.

Dimitri stepped forward and bowed to his father and said "As you wish my Lord." Then he turned towards Sarah and reached for her hand, with a sly smile he whispered to her ear "Green suits you well love, but my body on you will fit more perfectly." As he kissed her hand and left giving Jareth a smug smile.

Jareth, head held high and feeling a very alien emotion of helplessness decided to give Sarah a bit more then mere words of pleasure. With a nod and bow to his father first, he turned to Sarah and as quickly as a snake ready to attack he kissed Sarah fiercely and disappeared before she could have a chance to recover from her breathless and flush state the kiss left her in.

King Odin just sighed at both his son's behaviors.

"Come take my hand Sarah, come with me to paradise and stay as long as you wish." His velvety voice crooned.

Sarah approached on compulsion not her own, but strangely she didn't want to fight it. So she took his hand and instantly there transported to what was his kingdom in the 1st realm of seven.

Beauty. Just one word to describe what she saw but it still could not do it justice. His kingdom was like a Camelot made of glass, jewels and gold. Never had she seen anyplace so beautiful as this.

"It's beautiful" she said as she stared out from a patio of his castle

"I see beauty also." but it was not his kingdom he referring too.

Sarah catching the subtle lust in his tone turned to see he was staring at her. She blushed suddenly feeling like a she was fifteen and receiving attentions from the opposite sex for the first time.

He walked closer to her and put a hand to her waist lightly pushing her further on to the balcony. "Serinthia welcomes you love. It can be more then just a visit if you wish." He gently traced her jaw as he turned her head up to meet his forest green eyes that were so similar to hers.

Sarah was startled to say the least by his revelation but could only stare into his emerald eyes. She knew she did not love him for she had just met him. But he had such an allure to him that she couldn't resist his charms.

He bent his head slowly towards her red parted lips; she closed her eyes as his lips came in contact with hers.

Instantly she grasped her side and doubled over in pain.

"Sarah! What is it love?" Startled by her sudden wave of pain he knelt beside to see what was the matter. Sarah screamed in pain clutching her side. Odin seeing her pain was coming from where her hand was, he gently pried her hands away from her side only to be shocked by her bloodied hands. Her side was bleeding as if it had been stabbed by an invisible knife.

He quickly lifted her from off the ground and carried her to his bed. Lifted up her dress and saw the mark. Understanding dawned on him as bright as the sun. His clever boys had marked her. Anyone who dared touch her would cause them pain. But since he was a God it ricocheted of him to her. Very wise, he had underestimated his sons.

Quickly he laid his hand upon her marks, and the pain and blood disappeared. Sarah breathed a sigh of relief and opened her eyes to see King Odin standing over her. She felt a breeze where there shouldn't be a breeze. Realizing her dress was up she quickly jack-knifed in an up right position to cover herself.

King Odin only smiled at her bashfulness. He saw no need to cover such perfection.

"Why was I in such pain, what happened" she asked confused.

"It looks like my sons have marked you my dear, how it has gone unnoticed baffles me but I assume it was done while in your mothers womb. Had it been done after I would have been aware. My boys are more clever then I gave they credit for." the last statement he said more to himself.

"What mark?" she asked then it occurred to her she was born with a rather large birthmark on her hip.

King Odin turned to Sarah "We will have to begin your lessons at once my dear; your magic must be restored." He said more for his own benefit then for her own good. If he wanted to keep her she had to have the ability to ward of the magic in those markings herself. And if she did not want him, then he would take nothing less then to be the first in sampling her glorious body, his lust must be satisfied. And if his sons dared to interfere…the more sweeter the battle. No one said cheating wasn't allowed, he just said he would be watching.

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