densa and hiro mashima own evereveryone except alan and others
trigger warning:
Includes discussion of rape, swearing and kidnapping probably something else I forgot to type. Please don't read if you can't handle these
lucy --flashback pov
I sat up carefully then I shook Nadia she rubbed her eyes questioning me but I shook my hand putting my finger to my lip to warn her not to talk then I pointed at the door. she nodded and we stood up, carefully we crept towards the door I winced as she stepped on a crack looking around I saw that no one woke just shuffled a little on there mat. we made it to the door and I jiggled the lock but it wouldn't shift.
Nadia pushed me out of the way and stuck her hands on the lock in the quietest whisper she could manage she whispered "liquid" she pushed the door nob and the door drifted open then Nadia did the same to my cuffs.
once outside She did the same to my cuff. we lined up to the wall Nadia and I slid along the house in the shadows to avoid the guard who just happened to be coming around the corner. I waited until he slipped past us then I snuck up behind him jumped up on his back and snapped his neck to the left before he could respond. laying the body down softly I grabbed Nadia's hand and pulled her close.
when we finally made it to the brick. I threw her up to the ledge and she climbed on top hbk"hey stop right there" a light shined on us and the burly man started toward me.
looking at her, Nadia was the closest thing I knew to family in a long time. I knew what had to be done "run" I yelled at her as she shook her head tears sprouting as she shook her head. reaching as if her five year old body could lift me.
"run for me" I shouted louder "if you cover yourself in mud the dogs shouldn't be able to track you. The next town over is a safe town they help slaves all the time. find the drinking gourds handle and follow it south and moss grows on the north side of the tree"
with tears in her eyes she pushed herself over the side
Tim came and grabbed me by the hair dragging me back to the servant house he yelled out the door "catch that girl and bring her to me in the house. I'll be in the basement"
my whole body flinched 'not the basement' that was where he terrorizes the slaves my whole body went slack in an attempt to make myself heavier. when we got to the door he jerked it opened and threw me down the stairs. I caught my body with my hand which turned out to be the worse off decision. my shoulder popped out of place.
"that sounded like it hurt maybe I should help." he lifted me up by the arm that dislocated and threw me against the wall. the he dragged me up the wall by my thoatthoat he jerked my left hand into a cuff chained to a vertical pipe and then repeated the same thing to the opposite side. "I bet I know something you don't" he said in a sing song voice"
deciding I was going to die anyway I threw caution to the wind "what that you're a jackass with a dick so small that you cant feel pussy if you were in one so you abuse people to get of-"
he stormed over to me and punched me dead center of my cheekbone causing my head to snap sideways and blood to spew out of my mouth "no you idiot, have you not noticed something different with your body. Maybe I should show you"
'what does he mean different, the only thing different is that I can't keep anything down'. he walked over to me. automatically I squirmed back trying to get as far back as I could from his cold grasp. he took my threadbare shirt and seized it into his hands. ripping it down the middle he drifted his hand slowly up my ribs till he reached the underside of my breast causing me to shudder
"your mom sure didn't teach you a lot about your body did she" he smirked twisting my nipples hard causing me to scream "oh right she died of magic deficiency... or did she"
"you son of bitch what you are insinuating better not be true!" he smirked dragging a chest to stand beside her
"you'll never know now will you, though I do remember how delicious she tasted... lets get back to my original statement I know something you don't now have you figured it out?" he paused for dramatic effect "the sensitivity to touch. getting sick on almost everything you eat. the tiredness."
I frowned as he pulled everything he chose to ignore "no that's not true"
he smirked putting his hand on my belly rubbing it in a circle. "and given my calculations about it you conceived on the last time we had sex so that means that little one is mine. now it depends on what master says buuut I think that the baby would make a great butler"
I felt a cold shiver snake through my body "over my dead body"
Tim laughed darkly snapping a ridding crop that he pulled out of the chest into his hand "that can-"
the door slammed open "where is she, you stupid slut! you killed one of my best bodyguards, how dare you ill kill you!"
"master I was currently informing Lucy of her current condition" he said bowing to Alan
Alan smirked "I just got a better idea I'll just let you starve here... in the dark. come Tim let us retire."
he walked up the stairs Tim following his master then he looked over his shoulder and winked then turned off the light he was about to close the door when a guard interrupted him. "sir we found the girl"
Tim nodded "good master wants her in his office"
my body jerked up as I stared at the door in horror 'no Nadia!' pulling on my dislocated shoulder i focused on trying to pull my hand through the tightly strapped cuff 'if only I could...' I twisted my hand slight and biting my lip to hold in the scream I knew I'd emit I pressed my hand hard on the wall until I heard the bone snap out of place. sucking in a deep breath I took couple more breaths before I moved my right hand to the left to unsnap it. when I fell to my hands I let out a cry and made my way to the stairs. I slowly pushed open the door.
'I must be losing my mind' I opens the door to the main house and made my way through the secret entrance to Masters office. there I saw Nadia standing in front of Alan and Tim "now Nadia I am going to ask you nicely. why did you try to run" she kept quietly shaking slightly in terror.
I scratched on the wall lightly trying to draw her attention. sadly Tim snapped his head up looking around seeing nothing in the vicinity he sighed "I must remember to call the exterminator tomorrow. the head nurse did say she saw a mouse"
'how can I contact her in a way that only she will know and how do I help her ' I sat down and observed the scene in front me 'if she tells them its my idea they'll let her be and they'll come after me. so if I escape tonight's she'll be safe but if I leave her that lord Chandler will want to have her still...' I looked again both males who had there back to me. right before I was kidnapped Capricorn had taught me something new it would drain. what magic I do have but it could protect her.
'lets hope this works' focusing as hard as I could I gathered my magic into balls like I was meditating I started shaping them into letter formations 'tell them I did it' her eyes got wide 'nod if you understand' she nodded I almost let the air I had been holding in. weakly I stood and made my way toward the secret exit that led outside
"now I am going to ask you one more time, Why did you try to run?" Alan leaned until he was in Nadia's face and Nadia whimpered
"Lucy made me do it" she cried out covering her eyes she hid her face from the men "she told me if I didn't she'd come back and hurt me"
"is that so Tim perhaps on the morning time you should pay her a visit for now, reward little Nadia for her honesty with a cookie from the kitchen"
once I heard she was in the clear I snuck to the door that led outside. 'now how to make sure tomorrow doesn't happen' not worrying about the guards since it was a shift change I looked around until I spotted a pile of logs close to the back of the slave hut 'far away that it will give those bitches a chance to escape but close enough that it should take down a couple off rooms of the main house including the ballroom' I made my way to the pile of logs. then I gathered some sticks and rubbed them.
I saw the flame come to life and ran to the forest watching the flame engulf the slave house and praying that Nadia would be ok
Cristoff POV- modern time
"I don't know if I can live comfortably knowing those men are breathing..." I growled hugging Lucy to me. she tensed a little so I started to lighten my hold, I couldn't help my instincts, everything in me wanted to eliminate threats to my mate, and those men, were threats but at the same time I didn't want her feeling uncomfortable...
she shook her head and snuggled into me "please don't stop. you just startled me, I was still focusing on the memory"
When she pressed into me more I closed my eyes on the wave of pleasure her little response gave me, once I'd gotten a couple of good nuzzles into her hair I looked up from the soothing actions to my brother with unbridled ferocity in my eyes and he acknowledged it.
I know Cris...we won't let this go, I already have Thane calling in somemages including Vander and Presca, I won't sit by any better than you knowing those men are still among the living. Kalebs dark words in my head held the firm note of determined promise that allowed me to smile faintly and return my attention to soothing my still trembling mate. I was more than a little pleased that she was finally responding to me instead of pushing me away.
Kaleb put his hands on his temples "So we know Nadia didn't do it but this article is a month old we know Alan knows that you're in Fiore because the man who tried to attack you was tracking you on Alans orders and had your keys. Since he failed to bring you back Alan is most likely attempting to talk Princess Hisui into handing you over since he has claimed you as property."
Lucy winced, disgusted, ashamed and so many feelings conflicting and vying for dominance inside her she pushed in harder against me, her arms sliding around me, hands gripping gripping my shirt all without her even realizing it. I didn't object, just stroked her hair and held her.
She finally drew a breath, drinking in the calm presence of the man holding her, amazed by how her thoughts were clearing, her body was relaxing, the coldness that had been gripping her very soul since she was taken easing in his warm arms.
"I know slaves don't count as humans in Seven. that was one of many reasons why My father stopped doing business with Alan. but how do I escape his claim" she shifted a little in my lap and my hand strayed, I couldn't stop myself and started to rub her bump remaining silent. I felt the life inside of her better than anyone, my magic told me every detail about MY daughter. Maybe I hadn't sired her, but this little girl would only ever know me as her father, I would teach her to ride her first pony, hold her first sword, I would buy her pretty clothes and see her grow strong and confident, with the best schools and not a day would go by that she didn't know she was loved.
My silent promises to the child within my mate, and I would keep them, the dragon within me backing every one with warm approval.
Lucy herself I would win however I had to, whatever she needed of me she would have, and she would never worry about being alone, about money or food or what the future held for her, I would be right by her side, and I would love her, I was already falling, a mixture of Dragon magic, the mating bond already forming and my own deep rooted lifelong desire for my mate, to find the person meant for me that my mother Nurem had promised me so long ago.
I just had to be patient, I had to help her to heal, to recover from all she had been through, and keep reminding myself, it hadn't been but a couple of days that she even knew I existed at this point, I had no right to expect much in that short amount of time.
Kaleb though wasn't waiting for her to fully calm down, he was a leader for a reason, he knew when pushing forward had to be done even if it hurt and he wasn't afraid to be the one doing the pushing.
"You could become a member of white sea it would grant you immunity and make you a citizen plus boarding is included for new members until they can get settled" Kaleb suggested knowing full and well what I was already was thinking and I narrowed my eyes at him.
Options little brother, she needs them, she doesn't need to feel trapped after being a slave for a year. Kaleb pointed out and I had to relent, he was right.
"That's a good suggestion but how can I leave when I just came home?" she looked unsure "I just have only saw my family how can I leave them already?" Her sadness had my arms tightening around her.
Kaleb frowned "Lucy think about it you don't just have yourself to protect anymore you have the baby and if you come to White Sea we can help you get Nadia to"
She was about to tell him no when I voice brought her attention to me, deciding there was no point in keeping quiet.
"Lucy we could Promise. that would give you citizenship in Bosco where you'll be protected by White Sea and by the government as my mate. As a Dragon Slayers mate you'd have special protection in Bosco you won't get here in Fiore. we could live in Bosco temporarily and when all this done we can discuss Fiore as a option. Though. I won't lie, once dad finds out he is going to be a grandpa he won't want you to leave"
Lucy POV
I met those deep dark blue eyes and felt...home in them...his eyes like the night sky, he was big, muscular, and he presence soothed me like nothing I'd ever experienced before. Mate...I was his mate, as a Dragon Slayer that meant, he would care for me, be loyal to me...but I still felt so...filthy...so much like I didn't deserve any of what was laid in front of me within those midnight eyes of his.
He looked at me so hopefully and I felt myself start to deny him too when suddenly I felt a flutter in my stomach followed by a swift kick.
Cristoff smirked, I realized then his hand was resting on my belly over the baby bump there, I hadn't even noticed, it felt so right having him touching me...he won sighing I rubbed my belly with his fingers lacing through mine "you two are ganging up on me already huh?" he leaned forward, forehead against mine.
"Daddys little girl." He purred and I felt a thrill run through me at those soft words. He meant it...when he said he accepted the baby...when he said he'd accept Nadia too...and the realization finally hit me, this handsome man holding me, who had fought for me, endured nothing but my endless rejection...would do anything to make things work between us...he was already deeply devoted to me...
an/ i see all the comments on how my writing has improved and while id love to say it has its mostly thanks to desna who has been helping me by editing them and helping keep me straight on the facts. seriously she is amazing i send her basically hamburger meant and she makes a double whopper no mustard with lettuce pickles and tomatoes... and i skipped dinner so ignore the food reference. as always thank you for favs comments and downloads you guys are awesome