A/N: so this is chapter ten. My humblest apologies for taking so long with the up load- kinda hit a bit of writers block and started working on some new material to post as well. So go forth and read till your hearts content. Disclaimer – the characters from D. Gray-man do not belong to me, they belong to Katsura Hoshino. Rose is my own character.

Chapter Ten – The Dangerous Games

Rose looked up at Cross. She wondered how the hell she had let him talk her into doing what she was about to do, the heavens above only knew. Something didn't sit too well in the pit of Roses stomach however as the Earls estate loomed nearer and nearer. Like they were been watched already. She sighed as she continued walking alongside her general.

She grimaced as the gates came into sight. Cross stopped her and placed cuffs on her arms, placing a final kiss on her head he pulled her along by the chain connecting to the cuffs. After everything she had done to avoid the place that would seal her fate she now had to fake been dragged only to be imprisoned as bait.

Once inside Rose looked as Cross walked away from the gates and vanished into the mist filled streets, she couldn't help but feel the tears prick at her eyes even though she knew it was just a trap. But she was playing a dangerous game now, one that she knew would possibly end her life if she wasn't careful. However it didn't really bother her as she knew the Earl was hunting her. Her innocence was far too important to the man to kill her. She allowed herself to be dragged along by the twins who fought over who had seen her first when a female glared at them and lead you along the hall to the Earl.

"Ah splendid, it seems he came through when he promised he'd deliver you to me in one piece, I must say I am impressed with that man, such a reliable rogue I have never known, used your feelings for general Cross to trap you for me, the cunning man that he is."

Rose took a deep breath as she refused to look up at the Noah before her. Sensing this he chuckled darkly, "Ah I must repulse you my dear Rose, allow me to change that." She heard footsteps when a large hand cupped her face, forcing her gaze to meet the man before her.

"Even as such you're still repulsive." She hissed moving her head from his grasp when she noticed the wicked grin cross his human face.

"Well you must have someone my dear Princess." He motioned to the dark room where a few other figures lurked in the dark. She eyed a man wearing a top hat as he emerged from the shadows. Her heart stopped when he smiled at her the way he did.

"Not you." She whispered as he bowed before her.

"Well it has been a long time since I last saw you Princess Rose, you so brutally killed those poor men that night." He purred as the woman stood rigid with fear and anger.

"You! You're the fool who told them where I was! If it wasn't for you all those men would still be alive and well." She growled at Tyikk.

"I was simply following my masters orders to make sure you didn't flee Rose, but as it seemed we dearly underestimated you and well now we have you again, so who will you have Princess, our master doesn't mind, as long as the gentleman is a Noah." He smirked seductively at the small woman who stood in front of them shaking with anger.

Rose growled and bit her lip. She'd rather be killed. At that moment right there and then she regretted agreeing with Cross in the first place, but this was originally what she wanted to do. She wanted to kill the earl and the noah. But she knew Tyikk would present a problem at the end of the day as he grinned down at her. She knew he and Allen had fought each other before and from personal experience she had seen him in some of her darkest moments.

"Very well." She hissed looking up at the tall man beside her. The Earl nodded and Tyikk lead her to where she'd be staying much against her will, it was a room conjoined to his, the only entrance gained through his room, the only escape, a balcony so high up one wrong move on the roof could mean the loss of your neck, not that Rose minded. She had used her balcony and roof as an escape route plenty, but the man she was now trapped with was going to make it difficult. Rose knew to survive, she'd have to play along, to survive she'd have to flirt her way out of situations since she was now caught with the pleasure of the Noah. She sighed in frustration, the only person she had successfully wrapped around her finger was Lavi and he was simply a sucker for punishment which made it easier.

Tyikk opened his door and pulled Rose in chuckling as she stumbled against him, deep n thought. She looked up at him through wide eyes knowing she'd have to force herself to blush as much as it nauseated her. It was going to be a long night, she just knew it. Tyikk however had plans of his own for the young Princess, he knew her well enough to know where her heart lay.

Rose put her pride aside and glanced up at the man coyly as he held her, closing her eyes to prevent the sudden sickening wave that washed over her, this worked to her advantage as she pulled her eyes shut and turned away as her face went beat red from the heat that pushed through her. She heard a deep chuckle emit from the man as he straightened her up and locked his door before her gently undid her cuffs. Rose flinched back as Tyikk stroked her cheek, he then lead her to her room and showed her where she could find everything she would need. He closed her door after ordering her to clean herself up.

Sitting in the warm water of her bath she pressed her eyes onto her knees as tears threatened to spill. "God I hate you for talking me into this." She whispered. With the Pleasure keeping her under his wing things were sure to be hell for poor Rose. She sighed rinsing the soap from her hair as she stood, wrapping a towel around her. On her bed, set out where her clothes for the evening, she swallowed hard eyeing the deep red and black dress that lay on her bed and all the trinkets and boots she was to wear. The dress in itself was an extremely short adaption of a gothic Lolita dress. Clearly something that would be owned by Road. Road on the other hand seemed positively ecstatic about the female in the estate.

Rose slipped the dress on and all the other accessories she was to wear with it when a knock on her door caught her attention. The dress she wore didn't look half bad on her as she turned to face Tyikk who eyed her up and down.

Extending his hand to her, he bowed in a chivalric manner, "Shall we be on our way my lady?"

Rose bit her lip and took a deep breath before slowly taking the man's hand, as he lead her to where all the other Noah had been called by the earl to gather. Rose couldn't help but think of Cross as she stood on the arm of Tyikk. "This is just a mission Rose, you will gain their trust, help up infiltrate the estate and kill the Earl and all his Noah, the minute we infiltrate it I'm getting you out of there, just do what you have to, to stay alive for me." Crosses words echoed through her mind. She was angry at him for it. She knew what she had to do. Even though just thinking about it made her sick she had to put herself through hell to stay alive.

She was a prisoner and a spy, they all trusted her. Taking one deep breath she finally accepted her mission and what she dreaded she would have to do and looked up at Tyikk. In her mind she knew she'd have to be like she was when she first met Cross, the Princess with the tough exterior and a soft center. She squeezed Tyikks hand which earned her a shocked glance from the man.

He looked down at her knowing his human form would come in handy. After the gathering the Noah sat down to a meal with the earl, after dinner they all dispersed to do their own thing. Tyikk took Rose to his room and ordered her to put something more comfortable on as he wanted to take her for an evening stroll. Rose simply nodded and slipped into a long, simple white dress and white satin shoes leaving her jet black hair down as she exited her room to find a man standing, leaning up against the window looking out over the yard.

"Tyikk?" she asked simply, not sure who stood before her, when he turned to face her and smiled warmly at her.

"Come Rose, it is getting late." He took her hand, placing it on her arm as he led her through the estate and though the dark gardens then all the way back to his room.

Closing his door and locking it he turned to face Rose. The look in the man's eye made her blood freeze as she took a step back. Yet she found for each step she took, he took one to close the gap between them. She groaned and stopped when her back hit into the corner post. His hands slipped from her wrists up to her shoulders, sending goose bumps across the small woman's flesh. She looked away tilting her head down towards the floor. Tyikk chuckled cruelly knowing where her mind was.

"I am positively certain he is worried about you my little dove, but he need not worry, I will look after you for him. Give in to me Rose. You know you want to." He purred, his lips against her ear.

Something in Rose snapped, she pushed herself free and fled into her room locking her door and throwing herself on her bed. "how." Was all she could whisper. She was shocked at how her self control buckled under Tyikks voice, that alone was like an intoxicating spell. She could understand why he was the pleasure of the Noah. Somehow Rose couldn't stop g=feeling like she had bitten off more than she could chew and she knew all too well she'd have to find a way to get her members of the order in, so it was of utmost importance that she learnt the entire estate inside out and upside down.