Drago approached Jamie as she sent her data collector away, having

arrived a few moments ago and overheard her conversation.

"I have to hand it to you Jamie, you've accomplished a lot in the past

48 hours...Though if you ask me a little destruction and death wouldn't

be SO terrible..."

Jamie tsked her tongue at Drago, unsurprised by his entrance "I prefer

to be loved by my subjects...Loved and respected...and feared...The

fact that I COULD cause such things and choose not to is frightening

in itself, is it not?"

"Yeah, I guess you have a point" he muttered, shrugging "I still think

you could be a little tighter with that leash..."

Jamie turned to him, smirking darkly " Perhaps...But don't forget...I

am the queen, here...What I say goes. Now, if YOU were king-" She

stopped, her brow furrowing in thought "King...Mm..." Her expression

changed subtly, her eyes taking on a fiery sort of look "A King...Haha.

Every Queen needs a King to rule at her side...if for nothing else than

the sex" she mused, circling Drago in a predatory manner "Tell me

Drago...Would you like to be my King?"

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The demonic teen blinked

"Uh...wh-what? What did you say?"

Jamie gave a little amused laugh "I believe in laymen's terms, I just

proposed to you..." She took a step forward, running a hand seductively

over his chest, toying with his sleeveless leather jacket " And you should

never deny a queen her requests...What do you say, Drago? I've seen

how you look at me..." she ran her hands down his side, "You'd love to

toss me onto a bed and let your... little demon out, wouldn't you?"

Drago took a step back, a nervous blush darkening his cheeks. This

was SO not the direction he'd thought this conversation was going to

take!

"Er...I, uh...well..."

The shadow queen took a step back as well laughing lightly" You don't

have to answer right away...I'll let you think about it..."

Drago let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding in

"U-Um O-Okay..."

"Twelve hours ought to be enough time to think it over, I'd say..."

She said, striding towards the shadows "Have your answer ready by

then..." She paused, turning back briefly "Oh, and Drago? Don't keep

me waiting..." She said, smirking evilly as she vanished into darkness.

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Drago stood there, dumbfounded for several long moments after Jamie

disappeared.

Marriage? Sex? King of Darkness? That all sounded great!

So...why was he completely terrified?

He frowned, walking down a flight of steps. He needed to talk with

his boys on this one. Time for a group meeting. He pressed a button

on the communicator attached to his jackets collar.

"ICE! FIST! COBRA!, Come in!"

"Yo, what's the dizzle, D-man?" came in Ice's voice. "Somethin' up?"

"Yeah. Meeting time. We need to have a chat about Jamie..."

Valmont glanced over at Shendu as he gave a slight shudder "Cold

Shendu?"

The fire demon scowled "Hardly. A chill went down my spine... It

was nothing. And don't change the subject. I wasn't done listing my

MANY complaints about your sense of taste...in ALL things..."

"Just because YOU don't like thin women-"

"It is not HEALTHY for women to be so thin! I don't see what you find

so enticing about women who are all bones..."

"It was still unethical of you to drive my date away!"

"I did not want you to waste MY valuable energy seducing that pencil

woman."

"YOUR?!I-...hold on a tick..." he said looking up at the ceiling "I

just felt cool air...

shendu followed his gaze suspiciously "Mm..." his eyes skimmed the

surface of the room. A shimmer of magic. A glamour. "Ahh...There's an

air vent above us, concealed with a spell."

"Fantastic! Give me a lift!" Valmont ordered, forgetting his anger, as he

Shendu's shoulder urgently.

The fire demon cupped his hand, allowing the Brit to climb up onto

his shoulders to get a better look at the vent. "Where is it?"

"To your left. Over...over..."

"Here it is!" he said excitedly as his hand felt an invisible grate on the

ceiling. It was bolted firmly into place with large screws, unmoving as

Valmont gave it a tug testing it's strength "Oh bugger..."

"What is it?"

"I can't open it without a screwdriver... It's bolted in place tightly."

"Xìngjiāo! Let ME up, I'll use my claws." He said, reaching up to help

guide Valmont down. The door lock suddenly clicked as someone began

to unlock it. With a cursory sniff, shendu detected dark magic. If their

ploy were discovered, they might be separated, and that would only

hinder their escape. Thinking fast, he grabbed Valmont down from his

shoulders, flinging him onto the bed with a yelp...which he quickly

silenced by capturing his mouth in a hot, domineering kiss as he pounced

on his prone form, pinning him down.

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Valmont was too shocked to react right away when he finally processed

That shendu was kissing him. He reached up placing his hands against

Shendu's muscular chest, not quite sure what to do as the door opened,

revealing a NekoKhan carrying two trays of food. Macaroni and cheese

with applesauce and sliced up hotdogs. She paused at the scene she'd

stumbled into, blinking. To any outside eye, it looked quite like she'd

interrupted...a rather passionate scene.

Shendu glanced at her, his mouth still doing curious things to valmont's

lips and neck, casting a smirk in her direction. The ShadowKhan placed

the food she was carrying on the floor silently and shut the door again,

locking it behind her.

When the sound of her footsteps finally receded, Shendu sat up with a

smug little smile "THAT ought to ensure us some privacy..."

Valmont scrubbed his mouth with the back of his sleeve, flustered and

annoyed "What in the name of the good sweet queen was that all about!?"

He sputtered, turning a rather dark shade of dusky pink. Shendu stood

and crossed the floor elegantly, picking up the food trays "If the NekoKhan

had see us trying to escape, she might have separated us, and that would

have been ill advised...So I led her to an...alternate conclusion."

"By kissing me?!"

The fire dragon cast him an absolutely devilish smile. "You didn't seem

to be protesting..."

"Sh-Shut up!" he stuttered as Shendu placed the plate of food in front

of him "Eat up, Valmont...You're going to need your strength...We

have work to do..."

Translation:

Xìngjiāo-Fuck

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