Half Innocent Half Evil

Part Thirty-six, Master and Pet

By Relm

It was bad when you were waiting for something to happen. More so when that something is supposed to be bad. This was the case for the residents of the Ul Copt household. With those two rogue monsters lurking about it was a mystery of when they would decide to attack or whether or not the Ul Copt household was their actual target. Because of this there was a chance that everyone was on high alert for nothing. Better to be safe than sorry right? Not if you were Filia.

The first two mornings Filia had been relieved to have Xellos in the house. Being a golden dragon Filia was naturally uneasy and almost sickly feeling around monsters. This gradually was becoming less of an issue with all the extra time Filia was spending around Xellos. It was getting easier to 'stomach' his proximity and the knowledge that he was there to keep them safe was comforting. Or least it had been the first two days.

By day three Filia was annoyed to wake up and have Xellos sharing her bed. Since it was decided that Xellos was going to be staying at the house for an extended amount of time it only seemed right to give Xellos a room to sleep in. Being a monster sleeping wasn't a requirement but still at the very least if Xellos had his own room he wouldn't be loitering around Filia's room every morning. Or at least that was what was supposed to be the case. Xellos was never in Filia's room when Filia fell asleep but he was always there when she woke up. By day three she was getting annoyed.

What made day three particularly annoying was that Xellos had not only snuggled his way into bed with Filia but had stolen all the blankets. It had been a rather rude wake up all, she had been freezing!

"Stupid piece of garbage!" Filia grumbled and shoved him out of the bed grabbing the blankets while doing so.

If Xellos was awake he made no effort to stop Filia. He ended up on the ground in a naked heap. Yes naked, because how else was he going to sleep comfortably with Filia if not completely bare?

"WHY ARE YOU NAKED!?" Filia screeched.

"Don't try and pretend you don't like what you see." Xellos purred as he slowly got himself up from off the floor. He stood there proud as come be in all his naked glory. "I don't know why you're getting so upset for you're practically naked yourself."

To Filia this notion was preposterous as she gone to bed in a long sleeve nightgown. But as she quickly noticed she wasn't wearing that very nightgown she had gone to bed in but rather a matching set of frilly pink lacy underwear and bra. One might be upset with anyone taking off ones clothes while asleep but Filia had bigger reason to be angry. These weren't even her undergarments! She had been wearing a plain white bra and a pair of plain white cotton panties. Not only had Xellos taken off her nightgown he stripped her down completely!

"Wha-WHAT?!" Filia screeched in confusion and horror as she quickly covered herself.

"Well you were angry about the underwear so I thought I'd surprise you with a new pair. Nice huh? Pink is definitely your colour." He winked at her suggestively as he crawled back into bed.

"No it's not! This is a gross invasion of my privacy!" Filia screamed red in the face in both anger and embarrassment. It wasn't like Xellos hadn't seen her naked before but still she felt angry about it. What made things worse was that the undergarments were extremely nice and very clearly expensive. They were probably better than any pair she had ever owned. If Xellos hadn't gone to such an extremely inappropriate way of 'giving' them to her she might have been pleased. "And when did you even get the time to go shop for this?! You've been home for the past few days!"

"I had Gravos and Jilas pick it up for me yesterday." Xellos stated proudly.

"Oh GODS!" Filia cried out while hiding her face in her pillow. Oh the horror of it! How was she ever going to look either of the men in the face ever again?!

"Come now to get so upset. At least you look good in them." Xellos purred some more as he snaked up behind Filia and started to nibble on Filia's neck.

"I bite." Filia growled into the pillow.

"You promise?" He chuckled.

"I'll mark you." She dared him. The mark on her own back started to glow angry red showing the amassing of power.

"You a golden dragon marking me a strong monster? Ha! That I would like to see." Xellos mocked her. "You wouldn't have the stones to do such a thing."

Something inside Filia snapped at the moment. To Xellos or anything nearby monster the sudden sharp change in Filia's emotions was hard to describe. It wasn't proper anger or rage nor was it anything loving. It was almost primal and automatic. In that flashing instant Filia turned around in Xellos' grasp and bit down very hard on his right shoulder.

Amused by the sudden but not unwelcome pain Xellos chuckled in satisfaction. That pleased sense of the moment was quickly shattered by what Filia's left hand was doing. In that moment she bit him a strong glowing light emerged from Filia's hand and seemed to burn into the skin of Xellos' back.

Xellos didn't even get a moment to protest, it was done in a blink of an eye. She really had done it, she had marked him!

"You..." Xellos mumbled speechless. It shouldn't have been a surprise as he had practically goaded her into doing it but still he hadn't been expecting such an automatic and impulsive reaction. There was a host of things Xellos could have said in that moment to express a variety of emotions that could be floating around his mind but all was lost the moment he looked into Filia's eyes.

Filia's eyes were normally a light shade of blue. They weren't the normal run of the mill blue you'd see on any blond haired that also had blue eyes. No Filia's were much brighter and softer like a bright baby blue. They had a special sparkle to them when she was both happy and angry. This time her eyes were the darkest blue Xellos had ever seen them. Still lighter than a normal blue but too dark for Filia. And her pupils were very dilated. There was something about her eyes that didn't seem like a normal person in throws of passion. She looked... crazy somehow. Unfocused but staring holes through Xellos like he was made of nothing. It was like she had turned into an animal staking her prey and Xellos was her breakfast.

In that moment Xellos had no words to say to primal Filia's eyes as she stared right into his. One thing was for sure he certainly felt like he was a piece of meat right then and there.

With cat like reflexes Filia had Xellos on his back with her straddling him. Her undergarments somehow disappeared off Filia and on to the floor while Filia leaned down to bite Xellos again. She wanted to draw blood needed to somehow and was getting frustrated that Xellos' body wasn't responding the way she wanted. This time around things were far more physical on Filia's side of things. She took charge and spared no expense with her love bites. Xellos was a mass of bruises and bites as Filia went at it. She was clearly enjoying herself as she was moaning quite loudly.

Xellos was used to authoritative women in his life taking charge so he was fine taking a backseat. Filia could do whatever she wanted to and he was just fine to be part of the ride. At least until after this round of love making was over and then there was going to be some measure of hell to pay.

...

Filia grumbled slightly in her sleep as a loud banging noise threatened her otherwise peaceful state. She was content and sated and had no desire to wake but that persistent noise was just too loud and annoying to ignore. Eventually she opened her eyes and registered what the sound was. Someone was knocking on her door.

"Boss? Yous in there?" The knocking person added. From Filia's sleep muddled brain she determined it was Gravos making the racket.

"Yes Gravos..." Filia grumbled. "What do you want?!" She rubbed her eyes while pondering the idea of going back to sleep. She was still sooo very tired.

"Well it's just so late and yous haven't come down for breakfast yet... Are yous feeling well?"

This made Filia's eyes open very wide. What time was it? Filia spied a quick look to the clock and her room and was surprised to see it was nearly 11 in the morning! She never slept in that long! Why was she still in bed?

A groan from her bedmate brought Filia back to reality. Xellos was still sleeping which was uncharacteristic of him as was the host of bruises and bites that had marred his body. Racking her brain Filia tried to remember what had happened. The last thing she remembered was Xellos annoying her and her threatening to bite him. Clearly she had bit him several times and but how tired and hungry she was it was clear that the two of them had been quite physical.

"Boss? Yous okay? Yous want me to come in there?"

"No!" Filia yelled immediately. "You don't need to come in I'm fine. I just had a lot of troubling falling asleep last night. But I'm up now and I'll be downstairs soon."

"Okay breakfast will be ready for yous when yous come down."

Filia let out an inward sigh of relief. She would have died from embarrassment if Gravos had come in and saw her with Xellos like that. It wasn't like her helpers weren't aware of Filia's odd 'relationship' with Xellos but she still didn't like anyone seeing it.

'What is this weird thing we have?' Filia imposed her thought onto Xellos enough though he couldn't hear her. Naturally he didn't answer. She got up and got herself dressed while Xellos rolled around onto his stomach. The sheet that had been covering Xellos' body became a bit twisted revealing most of his bare back. The mark on Xellos' back glowed faintly serving as a reminder of what Filia had done earlier. Had Filia turned around to look at Xellos while she changed she would have seen it and remembered exactly what she had done.

...

On the way downstairs Filia had this nagging feeling the back of her head that there was something important that happened that she needed to remember. As much as it was annoying her she just brushed it off.

"It's on da table for yous Boss." Gravos announced to Filia as she came into the kitchen.

The plate had on it some crudely shaped and partially burned waffles, runny scrambled eggs, over cooked bacon and a simple fruit salad. It wasn't the prettiest breakfast plate Filia had ever seen but it may as well have been, she was starving!

"Oh my gods this is the best breakfast ever!" Filia exclaimed through a full mouth.

"Wow yous must be hungry 'cause Gravos' cookin' ain't dat good!" Jilas laughed. That comment earned the fox man a good jab in the gut from his co-hort.

"Were yous not sleepin' 'cause you were worrying about Owen?" Gravos wondered after he hit Jilas.

Filia nodded though avoided eye contact. It was true that she had some trouble falling asleep the previous night but that wasn't to blame as to why she has had such a late start. Naturally Filia wasn't going to disclose what the real reason. She may not have remembered it to well but she was aware that she had had sex with Xellos again. At least she was satisfied that this time he was the one with all the marks while she was relatively unscathed.

...

Sleep wasn't a necessity for a monster but Xellos did enjoy the act when he got a chance to do it. The dreams he had were always wondrous and why wouldn't they? He was in the domain of his master's master's master. Nightmares were always so delicious especially when Xellos found himself wandering through someone else's. Naturally he was too content to wake but a persistent twinge at the back of his head just wouldn't quit. Eventually he woke and realized that his master was summoning him.

Since his job was to protect the Ul Copt household it was implied that he was to stay at the house at all times. This meant that Greater Beast Zellas wouldn't be summoning him back. Right away Xellos was alarmed. Within seconds Xellos was presentable and teleporting back to his master's lair. "You summoned me Master?" Xellos bowed at her feet trying not to visibly show his anticipation.

"Yes quite some time ago. It seems you had better things to do than come when I call you." She stated rather curtly. Inwardly she was smiling as she was greatly pleased with herself.

"I apologize Master, I was asleep." Xellos answered honestly. It wasn't an excuse, it was the truth.

"Asleep? How... human of you."

"I will not let it happen again." Xellos assured her.

"No matter, I know you'll need all the sleep you can get being that you're a kept man now." Zellas let out a dark chuckle not being able to contain it any longer.

Xellos looked up at her stunned. For a moment he had forgotten about the mark, his brand of shame. "So you know..."

"I do. And I must say she had guts that blond canary of yours. To mark and claim something that is clearly mine." The edge to her voice was playful as it was dark.

"She took me by surprise. I doubt she even knew what she was doing when she did it. It was like she was an animal acting on instinct. You don't mean to punish her do you?" Xellos wondered that last part out loud with just a touch of worry to his voice. Though he himself had planned on making Filia pay for what she did he wasn't going to kill her or anything. Just a little bit of emotional and mental torture. He only meant to anger and irritate her. But Zelas... That was a whole different story.

"Aww... scared for your new Master?" Zellas stepped down from her chair and stood right above Xellos. She ruffled his hair affectionately.

"She is not my Master!" Xellos protested.

"Oh but she is. I still own you my dear but you are forever going to be her property as well. Ordinarily I would detest the notion of sharing anything but for this canary I will make an exception. To think she would not only bed a monster and have his child but to claim him as well? Truly a force I can admire. So she shall keep you forever and ever more. And by extension I own her anyway." Zellas let out another round of laughter. "You do realize that this 'marriage' of yours has ramifications."

"It does?"

"Yes if I am to be satisfied with letting you be the canary's pet then will be something that you must do. There is no failure. You must or deal with the consequences."

"What is it Master?"

"Bed her. Bed often and bed her well. For little Owen will not be my only grandchild. You will have many children."

Xellos frowned. Owen had been a fluke. Neither he or Filia had been trying to conceive Owen. Hell hadn't even been aware of the baby's existence until well after he had been hatched. "And if Filia refuses to bare more of my children?"

"Be persuasive. I'm sure you'll find a way. Now leave. You have your family to protect." Zellas waved Xellos off as she went back to her chair. With a celebratory sip of her wine she watched Xellos teleport off back to his new master.