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Chapter 37 - Captive

Silence seemed to be louder than an atomic bomb being set off.

Hikari could barely hear Kaname's protests of innocence as she stared right through him. Haruka was whimpering and hiding behind her mother.

"Hikari, please… this isn't what it looks like," Kaname said. He tried to grab at Hikari's hands but she snatched them away.

"Oh, it is, Lady Hikari," Hanaka said, "He wanted me all along."

"I'm never was enough for you… was I," Hikari said in a small voice, "I'm not woman enough for you."

Kaname shook his head, "No, Hanaka bit me and she has the power to paralyze people with her bite. You have to believe me."

Hikari grabbed Haruka's hand and turned on her heel, "Don't come near me ever again."

She walked out of the room without another word. However, as she did so, she bumped into someone.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here," Rido said as he smirked evilly. Hikari gasped as Rido placed hand to her head and she tried to pull away but he grabbed her arm in an iron grip. Haruka started crying and Rido picked her up by the collar of her dress and threw the little girl against the wall causing Haruka to scream before she passed out. It left a crack in the wall under the force and a smear of blood was left.

"What have you done to my baby," Hikari screamed at him. She pried his hand off her and a blast of energy sent Rido flying. Rido growled as he nimbly jumped to his feet. He launched himself at her as Hikari went to check on Haruka. He pinned her to the ground but as Hikari tried to fight him off, Rido place a hand over her eyes and with a blue flash of light and Hikari collapsed against him, completely unconscious. He scooped the young queen into his arms and Hanaka walked out of the library. Kaname ran out behind her and spotted his little daughter and his wife. He ran over to his unconscious daughter and scooped her up into his arms.

"Where are you going with my wife, Rido? Why have you… why have you broken up my family, Hanaka? Is this the true depth of your jealousy," Kaname whispered.

"Kaname," Hanaka said, "Until you give her up and marry me, we will be taking Hikari as security. If you marry me, she will not be harmed. I cannot kill her nor can I truly hurt her, but Lord Rido can. I will not suffer the humiliation of being a discarded mistress and I will rise to be queen."

Kaname placed his child gently on the floor and slowly walked over to Hanaka. He stared down at her and Hanaka smiled triumphantly up at him.

"I would never marry the likes of you," Kaname said slowly, "You shown me your true colours and I cannot stand to look at you."

"Fine," Hanaka said quickly, "Lord Rido, take her away."

Kaname's head snapped up in alarm but before he could reach for his wife and his uncle, they both disintegrated into bats and flew out of the window. Hanaka smirked, "I'd think on your decision, Lord Kaname."

With that, Hanaka also disintegrated into bats and flew out of the window. Kaname stared out at the window, in shock by what had happened. Everything had been a blur. Kaname then turned to his daughter who was starting to stare from her unconscious state.

"Daddy," she whimpered. Kaname ran over to her, crouched down and scooped her up into his arms, "Daddy, I want my mummy."

Kaname held his daughter to his chest. His world had just come crashing down around his within a matter of seconds. Haruka wailed as she desperately looked around for the woman she called her mother.

"Haruka," Kaname said softly and Haruka looked up at him, "I need you to be a good girl. I must find your mother and bring her back."

"I want my mummy," she whined.

"And you will see your mummy," Kaname said as he kissed her forehead. Haruka, only being a little girl, didn't really understand what was going on and continuously cried out for her mother. Kaname's heart ached as he picked her up and walked to Haruka's nursery. When he arrived, Hana was in there tidying up, "Hana, look after Haruka."

Hana took Haruka from Kaname and gave him a confused look, "What is going on, Lord Kaname? You look troubled."

"Lady Hikari has been kidnapped by Hanaka Ueda and my uncle," Kaname replied, "I must find her."

"Yes, you must," Hana said, "Why have the kidnapped her?"

"Hanaka will not give Hikari back unless I marry her," Kaname said, "Look I haven't got much time to explain. I must find her."

"Go on your way, Lord Kaname," Hana said, "Please bring Lady Hikari home."

A couple of days later, Hikari woke up in a luxurious four poster bed with the red velvet drapes drawn closed around her. She felt strange and her body felt heavy. Her sapphire eyes accustomed themselves to the darkness and she reached out to open the curtain. The light around which seeped in was bright and it caused the young woman to his hiss and recoil her hand away from the curtain. She looked down to see that she was in a black, silky knee length chemise with spaghetti straps.

"Where am I," Hikari whispered, "Kaname? Where are you, Kaname? This isn't funny…"

It then came all flooding back to her and she burst out into tears, "He doesn't love me… He loves her!"

"That's right," Hanaka said, "You keep telling yourself that."

Hikari frowned and ventured another look outside of her bed and saw Hanaka standing some distance away from the bed. Hikari's eyes widened and she climbed off the bed, "Hanaka, where am I?"

"I can't tell you that," Hanaka said with a smirk.

"Tell me where I am, Hanaka," Hikari said with pureblood command in her voice.

"No," Hanaka said, "I won't."

Hikari tried to lunge for Hanaka but as she did so, she felt herself being restrained and she fell over. Moaning pitifully, she looked behind her to see that her ankle had been chained to the bed with anti-vampire metal. Hanaka cackled uncontrollably.

"What a pitiful site you are," she said as she knelt down to her Hikari's level, "And you're not getting out this room until you agree to a divorce and let me have Kaname. Of course, that brat will be declared a bastard and won't have any royal protection."

"Don't you dare harm my child," Hikari cried, "Let me go. Unchain me right now!"

Hanaka dangled a key in front of her and snatched it away when Hikari tried to grab for it, "No, don't be naughty, little princess."

"Give me the key, Hanaka," Hikari cried.

"You want it," Hanaka asked sardonically, "Come and get it!"

She dropped the key just short of Hikari's straining fingers. Hikari whimpered and tried to reach for key but it was too far away, "Have fun, princess… that's all you are now," Hanaka smirked as she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Hikari continued to strain for the key but the chain would not let her go so easily.

"Why has this happened to me," Hikari said as she pulled herself into a kneeling position, "How have I allowed this to happen?"

Suddenly, the door opened again. She slowly looked up to see Rido leering at her, "What do you want, Lord Rido? What more can you take away from me?"

Rido yanked her to her feet, "How the mighty have fallen," Rido sneered, "Once a powerful queen and now… a little princess at the mercy of an aristocrat and your husband's uncle. You have no way to defend yourself either."

"Why not," Hikari asked indignantly, "I am a pureblood just as you are."

"Ah, but you have an anti-vampire chain attached to your ankle and your powers are sealed," he said as he snaked an arm around her thin waist. Hikari tried to push him away but he was much too strong, "You'll give me what I want, Hikari."

"No… you can't make me," Hikari cried as she tried to push him away, "You have Hanaka! Why do you need me? Let me go!"

He backed her against the bed and caged her there. His hetrochromic eyes stared down at her, searching her scantily clad form. Hikari fought his grip and but Rido didn't relent, "You will be mine once Hanaka sinks her claws into Kaname. So you'd better get used to it."

Hikari, who had stopped struggling, let silent tears stream down her face, "Kaname doesn't love me…"

"That's right… he doesn't love you," Rido whispered seductively, "But why have a boy like him when you can have a man like me?"

Hikari didn't answer him as she felt him lick her neck and sink his fangs into her neck. She didn't flinch nor did she say anything. She resigned herself to being used in such a way. There was no fight in her. She was too aggrieved by her husband's supposed infidelity that it didn't seem to matter anymore.

"Do whatever you want to me… Kaname doesn't love me," Hikari whispered, "Kaname doesn't love me… he wants Hanaka. She is more womanly than I am."

Rido tore his fangs deeper into her neck and dug his nails into her hips, "Do whatever you want with me."

The beast in Rido growled and he let his hands hungrily grope her womanly body. Hikari was numb to it and tried to imagine it was her husband, that it was Kaname caressing her like he had done not so long ago.

Meanwhile, Kaname had gathered Hanabusa, Takuma, Sara, Eisuke, Juuri and Haruka together in the drawing room. Kaname paced the floor and looked up as they filed into the room.

"Kaname, what's going on," Juuri asked, "What has happened to Hikari?"

"Hikari has been kidnapped by Rido and Hanaka. They are holding me to ransom," Kaname said as he leaned against the marble fireplace, "Unless I marry Hanaka, I will never see Hikari again."

Everyone gasped, "Do you know where they have taken her," Sara asked.

"No," Kaname said, "I have been unable to track them. It happened yesterday yet I have been unable to even find her."

"Where is little Haruka," Juuri asked, "Where is she?"

"She was injured during the attack but she's fine now," Kaname replied, "I also found out what Hanaka's true power is. Her bite can paralyze her victim and that's exactly what she did to me. She began to undress and kiss me fiercely. Hikari walked in on us and that's when Rido kidnapped her."

"Oh, I hope Rido doesn't harm the poor lamb," Juuri said fretfully, "I know that Hanaka was trouble and you wondered why I didn't let you marry her," Juuri sat down on a chaise and ran a hand through her mahogany curls, "The question is what do we do now?"

"We should track them," Hanabusa said, "Surely we can pick up their scents!"

"That would work but Hanaka and Rido transformed themselves and Hikari into bats. They will not have left a clear trail," Kaname said, "The day Hikari ended up in your manor, Hanabusa, I could track my wife through her footsteps and scent. It's not as easy this time. If it was, Hikari would be here beside me right now."

"Kaname, does Hikari think that you were truly unfaithful," his father asked cautiously.

"I think so," Kaname said, "Otherwise, I think that she would have put up more of a fight to escape."

"So are you going to marry Hanaka," Takuma asked and Kaname looked up at him, "Because you're not divorced from Hikari, how will a priest approve a wedding? It would be bigamy."

Sara elbowed him in the ribs, "He isn't going to marry that whore, are you, Kaname? Don't pander to her demands. We will do our best to bring her back to you and prove you innocence. I know you love Hikari, we all know that. I have never known you to be happier. Your eyes light up when she enters the room and you smile differently too. You and Hikari belong together. Don't let that bitch hold you to ransom."

"Kaname, Sara is right," Juuri said after a long silence, "We must not lose hope and you will not give into Hanaka and Rido's demands. You two belong together. I knew I was right to have you marry her. She has made you into a man and less of a boy. I barely recognise you and I am so proud to call you my son. We will help you find her. After all, little Haruka needs her mother more than ever."

"Your mother is right, Kaname," Haruka said in a soft tone.

"So, what do we do now," Hanabusa asked.

"We search for her," Juuri said, "And bring her back. We should split off into groups. Haruka, Eisuke and I will go off as a group; Takuma and Sara as one group and Hanabusa and Kaname as another."

Kaname glanced up at Hanabusa who quickly avoided his gaze, "I think that will be agreeable," Kaname said.

"Well, it's decided," Juuri said, "At first light tomorrow, we will all meet at the front entrance of the Kuran manor and we will begin our hunt."

Kaname smiled softly but couldn't smile fully. He knew that his uncle was sadistic and that his lust for beautiful women was insatiable women was never ending. The thought of Hikari being touched by another man besides him made his blood boil. Hanaka, of course, was not a pureblood like Hikari and would be a glittering prize to Rido.

He hoped that he wasn't too late.

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