Part 6
Skyler stood motionless, eyes searching the darkness from where Ransom's voice had come from.
"Surprised, darlin'?" He asked almost mockingly, cigarette lighting up his face eerily as he raised it to his lips.
She swallowed at the first sight of his face in three months, and proceeded to say the first, and therefore the most idiotic, thing that came to mind, "Smoking causes cancer you know."
"I don't believe I need to worry about that," He looked at her sardonically, "Do I."
Skyler cringed, and turned back to the door, only to find it locked quite thoroughly.
"What," Ransom drawled dangerously, not moving, "Circle Daybreak did not teach you how to pick a lock?"
"What?" Skyler laughed nervously, again trying the door, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't." He repeated softly, "I know everything."
"Oh really." She looked over her shoulder to glare at him out of shock.
Ransom took another slow drag, and turned icy eyes onto her slender form. "Really."
Involuntarily trembling as he kept his gaze on her, she had never felt so frightened in her life. She decided to do what she had always done, play dumb. "What are you talking about? You just can't take it that I left you to move here, can you?"
Anger, along with some other emotion flashed in his eyes for a moment before being replaced by solid, impenetrable amber. "That's it exactly, Skyler. I just couldn't face not having a Daybreak whore in my bed."
She sucked in her breath at his calm, yet harsh words. They hurt, even though it was something she had heard before. "How dare you...."
"Very easily. I dare, because I can afford to." He looked upon her shaking form with mocking amusement. "You however, you don't have that luxury. Especially not now."
"Why the fuck not?" She turned quickly, not waiting for an answer to tug once again at the door. Fear was prevailing, and she no longer cared about what information Ransom could get out of her, she just wanted out of this room.
"Because, my dear girl, you are locked into a small dark room, with a big bad vampire, who has not only superior strength, but about 200 years, and over a 100 lbs on you." He looked her up and down slowly. "I believe I'm the one with the advantage."
He walked over to the other side of the room, ignoring Skyler's cowering figure against the door, and put his cigarette to a candle that rested there. He repeated this action until a number of candles were lit, sending off a glow that seemed to warm the angles of his face in Skyler's frightened preception.
"I must say, it's not like you to cower, my dear."
"How the hell do you know? You don't know me, you know nothing about me!" She yelled, furious now at his mocking.
"I doubt that, darlin'. I sincerely doubt that." He laughed, a cold hard laugh that did nothing to soften the lines of his high cheekbones.
"Whatever."
"Ah, so now you're gonna pout, right? You're not going to ask me what I know? You have to ask, that's part of the fun." Ransom's eyes flashed a clear challenge at her, even as he mocked her.
Skyler sighed, and drooped against the door, coming to sit on the floor with her knees clutched to her chest. "Alright, what? What do you know about me?"
"Thank you." He looked at her bent head seriously for a moment, considering, before choosing his words with care. "I know that you're a very funny, witty even, person, charming when you choose, extremely intelligent, though you try to hide it, have an enormous book library, and work for Circle Daybreak.
You're incredibly neat and organized, passionate if you care enough, love if you have reason enough, leave if you fear enough. You're beautiful, deceitful, and you go up in flames when I touch you. I know more about you than most people know about someone they've known their whole lives."
Skyler slowly looked up at him, stunning blue eyes shining with unshed tears at his speech. He sat down gracefully in a plush chair in the softly lit room, and stared back at her.
"I also know that you intrigue me, and that you make me forget."
"Forget what?" She asked quietly, emotions on high.
"Everything." He looked away for a moment, before looking back, "Everything."
She stood shakily, and walked to stand between his long, outstretched legs, her eyes never leaving his for a moment. "How?"
Ransom reached out a hand to gently cup the side of her face, "By being with me."
She let out a quiet sob before placing her lips on his, and running trembling fingers through silky black hair. He groaned and pulled her into his lap, stroking the side of her neck as he deepened the kiss to a fever-pitch. Skyler ran her tongue over his teeth curiously, and felt the immediate growth, along with his moan and warning, watch where you tread, resounded throughout her mind, as he was both unwilling and unable to pull back enough to say it vocally to her.
She pulled away, and gazed down at him with hazy grey eyes. She licked her swollen lips, and watched his eyes dilate as he took in her actions. She could see the small indents in his full lower lip from his teeth, and pulled her long hair away from the side of her neck, guiding his mouth there with a hand on the back of his neck.
He rebelled, but stilled as he realized how much she wanted it, and bit quickly into the soft skin there.
Skyler sighed with pleasure, and closed her eyes as their minds merged with a bewildering array of light and silver.
I know you....
Skyler stood motionless, eyes searching the darkness from where Ransom's voice had come from.
"Surprised, darlin'?" He asked almost mockingly, cigarette lighting up his face eerily as he raised it to his lips.
She swallowed at the first sight of his face in three months, and proceeded to say the first, and therefore the most idiotic, thing that came to mind, "Smoking causes cancer you know."
"I don't believe I need to worry about that," He looked at her sardonically, "Do I."
Skyler cringed, and turned back to the door, only to find it locked quite thoroughly.
"What," Ransom drawled dangerously, not moving, "Circle Daybreak did not teach you how to pick a lock?"
"What?" Skyler laughed nervously, again trying the door, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't." He repeated softly, "I know everything."
"Oh really." She looked over her shoulder to glare at him out of shock.
Ransom took another slow drag, and turned icy eyes onto her slender form. "Really."
Involuntarily trembling as he kept his gaze on her, she had never felt so frightened in her life. She decided to do what she had always done, play dumb. "What are you talking about? You just can't take it that I left you to move here, can you?"
Anger, along with some other emotion flashed in his eyes for a moment before being replaced by solid, impenetrable amber. "That's it exactly, Skyler. I just couldn't face not having a Daybreak whore in my bed."
She sucked in her breath at his calm, yet harsh words. They hurt, even though it was something she had heard before. "How dare you...."
"Very easily. I dare, because I can afford to." He looked upon her shaking form with mocking amusement. "You however, you don't have that luxury. Especially not now."
"Why the fuck not?" She turned quickly, not waiting for an answer to tug once again at the door. Fear was prevailing, and she no longer cared about what information Ransom could get out of her, she just wanted out of this room.
"Because, my dear girl, you are locked into a small dark room, with a big bad vampire, who has not only superior strength, but about 200 years, and over a 100 lbs on you." He looked her up and down slowly. "I believe I'm the one with the advantage."
He walked over to the other side of the room, ignoring Skyler's cowering figure against the door, and put his cigarette to a candle that rested there. He repeated this action until a number of candles were lit, sending off a glow that seemed to warm the angles of his face in Skyler's frightened preception.
"I must say, it's not like you to cower, my dear."
"How the hell do you know? You don't know me, you know nothing about me!" She yelled, furious now at his mocking.
"I doubt that, darlin'. I sincerely doubt that." He laughed, a cold hard laugh that did nothing to soften the lines of his high cheekbones.
"Whatever."
"Ah, so now you're gonna pout, right? You're not going to ask me what I know? You have to ask, that's part of the fun." Ransom's eyes flashed a clear challenge at her, even as he mocked her.
Skyler sighed, and drooped against the door, coming to sit on the floor with her knees clutched to her chest. "Alright, what? What do you know about me?"
"Thank you." He looked at her bent head seriously for a moment, considering, before choosing his words with care. "I know that you're a very funny, witty even, person, charming when you choose, extremely intelligent, though you try to hide it, have an enormous book library, and work for Circle Daybreak.
You're incredibly neat and organized, passionate if you care enough, love if you have reason enough, leave if you fear enough. You're beautiful, deceitful, and you go up in flames when I touch you. I know more about you than most people know about someone they've known their whole lives."
Skyler slowly looked up at him, stunning blue eyes shining with unshed tears at his speech. He sat down gracefully in a plush chair in the softly lit room, and stared back at her.
"I also know that you intrigue me, and that you make me forget."
"Forget what?" She asked quietly, emotions on high.
"Everything." He looked away for a moment, before looking back, "Everything."
She stood shakily, and walked to stand between his long, outstretched legs, her eyes never leaving his for a moment. "How?"
Ransom reached out a hand to gently cup the side of her face, "By being with me."
She let out a quiet sob before placing her lips on his, and running trembling fingers through silky black hair. He groaned and pulled her into his lap, stroking the side of her neck as he deepened the kiss to a fever-pitch. Skyler ran her tongue over his teeth curiously, and felt the immediate growth, along with his moan and warning, watch where you tread, resounded throughout her mind, as he was both unwilling and unable to pull back enough to say it vocally to her.
She pulled away, and gazed down at him with hazy grey eyes. She licked her swollen lips, and watched his eyes dilate as he took in her actions. She could see the small indents in his full lower lip from his teeth, and pulled her long hair away from the side of her neck, guiding his mouth there with a hand on the back of his neck.
He rebelled, but stilled as he realized how much she wanted it, and bit quickly into the soft skin there.
Skyler sighed with pleasure, and closed her eyes as their minds merged with a bewildering array of light and silver.
I know you....
