CHAPTER 20

During the evening, Sarah danced with King Elwin, a few fae men and a couple elven men. Jareth was fun and she enjoyed his company most of all. It had been a few hours into the ball.

Sarah and Merlara we're having a food break together. Merlara said, "You look so pretty out there dancing. I heard all the younger royals my age wondering why you, a human, have all the good looking men dancing with you. They're so jealous of you. It made me laugh and I had to give them the right and straight of it. I told them you're just as much fae as human. I told them you're a titled Lady and they better leave their remarks about you to a minimum in the Fairy Kingdom, Elven Kingdom, Goblin Kingdom and Pixie Kingdom because you are friends with the royals in all three. They pretty much shut up after that." Sarah looked at her and laughed.

Sarah said, "You're loving this court game playing stuff aren't you? You like planting seeds in their minds and letting it all grow in gossiping directions. I'll be the ruler of the whole Underground by morning if I let you keep carrying on." Merlara laughed out loud.

Merlara said, "At least with you the ruler I'd feel just fine with that." Sarah smiled and kissed her cheek.

Sarah said, "I love you, too, my little one."

Jareth came walking up. He said, "Time to rest my leg for a little while. Sorry, Princess, I want to steal Lady Ashar away for a bit." Sarah smiled and waved goodbye as Jareth led her off to a secluded balcony.

Jareth sat down on a bench and Sarah sat next to him.

Sarah asked, "So, how's the leg? You were out there dancing for a while like me. I was dancing with the Prince of this and the Lord of that. It becomes such a blur after a while."

Jareth stretched his leg out and said, " My leg is a bit sore is all. That's how it always is at these social events, Sarah. It's a royal show of socialization and liaison. Are you at least having fun?"

Sarah said, "Yes. It's my second ball and you were at both of them. The first I shattered but this one I stuck around for."

Jareth was watching her lips and said, "I'm glad you stuck around. I wanted to do this last time." He slid his fingers in the nape of her neck and caressed her cheek with his thumb. He kissed her lips and passionately caressed her lips with his tongue to gain entry. She opened and he slid inside her warm depths. It was like time stopped in a passionate bubble. After a few moments, he turned and pulled her body into his. His hands smoothed over her dress squeezing her hip.

He started kissing her neck and breasts, the tops were peeking out of her dress. He said, "Sarah, oh Sarah mine, I need you so desperately. Will you come to my room tonight? I'll only go as far as you let me. I promise. I just want to hold you next to my body and feel your skin touching mine. You taste so sweet and feel so good."

Sarah passionately gasped for breath as her heart raced and said, "I don't know, Jareth. I might get lost in you. It's all moving so fast. I've never done this before."

Jareth said, "If you get lost I'll find you again. I'll catch you. I swear, I won't hurt you. Don't be afraid. Let me love you." He kissed her in a burning all consuming kiss. She was losing her control. He was so tempting and dead sexy. He felt so good to touch and kiss. She wanted to lose her virginity to him. She wanted to know how it felt to touch a man's bare skin and feel it against her own. It had been too long waiting for him. His mouth was so sweet like honey. She was completely tempted by him.

She whispered, "Only if you catch me when I fall."

He smiled and said, "Oh my love, you are the epitome of beauty and passion."

She said catching her breath, "I'll go tell Merlara. I'm leaving now with you and I'll see her tomorrow." Sarah stood up and left the balcony. As she was leaving she passed by another balcony entry and was snatched into it. The man was Prince Lorsan of the Unicorn Kingdom, if she recalled and there was Princess Alidonna, Lord Crichton and Lord Folwin. They were grinning and leering at her.

Lorsan put a binding spell on her and a silencing spell on her. He said in her ear, "Your going to be such a sweet little morsal for the High King to fuck. He'll wear that pretty pussy of yours out and leave it slicked with blood from torturing you. You make me hard, from just thinking about it." Sarah wondered how her jewelry failed to allow this. Sarah struggled against the binding spell. Lorsan put his hand on her head and she collapsed into total blackness. Lorsan put her over his shoulder.

Alidonna said impatiently, "Come on, it's time to leave and get this over with." They all five vanished.

Jareth wondered what was taking Sarah so long. He got up and started looking for her everywhere. He went up to Merlara and said, "Sarah came to find you. Do you know where she is?"

Merlara looked puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't seen her since you left with her from the food tables a while ago."

Jareth said, "I need to speak to your father. I think something has happened to Sarah." Merlara and he went to her father who was talking to the Unicorn King Rhys.

Jareth said, "May I speak to you for a moment, your Majesty?" The king excused himself.

King Elwin asked, "What is it, Jareth?"

Jareth said, "I think something has happened to Sarah. She is gone. She was going to tell Merlara goodnight and we were leaving the ball. She never came back and I don't see her anywhere. I have a really bad feeling that my father somehow is involved."

King Elwin said, "Let me send out the guards to search the Palace." He turned and left the ballroom.

After two hours of searching by utilizing all of the guards in force, there was no sign of Sarah or the Prince and Princess of the Unicorn Kingdom. Their father was searching for them and both were gone also. They were last seen with Lord's Folwin and Crichton, both from the Fairy Kingdom. They had been together with them all evening, according to guests. Both Lord's were missing too.

Jareth made a crystal to view Alidonna. She was in a passionate kiss with his father in the High Palace. He brought up a view on Lorsan. He was also in the High Palace talking with Crichton and Folwin. He still could not see Sarah.

Jareth said to King Elwin and Rhys, "The Prince and Princess and both Lord's are at the High Palace with my father. He's been hunting Sarah and if they conspired with him and harmed her, I will end them all. I give you fair warning. I would go to war over this."

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Sarah woke up on a dirty dungeon floor. She was still restrained in a body binding and silencing spell. She looked around and it looked like a dark medieval sex tourture chamber. Sarah about blew a fit struggling to get out of the binding spell.

A fae woman came into the cell. She looked haggard and weary. She levitated Sarah over to a bed on the one side of the room. The fae had a hard and serious look on her face.

She said, "I'm sorry about this and what's about to happen to you. I have to clean you up and prepare you for the High King to rape and torture you. I wish I could help you but he has me magically chained to this palace and he tortures me too if I disobey him. Please, forgive me for my part in your demise. She vanished all Sarah's clothes to have her completely naked. She cuffed her legs apart onto a bar that kept her legs spread widely apart. It was anchored to a chain on the ceiling. Sarah struggled trying to talk.

The woman said, "I can undo the silencing spell only if you promise not to scream at me. You'll be doing enough of that later on." Sarah nodded. She waved her hand and Sarah could talk.

Sarah said, "I know you're frightened and I know you think I can't help you. I can get us both out, if you want to come with me." She started to remove Sarah's jewelry.

Sarah said, "Stop. Don't take them off. I want to prove I can help you."

The fae lady huffed and said, "How can a human woman help me? You have no magic."

Sarah said, "I half fae. I have my own magic. The jewelry just fills in the blanks in the magic I don't have. Somehow they must have used something to block my jewelry. Watch. I 'wish' my clothing and accessories were all back on and I was free of this binding spell and uncuffed." The clothes reappeared on her body, the cuffs undid themselves and Sarah sat up. The woman had her mouth hanging open.

The fae woman said, "Take me with you, please?" Sarah felt sorry for her and said, "I'll send you out of harm's way, but you must find what's blocking my jewelry, it must be something on me and not my clothes. You must also tell me what you know their plot was about." They both began searching her exposed skin. The woman was telling her about everything they planned for her and Jareth. The woman was running her hands up and down the back of Sarah's skin and dress. She felt a tiny bump in the middle of her shoulder blades, but it was invisible. The woman peeled off the bump and it appeared as a black patch no bigger than the head of an eraser.

She showed it to Sarah and said, "It must blend into the skin and become invisible when in full contact." Sarah pulled up her dress and pulled her gun out of the holster and put the dot in the holster and put her gun back in place.

Sarah said, "I'm going to send you to the Fairy King's Palace and directly to the Fairy King Elwin tell him where they are and who's involved and what he is trying to do like you told me."

The woman said, "My name is Elsabeth. There is a binding spell to the Palace on me."

Sarah said, "I 'wish' to send Elsabeth to King Elwin in the Fairy Kingdom and release her from the binding to the High Palace." Elsabeth disappeared. Sarah thought, 'Now, I have to deal with this messy nest of dirty bastards.'

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Elsabeth materialized in front of a room of monarchs. She knelt down on her knees in submission in front of them. King Elwin stood up and Jareth did too. King Elwin asked, "Who are you?" Jareth recognized the servant of his father.

Elsabeth said, "Lady Sarah sent me to tell you everything I know. The High King is a sadist and wanted to rape torture and kill her. He has done it to many humans by the thousands. He was plotting with Lord Crichton, Lord Folwin, Prince Lorsan and Princess Alidonna to capture Lady Sarah. He promised fortunes to each of them and the Goblin Kingdom to Princess Alidonna, his lover. Lord Crichton had a secret something or other to help them get her after a Lord Garrik identified her from the Goblin King calling her by her name at breakfast one morning. Lord Garrik came straight to the High King complaining about his treatment in the Fairy Kingdom. The High King executed him and the bounty hunter that had been looking for Lady Sarah. She and I found a patch on her between her shoulder blades that was invisible. It blocked her jewelry from working and must have been Lord Crichton's. She said she wanted me out of harm's way for helping her get freed."

Jareth asked, "Why didn't she come with you?"

She said still in submission, "I think she wanted to deal with them herself."

Jareth started pacing. He said, "She could get hurt dealing with five fae and guards at his command."

King Elwin said, "She dealt simply with two faes. If you interfere. I don't know if she would like that. She is a very capable woman. If she is freed and her jewelry is working again. You better let her handle it. I have a feeling we are going to have a new High King after this and King Rhys will need to find that grandchild he suspects Lorsan has been hiding from him."

Jareth said, "But she is only half fae."

Prince Kieran said, "She can fight, wish and creatively think. I wouldn't worry. Have a little faith in her."

—--

Sarah said out loud, "I 'wish' to have my full men's clothing in all black and my hair braided down my back with all my weapons on the same as when I'm ready for traveling except for my bow set and cloak. Her clothes changed into her men's black outfit. She had her knives, sword and gun holstered at her back. She tucked her braid down her back and activated her Invisibility ring.

Sarah silently walked out of the dungeons and past guards until she found the five royals in the palace throne room. They were some sick ass people having a orgy with each other after kidnapping her and thinking she's being prepared for rape and torture. Sarah found them revolting and twisted. She slipped in the room and they were unaware of her. Sarah said out loud but quietly, "I 'wish' this room to be sealed and the magic drained out of these five people and sent to the Labyrinth to recharge it's magic and to put some clothes on these five stupid people." The magic swirled and swayed up out of the room and clothes appeared on all five of the fae in the room interfering with their sex acts knocking them back from one another.

Alidonna said weakly, "Suddenly, I don't feel so good."

The High King, "Me neither. I'm dizzy."

Sarah said loudly, "That's because the magic has been ripped from all five of you and you are a bunch of sick twisted perverted demon spawn." All five of them picked themselves up off the ground, and we're looking around. They were all trying to form crystals and couldn't.

The High King said, "Who is that? Who are you? Who do you think you are to do this to us?"

Sarah stealthily walked around the room and said, "I am Justice…. I am your worst nightmare…. I will tip the scale back in favor of life….. You are murderous mutants…. Deviate filth…. Killing the innocent warping the minds and enslaving others in your torturous delights…. Contributing to corruption and blood…." She was moving in different directions in-between sentences. The acoustics of the room were throwing them off at where they were looking. She stood still.