Jenny felt very comfortable. The warmth of a comfy bed was surrounding her, its silky covers gently enfolding Jenny's skin. She smiled slowly but surely, her body echoing the fact that her recently awakened sleep had been well needed indeed.
Jenny froze for a moment as she recalled all that had happened before her welcomed sleep.
She had played another fame with the Shadow man, this time losing. Her friends…..
She had been very hard on her friends, she thought absently. But she had been so enthralled in the idea of actually coming to terms with her passion and desire for Julian, that everything else had just left her mind. Then she had followed him through the doorway.
For a while Jenny thought about her friends and about the new life she was about to start. She wondered what she would have to do, where she would live.
Well, Jenny pondered, there is only one way to find that out.
All this time Jenny had been starting absently at her hand on the pillowcase, but now she actually looked around herself. She was in a massive four-poster bed: the beams were of a really dark wood held forever in the most intricate of designs. Black curtains with gold trims ran the entire way around the bed, hanging shut; at the moment.
Jenny fumbled around trying to find the opening. When she found it she hesitated for a moment then drew aside the curtain.
What greeted her was a large room. Gold, black and red being the primary colours, Jenny gaped at that magnificence of it all. There was a dressing table with a large decorated mirror, a pitch-black wardrobe (big enough to walk into), two elegant couches with a small glass table (pure glass all over), a fireplace!
Looking around Jenny imagined she had woken up in a Royalty bedroom. Then she remembered she was in the shadow world and that Julian could create anything here.
Crawling herself at last from the bed, she was going to continue her search of the room but a door opened to her right. She whirled around, not knowing who to expect, she immediately expected the worst. What that was, she didn't know. Involuntarily she stepped backwards. The door opened slowly, as if it was really heavy.
What faced her was not a demon, monster or any other kind of foe. It was Julian. His white hair and blue eyes were more pronounced than ever now they were in the shadow world. He looked up and as he viewed Jenny there his eyes gleamed.
He came in bearing a tray full with breakfast.
Jenny's stomach grumbled as she saw the pancakes and her mouth watered at the look of fresh orange juice. She realised that it had been quite a while since she last had a decent meal.
"Thought you might be hungry" he said walking over to put the tray on the table in front of the fire place.
"You thought right" replied Jenny as she followed him to the table and sat down in the seat.
The seat was very soft and immediately took her to the right level so she could eat comfortably from the table. Julian sat opposite her as she picked up the knife and fork and started eating. She closed her eyes at the first mouthful, savouring the taste of pancakes made just how she liked them.
As she swallowed and opened her eyes she saw Julian watching her protectively.
"So," she said, while cutting up another mouthful, "why did you use the door?"
Briefly his eyes flashed knowingly, then he lowered his lids secretly before saying "politeness," then added glancing straight at her again "and because it was fun to watch your face."
"You've been watching it for over a century, aren't you getting tired of it yet?" she asked aspirated.
"I never tire of you Jenny," he replied quietly, "I never will."
She looked up and his eyes bore into her soul.
"What did you do with my friends?"
"They are around."
"Where?"
"That would be telling Jenny, I can't do that!"
"Can you give me a hint?"
He burst out in laughter, his eyes full of mirth as he watched her start eating again.
"Ready to start another game so soon Jenny?"
She looked up sharply, fearing that he would indeed start yet another game, yet her heart was already increasing in pace through excitement. She looked at her hands in bafflement at herself.
She felt, rather than heard, Julian getting up out of his seat.
She watched him out of the corner of her eye as he moved himself next to her. He put his arm around her, tingles went through her body and she leaned into the touch. "Oh, Jenny, you care so much about your friends, you don't have to do that anymore. You are in a world where it is just you and me, together."
She stood up so that he could embrace her properly. As his arms went around her and Jenny let him support her fully, leaning into his body while his arms went around her and his hands roamed her body. One hand went to the back of her head, smoothing the hair, while the other went to her waist.
Jenny felt very comforted and protected and trusted to the fact that Julian was near. She let him control her body, moving in slight movements under his instigations. She looked up at him as she realised they were nearing the bed again. He directed his gaze straight into her eyes and she felt no fear. She sat on the bed. His head went to her neck and the kisses he placed there made her whole body shudder. She thought he would go on longer, but first he edged away and looked up at her again.
"Are you sure Jenny?"
She nodded and answered a positive before kissing his lips as seductively as she knew how.
