Victoria came to see her new captive that her vulgons brought in, and she relished the anger that Alexis gave off. "Welcome." Victoria told her, but Alexis just spit at her. "My are you so much like your mother," she stated.
Alexis grew still at the mention of her mother. "Where is my mother? What have you done with her?" Alexis demanded to know.
Victoria smiled but did not answer. "Don't worry with your mother, Alexis. All you have to worry about is my orders. You'll be following them from this moment on."
Alexis smirked. "Highly unlikely, Victoria."
Victoria smirked again then stared into Alexis eyes, and Alexis noticed that they were different. Victoria was trying to hypnotize her, and she laughed. "Your cheap tricks won't work on me, Victoria, I have too much of my mother in me."
Victoria, realizing that Alexis spoke the truth, hissed under her breath and decided that the girl was useless to her. "Take her away!" Victoria demanded.
The vulgons obeyed and drug Alexis, who was kicking and screaming, through the dark hallways. She noticed that only torches shed light in the room, and she felt her heart begin to drown in a sea of darkness. There was too much darkness, but Alexis tried to steady herself. 'It is just your nerves. Give it a minute, then you will be all right.' Alexis knew she was lying to herself, but she had to just to feel better about being in a bleak prison that was nothing but darkness.
The vulgons forced Alexis into a dark room with a bed in one corner and chains hanging from the wall nearby. They chained Alexis up to the wall, and she screamed for no one in particular. She knew her screams were useless, but she had nothing else to do. Her magic was not skilled enough to win her an escape from the vulgons, so she didn't even try. Hot tears threatened to overtake Alexis as the vulgons paused to view their handiwork. 'I am stuck here,' she thought angrily. 'I am unable to return to my father, and I know nothing of my mother's condition. What am I to do?'
The vulgons left with heavy hearts; they didn't like causing pain for Alexis because they were good creatures. They were just too loyal to Victoria to disobey her and let Alexis run free. They were also watched by Victoria's little spy, Charp. The gnome made sure that the vulgons completed their assignment before he raced back to report to Victoria. He was skipping gleefully and entered Victoria's room, where he found her very stressed. "My lady, your vulgons have chained Alexis up," he said proudly as if he had chained the girl up on his own.
Victoria turned to Charp, who froze in her glare. "That girl was suppose to cooperate! Damn that Mae for passing on her stubbornness!"
Charp told Victoria, "Perhaps Evon can get her to change her mind and help you."
Victoria glared down at the gnome as she thought about his response. "It's a scatterbrained idea, but it has promise." She grinned evilly. "I like it. Perhaps my little human puppet can show his worth sooner than I planned. He should be rested by now. Come, Charp, let's go work our charm."
"Yes, my lady." Charp replied as he trailed Victoria's footsteps like her shadow.
Victoria rapped on Evon's door, and he opened it slightly. Victoria noticed he was freshly bathed and had washed his clothes. 'Good boy,' she thought. "Evon, come, I have a guest I'd like you to meet."
Evon just stared at her with his crazed, brown eyes. "Tell me who," he demanded.
Victoria's eye twitched at being demanded; she didn't like having to listen to demands, but Evon was her way to avenge herself. So, Victoria let his demands slide. "A girl," was all Victoria gave as a description.
Evon had a gleam in his eye and walked out of his room. He closed the door and told Victoria, "Why should I meet this girl?"
Victoria grinned. "Because the two of you could work together to bring your family down. Wouldn't you like to see that, Evon? See your family suffer for ignoring you." Victoria watched as her lies served as truths to Evon's crazed state.
"Yes, I would like to see that." Evon replied with an evil grin.
Victoria put her hand on Evon's arm. "Then follow me."
Evon willingly followed Victoria and Charp down a series of dark hallways that twisted and turned until they reached the room where Alexis was being held. Victoria stopped at the door. "She is in here," she told Evon. "Beware, she isn't so reluctant to help us yet."
Evon smiled. "Give her a chance to meet me. I'll change her mind," he told Victoria.
"Oh, how wonderful. That would be most helpful of you." Victoria said as she opened the doors lock with her magic.
The door slid open, and Victoria strolled on in. Alexis glared up at the sight of her. "What do you want?" Alexis asked her tone full of hate.
"I want you to meet someone." Victoria replied mocking Alexis with her smile.
Alexis growled, "I don't want to meet any of your minions, Victoria!"
Victoria smirked. "That's a shame, Alexis. But, he is not my minion; Evon is the key to my success. Evon, dear, come here."
Evon didn't like being ordered around, but he entered the room because he wanted to meet the girl that was standing her ground to Victoria. Evon gazed at the girl with reddish-blonde hair and felt an attraction to her. He smiled at her and watched as her confidence failed her. 'Well, that wasn't so hard. Funny I can reduce this girl to silence when Victoria failed to do the same with her magic.' Evon thought.
Victoria was jealous that Alexis spoke no more when Evon entered the room. 'Perhaps this is working too well,' she thought. Then she glanced over to Charp. 'I'll just take it out on Charp later.'
Alexis felt her mouth go dry as she looked up at Evon. She felt her body heat up in his presence, and that scared her. Her nerves had never turned to putty at the expense of another being, and she didn't like that Evon had done just that. Alexis stared to the ground just to avoid Evon's eyes. She still felt his gaze upon her, and it tormented her. 'Stop looking at me,' she thought in regards to Evon.
"Why is she in chains?" Evon asked.
Victoria glared over at Alexis and watched her squirm against the chains. "I wouldn't want her to run away."
Evon walked closer to Alexis, and she looked up at him. She appeared powerless as she looked up into his eyes, and he relished her helplessness. Evon touched Alexis's cheek with his fingertips, and Alexis shut her eyes and felt her body go weak. Victoria noticed that Evon had such an overpowering effect on Alexis, and she became jealous that he could force her to be quiet and be seemingly obedient. Victoria pulled Evon back by his arm and told him, "We should go now."
Evon glanced over at Victoria and felt a hate for her but didn't know why. She just commanded him, and he didn't care for that. He wanted to see harm come to her, especially for having Alexis chained up against her will. 'A woman so beautiful shouldn't be chained up,' he thought. He looked over at Alexis with lust, and Alexis had a look of fear in her eyes. Evon wanted to relieve Alexis of that fear, but Victoria kept pulling at his sleeve.
He gave Alexis one final look before following Victoria out of the room. He felt the urge to burst back into the room and free Alexis of her chains. But, Charp was keeping an eye on him. Not that Evon couldn't have taken Charp down; he just preferred to pick on creatures his own size, and Charp was one-forth his size. He glared down at the gnome, who shuddered in Evon's gaze. 'Nice to know he's afraid of me.' Evon thought. 'I can use that to my liking later by threatening him to get past him.'
Victoria held onto Evon's wrist tightly because she knew he would go back to Alexis if she slackened her grip. 'I can't afford to have him setting her free because she is too important now. I have to find a way to overpower her will, then she will be more use to me than Evon will be.' Victoria looked over at Evon, who still glared at her. 'His attitude is far from seeming obedient. What if he doesn't want to help me? Who am I joking? I will just have to use stronger magic on his will or this new personality I've opened up.'
"Who is that girl?" Evon asked demandingly.
Victoria sighed. "The daughter of my enemies."
Evon let out a demonic laugh. "How many enemies do you have, Victoria? My family, her family, and who else Victoria?"
Victoria scowled at Evon. "Laugh all you want, boy. I'm in control here, no matter how smug you are."
Evon quit laughing and resumed his glare. "I don't think you have the guts to control me, Victoria."
Victoria stopped and grabbed Evon and shoved him against the wall, which caused the wall to crack around Evon's body. "Listen to me," she growled. "You'll never be able to kill Tyrney without my help. You need me." Her eyes glared up at Evon, who stared down at her.
"Why do I need to kill Tyrney?"
"Kill him to get back at your parents. Don't you remember what I've told you?" Victoria's eyes softened and saw Evon's eyes darken. His mind remembered what he'd been told, but he didn't know they were lies.
"All right, you have a point." Evon admitted.
Victoria smiled. "Yes, I do." She let Evon down, and dusted off his shoulder. He kept a scowl on his face, but she ignored it because she had won in terms of superiority. He would listen to her no matter how head strung he was because she was stronger than he was. Victoria took great pride in that. "We will devise a plan soon. We need to know your brother's whereabouts first."
"Indeed," was all Evon said to her. He didn't want to converse with Victoria because he was angry that she had more magic aiding her every move than he had intended. 'I could still kill her,' he thought. 'One shot from my revolver in the right place would lay her down.' He waited until Victoria turned around before he glared at her anymore.