A Light In The Dark

Chapter1

The three Baudelaire orphans sat in the living room on an old tattered couch waiting to be dismissed for bed. They were tired, and very weary from the hard days work of accomplishing every task Count Olaf wrote out for them on a large laundry list of chores.

"How did we ever get ourselves back into this situation!" Klaus mourned over their misfortune of finding themselves back in the clutches of the horrible Count Olaf. It had been nearly three years since their first stay at Olaf's home and they were all quite unhappy to find themselves back again.

"Mr. Poe is an idiot, that's how." Violet replied, shaking her head with regret. Violet had grown up a lot since they had last been here. At 17 and a half, she was no longer a child, having been forced to grow up a long time ago.

"Don't worry Klaus, I'll be 18 soon and when the time comes, I will become you and Sunny's guardian, Count Olaf won't get a cent of our inheritance- I swear it!"

"You can't say that Violet, you just can't..." Violet couldn't blame Klaus for being so pessimistic, nor could she deny the impending sense of doom hanging on the air. It had been there since their arrival here, things were different, intangible things that Violet couldn't quite put her finger on. Something was strange about Olaf, sure he was his old evil self but Violet sensed something about him when he regarded her. He was still quite nasty, but his undermining tone was almost entirely gone when speaking to her. When he looked at her in his strange way, she thought that perhaps he too noticed a change in her. She tried not to think about it, but images and thoughts of him always returned to her, leaving an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. Nobody had ever made her feel like this, and she felt it often, especially when she made eye contact with him for more than a few seconds. Klaus noticed Violet sitting silently beside him, a look or earnestness on her face.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing Klaus absolutely nothing…" Sunny uttered a small squeak as the door flung open and Count Olaf entered the room.

"There you are Orphans, waiting quite obediently I see. You look tired, why don't I get on with my inspection so I can send you to your attic. This house better be clean if you plan on sleeping at all tonight." He left the room and returned a few moments later.

"Well, everything looks clean I must admit, as clean as this place could ever get I suppose…go on then, get to bed!" As Violet moved to follow her siblings she felt a rough grasp on her shoulder.

"Not you girl, I need a word with you." Violets gaze met Klaus and she shook her head as if to say, "go on I'll be fine". Once her brother and sister were gone, Violets stomach turned over when she realized that she was alone with this man who made her feel so strange. Violet's eyes scanned the dimly lit room for a distraction, anything to avoid looking him in the eye.

"Look at me Violet, let me see that face that haunts me so." Violet took a breath and looked at him, doing her best not to appear weak.

"I've haunted you? You are the one who haunts. I can't begin to count the nights I've laid awake at night, frightened that you'd have us once again, and now that you do it's almost a relief not to have to worry about it. But now I am afraid of what you have in store for us. What do you want with me? I am very tired."

"I'm tired too Violet, tired of trying to ignore this thing between us. Don't look so confused you know exactly what I'm talking about. You don't think I've noticed the reaction I see from you when I enter a room. I used to think it was fear, but I know you are too strong to show such things. So I guess I'll have to break you." He reached out a hand – Violet shrinked from his touch, waiting for the pain, but he only caressed her cheek, making her weaker than any strike ever could.

"Do I disgust you?" she shook her head no. He touched her again, she closed her eyes and her body was racked with a series of shivers; fear and excitement all at the same time. Violet opened her eyes and came to her senses.

"Please – please don't touch me."

"Ah, but I can see that you like it."

"No god no!" Olaf smiled at her.

"Why do you try to deny what you feel Violet? Don't you understand you're an animal with instincts, its only natural to follow your instincts."

"You're the animal! What do you mean natural? You ruined my life. Why should you make me feel anything but disgust."

"Because deep within your young heart you want me. You want excitement, danger, the villain not the hero." Violet shut her eyes, trying with all she had to deny his words yet she could not lie to her heart, which knew the truth in what he said. She had tried, oh how hard she had fought to chase away the images of Olaf that visited her at night as she waited for sleep.

"Don't let it trouble you girl, why deny yourself anything. Don't you know life it meant to be enjoyed? Follow what you feel." He leaned in closer to her and she studied his face so close to her own. Examined his chiseled features, seeing him in an entirely different light. She imagined him as he would have looked in his younger years, and came to think that he must have been quite handsome. Without warning, Olaf Began what he knew would melt the girls opposition. He began to kiss her, not on the lips for that was far to personal, but on her jaw line, trailing his lips along up to her earlobe, which he flickered with his tongue. He heard her gasp and felt her tremble.

"Tell me to stop Violet", but she didn't so he began unbuttoning the front of her dress with his long fingers.

"All you have to do is say the word and I will." Hearing no reply he continued his work on the buttons until he had reached their end, just below her bellybutton. He slipped the think material off her shoulders so that she stood there with her top undergarment exposed. He began to unlace it, all the while watching her face, which held an expression of both shock and wonder. When he moved to pull it completely off she reached out stopping him.

"Please not here, I would die if Klaus or Sunny -." Without letting her finish he lifted her into his arms and carried her up the stairs through the door of his room which he locked behind him.

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