Author's Note – Sorry I haven't written in a long time. I finally graduated, WOOT! I've been so busy getting into college, but I'm finally here. I'll hopefully be able to write more often now. As usual, Thanks to all reviewers. I also changed how the story is going to end so sorry if I told any reviewers it was going to have a different type of ending.

Disclaimer – I do NOT own Legacy of Kain. If I did Umah would have had a nicer outfit.

Torment of the Angel

Umah sat numbly on her bed. It had been three days, three pathetic days and she was already so wretchedly beaten. The lack of flight, free air and the atmosphere of the sanctuary were killing her. She was already a mewling kitten merely waiting for Kain to come and release her from this depraved mercy. She should have been thankful for his cruel kindness. He could have had her chained to the dungeon walls and left there; he could have ripped off her wings or removed the bones as he had done to Raziel. A stealthy observer caught the queen unaware as he made his ghostly entrance into her chambers. A hand brushed her cheek before she noticed her lover standing there. The light shone making him look like some sort of fierce spirit, perhaps a wood elf. He stood before the window that the queen had been gazing through a moment before.

"I think that it's time that we reviewed the rules Umah." He purred before he struck her across the face.

"There will be no more dalliances from my affections. If you want seduction, mystery, or just plain tough love than I am the one you turn to!" came the deep voice of the lord of all vampires.

An enraged Kain took her silence as silent defiance and grabbed her by the throat and slammed her into the wall. She made a slight gasp and tried to speak, but couldn't much to Kain's amusement. He chuckled at her attempts to protest his brute force on her person. She grabbed at his wrists and scratched furiously trying to win the fight against time. She had only seconds until she would faint and then what he would do was anyone's guess. She fell to the floor just as her wings flared, air filled her lungs as she gasped trying to deplete the room of precious oxygen. Kain was only further amused by her actions.

"You see my dear there is no life without me. I am the only thing that stands between you and death's door right now. I will be merciful if you agree to be my faithful consort once again you whore. Otherwise I will throw you into the abyss like your ill-fated lover Raziel." Kain snarled

"I was never his lover Kain. Your eyes seem to be deceiving you as of late." The queen snapped absolutely livid

"I will give you one more chance Umah, death or me, your lord?" Kain asked

"I choose life, pathetic though it may be." Umah snarled, Hell's fire blazing in her eyes.

"I knew you were an intelligent vampire from the first." He quipped

"You know nothing about me! You have no idea what I've bee through!" she screamed

"Be so kind as to enlighten me Umah."

"No! I'm not your plaything Kain. Can't you see that there is one being in Nosgoth beyond blind allegiance to you? I need to be free Kain; I need to fly. I can't live like this anymore. There is no trust between us; there is no love, no compassion anymore. We are two enemies at war, why can't you see?" the queen answered

"That is not true Umah. I loved you before, I love you now and I will love you in the future. You just believe that you are right and that Zephon and Dumah are lying to me!"

"That's because they did Kain. Your own sons lied to you to for their own petty reasons. He kissed my wing, that much is true, but he didn't kiss my lips. They are for you alone." The empress spoke "Since I am not trusted in my own home I will take my leave. Thank You for the ways you loved me and sheltered me from the life I used to live. Though I won't return to my old life I will cast off this new one."

"Then go. I will give you one week's start, but if I find you after that then you will be mine. Go out and feed, be that untamed thing, the huntress that you are. I will find you and bring you back to me. Now go!" Kain replied flatly

"Then I will take my leave, Good Bye Kain. I wish it could have been otherwise for us."