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This chapter focuses on introducing Austin, his world, and what he wants from Ally. Things will tend to be a little more adult, so if you aren't interested in that, turn back now.

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Chapter: 5

New Life and New Struggles

Austin's POV:

It finally happened, she's all mine now and no one can take her away. The contract on her chest is proof enough though I'll go into more detail about it later. Now, all I have to do is cross the border between this world and mine and I'm home free.

Riding a horse to the entrance was not my first choice in transportation. Normally I would use my magic to just teleport over, but I now had Ally with me and I still wasn't sure how well she would handle it. I didn't want her getting sick before she could settle in.

Speaking of Ally…

"Move… that… hand!" I heard her say. I smirked knowing exactly what she meant. My hand was currently making its way up her legs, until she stopped me.

She had woken up a couple of minutes after we had left the Dawson manor and we hadn't exactly gotten off on the right foot. In fact, she used her right foot to kick me in the shin, not that it hurt. I kept her hands and ankles bound to keep her from escaping, but it probably wasn't necessary. The nearest village is too far for even her to get to.

Keeping her bound also allowed me free liberty to do whatever I damn well pleased with her and I was enjoying every part of it. It had started as innocent; the horse had jumped a fallen log and she had fallen against me, her backside rubbing against my crotch in the process. She had immediately pulled back, but that made ideas pop into my head.

I decided to be adventurous by first placing my left hand on her waist. She did seem surprised by it, but I covered with the excuse that she was sliding from the saddle. Slowly, I raised my hand up the side of her body, cupping her breast in the process. I bowed my head to her neck, nipping and sucking at it. These moments made me feel like everything that happened before was well worth it.

Ally, however wasn't enjoying any of it. At least that's what she said; her body was giving off completely different signals. I knew somewhere inside her, she wants it just as much as I do and now, I'm putting it to the test.

Every chance I got I had my hands on her and each time she would either tell me or swat my hand away. I was slightly annoyed, yet slightly humored by it.

"You know you can't hide anything from me. I know your enjoying just as much as I 'am." I leaned my head back down to nuzzle my nose into her hair. Even though we had been in the rain, her hair still smelled like camellia blossoms. I felt her jump as her elbow went into my stomach. It didn't affect me as I brought my focus to something else. I saw Ally's eyes follow mine towards a towering semi-circle of trees.

The entrance to my world, also known as Eldarin, the land of the magical and the feared, loomed over us we stopped in front of it. I saw the portal, a swirling mass of magic, begin to light up and I jumped down from my horse, grabbing Ally along the way and carrying her bridal style. I saw the immediate fear in her eyes as she stared at the portal as if she knew what would happen.

Once we step through, that's it; Ally can never venture outside Eldarin without me or Dez. And I know Dez would never betray my trust to help her escape me.

Normally, no human would even think to venture in, for fear of the unknown, but for someone like me, it was a simple walk through and we would arrive at my covenant or village as the human call it. I felt Dez fly down and land on my shoulder as I began to walk towards the portal. I felt Ally turn her head into my chest as we walked through it.

Ally's POV:

I turned my head inwards as he walked through that strange opening in the tree line. I knew this was it. This one moment would define what happens to me; becoming this man's personal slave, where he could do whatever he wanted and I wouldn't be able to fight him. Would that stop me from trying? Hell to the No!

When he walked through it, I felt as through all the wind had been knocked out me. Every time I opened my mouth it was a struggle to breathe. When we finally came out on the other side, I couldn't believe my eyes.

We were standing in front of what must have been the main road as it opened to small houses on each side with people trying to sell their wares. Down towards the center was a large fountain with four different statues stood in the middle.

"The four different statues represent the four main species of our world; the warlock and witches, the fair folk, werewolves, and finally, the vampires. Fair warning though, if you ever come into contact with the last two, you're as good as dead." I heard Dez say.

When had he morphed back into his regular form? Or is the bird form his real form? Yeah, like that's the important thing to think about right now.

Austin then started walking through the long road and I noticed that people had begun bowing to him as he walked. I also noticed that they these 'people' were very strange looking; some of them had cat-like eyes with pointed ears, other looked like tall, walking, talking animals, and others look like they had crawled out of my worst nightmares. There were some that looked like regular humans, but were probably far from normal. Who am I kidding, we left normal behind a long time ago.

I felt Austin begin to climb stairs as I saw we had come to a giant, dark brick castle with others dressed in butler tuxedos and maid uniforms were standing. I saw one man come towards Austin and bowed before him.

"Welcome home, my lord. I see that everything went according to your plan." He said, looking towards me. Looking at this man I could see he was more of a lizard man, with scaly skin, bright yellow eyes, and a tail to match. Austin simply nodded towards him and began to ascend another set of stairs.

He carried me towards doors that lead into a bedroom, his bedroom by the look of it. He unceremoniously dropped me the bed, unbinding my hands and ankles in the process and walked towards me. I scooted back on the bed only to come in contact with the headboard. He smirked at me, knowing I had nowhere else to go, and began removing his shirt.

He crawled on the bed towards me and I flinched knowing what he might have planned.

No One's POV:

He hadn't even touched her and she was already shaking like a leaf. Austin knew that this would happen, but it was a surprise none the less. He recoiled himself and moved to sit at the foot of the bed.

"Don't worry; I won't do anything to you." Ally raised her head and stared wide eyed at him, "When it does happen, it will be because we both want it. Which I can guarantee you will want someday."

"You are crazy to think I would ever let you touch me in that way. You take me from my home, my family without even considering how it might affect them. You truly are crazy to even suggest anything might happen between us." Ally couldn't hold back when her fist came roaring across the space between them. She closed her eyes, expecting impact with his face, when she felt… nothing.

She opened her eyes and saw that her fist was hanging in mid-air. Her eyes widen as Austin's smirk appeared again. He grabbed her wrist and placed her flat on her back with him hovering over her.

"Let me explain what will happen from now on; that circle emblazed on your chest is my stamp of ownership on you. You can no longer leave anywhere in this world without me present, you can't harm me, and from now on, you will share my bed. If you try to break these rules, punishment is permitted, in any way shape or form." He growled the last part and Ally became scared for her life now. None of what he said could possibly be good news for her.

He smirked down at her and began to lean his head towards her. Ally clenched her hands as he got closer to her, but as sudden as he leaned in, he leaned away from her. Austin got off and proceeded to place his shirt back on.

"But, for now I think you may want to freshen yourself up a bit. There's a festival tonight in honor of the full moon and it be best if you didn't look like a complete slob." He said as though he meant it to somehow be a compliment. Ally only stared at his retreating back, her eyes looking as though she could burn a hole right through it.

Austin then walked out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him. It was then that Ally proceeded to throw herself into the pillow on the bed and cry. Everything was wrong. She shouldn't be here; she should be with her parents, Trish, and all the people that care about, heck she would even prefer to have Dallas with her. Anyone, but this man, who felt he had some supernatural claim over her.

All she wanted, at this very moment, was her mother's arms around her as she felt everything slip out from under her.

Outside the room, Austin stood by the door, listening as Ally sobs broke whatever was left of his heart. He knew all of this would hurt her, but he knew that with time she would forget her old like and enjoy the life she would make here. He sighed and proceeded to walk towards his study, where Dez was waiting for him. The look on Dez's face told more than he wanted to hear.

"You didn't tell her yet, did you?" Dez asked. Austin shook his head.

"I would rather wait until tonight, when I announce my own plans to the entire covenant. She won't be able to say or do anything with others watching." He said as he walked towards his desk and opened the right-hand drawer. He pulled out a rectangular box, which when opened, revealed an amulet in the shape of a crescent moon with a wolf howling at it. Four stars ran through the moon and each carried a small, circle shaped jewel. The amulet represented the motif of his family, the Moon family. It was a little cliché, but it wasn't his decision on what it would look like.

Dez, his eyes widening significantly, knew what that amulet represented. He couldn't believe that Austin would go that far to keep this girl. He approached his friend and looked him in the eye,

"Please, Austin, don't take it that far. You know what that amulet represents and you could very well make this girl hate you even more than she probably already does. Don't you want this girl to like you?" Dez pleaded with Austin as he placed a hand on his friend's hand. He ripped his hand from Dez's grip and placed the box in his coat pocket.

"I wouldn't be speaking out against me if I were you. You maybe my friend, but Ally isn't and will never be your priority. By our contract, she is mine to do with as I see fitting and so, nothing you say or do will change my idea of what to do." Austin lifted his hand in a way that mimicked squeezing someone's throat, "You are also my familiar and therefore, cannot go against me. If I even catch a whiff of you trying to help her escape, I will not hesitate to end you."

Austin left the room, box in hand, and left Dez standing in the room, too stunned to move. He had known Austin his whole life; he knew that Austin could be dangerous and that he can easily end somebody's life without even blinking his eyes. But, Austin had never spoken like that to him, ever.

Dez now understood that this new Austin could either be very good or very bad as time went on. He only hoped Ally would never see that side of him. Gods be good that he never raised his hand to her in any way.

Ally's POV:

After crying into my pillow for a couple of minutes, I heard a knock at the door before someone entered the room. I looked up and saw a young girl walk into the room, towels and bath supplies in hand. She bowed to me as she spoke,

"Good day, my lady, my name is Brooke and I shall be your lady's maid while you are staying here. If you will follow me, I shall help prepare you for your bath." She said as she walked over to the door on the right side of the room.

I looked at her, wary of why she was even here, before standing up from the bed. I could tell from the look in her eyes that she didn't want to be here either. I walked with her to the bathroom and was in awe of what I saw. This bathroom had to be bigger than my entire room with a large tub in the middle of the room, large windows that overlooked the entire village, and small white doves flitting in the windows. It took me awhile before I heard the sound of someone clearing their throat for me to realize I wasn't alone.

I looked up and saw Brooke holding her arms out towards me. I realized she wanted to help me remove my tattered and torn nightgown from my body. I blushed slightly before telling her that I could do that myself. She seemed taken aback by it, but allowed me to do. I also had her turn around to have some sort of modesty.

I lifted the nightgown over my head and off my body when I felt a pair of eyes back on me. I looked back and saw Brooke staring at me with an unimpressed look on her face. It disappeared as soon as I locked eyes with her, but I know what I saw. I used my hands to cover my chest as she led me to the large tub. I sighed as I sank into the lavender scented water, my favorite scent by far.

After a while, I felt Brooke place her hands on my head and begin to shampoo my hair. I would normally do it myself, but I just don't the energy to fight.

"I still don't see what he sees in you."

My eyes flew open at what I heard. Was she talking about me?

"What?" I asked.

"I just wondered why Lord Austin would want someone like you." I felt her begin to grip my hair too tight for my liking. In fact, it was border lining on completely painful.

"I mean look at you; no hips, small breasts, and entirely no sex appeal at all. It just tickles me pick to think my lord would want anything to do with such a thing as you." She said, a sickly sweet, slightly mad, smile appeared on her face. I now felt completely unsafe as she began running a comb through the knots in my hair. I could feel each one being ripped from my scalp as she tugged and pulled on my hair.

When she finished I finally felt like I could breathe. Brooke had reverted back to her other personality, if you will, and help me back into the bedroom. I saw other young maids waiting with a dress, make up, and other accessories. I looked back at Brooke for some kind of explanation.

"Tonight is the annual Blue Moon Ball, where we celebrate the anniversary of the agreement between the different magical races. You will be attending with his lordship, so we must make sure you look," She paused to look me up and down, "Better than your raggedy self."

It seemed only Brooke could make that sound like a comment and an insult at the same time.

I was dragged to a nearby vanity and placed on a small stool as the maids began working on me. They applied a dark eye shadow to my lid to give me a slightly smoky eye, a light shade of red is applied to my lips, and light, almost nude blush is applied to my cheeks. This make up actually made me look older, not like a little kid playing dress up in her mother's clothes.

The top layer of my hair was pulled into a braided bun at the back of my head, while the rest was kept long and free down my back.

This new look made me want to take a double take at myself.

The maids then moved me towards a small pedestal where a three sided mirror was set up to put on my dress. The dress was definitely not something I would wear in my normal life.

"It is his lordships wish that you wear this gown tonight to the ball." Brooke said, as she held onto the hanger. Figures he would pick out something like this for me to wear, something that was so modest, yet dangerously sexy at the same time.

It was black and completely covered the bust area with sleeves coming over the shoulders and meeting at the back of my neck, but that was when the modestly ended; the middle had an intricate design where there were diamond shape peep holes to show the skin of my midsection. The actual skirt was a tulle fabric that had a slit that, if I moved the wrong way, would flash many people. The three inch black heels didn't help either.

The girls around me began to complement me on how beautiful I looked in the gown, except for Brooke, when the door opened. In walked Dez, who was dressed in a red leather jerkin, a white shirt, black trousers, and black boots as he bowed to me and addressed me. I curtsied back to him and ended up falling from the pedestal due to the height of the heels I was wearing. Luckily, he was able to catch me before I hit the ground.

"I told Austin those heels would be too much for you." He said. I laughed a little as he helped to right my posture. He then gave me his arm and led me out of the room.

"I saw that Austin assigned Brooke as your lady's maid. I hope she hasn't given you too much trouble." He told me. I began to tell him about what had happened in the bathroom.

"That's to be expected, you see Brooke and Austin had a small fling a couple of years ago. Ever since that one night, she's been obsessed with him. She's driven away so many of Austin's female servants that I'm surprised we even have a female staff." I laughed at that part.

"Austin never thought to keep Brooke as a partner? I mean she has plenty of sex appeal for him to be satisfied." Dez laughed at what I said and proceeded to talk until we entered a grand ballroom.

"We'll finish our conversation later." He told me. I noticed something flicker in his eyes; sadness, almost pity flashed in his crystal eyes. He walked away and I was left alone in this large room.

Everyone's eyes seemed to follow me everywhere I went. It gave me the greatest unease to even stand in one place for too long and people kept coming up to me, asking to touch me. Come on, like you've never seen a regular human before!

People were moving about, talking to each other or sampling what I thought had to be the weirdest, yet most delicious food I had ever had. I noticed that there was a raised dais towards the back of the room where a throne sat vacant. It confused me as the magical folk don't really have a king, actually I don't really know what or how they rule their countries, villages? I don't really know what to call those either.

Suddenly, I saw everyone in the room get to their knees as someone walked across a carpeted aisle towards the dais and throne. I felt myself gasp as I saw Austin sit on the throne and the occupants of the room turn towards it. He spotted me in the crowd and once again, that arrogant smirk appeared on his face. How I wish I could just knock him upside his pretty ass face!

I saw Dez standing next to him as the lizard man from earlier walked onto the dais.

"Good people of the covenant of Eldarin, on this night we remember the unification of the magical races. Tonight we also honor our country's 400th anniversary and what better way to celebrate than with an announcement from our great and just ruler; His Majesty, the Witch-King, Austin Moon!"

WHAT?! This man was the king of the magical folk?! Why did my life have to be like this? I then felt someone grab my arm and drag me to the dais. I was placed next to Austin's throne and made to stand until Austin motioned for me.

"Tonight, we remember a day when history was made. Our ancestors united and broke the boundaries between us." The occupants in the hall began to cheer, "But, it has been brought to my attention that there is still one boundary yet to be broken: the rift between the magical and the normal." No one cheered, but there were murmurs going through the crowds. I felt the eyes on me again as Austin turned towards me. He offered me his hand and, reluctantly, I took it.

He brought me to his side as he spoke again.

"As many of you are aware, this beautiful, young girl was brought to me to bridge that gap. When we marry on the next full moon, the bond between us and our worlds will be cemented, unbreakable for the rest of eternity."

Again, I repeat, WHAT?! The hell was he thinking proclaiming such an absolutely, impossible idea?! I didn't come to him; he kidnapped me, brought me here against my will and now he expects me to marry him? I felt my head begin to spin, a nauseated feeling growing in the pit of my stomach.

I then saw the lizard man bring forth a rectangular box, which he handed to Austin. He opened it to reveal a crescent moon shaped amulet. He removed it from the box and moved behind me,

"With my family's crest hanging from her neck, the promise of betrothal is sealed. Lady Ally Dawson shall become the next Witch-Queen!" He tied the amulet around my neck and I suddenly couldn't breathe. I could hear voices screaming, people shouting, and shapes moving about, but nothing was in focus. Everything around me began to spin harder and harder until eventually, all I saw was black and everything faded away.

Whoa! This is the longest chapter I have written so far! So much has happened and you see the start of Austin's plan for Ally and the struggles that Ally will soon face. Remember; keep up the reviews, favorites, and follows for this story and I'll give you the next chapter.