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This story is rated M, for violence, language and sexual themes.
Chapter 13
Of Knuckleheads and Nutters
Alice didn't know what hit her but for some reason she was looking at a darkening sky. Shifting her gaze down she noted long fuzzy ears. Ah, she knew those ears. Clinging tightly to her stomach was Thackery.
"Hello Thackery. It's good to see you again." She spoke happily. She had missed the crazy hare a lot even though it had only been a day for her. A very long day.
"Alice! You're back and this time you're staying right?" He questioned quickly, his buggy eyes darting to and fro.
"Yes Thackery. I promise I won't leave to Otherworld again unless I really have too." She swore gently. She could tell that her absence had really bothered him and she didn't want him to think she was going to just up and leave them.
"Um Kingsleigh, what's with the Hare? And do all the animals here speak?" Kyle asked bitterly. He hated how she was so touchy feely with everyone.
"Don't call me that Stratler! As for him, he's the March Hare; Thackery Earwicket. Thackery, Chess this is Mei-Lin Cho and the Stratler twins Duncan and Kyle." Alice introduced while gesturing to each person upon their name.
"Nice to meet you both." Mei said politely.
"Hi there." Duncan replied nervously. He never was a cat person.
"Whatever." Kyle mumbled. He just wanted life to return to normal.
"Kyle! Where are your manners? These people, animals, oh whatever are my friends so you better clean up your act because I will not have you embarrass me in front of Mirana!" Alice lectured. She wasn't comfortable calling Chess and Thackery animals even though that's what they were.
"So what? I just want to find a way to get back home and you're coming with us! I won't let you stay in some warped world where anything could happen." Kyle stated hotly while getting in her face.
"Who do you think you are?! I am not leaving. I am going to live here after we defeat the Red Queen. I'm going to stay here with Tarrant and the others and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it!" Alice exclaimed furious.
"What's going on here?" Mei asked confused. Why was Kyle freaking out all of a sudden and did he really think he could stop Alice from staying?
"My brother is missing the big picture as usual. He is so caught up in getting Alice to be his that he can't seem to hear a single word she says. All he wants is to date her to the point that he doesn't care about her own wants." Duncan explained highly annoyed with his twin's behavior.
"The Hatter is not going to like this. He is very protective of Alice and I don't think he would hesitate to attack your brother should he get out of line." Chess said from his place beside Mei. He really hoped the dumb boy realized soon that Alice was not leaving them.
"Chess! What do we do? If Tarrant sees this he will be very angry." Thackery whispered to the cat. He had moved over to the group when the fight started and looking over at the two it was still building.
"Don't worry. Kyle will say something stupid then Alice will attack him, beat him to a bloody pulp and storm away. It's just the way they are." Duncan stated calmly. Kyle was always pushing her too far and one day it was going to get him seriously hurt or killed.
"You seem pretty calm about all of this. Aren't you worried about your brother?" Mei asked curiously.
"No. Besides he deserves whatever she dishes out. He is acting like she belongs to him and it's going to end badly. He doesn't know how to react to everything that's happened so he's lashing out. I for one plan to stay and see if I can help out." Duncan spoke sagely, watching the two continue to argue.
Mei was shocked. Duncan really was nothing like his twin. He seemed to truly care about what was going on and she couldn't help but want to be friends with him because of that.
"You want to help us even though you have no idea as to what's going on? Even though you hardly know anyone from this world?" Mei inquired softly.
"Yup. I don't need to know what's going on or who everyone is. If Alice is determined to save this world then I'll help because I believe in her and what she fights for." Duncan stated confidently.
"Well I must say I'm impressed. I do hope we can be friends." Chess purred.
"And I'm saying that since you're not my boyfriend or a family member you have no say in what I do whats so ever!" Alice's scream drew the group's attention back to them.
"Oh please do you really think it's going to last with that Tarrant guy? I bet he leaves you the second you put out!" Kyle yelled out harshly. Alice recoiled like she had been slapped. It was dead silent. No one moved.
Alice looked down so that her bangs were covering her wide eyes. She could feel her body trembling whether it was from shock or anger she didn't know. What she did know was that Kyle Stratler was going to pay. No one talked about her or someone she loved like that and got away with it.
Honestly she didn't remember moving. All she knew was that one moment she was frozen with rage and the next she heard and felt the breaking of cartilage. She knew that his nose would never heal completely just by looking at it.
She stood over him and glared down. She wanted so much to just lose control, to snap but she was better than that. She was better than him. So she settled for warning him instead.
"You listen very carefully to me Stratler. If you ever insult my Tarrant like that again I will do more than break your fucking nose. I will rip you apart limb from bloody limb while you're still alive and feed you to the animals back in Otherworld. Am I clear?" Alice's voice was low but it carried easily across the silent courtyard.
People could say whatever they wanted about her and she could ignore it for the most part but what Kyle had said was beyond forgiveness. She would carry out what she said too and he knew it. Everyone did. Kyle starred up at her in shock and fear. She broke his nose and he was covered in blood because of it. Not only that but she threatened him! Kyle couldn't believe it! He was just about to say something when his brother spoke up.
"Whatever you're thinking of saying Kyle don't. You have no one to blame for this but yourself." Duncan growled. He was furious. Alice had looked so hurt but his brother's crass words that he felt like he had just watched someone kick a puppy.
"What do you mean Duncan?! She just threatened me! You should be standing up for me!" Kyle screamed in disbelief. How could his brother side with her?
"Oh that wasn't a threat, it was a promise." Alice whispered with deadly intent. They all watched as Kyle flinched at her voice.
"What is going on out here?" Mirana asked rushing down the steps and over to Alice's side. Looking down at the bleeding boy then back at her new champion Mirana looked confused.
"Forgive me Mirana. I didn't mean to cause a commotion however these two followed me down the rabbit hole. It would have been too risky to leave them so I brought them here, where I then broke Kyle's nose for being a bastard." Alice explained calmly.
"It really wouldn't have gotten so violent if Kyle had left Tarrant out of it." Mei mumbled softly. However Mirana had heard her and her eyes went wide in understanding.
"I see. Well Alice you did the right thing by bringing them here. As for this fight, I will not say anything to Tarrant about it. I feel it would be best if you told him about this yourself. Now that this is settled allow me to introduce myself. I am Mirana, White Queen of Marmoreal." The royal said with a curtsy.
"An honor your highness. I am Mei-Lin Cho." Mei said while bowing politely.
"Your highness. I am Duncan Stratler and that is my older brother Kyle. I am honored to meet you." Duncan introduced, his eyes never leaving hers even while he bowed. She was breath taking. He had never seen a more beautiful woman.
"A pleasure I am sure. Please let us go and get you all settled. I do apologize that it may take a few moments to get your rooms ready gentlemen. However Alice and Mei your rooms are ready and all you need to do is unpack." Mirana explained leading them into the palace.
"It's fine your highness. After all we are unexpected company." Duncan assured her. He didn't want her to feel bad about their unannounced arrival.
"Please Duncan, call me Mirana. That goes for you as well Mei, Kyle. I see no need for such formalities when it's just us." She stated happily. As she led them to the kitchen she explained the grounds layout and the basic rules. Opening the door she glided in and started mixing up something for Kyle's nose.
"Alice! You're back!" Came the voice of Atlas, with Theo and Miya right behind him.
"Yup, I sure am. How have you been? Did yeah miss me?" She asked the puppies playfully scratching each one behind the ears. No matter how angry she was just one look at them had her wanting to go "Awe".
"We sure did but now that you're back we can all play together!" Theo exclaimed.
"Tomorrow that is. Dad said that you would be tired so we were to let you rest." Miya said sternly while glancing at her brothers. Sometimes she wondered how they could be so simple minded.
"Ok then! I'll play with you tomorrow." Alice promised earning herself three wagging tails. Looking up at the occupants in the room she saw everyone watching Mirana work her magic. She snickered at Kyle's disgusted face when he saw what he was going to have to drink.
"If it's all right with everyone I'm going to go and explain the situation to Tarrant. I'll see you all later if not in the morning." Alice said with a half-hearted wave before walking out the door to seek out her hatter.
Alice walked the familiar path to the gardens to see if he was in "their" spot as she liked to call it. When she arrived he wasn't there. She sighed and continued to the court yard. She looked at the blood that was still on the stone. It made her anger return tenfold.
"Stupid jerk." She muttered. Deciding to check his shop she walked back into the castle. Once again he wasn't there and Alice was getting frustrated.
Finally she stopped in front of his bedroom doors. Forcing the blush at remembering what happened last time she was here down, she knocked on the doors. Getting no answer she knocked again. This time a little louder. Still nothing.
"Screw it." She mumbled and ripped the doors open, stepping inside. The lights were on but there was no one I sight.
"What the hell? Where is he?" Alice asked aloud.
"Who's there?" Came his voice from behind one of the doors. Shrugging her small shoulders Alice walked over the door that she saw was slightly ajar. Opening it a little wider she popped her head in.
"It's Alice. I've been looking" She chocked on her words. Tarrant was standing in nothing but a towel slung low in his hips while drying his hair with a smaller one.
"Oops my bad!" She yelped while closing the door.
"Damn it focus! You came here to tell him something not jump him! God why does he have to be so fucking hot! Ok calm down. Deep breaths." Alice thought to herself frantically. She was completely unaware of the startled man she left in the bathroom.
"What just happened? Alice was here right? But she isn't back yet is she? Was it my imagination playing tricks on me again?" Tarrant wondered to himself. Finally deciding to go out and check he threw on his sleeping pants and exited the bathroom only to in fact find his Alice pacing back and forth mumbling to herself. He thought she looked just adorable.
"Alice what are you doing?" Tarrant asked chuckling at her startled expression. He watched her eyes rake over his body and saw them darken until they were almost black in color. He loved that he had that effect on her and that she was so open about her attraction to him but if she kept looking at him like that he was going to lose it.
"Alice, love, what are you doing here?" He asked again, this time snapping her out of her lust induced trance.
"Right well I came to let you know what was going on. You see there was a slight complication." She began.
"What kind of complication? Are you alright?" The Hatter asked worriedly.
"Oh yeah I'm fine don't worry. Do you mind if we sit?" Alice asked while gesturing to the bed.
"Of course not. Please make yourself at home." Tarrant said affectionately. Smiling she did just that. She tugged off her runners and socks, god she hated socks, and pulled off her sweater. She missed how Tarrant's eyes glowed with pride at seeing the love bites he gave her.
"Right, here goes. I'm not sure if you know about how Mei is coming to live here but she is and just after I got her down the rabbit hole I ran into a problem, well two of them if you want to get technical." Alice explained. Seeing him nod she continued.
"You see one of my guy friends and his jerk-off twin brother had followed us. Needless to say we got into an argument but eventually they left, or so I thought." Alice stated wearily. Would he be mad that she wasn't more careful?
"Go on Alice." Tarrant urged gently. No, she decided he wouldn't, he would understand.
"Well they didn't leave and they followed us down the rabbit hole. I couldn't risk them telling anyone so I brought them here. And god do I regret it!" She exclaimed burying her face in her hands. She really didn't want to tell him what Kyle had said but she knew that she had too.
Tarrant noticed how she seemed to be holding something back and knew that it had to do with the noise he had heard from his window. He knew that she was arguing with a male but couldn't make out what was being said. At least he figure it was her, after all his Alice had a fierce temper.
"Why do you regret it?" Tarrant asked attentively.
"Because that bastard Kyle keeps pissing me off. I should have dragged his ass up that hole and just have knocked him out instead of dealing with his shit." Alice exclaimed angrily. Standing up she started pacing again, a habit she picked up from her Grams.
"I mean who does he think he is acting like he can dictate my life for me? News flash! I already have a father! And I swear if I hear him say how I'm going to be his girlfriend one more time I'll kill him. What's worse is he brought you into it and that is just not ok!" She ranted while Tarrant watched on silently.
At first he was slightly amused. Alice was cute when she was mad. Well not cute, that wasn't the right word. Sexy was a better choice. Her eyes were blazing and her hair was a mess from her running her hands through it. She looked so dangerous like this. It made him wonder what she would look like in the throes of passion with a different fire in her eyes.
However Tarrant's lustful thoughts came to a screeching halt when she said this Kyle guy was trying to claim her. She was his. Then she said that he was brought into the fight and he couldn't help but wonder what was said to make her this angry.
"Alice, love, what did he say?" Tarrant inquired calmly. His voice snapped her out of her rant and her eyes filled with hurt. It was swirling around with the anger like a storm. Now he was getting concerned.
"Love?" His voice was soft, like he was scared that he would spoke her and she'd run from the room. He saw her take a deep breath.
"He said something that was untrue and I know that. But it still hurts that he could say something like that without even meeting you first." Alice's voice was no longer angry. It was sad and tired, and Tarrant decided that he never wanted to hear it come from her again.
"He said that you would probably leave me after we slept together." She didn't look away from his eyes. She simply watched as the crimson bled into the green. It wasn't until he stood up and went for the door that she moved. She knew Hatter was going to go after Kyle, and while part of her wanted to let him she knew he would be upset afterwards.
"Tarrant calm down. I already broke his nose and threatened him with a painful death so please let it go." Alice asked quietly while hugging him from behind. Her face was buried in his back so her voice was a little muffled.
"Nah Alice. Dat bugger wen' and 'urt ye, I will na forgive 'im." Came his rough reply. She shivered. She was right his accent was delicious however she knew he was serious about hurting Kyle.
"Quick think! What do I do? I have to distract him somehow!" Alice thought rapidly. Just then a devilish smirk appeared on her full lips.
"Oh I know just what to do, and we'll both enjoy it ha ha." She thought triumphantly. Slowly she placed small feather light kisses on his back while drawing random patterns on his stomach.
Tarrant was hell bent on finding this Kyle guy and beating him to a bloody pulp until he felt Alice kissing his back. Her little hands running teasingly across his stomach making his skin erupt into gooseflesh. Tarrant felt all thoughts of the boy fly out of his mind at her words.
"Tarrant please stay. Just stay here with me." Alice asked softly into his back while still placing small kisses here and there. She wanted time with him before they had to focus on the war and Iracebeth.
Slowly turning around Tarrant looked down at the small woman in his arms with gold eyes. Small flecks of jade blending into the mixture. Bending down he brought her in for a kiss. As their lips met Alice felt herself melt.
Soon their kiss turned from sweet and loving to passionate. Alice tangled her fingers into his damp hair in an attempt at getting him closer. Tarrant sensing her slight problem simply cupped her rump and lifted her up. Instinctively she wrapped her legs around his waist. Smirking into the kiss he backed her up against a familiar bed post.
"Looks like we get to continue what we started before we were so rudely interrupted." Tarrant gasped out, taking in all the air he could. Alice however was unfazed and continued to kiss her way down his neck, stopping to bite softly at his Adam's apple before continuing to his collar bone where she proceeded to leave a nice love bite.
Tarrant felt a groan rip from the back of his throat when her legs tightened around him pulling her closer to her center. His hands were messaging her firm rear and his mouth was exploring every piece of flesh he could see.
Alice brought his mouth back to hers and the battle for dominance began. She let him win when he gave her ass a tight squeeze. This was heaven and she never wanted it to stop. All she could think about was getting more of Tarrant. It was like he was a drug and she was the addict.
Tarrant was more than happy with how things had progressed. This time Alice initiated their little make out session and that just made it all that much better. She may have only been gone a few days his time but it was to long as far as he was concerned. Now he wanted nothing more than to toss her on his bed and ravish her senseless. He could feel himself harden at the mere thought.
"Almost time to stop." He thought to himself. As much as he would love to continue and have her right then and there he wanted their first time together to be special. So with a small sigh he pulled away to look her in the eye.
When she heard him sigh she knew it was time to stop. That's one of the things she loved about Tarrant, he knew when to stop something before it got out of hand. So she just smiled and gave him a soft kiss.
"Can we stay like this for just a little longer?" She asked quietly. The Hatter just smiled softly.
"Of course. We can stay like this for as long as you want Alice." Tarrant said lovingly. Just then his door slammed open. Again.
"Alice Kingsleigh! You are going to pay for breaking my nose!" Kyle screamed. The two lovers just starred wide eyed while thinking the same thing.
"We have got to start locking the door."
~A.N.~
Yay! Another chapter! Thank you everyone for the wonderful reviews! I have never had to try and write with an accent before so I hope I didn't butcher it too badly. Please tell me what you think! Please rate and review! *smiles and bows*