Yup here it is! Chapter Four...It has a lot of smexiness for my friend Christina so I hope you enjoy. THIS CHAPTER IS MOST DEFINETELY RATED M FOR SEX AND SEXUAL ACTIONS
Have fun
Chapter Four- What are You Hiding?
As soon as we got back to the palace, we found the brides in a fit. My mind was still fuzzy and I decided it was best to get out of the way. This fit, I thought, would last only for a day.
It lasted for a week.
It was a week that felt like hell on earth because of their constant screaming and throwing things around.
I had gone to the library to read some literature and a book had barely missed my head as Aleera had screamed and threw it out the window because of her mad desire to cause some sort of mess that would require his attention.
I was getting sick of being cooped up in the castle especially because I would only see him during the day when he'd scoop me in his arms and refuse to let me go. I was very confused where this action was coming from; though it comforted me seeing as winter was coming on and the temperature was dropping quickly.
But one day it was just too much…
I was walking back to the library to return a version of Jane Eyre I had found that had amused me lately when I heard hushed voices from the library echoing out in to the hallway. The Count's voice was noticeable along with the feminine voice of Marishka.
"Master," she whined "Why is that girl here? What purpose is she?"
"She is a mere play thing Marishka, my darling. She is to keep me occupied while you're away. I don't feel anything for her."
At that moment my heart felt like it had torn in two. Any feelings I had towards that monster had fallen out of my heart so quickly that I could practically hear them shatter on the marble floor. With a heavy mind I rushed back to my room and threw the book down by the fire.
I stormed over to the closet and pulled out a pair of boots, a cloak, a tunic, and a pair of riding pants. I threw the dress over the chair and pulled on the more comfortable clothes.
I had decided right then and there that if I was a "mere play thing" then what was the point in staying there?
You know he'll find you, right? A voice in my head said and I pushed it aside. "Let him find me," I growled "By then I'll be long gone from this city."
With that statement in mind I found my way outside and was walking through the graveyard faster than I had ever left a place in my life. My mind was elsewhere once more and I ran into a softer body that let out a grunt. I looked up to see a man with a hat on and in dark clothing looking down at me in a curious manner.
"What is a little thing like you doing here?" he asked. His voice was a tad deeper than Dracula's but it had a warmth and spice to it that amused my angered soul greatly.
"I'm being held against my will here is why I'm here, and why I'm leaving." I said simply.
He grabbed my arm gently as I passed and he said "Is there anything you can tell me that could help my fiancée and I?"
I looked up at him and I quickly registered his face "Oh, you're Van Helsing and I'm guessing the women over there fiddling with her sword is the Valerious princess."
He nodded and said "We heard of the rumors that he was back and we're hoping you might know something."
"I do know one thing." I folded my arms against my chest and my eyes narrowed as Anna's hand rested on her sword. "But how do I know I can trust you?"
Anna walked over and her eyes were gazing at me without the anger and intensity, but with something else. Was it pity? "Please…oh, I'm ashamed that we have not asked your name." she looked at me expectantly as I regained my composure to hide the obvious surprise that she even asked.
"My name is Nadia. I have no last name." I looked away, my shame shining through.
Anna looked at me understandingly and she said "There is no need to be ashamed. We believe you. Please tell us what you know about Dracula."
I sighed and racked my brain for something that could possibly help. "Well, he does have a new bride in mind. He has already picked her out but he fears she has no love for him. I don't blame whoever that is, he knows nothing about women." I growled.
Anna and Van Helsing exchanged glances…as if they knew something I didn't and Van Helsing said "Anna, take Nadia back to the carriage. She is not safe out here. I will figure out what Dracula is planning and then I will meet you back there."
She nodded and led me out of the graveyard, watching out for the brides or Dracula himself. After a ways she finally spoke up and said "Is there some reason you hold an animosity for him?"
"There is," I sighed "He called me a mere play thing. That's one thing I won't let him just get away with saying. But I guess I was so upset that I just couldn't take having to even talk to him. That man is a beast." I growled as we approached the carriage.
Anna stopped for a moment and looked at me. "Did he ever show you any affection at all?" her eyes seemed curious, as though she knew what I was going through.
"Yes, but it was probably just an act to lower my inhibitions." I replied and as we reached the carriage, a smaller man than Van Helsing jumped out of the carriage with an irritated look on his face.
"I've had enough of Gabriel!" he snapped "He's kept me in this damn carriage with the stupid notice from Rome just so I can find loopholes to what he cannot do. I've had it Anna! I need to take a walk."
"Carl," she said reproachfully "Do not curse or the Cardinal will find a way to question if you really want to be a part of the priesthood or not."
He got a sour look on his face and said "I'm just a friar, I can curse all I want…damn it!"
"Carl that joke got old since the first time you used it." Van Helsing's voice rang over the hill as he approached, his cross bow over his shoulder.
"Where was Dracula?" Anna questioned as she rushed over to him to examine him.
"He was gone, but there was a ton of rubble and what I think was the remains of one of his brides on the floor. I assume his anger was enough to cause the death of one of them. He must be looking for his replacement bride."
Their eyes all turned to me and I backed against the carriage. "You can't be serious…" I stuttered and when there was no reply I said loudly "ME?! I'm only eighteen!! What use does he have of an eighteen year old girl?"
"That is what we're not sure of." Gabriel said softly, trying to comfort me a little "We won't let him get to you. Get in the carriage with Carl. We're going to head out."
The carriage ride was enjoyable to me. Carl and I had a lot to talk about, but most of it was questioning me what it was like to be Aleera's relative.
"Did you ever get attacked in the city when you were walking around?" his curiosity was as bright and cheerful as the expression on his face as he sat there with his books and scroll, preparing to write some things down that could help.
I laughed and replied "Oh no, I never got mistaken for her. They could tell I wasn't her by the type of clothes I wore. I'm definitely not a part of the upper class of the city."
"Then why did Dracula pick you up?" he questioned, his brows furrowed with the frustration of not comprehending the complexity of the situation.
"He said I interested him and that he cared about me, and then he told his brides I was a mere pet for his amusement. I really don't know and by now I don't care." My voice was as cold as ice as I turned to look out the window so as to not say anything I would regret.
"I really don't get him." Carl muttered "Just when we think he might actually feel something, he says something like that." He then said in a louder voice "I don't blame you for leaving. He's just too confusing."
I smiled and said "He likes things that way probably."
The cart suddenly came to a stop and Carl and I fell forward into each other, almost crashing our foreheads together.
"What the hell was that for?!" Carl yelled out the window to Anna most likely.
"There's something blocking the road. We're going to have to move it so we'll need you and Nadia's help."
I sighed and followed Carl's lead as we both slid out of the carriage.
A giant tree trunk lay in the road, completely blocking any way of going around it. I knew there was an obvious reason for it. It was a perfectly healthy tree; there was no way that it would have fallen down all by itself.
"Van Helsing," I said slowly "I don't think that…"
He silenced me, and looked around as if to listen to the environment around him.
I felt cold air blowing on my neck and with a scream I whipped around to find Dracula looking at me with an odd sense of sensuality to the furious gaze he was giving us. In my haste to escape I fell over in to Carl and we both fell to the ground in a heap.
"Nadia, what was that for?!" Carl yelled in my ear and once he saw Dracula standing before us he yelled and left me there on the ground as he hid behind Van Helsing.
"What do you want?" Anna said as she pulled out a gun from out of the blue.
"I'm here for my pet. I believe she's run away from home and I'm here to take her back."
"Why would she want to go back to you?! She's not going to subject herself to being one of your vampire whores!" Anna practically screamed at him, her eyes full of fire and spunk.
Dracula saw the look of anger on my face and for a minute he looked embarrassed and then his face went back to cool and composed.
"What's wrong Count?" I hissed "Didn't think I find out that you just want me for you whore?! The "mere play thing" doesn't want to be around you any more, so why don't you just walk away and leave me be." I turned towards Van Helsing and Anna and started to walk towards them when he grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me into him.
"I should take you right here and right now to prove a point." He half hissed/half whispered in my ear "But I'll wait till we get back to the castle. Without Aleera I'm feeling rather lonely and your warm skin would do me good after an explanation to you about what I said to Marishka." He then turned into his hell beast form and his talons grasped my shoulders.
"VAN HELSING! DON'T LET HIM TAKE ME!" I screamed as he started to fly away "HE'LL RAPE ME! PLEASE DON'T LET ME GO WITH HIM."
They both chased after me shooting at the beast that was carrying me away but it had no affect on him as he flew back towards the palace in Budapest. It was too late. I was going to be his play thing.
As soon as we reached the palace in Budapest he threw me down on the floor of a room I never once went into. The marble on floor was a dark black and the room seemed rather dreary and erotic at the same time. I could feel the blood rush throughout my body as I struggled to get to my feet.
Once I was on my feet he grabbed my arm and dragged me to a black sheeted bed and threw me on it hard. In my fear I hadn't noticed his shirt was off and his toned, pale body had caught my attention immediately. I wasn't a virgin thanks to one of my brother's friends, but I had never seen a man like that before. He straddled me quickly as if he felt my attempt to flee would come back and he'd have to chase me around the room again.
"Here's my explanation." He said through clenched teeth. "I told Marishka that you were a play thing so as to keep you safe from my brides. They are insanely jealous women and they would have killed you if they knew I felt anything for me because I'm not supposed to feel. I was cursed with no emotions…till now. But I pay a price for it. The price is that after I am destroyed I will never come back. When I found out that you had run away I immediately decided to chase after you, because I couldn't let you leave me once I could finally feel. When I told my brides that I was going after you, Aleera was furious and immediately threatened to kill you. I was forced to kill her myself. Van Helsing got the other two easily. So now you're all I have left." He finished. He looked at me for a while and I saw a hunger in his eye
"I do believe that you owe me something for that explanation."
"Count," I started, my nerves building up
"Call me Vladislaus." He corrected
"Vlad," I said softly "I don't…" my words stopped in my throat as his lips moved to my neck and began to suck on it gently. "Vlad," I breathed, trying to start again but he hit a soft spot and sucked and licked it eagerly earning a moan from me. "Please Vlad; I don't think I'm ready." I moaned as mouth moved to my collar bone, leaving chills down my spine.
"Hmm, I think by the sounds you're making that you are ready my love." He then moved his hungry mouth to my lips and kissed me passionately, sending a wave of hot fire down my veins from his cold lips. I trembled a little bit into the kiss as he ran his tongue against my lips and then forced its way into my mouth, caressing every inch of it.
With my head distracted he ran his hands down to my shirt and unbuttoned it slowly. Once I felt the cold air move against my skin I squirmed and pulled my lips away from his. "Please don't do this!" this response turned into a cry as he bit my collar bone softly, trying to distract my mind again. His hands had been working all the time he kissed me and my shirt fell off me, revealing my breasts to him.
He looked at me with approval and muttered "Your skin is almost as white as mine. I never expected it to be so beautiful."
I blushed a shade of pink and looked away and gasped suddenly as his mouth latched on to one of my breasts. His tongue worked around it and I let out gasps and a loud moan when he bit the most sensitive part.
I could feel the heat in my pants increase and I felt embarrassed because I knew he could tell by the smirk that lay plain as day on his face.
Suddenly he ground his hard erection against me and I let out a moan and he growled "Admit it. Admit you want me."
I shook my head and he ground more into me so that I could tell that my wetness was soaking through my pants. "Say it," he commanded as he nipped at my neck and then at my lips.
"Damn Vladislaus I want you!" I moaned loudly.
His smirk increased immensely and he said "That was exactly what I wanted to hear out of those precious lips. Should I relieve the tension those pants are causing you?"
I nodded eagerly and he kissed my lips tenderly "Your wish is my command." He murmured and his hands ran down to my pants. He got off me and pulled them off, leaving me totally naked. He licked his lips at the sight of me and I blushed immensely and tried to close my legs but he positioned his legs so that I couldn't push them together against his immortal strength.
He slowly reached for his pants and pulled them down slowly, as if to tease me. When I saw his member my eyes grew wider than I thought was possible. He was so large and thick I was nervous of the pain that would come with having that inside of me.
"Do not worry Nadia." He whispered in my ear as he positioned his throbbing erection near my opening that was equally ready for him as he was ready for me. "I will make this as pleasurable for you as possible. Do you want me to take it slow?"
I smirked and said "Just because I'm human doesn't mean I can't handle you."
He looked surprised at the expression on his face and he smirked back and kissed me. He slid in with a fluid motion and I groaned loudly as I enjoyed the odd feeling of being completely filled. His thrusts increased in speed slightly as my moans increased in intensity and became louder as his hands touched my body and his thrusting caused my mind to swirl.
I felt the heat in my abdomen increase until I felt like I was going to burst and I gasped "Vladislaus, I feel like I'm going to explode!"
"Let go Nadia, enjoy this feeling." He hissed against my neck as he felt himself brace for his climax as well. Finally my inner walls clamped around him like a voice and I half screamed, half moaned as I finally released everything and climaxed. Millions of colors were swirling in my head as I heard him groan loudly as he released as well.
We lay together in the dark, my head on his chest and his arms around my waist and when I felt myself about to go to sleep I heard him whisper "I love you."