Survive For Me

Chapter 13: Nightmares Are Real

"I love you,"

It was like something had been released and I couldn't stop the binding words from spilling from my mouth. Nowadays with everyone else, these words were thrown around carelessly. They didn't know what love felt like. They didn't know like I did.

I lazily stretched against Aro's body, sighing when he slipped his hand underneath my shirt and caressed my belly, purring into my neck.

Days had passed since I had lost my virginity to them and only now had we managed to leave the bedroom, leaving me very satisfied and really fucking sore. The first time was unexpectedly rough, hard and fast. My guess was that they had a lot of sexual tension build up from the years and they took it out on my willing body.

But they made up for it with the way they treated my body, caressing all of me, kissing every scar and wound, and whispering me "Ti amo," in Italian as they made me climax for the fifth time. I love you, they whispered to me as they took me, slow and gentle, making me feel so loved that I passed out on many occasions. I could very well live the rest of my life like this.

The doors opened with a creak and Felix walked in along with another member of the guard... Demetri I think his name was.

He gave me a quick glance before addressing the kings that sat on their thrones in Greek, obviously thinking the conversation wasn't for my ears.

I just leaned back against Aro and dozed for a few minutes.

Then all of a sudden hell broke loose.

Marcus and Caius, simultaneously gave a deafening roar in utter rage as they stood up and stared down Felix and Demetri. I shot up in shock, and then cringed in fear.

"What the fuck is wrong with you guys! What's the matter?" I demanded as I jumped off of Aro's lap in case he decided he was going to join his brothers and have an episode himself.

"Mia cara go back to our room," Caius intrusted me before turning back to Demetri.

I cocked an eyebrow at him in disbelief, "Excuse me?"

"Leonora not now!" Caius snapped at me, only fueling my anger, "Felix take her back!" he snarled before he and his brothers rushed off towards god knows where.

"Don't you dare," I warned the approaching giant.

"I'm sorry my lady," he said before sweeping me off of my feet and rushing me out of the room.

"Fuck you Felix!" I yelled out angrily but didn't do anything else. I didn't know what was going on and even though I was extremely pissed off with Caius for just ordering me to go to room, I had to give them the benefit of the doubt until I knew everything. Even then it wasn't like I could fight him of for god's sake.

After a range of colors blurred past my eyes, we made it back to the room.

"What is going on Felix?" I asked him as I sat on my bed, where, only hours ago, we were making love without a care... and now everything had gone to shit.

"..." he let out a cough.

"Great conversation," I grumbled.

"It seems there is a gang terrorizing the city and killing a lot of people. My masters have are just trying to get them out of the city."

I narrowed my eyes in suspicion. I knew Aro, Marcus and Caius didn't give a damn about human life, as long as they get to drink them, so why would they care if a few people are being murdered in the city? It didn't add up for me, but I was willing to wait for them to come back so I could force the truth out of them.

A few minutes of awkward silence later and a staring contest and a knock came at the door. Demetri and Felix had a private conversation in Greek yet again. His posture stiffened and he glanced back at me nervously.

"My lady, I have to step out for a moment. Will you be alright here by yourself?"

I waved him off, "It's fine go on," I sighed to myself when the door snapped shut.

Now what do I do?

I paced back and forth, before sitting down on the couch when legs grew tired. I rubbed my head when it started to pound.

What the fuck was happening? Where were they? My heart grew very heavy all of a sudden. I rubbed my chest as sharp pains started to shoot through me. The sharp icy shards in my stomach suddenly appeared again, twisting inside me uncomfortably until I felt like I had to vomit.

Another 30 minutes in agonizing anxiety later, I heard a knock at the door.

"Thank god!" I huffed as I practically ran to the door. I ripped it open... and screamed, louder than ever have in my life.

"No! No!" I cried as I back away from the monster. "Anyone but you! Anyone please!"

"Hey little Leona," he crooned to me, stepping into the room.

I looked up into his cold, dead eyes and horribly scarred face.

"Daddy," I whimpered.

"Did you think I wouldn't be able to find you?" he cooed, before he raised the gun in his right hand and hit me on the back of the head. I was out instantly.

~SFM~

She could hear the whispers. She knew what was about to happen to her. She knew it was only a matter of time before Aro threw her out of the castle with Athenodora.

She sighed in aggravation as she rounded the corner, only to stop dead in her tracks.

A very hideous man was dragging Leonora's body out from her room. She watched as he lifted her up and carelessly threw her onto one of his men. "Take her back home. I something very special planned for her." Sulpicia's eyes widened when she realized this man... was Leonora's father.

She watched as they walked away from her, carrying their future queen in his grimy hands.

A smile spread across her face. With Leonora gone she and Athenodora could offer comfort to Aro and Caius and occasionally Marcus if the situation called for it.

This was brilliant!

She hummed to herself as she turned on her heel and began to walking towards her and Athenodora's room, eager to share the news.

But what she couldn't understand was why a heavy pressure had just settled on her heart, or why her shoulders sagged as if she was carrying the weight of the world.

But most of all, she didn't understand why she felt horrible all of a sudden.

~SFM~

Screaming.

Yelling.

Tearing.

Snarling.

Apologies.

That's all they could do when they discovered Leonora was gone. Her scent reached the edge of the clock tower and disappeared.

Demetri couldn't find her scent either.

Demetri was now lying on the stone floor, dismembered.

Felix had left Leonora alone despite his orders to stay with her at all costs.

Felix was now lying on the stone floor, dismembered.

As was most of the guard for failing to protect their queen.

Alec and Jane, the only ones fortunate enough to escape the king's wrath, was now trying their best to put everyone back together. Like humpty dumpty.

Leonora had only been gone for three hours and the kings lost their mind two hours ago.

Sulpicia stayed in her room, the guilt slowly eating her alive. She knew if she were to confess that she saw Leonora being dragged away from her father, then no force on this planet would stop them from tearing her limb from limb.

She didn't end up telling Athenodora what she saw. But Athenodora was happy enough to cheer for the departure of Leonora. Marcus overheard her. Athenodora was burning in the throne room.

If Sulpicia didn't speak up now then the kings would destroy the earth looking for her and all of its inhabitants with it.

She knew it was only a matter of time before Aro touched her, looking for anything that could be helpful for finding Leonora. He see the truth then and she would be ashes in seconds.

She didn't want to die! She had seen so much and experienced the wonder of life. Perhaps he would be kind and let her live for voluntarily offering Aro the information he seeks. She knew that was a lie.

She walked down the hall, past the corpses of both human and vampire and made her way to the throne room where the kings were slowly losing their sanity.

She opened the door and immediately had to duck as a flying dismembered vampire arm came flying at her head. She saw the body lying on the ground, Afton. Chelsea's mate. It was his turn to face the wrath of the angry kings. She winced when she saw Caius brutally tear him apart before scattering his limbs, amongst many others, across the room.

Caius' head whipped around when he heard her entrance.

"What?!" he snarled, venom flying from his teeth, spattering all over the floor.

She opened her mouth but nothing came out.

Oh god, she made a terrible mistake. She wanted to run back to her room but before she could even lift a foot in the air, Caius grabbed her throat and threw her into a wall, her skin cracking from the force behind his grip.

"Please! Please! Wait!" she begged Caius as he stalked over to her. He raised his hand to tear into her flesh. "I know what happened to Leonora!" she screamed.

Caius froze. As did Aro. As did Marcus. As did herself when she realized what she had said.

"Who?!" Caius roared at her, reaching down and picking her up like a rag doll, shaking her so hard she thought her head would pop off.

Aro reached up and touched her hand. It only took a second.

"No," Aro whispered backing away from Sulpicia. He collapsed on his throne, distraught. "Her father has her,"

Caius in his shock dropped Sulpicia. She took the chance to run away from them, back to the safety of her room. She didn't know if she did the right thing in telling them but she knew it was only a matter of time before she ended up like her dear friend Athena.

May the gods have mercy on her.

~SFM~

She didn't cry. She didn't show weakness. She tried her best to remain indifferent as she was bound and gagged and forcibly dragged from the van, back into her old home. They opened the door to the basement and shoved her down the stairs, snickering when they heard her fragile bones snap. She didn't scream, though she wanted to. She didn't wail. She just stayed there, lying on the bottom of the stairs in an awkward angle. She didn't want to turn her head. She didn't want to see the dead body her father probably hadn't bothered to remove. She didn't flinch when she heard her father walking down the stairs. She didn't cringe when he ran his filthy hand down her cheek. She didn't scream when he roughly turned her head to look into her mother's dead, cold eyes. Just like her fathers. She hadn't been gone long from this place. Her momma's corpse had barely begun to rot and decay. She had only been gone from this hell for a few weeks only to spend it in heaven. She wouldn't change a thing. Because then she would have never found Aro, Caius and Marcus. Her lovers. Her friends. Her protectors. She listened as her father's boot stomped back up stairs, leaving her to stair into her mother's clouded over eyes. The door slammed shut and that was the last time Leonora saw the light. There she stayed for who knows how long. Trying her best not to think about anything but the touches of her lovers a few hours before. If there was one thing Leonora knew it was this.

Nightmares are real.

A/N: Um... so. Leonora's been kidnapped. Very unoriginal. But I decided to go with it anyhow.

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