Sickness and Health

He walked out of the stables with Merope in his arms. She had her arms wrapped around him feeling satisfied and exhausted. Sleep was almost upon her until she felt the sensation of bring lifted up in the air. She was about to ask what was happening only to find out they were at her bedroom window. The window opened by itself. The way the windows opened by themselves was like a fairy tale were the doors magically open to a princess with her prince. Instead of a prince I'm in the arms of the Devil, thought Merope.

"How about in the arms of a God?" said Leviathan as he stepped into her room. "God?"

"I'm the God of Flesh, Hunger, and Desire. Of course I'm a lesser God or a Devil if you will but, a God none the less," he said as he put Merope back to bed. They stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity. She wanted him, needed him but, she knew he couldn't stay here not with Tom here. Leviathan heard her troubled thoughts and laid beside her. "Why don't you run away with me?"

"What?"

"Live with me in the Labyrinth and…be my wife," he said. Leviathan wanted her to say yes but, he knew Merope would say no. "Leviathan, I would love to be with you but I can't I'm married." Leviathan was silent for a moment with a sinister look in his red eyes. He stood up from the bed his lips pressed tightly together. Merope sat up on the bed getting ready to flee from his presence. For a moment she thought he was going to hurt her until he said, "You don't even love him and yet you still want to stay here as if you do. He doesn't even love you but, he thinks he does because of that potion you give him every day," he said looking angry and hurt at the same time.

"Why the hell do you stay, Merope? I really want to know why because I think your marriage is a joke!" he said, his voice rising. By hearing these words a rush of anger fueled her inner fire. Swiftly she got out of bed and had the courage to slap him hard across the face. She knew it was a bad move on her part but, at that moment she didn't care. What he said to her was a slap in the face and she want to return the favor physically. Leviathan's face was twisted in anger, he took her by the wrists and forced her onto the bed with him on top of her.

Merope's eyes were wide with fear. By the look in his eyes she could guess he wanted to tear her apart or rape her by the sudden hard on against her crotch or both. Merope stared into those furious eyes thinking that something would happen only for him to part from her. Leviathan was at the window ready to leave. He looked back at Merope with a calm anger. The fury was gone but the anger was still there.

"Someday I'll have you, Merope. It might not be today but, I got the feeling it's soon." He stepped out of the room and flew away from her window. Merope sat back on the bed staring at the window as if he were to come back any minute. As she sat there she thought of the words he said to her. He was right, her marriage was a joke. Merope didn't love Tom Riddle but she was stuck with him, in sickness and in health till death do they part. Merope felt the tears sting her eyes and cried into her pillow.

While Merope was in sorrow over her marriage, Leviathan was looking up at her window wanting to comfort her but, resisted. He could hear her thoughts. She did want to leave but, tradition was preventing her. In marriage she was stuck with Tom Riddle in sickness and in health till death do they part. That's when an idea came into his head. "Of course, why didn't I think of this before?" he said to himself. He teleported himself into the room were Angelique took Tom Riddle to have fun with only to find she was with Xipe Totec and a new 'play mate'.

"Please, God….help me!" moaned the skinned woman. Leviathan looked at her with no interest in helping her then turned his attention to a passed out Tom Riddle on the floor. "Angelique," he said catching her attention. Xipe Totec was behind her with his arms wrapped around her waist. What a lucky couple, he thought. "Tell me, daughter what did you give him?"

"Outer Darkness, just one dose though," said Angelique with some fear in her voice. She was suppose to pleasure him but, didn't want to be with him. Leviathan smiled at her. "Don't worry dear, you did give him pleasure by giving him a drink. Sex isn't the only pleasure that humanity secretly indulgence. I'm just glad you didn't kill him."

Angelique and Xipe Totec looked at him with surprise. "Why?" they both asked in unison. Leviathan smiled at their curiosity. He took something out of his pocket. It was a red pouch with a gold lace tied around it. He knelt to Tom's limp body untying the bag. "Because I want him to suffer a little before he dies," he said with an evil grin. What Leviathan dumped from the bag to Tom's face was disease that would slowly kill him. As the black particles hit Tom's sleeping face, Leviathan grinned with Merope in his thoughts. Soon Merope would be his.