Under a Spell

For a long week Tom Riddle slowly regained his strength as well his plan to get rid of Merope. Even though the mucus in his lungs was gone the tiredness was still there. His muscles felt like they haven't been used in years, just simply walking was a chore. As he was regaining his strength he thought about his wife. Why did I marry her? She's not even that pretty was his thinking.

Before he was under the spell of Merope he was quite the ladies man. There wasn't a time when there wasn't a pretty girl hanging by his arms and on rare occasions two on each arm. What he loved more then woman were his horses. As he thought about his horses a sadness took over him and he blamed Merope for their deaths. Wasn't there a rumor that her family were devil worshipers? Whatever she was he was getting rid of her.

On the day she came home he was sitting on his chair waiting for her to come through that door. He was going to tell her to pack her things and go on her way. While he sat there waiting he thought about his horses, of course there was that one incident were he found a strange man having sex with one of his horses. He remembered him saying, "I was just admiring your horse so I wanted to give my affections!" or something like that. As far as he knew he could be the one that killed his horses but that was unlikely.

Tom came back to reality as the door opened. He straightened himself up, getting ready to tell her the news to leave. What he wasn't expecting was the overpowering lust that came over him. Once he saw Merope it was like he hadn't had sex in years. Suddenly he was on his feet and was on Merope before she had the chance to defend herself.

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Merope was suddenly on the ground with her husband on top of her. No, he's suppose to be dead, thought Merope. Something wasn't right with him, he didn't love her so why was he acting this way? Tom hitched up her dress then he began violating his wife. "Tom…Tom stop! I don't want this!" she screamed. Tom answered her back with a slap across the face.

At first she was stunned then a feeling of anger came upon her. Merope felt her body begin to chance as she looked up at her husband who was very close to climax. Once he came inside her Tom looked at the woman on the floor who wasn't his wife anymore. This woman was beautiful and terrifying at the same time. Her skin was fair as snow and her hair had a life of its own. What got his attention the most was the unnatural glow of her jade eyes. As soon as he saw this strange woman his body went clear to the other side of the room were he was knocked out again.

Slowly Merope was on her feet then she was off the ground gliding to the unconscious body of Tom Riddle. She felt her body begin to change once more making her look at herself. There were blossoms growing out of her body that turned into roses. The more the roses grew the more dangerous they became. With every rose there were thorns and those thorns were big enough to kill a human being. Merope was about to wrap Tom's body with those thorns until she saw a man looking through the door way. She sent her roses out to attack the stranger but he was gone in an instant. With the stranger's fast disappearance the roses went back into her body and she was just plain Merope. She looked at her unconscious husband with panic. Who ever this stranger was he was going to tell the town everything. Quickly she packed up her things and left.

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Leviathan was in the Dream Forest looking for Fern. Ever since he went to Eden with his lover he hadn't been heard of since. Where could he have gone? He thought. This shouldn't have bothered him, there were times when he hadn't seen Fern for months and everything was fine. It was only thins time it felt different. Telepathically he had been trying to contact him but, no body answered back. At this point many things were going through his mind. What if he's in trouble? What if he…no he couldn't?

"Father," said Izabella "Cal is here to see you."

"Tell the Emperor he could wait, I'm busy."

"He says its important….that it's about your lover." Leviathan stopped for a moment then looked at Izabella. First Fern, now Merope something was happening that not even Leviathan could explain. It was silent for a moment then he said, "Tell the Emperor I'll meet him in Rome."