Escaping Her Shadow Chapter 5

Frozen Shadows

Hey guys. Back with a new chapter for this story. I've been getting a lot of reviews concerning the little hint I posted last chapter. Yes, people may find it unnerving that Zed will have multiple...women. However, if you think of Ionia as Asia (or based off of Asian culture) I am pretty certain that multiple marriages is perfectly fine. Therefore, it makes perfect sense for Zed to have plenty of females around him.

Besides, Zed is awesome and I want to spoil him. Anyways, review more and thank you all for reading EHS!

Ps. This story will be at LEAST 25k words long, so the ending isn't coming for a while.

Frozen Shadows

It was a cold day in the Frejlord. Colder than any day before, today was the day of grand revolution. Ashe and Sejuani, leaders of the Avarosan tribe and the Winter's Claw, joined forces to take down their enemy Lissandra. However, Lissandra would not go down without a fight. Dark, twisted creatures were pitted against the soldiers of the Frejlord. Men died, animals torn to shreds. Lissandra was winning-badly.

Zed was spending time at the Order with Serena in his quarters. The pair were sitting together, speaking about the future of Ionia when suddenly, knocking was heard. Zed angrily whispered,"Leave us."

A muffled voice called back,"My master, our allies of the north request our presence upon the battlefield. Lissandra and her horde is too powerful."

Zed opened the door and whispered. "You are lucky this is important. I would behead you here right now if it weren't so."

The man nodded furiously and dropped to his knees. "Master, what are your orders?"

Zed stood, deep in thought. "Gather my personal Guard and send them to the Frejlord. Tell Sej- the Winter's Claw's leader that I approach."

The man bowed deeply and swiftly dashed away. Zed turned and closed the door behind him. Kneeling before the beautiful woman in a simple blue dress, Zed whispered. "It appears that my duty calls me to battle. I must take my leave. I am sorry." Zed kissed her hand.

Serena smiled and put her head in his chest. "Stay safe, Zed," she whispered into his heart. Zed disappeared, leaving the black -haired woman alone.

In the battle of the North

Zed and a group of 18 ninjas behind him dashed into the icy plains. There were bodies of twisted aberrations and humans alike strewn across the ground. Ashe and Sejuani were takig on Lissandra together as their men and women fought the hordes of trolls and demons. Zed nodded to the 18 elites, who disappeared as they swiftly, silently assassinated various high-profile targets in Lissandra's horde.

Zed dashed towards the three princesses of the Icy north. Ashe, one leg limp, could do nothing but flinch as Lissandra impaled her in the shoulder with a stake of black ice. Sejuani yelled as Bristle became a pincushion of icy splinters. Lissandra shrieked in happiness at the two's pain. However, Zed appeared in front of her. He threw a shuriken at the woman(?), who screamed as a chunk of bloody ice chipped off her body.

"Master of Shadows!" Lissandra screamed. "Surrender and I shall spare your life!"

Zed smirked. "No thank you," he whispered as he marked Lissandra for death. Chuckling evilly, Lissandra screamed out,"FREEZE!" as blackened ice began to form around Zed. Zed stopped moving, a frozen statue. Lissandra turned in triumph to the weakened pair.

"Who is the victor now, fools?" She cried out with a victorious voice.

Dark chuckles filled the air as tens of hundreds of blades shredded Lissandra apart. "I am," Zed whispered as Lissandra shrieked.

"How-how! Impossible! No one can escape my-"

Zed laughed as he cut her off. "Where there is darkness, I am as well. Where there is shadow, my presence is as well."

Lissandra screamed as she felt the mark explode, icy fragments shattering everywhere. Nothing was left of her but a puddle of melted ice. Zed tore off his mask as he gingerly felt a cut on his face. 'Another scar,' Zed mused.

Zed helped the pair of women on the floor. As he lifted the frost archer up, the woman blushed as she gazed into his face. "Princess Ashe, how are you?"

The woman did not respond for a few seconds. After a brief silence, she muttered,"I-I'm fine." She turned away.

Zed shrugged and looked at Sejuani, who was holding her bad arm with her good arm and Bristle in the other. "Sejuani. How are you, my friend?"

Sejuani laughed. "Well I'm not dead, so looks like I'm fine!" she frowned suddenly. "Bristle, on the other hand, he's...not that great."

Zed nodded. "My work here is done." As he signaled the 18 to follow, Zed turned away and replaced his facemask. He was about to begin shadow dashing when a voice called. "Wait. You should stay for-for the victory banquet, right? Without you, we couldn't have won th-the battle," Ashe mumbled out, blushing furiously. Sejuani grinned evilly. "Ooh, little Ashe wanting some shadow huh? Rage not enough for you, frosty hoe?"

Ashe's face contorted into anger. "I'm-I'm not in love with Zed!" She hollered, hands at her side.

Sejuani giggled madly. "Ooh, Ashe and Zed's picture in tree, m-a-s-t-"

Zed sharply told the irate woman-child. "Stop."

Sejuani pouted at Zed. "Fine," she mumbled. She winked at Ashe and shoved the slim archer towards Zed, who caught the unstable woman by the hips.

Tryndamere appeared, covered in troll blood. Seeing Zed and the blushing Ashe, he spun his way to victory. "Ashe! What the hell are you doing with this...guy?"

Ashe calmly spoke. "Accident. I have a bad leg. He caught me. Nothing to worry about, Trynd."

Sejuani grinned. "Nothing at all, Tryndy."

Tryndamere snarled at the woman, who walked to Zed and...tripped...onto him. "Oh dear me, Zed! It appears I have no strength to walk! Whatever shall I do?" she lamented dramatically in Zed's arms.

Zed, who was silent during this whole fiasco, quietly spoke, "Sejuani, do you require me to carry you back to your room?"

Sejuani grinned. "That would be lovely," she said as she pushed Zed's arm between her ample bosom. Zed visibly flinched but did not pull his arm away. As Zed began to walk with the woman in his arms, Sejuani turned to stick her tongue out at Ashe.

"You may return to the temple. Send for Serena and bring her with an escort," Zed ordered the 18 stand-by ninjas.

The 18 bowed. "Understood," they all saluted and disappeared.

Within the Avarosan castle

Zed walked through the icy halls, rows of suits of armor and weapons around him. He glanced briefly at the small group behind him. Ashe, Sejuani and Tryndamere, all bandaged and bruised, were smiling in victory as the ragtag band of leaders trailed the master of shadows.

The group separated as Ashe walked away hand in hand with Tryndamere. Sejuani tapped on Zed's shoulder, who turned to look at the muscular woman. Sejuani whispers a few words into his ears as Zed furrows his exposed brow. Nodding, he walked away as Sejuani laughed evilly. She walked towards the same way that Ashe left when she felt a soft hand grasp her shoulder.

"What did you tell Zed?" Ashe was standing in front of her, blushing with an embarrassed and frustrated expression.

Sejuani laughed as she pat Ashe's shoulder (which felt to the poor woman like a piano dropped on her). "Nothing. It's just that Tryndamere should probably never find out," she ended with a grin.

Ashe looked up in horror. "No... Did you set me and Zed up?" she squealed in terror and excitement at the same time.

Sejuani's mouth grinned even more evilly. "Better," as Ashe felt the world go dark. A flail was in Sejuani's hands as she caught Ashe. Stealing her away, Sejuani could only laugh in excitement for the embarrassment coming in her sister's way.

With Zed

Zed opened his eyes to find Sejuani opening his door to the icy guest room he was invited into. Zed nodded. "This is the prisoner you wish for me to keep captive for the next... week?"

Sejuani nodded, trying to keep a straight face. "Understand, however, that you must take an oath to do what I tell ou to do with the prisoner and that you must never let the prisoner escape nor tell anyone about h-the prisoner."

Zed heard her slight slip of tongue but brushed past it. "...I swear an oath as the Master of Shadows," he softly spoke, a hand over his heart.

Sejuani grinned evilly. "Good," she exclaimed loudly as Ashe was dropped to the floor from a sack.

Zed flinched. "Why is Ashe your prisoner?"

Sejuani laughed. "Hostile takeover as my friend and CEO Gragas would say."

Zed twitched. His oath required him to never speak of this to anyone nor let her escape. Zed mentally facepalmed. "Sejuani, what are you planning?" Zed angrily muttered.

She grinned evilly. "Oh nothing, just playing match maker here and there." Zed sighed as the woman made for the door. "Keep her chained in the room to the right. Ooh, and also!" she finished as she stuck her head through the door. "You are going to have lots and lots of fun."

Zed twitched as he could only imagine the warrior's meaning of fun. Knocking soon came once more. Zed heard Serena call to him as Zed began to freak out. 'Shit. There's a half-naked woman tied up and unconscious on the floor.' Zed quickly but carefully picked up the sleeping form of Ashe in her undergarments and dropped her in the closet. He put a silencing piece of cloth around her mouth to ensure her silence.

Zed exited the room once more. Hello Serena," he said as he opened the door. The woman giggled and blushed. "Hi Zed," the lady whispered, jumping into his arms. "My parents wouldn't believe that I was being escorted to the icy north. And to meet you, of all things!"

There was a slight muffled bang as Zed made no emotion present on his face-kind of like a ninja. Serena looked past him. "Did you hear that?"

Zed thought fast. 'Distraction, distraction. Leblanc would do...' "That was my heart beat the moment I saw you, beautiful,"

Serena blushed a deep shade of red and kissed the man on his cheek. 'Nailed it,' Zed mused as he filed away the information for later use in his head.

The couple spent the night like they spent any night-wiling away the hours by talking softly to each other or merely holding one another. Tonight, however, was special.

Serena looked at the handsome man in front of her. "Zed..." she quietly started. Zed grasped her hands. "Yes?"

Serena looked unsure at first, but quickly blurted out,"I think we should-we should-"

Zed raised an eyebrow. "We should?"

Serena was about to die of embarrassment. "You know... When a man and a woman love each other?"

Zed laughed and gently smiled at the woman. "Have sex? Are you sure? Is this not your first time?"

She shivered. "How did you know?"

"Your response," he calmly answered.

Serena sat there next to him. "Oh." The pair sat there for a while when Serena began to speak again. "Zed, I'm ready for you," she whimpered out, embarrassed.

Zed smiled. "Then let us begin," he lovingly whispered in his partner's ear as he began to gently stroke her hair and pull her clothes off.

(The first lemon will not be here. However, there is a little sexual content).

In the closet of Zed's bedroom

Ashe was listening to the pair's conversation through a small slit in the door. She was eyeing Zed carefully as the couple began to strip. She felt a rising pressure in her nether regions as her breath began to feel hot. 'God damn it stop looking! Stop looking at his hot bo-stop looking!' Ashe felt herself shriek in her mind. She saw him pump himself within the woman, screams of bliss filling the air. Ashe could not take it any longer. She felt her hands reach down for the warm moist area down below as the pressure reached a climax...

Next morning

Zed felt the naked woman shiver to his touch as she curled herself against the man. Serena opened her eyes to find the man she loved gazing back at her. "Hello, Zed," she yawned as she felt a slight pain down south. "So we really...?"

Zed smiled. "It appears that we truly are together now."

She giggled and blushed, holding her face as Zed stood. "We should clean up and go to the banquet. Today is a day of festivity," he declared. She nodded as she got up to shower.

Zed waited until the noises of hot water against skin echoed out of the bathroom. He opened his closet door to find Ashe, naked with her bodily fluids splattered between her legs. "Ahem," Zed calmly cleared his throat. Ashe's eyes flew open as she noticed Zed above her and her body's state. She tried to cover herself with her tied hands, but it would not work. "Uh...hi?"

Zed twitched. "Did you...do this...while I was with that woman?"

She nodded, embarrassed. "Tch," Zed moved and handed her a roll of napkins. "Clean. Now," Zed muttered. She nodded and tried her best to do so. However, she couldn't so Zed had to help. Reaching between her legs, Zed felt liquid trickle down his hand as Ashe looked away, eyes closed in embarrassment. "Woman, you are my prisoner and I expect you to not...become too excited...when I am near," he icily spoke. Ashe nodded furiously as Zed walked away and closed the door once more. Ashe let out a deep breath as she imagined Zed's hand between her leg, cleaning the juices and then moving further to touch her folds gentl-no. Ashe stopped herself before the paper she was using became soaked with her fluids.

Later

Zed and Serena were leaving when Zed quickly turned. "I forgot something. I will be right back," he declared as he disappeared. Serena sighed and sat down, waiting for her lover.

Zed appeared again as Ashe's eyes squinted against the sudden bright light. Zed unbounded her mouth as Ashe screamed at him. "Why are you doing this! Let me go at once!"

Zed was silent as he thought to himself. 'I do not want trouble. How would I make her happy enough to stay quiet, but not release her?' Zed handed her some food. 'Well, I know she is sexually attracted to me...' Zed stopped himself. 'That is out of limits. Now let me just hope Sejuani does not require me to have sex with Ashe.'

Zed appeared next to Serena again. "Let us go," he smiled as he took her hand. Walking together, the pair joined the banquet below.

Hours later

The festivities were boisterous as lights flashed and voices sung out. The war was over and people from every tribe celebrated-except Avarosa. Their leader had disappeared, and with her gone, so was Tryndamere, who was on a rageborn quest to find his wife.

Of course, no one knew that she was stuffed into a little closet in that very palace, touching herself to the man she adored.

Sejuani approached Zed. "Zed. Here is your next task," she whispered and slipped him a piece of paper. 'Sexual Torture' Zed read as he snarled in disgust at her. "Must I really-"

"Yes," she simply said and walked away. Zed and Serena were walking around as Zed was being worshipped like a king. There was a loud bang as screams erupted from the northern halls. "The trolls are back!" A man's voice bellowed as trolls poured out of the broken hole into the icy palace. People were decimated left and right as Zed reached for his weapon. "Stay hide !" he commanded Serena, who nodded and dashed away into a nearby room. Zed turned to find himself beside Trundle, who grinned evilly. "So, the great master of shadows has found himself a whore he likes. How funny isn't it? Well, too bad. She will die anyway," he sneered.

Zed snarled as he dashed towards Trundle, marking him for death. He lacerated the troll with various blades and shurikens as Trundle roared out. "This is MY KINGDOM NOW!" he bellowed as icy blood coated the floor. Trundle, revigorated, pummeled against Zed who was attempting to fight against hundreds of trolls at once as well as Trundle. Trundle felt the mark explode, barely hurting him. Zed slashed his way through the horde until he heard a familiar scream.

(Blood and gore here).

Zed turned to see Serena being held by Trundle. Trundle laughed evilly as he saw Zed dash towards him. Serena's head exploded in a gush of crimson as Trundle's palms were covered in her blood. Zed screamed as he felt a familiar power reach to him. "YOU SHALL PAY!" Zed roared as he tore apart trolls limb from limb. He shattered skulls and tore hearts out of trolls' bodies. Limbs flew everywhere as guts and blood spilled like milk. Trundle felt afraid, but quickly shrugged it off. "SUBJUGATE TO THE TROLL KING!" He roared as Zed began to feel weakness through his body. Zed snarled and pushed aside the magic pulling a his soul. Trundle was surprised at his fail subjugation. "THE DARKNESS IS ETERNAL!" Zed screamed as Trundle felt his fingers fly off. He roared and turned to slam his club into nothing. "THE SHADOWS YOU CANNOT ESCAPE!" His spine was severed as Trundle fell, his legs no longer working. "FEAR THE BLACKEST SHADE OF NIGHT!" Trundle roared in agony as his eyes were gouged out, bloody tears streaming down his empty eye sockets.

"For in it, I am whole," Zed whispered as he appeared before the pitiful king before him. Placing his arm blade at Trundle's neck, a dull flopping noise echoed through the now-silent room as Trundle's head rolled to the ground.

Zed ignored the cries of victory and disgust as he stumbled his way to the body of his love. "Serena..." he whispered as he placed a hand upon her bosom. "You will be missed," he bitterly stated as her body disappeared, nothing but a wisp of shadows.

Zed pushed his way past the crowd of people, dead or alive. He stumbled his way out into the blinding blizzard, a howl of anguish consumed by the never ending storm. He fell to his knees as he held his face. "I failed her," he whispered as the cold stinging ice struck his face. "She's gone," he repeated. "She's gone."

He felt a hand on his shoulder. "Zed, come inside. You'll die out here."

Zed laughed bitterly. "Perhaps I should die, no? I, the master of the darkness, cannot even protect the woman I love," he ended in a whisper.

Sejuani pulled him up. "I don't care. There are other women that...love you... and value you," she whispered as she pulled the broken man into a hug. 'Like me,' she felt herself lament.

She felt Zed pull away. "I need-I need time," he muttered hoarsely and disappeared in a portal of black.

Sejuani smiled ruefully and walked back into the castle.

In the Noxian quarters

Leblanc heard the door being banged as she was painting a picture. She set down her brush and daintily walked over to the door. Opening it, she saw a very depressed-looking Zed. "Zed, darling. What's wrong?" she said as she cupped his cheek.

Zed muttered out,"I-She's gone." She frowned. "Who is?"

"The peasant girl I told you about. Serena," he paused. "She's gone. And it's because of me,"

Leblanc pulled him in and set him down on a chair. Putting a cup of warm tea in front of the distraught master of shadows, she quietly responded. "Explain."

And so Zed did. "...and I murdered the entire troll army, torturing Trundle and finishing him in the way that Thresh would," he quietly finished. He gasped softly. "Akali was right. I'm-I'm a monster. How can I ever wish to let a woman love me if I destroy-"

"Zed." Leblanc stopped him sharply. "Zed," she repeated. "Look at me."

Zed did, gazing at her with his bright red eyes. "Zed, you were lost in anger, and in your anger you avenged her. You are not a monster, Zed. You are human," she finished softly as she grasped his hand.

Zed was silent for a few minutes. "Thank you," he said, hugging his 'older sister' deeply. He disappeared into the darkness once more. 'Ashe,' he thought out. 'Shit.'

Thank you for reading Escaping Her Shadow! Like always, do whatever the hell you want. Just please be nice :). Anyways, the next chapter, as you probably guessed, will be basically all romance and some smut, so this is going to take a while.

Yes, I know. I'm an asshole. I killed off Zed's girl. Don't worry, she'll be replaced. Also, I'm introducing an OC champion soon for my next story. My next story is gonna have lots of sex, comedy and action. My OC's gonna get it on!

I'm not that great at writing sex scenes, but I will try for you guys!

Also, 2,000 views! Yay!

Thanks everyone,

-solpls