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Chapter 39 - Ultimatum

Hikari watched the rise and fall of Rido's bare chest as he slept. He had taken her again and Hikari had no choice but accept and submit to him due to her powers being suppressed by the chain around her ankle. She gazed at the key which still lay in the middle of the floor where Hanaka had dropped it just out of reach of her fingertips. She sighed, feeling incredibly bereft. She was pregnant, that much she knew. The dull pain which accompanied her pregnancies was there and she felt incredibly weak. It had been three months since she had been kidnapped and a small part of her wanted Kaname to come for her but her anger and hate had not yet dissipated.

Bending down to reach the floor, she picked up her chemise which had been thrown onto the floor when Rido had been overcome with passion and lust. She pulled it on and caressed her stomach. If she had this child, the child would be Haruka's cousin and her half brother or sister.

Looking at Rido, she decided that he was rather handsome and held a high resemblance to Kaname. His hair was darker than Kaname's and it much curlier. She reached to touch the curls which surrounded his deceptively angelic face. They were soft and, although she had been ashamed to admit it, ran her hands through it when she was having sex with him.

That's all it was. She didn't know whether to just lie back, take it and enjoy it or to fight him. But the fight had gone out of her. Thinking Kaname didn't love her anymore, her courage had failed her. There was no point in fighting if Kaname didn't love her, which was, of course, not true. Kaname was still in love with her and would be devastated he knew what was happening.

"Oh, Kaname," Hikari whispered, "Why don't you love me anymore?"

She lay back on the bed and pulled the duvet over herself. Rido shifted and moaned slightly. Hikari stilled, not wanting to be noticed or for him to speak to her, "Are you just going to lie there or are you going to greet your lord and master," Rido grumbled. Hikari flinched. Rido roughly dragged her under him and Hikari whimpered with surprise.

"Lord Rido… please don't… no more," Hikari said, "Isn't it enough that I'm pregnant with your child?"

Rido didn't answer as his fangs ripped into the side of her neck, "It will never be enough," he whispered hoarsely. Hikari began to sob as she tried to push him away.

"If you keep drinking from me, the child will not survive," Hikari replied. Rido growled wit annoyance but he removed his fangs from her neck. Hikari gazed up at the male pureblood blankly and sighed, "Was getting me pregnant part of your plan?"

"It will destroy Kaname," Rido replied, "I will do anything to achieve it."

"Yet Hanaka wants Kaname," Hikari said, "How is that going to work if you want to destroy Kaname? Are you using Hanaka?"

"She has separated you from Kaname and fulfilled her end of the plan," Rido said casually, "You are now pregnant with my child."

"But what are you doing to do to Hanaka after you're done with her, Rido," Hikari asked as he climbed out of bed and pulled his shirt, ignoring the girl coldly, "You said yourself, she has fulfilled her part of the plan, but she isn't going to get anything out of this. She wants to be queen but married to Kaname not you. But you want to be king… how is that going to work out?"

"You honestly think that I would have anything to do with a power hungry, naïve little girl? Why would I have blood tablets and not the real thing? Why would I want her when I could have you?"

"You don't have me," Hikari said coldly, "I am still married to Kaname."

"Who doesn't love you," Rido rebuked harshly. "It's been three months since and yet he has not come to save you. Be with me and you will keep your position as queen and precious little brat will keep her life."

"Kaname will never allow it," Hikari replied quietly, "You don't know how powerful a vampire he is. Just to be touched by him sends chills down my spine. Haruka, my Haruka, she will be a powerful vampire herself one day because she is his daughter…. And she will become queen."

"The brat will never queen if I succeed the throne," Rido said, "The child which is growing in your belly will be the next king or queen."

He pulled on his trousers, socks and shoes before leaving the room without another word. Hikari sighed and pulled the sheet over her head. She had become a slave for Rido and it felt dirty and not in a good way.

"Kaname… please… come and save me," Hikari whimpered, "Hanaka doesn't care for you… not as I love you."

Meanwhile, Kaname and Hanabusa returned to the Kitamura manor with heavy hearts. There had been no sign of Hikari or her captors. Every time they returned to the Kitamura manor without Hikari, the mood and moral would worsen and it seemed like a lost cause. No matter how many times they would try to search for the girl whose presence lightened up their day, there was nothing they could use to trace her.

"What are we going to do," Sara whispered, "Haruka is growing up without her mother. It's been three months already," she turned to Kaname, "Have you seen Haruka lately, Kaname?"

"Yes," Kaname said as he dropped onto one of the chaises, "She is distraught without her mother… as I am distraught to be without my wife."

"You're really suffering, aren't you," Sara said as she placed a hand on his shoulder, "Don't worry, if you persevere, you will find her. You'll bring her home and you'll love her as you have always loved her."

Kaname looked up at her and smiled wryly, "You don't think I just miss her because of the physical aspects of our relationship?"

"Well, no of course not," Sara replied, "But it is only natural to feel like this because it is your right to have a physical relationship. You're her husband and because you love her, you're remaining faithful to her and the fact that you are remaining faithful to the woman you love says a lot about you. You love her for more than just her body. You love her in her entirety."

Kaname smiled, "I love her so much… if Rido and Hanaka have hurt her, I will not hold back. I will kill them. Hikari, you will be back with me and you will be safe."

Sara sighed and closed her eyes, "Well, you should get some rest. You'll be no use to Hikari if you are tired and worn out."

Suddenly, there was an ominous presence and both purebloods looked up, clearly alarmed. Hanabusa, who had retired to his room, came running down the stairs in a blind panic.

"Who is that," he cried. Kaname and Sara walked towards the door and opened it slowly. There, stood Hanaka and Rido with Hikari limply lying in his arms, unconscious. Kaname's eyes widened and he stood frozen to the ground.

"Hikari," Sara whispered, "NO! What have you done to her?!"

She ran forward but was forced back by an unseen force, causing her to fall back into Kaname's arms. Kaname studied his wife as she lay limply in Rido's arms, "Rido, what have you done to my wife?"

"Well, isn't it obvious," Rido said, "I've impregnated her with my child."

Kaname thought he felt his heart stop, "No… you couldn't have done… you dared to rape her? Why?"

"So that you wouldn't be able to have her anymore," Rido said, "According to the law, she has committed treason by lying with another man. Would it hurt to add that she enjoyed it too? However, she was calling out your name but that couldn't be helped."

"You have no choice but to marry me now," Hanaka said, "She's practically divorced from you. She's disgraced."

Kaname shook his head, "She is still mine and always will be. I would never marry you."

"You loved me once," Hanaka said as she sauntered towards him casually, "Why not make yourself do it again?"

Kaname shook his head, "No."

"Oh," Hanaka pouted mockingly, "Well, if you don't, Hikari will die."

Kaname, Sara and Hanabusa all looked at each other in horror, "You wouldn't dare kill her," Sara said, "She is a pureblood vampire like you. You know that killing a pureblood is forbidden."

"Oh, wouldn't we," Hanaka asked with mock innocence, "Oh, but it would be so much fun to kill her. After all, purebloods are hard to kill and we will do it in the most painful way possible."

Kaname growled and launched himself as Rido who disappeared suddenly and reappeared behind him. He calmly regarded his nephew, silently mocking his nephew, "Give her back to me!"

"I can't do that," Rido said disappeared again when Kaname tried to reach for Hikari. Kaname looked around frantically, "Besides, she doesn't love you anymore," He heard Rido's voice say.

"NO!" Kaname roared, the ground cracking under the force of his anger. Never before had he felt such rage, "No, that cannot be true!"

"Marry me and she will not be harmed," Hanaka said from behind. Kaname turned around forced her up against a nearby tree. Hanaka stared at him passively, "You still love me, Kaname… don't deny it. Hikari will not be harmed if you marry me."

"What's Rid getting out of this," Kaname asked and Hanaka laughed, "Answer me, woman!"

"He's helped me get where I am now," Hanaka answered, "He has successfully turned your wife against you. Unless you want Hikari charged with the treasonous act of laying willingly with another man, you will marry me. This automatically divorces you from your wife."

Kaname growled and he had to control himself from tightening his fingers around her neck, "Fine," Kaname whispered, "You win but Hikari must not be harmed."

"I will take good care of her," Rido said with a sadistic smile. Suddenly, Hikari shifted in Rido's arms and her eyes fluttered open. Her head and body ached, causing her to automatically sob. She turned her head, her vision fuzzy.

"Ka… na… me," she whispered. Kaname turned around quickly and gasped.

"Hikari," he said, pain seeping into his voice. Hikari reached out to in vain to Kaname but she found the strength to wriggle around in Rido's arms. Kaname ran forward as she seeming freed herself from Rido's grip. Hikari launched herself at him, their lips almost touching before Hikari was dragged away from him.

"Kaname," she cried, straining in Rido's grip, "Kaname, please! Don't let him take me away!"

Sara and Hanabusa watched helplessly. Even Sara, a pureblood vampire, didn't feel confident enough to take on a vampire such as Rido Kuran and Hanabusa knew he had no chance. Rido, with a flash of blue light, erased Hikari's memories and sent her to sleep.

"Kaname, let her go for now," Sara said.

"What," Kaname hissed.

"We'll find a way to rescue her. But if what Rido and Hanaka said is true about her willingly having intimate relations with-"

"No," Kaname said firmly, "Hikari wouldn't do that… do that to me. She loves me."

"But she's pregnant," Sara said.

"You're so naïve," Kaname shouted, "She was more likely forced upon! She's my innocent Hikari! No, I won't believe that she gave in willingly. I mean… that could be my child. She's been missing for three months and she's three month pregnant. The last time I was intimate with her was three months ago, the day she was kidnapped."

"Be that as it may, we must think of Hikari's life. She will be executed even if she is innocent. You cannot prove that you where intimate that day until the child is born. Only then will we know whether the child is yours or not," Sara said in a whisper.

Kaname numbly let himself be taken back inside. Hanaka smirked and shouted,

"Will next week do you for the wedding," she jeered. Kaname glared at her fiercely before walking inside the manor. The next time he looked, Rido, Hanaka and Hikari had vanished.

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