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Hell Bent On Love
By: afallenblackrose
Chapter Ten:
The Halls of Hell
What she was doing was wrong. Serena knew that, but for some reason she didn't care. All she knew was that she didn't want to spend the afternoon with Lord Endymion Rockwood. How could her father do this to her, was the first thought that had run through her mind the previous evening. But the second was a plot. It was clear to Serena that her father wanted Endymion to be interested in her and Endymion was interested. Just not for the reasons that her father believed. So she also knew that he was looking forward to this 'date' and would stop at nothing to achieve it. However, if Serena were already out when he came to call for her, well, he wouldn't get this 'date.' But he would reschedule or come to town and hunt her down….
Serena sighed, causing her maid to look up at her in alarm.
"Are you well, Lady Serena?" She asked raising the umbrella over her charge to shield her from the sun.
"I'm fine, Gabriella. Just realizing how hopeless a situation that I'm in is. It shouldn't be this difficult to avoid unwanted advances."
"Unwanted advances? Would the lady care to explain?"
"Lord Endymion has made it obvious that he is lusting after me. I tried to avoid him all night last night, but he was able to catch me right before father and I left. He asked for my company this afternoon. My father foolishly agreed, thinking his intentions are pure and now, I'm avoiding him."
"That is why the lady decided to go to the market today?" Her maid asked, not in accusation but in understanding. Serena couldn't help but smile. Gabriella was not like other maids. She was polite, did her chores, but she was something more. For as long as Serena could remember, Gabriella worked for her family and since her mother's death had been a close confidant for her. No matter what silly scheme Serena came up with, Gabriella went along with it, no questions asked and also didn't tell Serena's father what his daughter was truly up to.
"Yes, that's exactly why," she replied. "But I wouldn't be surprised if he comes into the village to look for me. It just depends on how dedicated he is on catching me."
"If the lady would forgive me, but maybe that is why the lady is doing this?"
"Excuse me?" Serena stopped in her tracks causing Gabriella to walk further on without her charge. She froze and turned around to stare at Serena who was shaking in anger.
"I – I mean no disrespect, Lady Serena, but maybe you have another intention behind abandoning Lord Endymion this afternoon. Maybe you wish to have him chase you…" she trailed off as she watched her charge shake harder. She had gone too far. How dare she insinuate that she had other intentions by abandoning Lord Endymion? But don't you? A little voice in her head asked her. You want him to chase after you, because if he does that means that his intentions just might be pure. Serena balked at the thought. That wasn't why she was doing this! She was avoiding Endymion for a reason.
He was a known ladies man, he only wanted one thing when it came to women and it wasn't marriage or love. It was a known fact and Serena knew for a fact that he wasn't going to change his spots. He would always be that kind of man and she was just his next victim. That was all there was to this. She was just trying to save herself from a lunatic…but she had to admit, in a perfect world she would have hoped for that option. And now that Gabriella had put that idea in her head, she couldn't stop thinking about it.
Gabriella watched as the demeanor of her charge changed, and wondered if Serena had just realized her other intention of avoiding Lord Endymion. She stared over the shoulder of Serena, and saw a tall man walking in their direction. He had raven black hair and piercing blue eyes. She had heard enough about him to realize who he was. Lord Endymion Rockwood, she thought to herself. So he had decided to find Lady Serena in the village market. Now, what was she going to do?
"Lady Serena, I don't mean to interrupt your thoughts, but Lord Endymion is coming this way." This startled her and she didn't dare turn around, but she didn't know what to do. Should she leave or should she stay? Her slight hesitation caused him to gain momentum, so by the time she had made up her mind (to leave) he was standing right in front of her. She looked up and saw him grinning in victory.
"Lady Serena," he greeted. "I called on you earlier, and your doorman said that you were not at home. I prodded him for some information and he told me where I could find you. Did you forget about our outing this afternoon?"
Serena didn't even bother to answer. The look in his eyes said it all. He knew that she was going to lie and if she even tried, he was going to call her on it. Well, wasn't this going to be an interesting afternoon?
I woke up with a start and groaned. I had felt so comfortable and man, the sleep had felt so good. Why did I have to wake up during that dream? Things were about to get interesting between Endymion and Lady Serena. I wanted to know what happened next between the two, especially because she had just realized…Fuck, what was I talking about? It was time that I faced up to the fact that Lady Serena Salvatore and I were one and the same. Endymion had even told me…. Wait, speaking of, where was he? I turned over and opened an eye. His side of the bed was empty, but unlike the other day, it actually looked like he had slept there. I have to admit, I was a little disappointed to see that he had already left. I was hoping after our little heart to heart, and crazy love making last night he would have stuck around for round four. But, he was the Devil and I was sure he had other things to do. I wasn't going to let my insecurities (he only banged my brains out because he thinks I'm Serena) get the best of me. What had happened last night, God that had been amazing. I had never felt like that with anybody else before. I rolled over, so that I was on my back, loving the way my naked body felt in between the silk sheets and closed my eyes. It wouldn't be too horrible if I took a quick nap, would it? It's not like I had other options…
They hadn't moved or said anything since his arrival. Serena didn't know what to say. He knew that she had been purposefully trying to avoid him. He had already called her on it last night at the ball; she wasn't going to let him call her on it again. It was bad enough that she couldn't muster up the courage to delve deeper into her recent discovery, but to have Endymion standing right there? It was infuriating. He actually came out to find her. Why had he done that? There were plenty of other girls out there who he could have, but he decided to choose her? Was it because she wasn't interested in him and he wanted a good challenge? Or was it because he really did want her as more than just a conquest?
"What exactly are you thinking about, Lady Serena?" He finally broke the silence. She looked up at him again. Gods, why did he have to be so abnormally tall? She couldn't help but think.
"Nothing that concerns you," she lied and walked away from him. "Gabriella, let's continue on our way." It was a dismissal and a rude one at that. But, Serena hoped, that he got the message that she didn't want his company.
"Very well, Lady Serena," Gabriella replied raising the umbrella again to shield the girl from the sun. Too many rays would not bode well with Serna since she had such a pale and fine complexion.
"Wait, just one moment," Endymion said, stepping into their path and blocking their way, again.
"What do you want, Lord Endymion?" She asked, sounding frustrated and annoyed. Couldn't he take the hint that she didn't want to talk with him?
"Gabriella, would you mind giving Lady Serena and I a moment? I would like to talk to her." Gabriella looked to Serena, questioning on whether or not she should leaved the two alone. Serena was rather curious as to what he could possibly want, and nodded her head. Her friend curtsied and walked further away from the couple. After she was far enough away, Endymion took one of Serena's hands into hers. She was shocked to feel a pang of electricity flow through her when he touched her skin.
"Lord Endymion, what do you want to talk to me about?" Her voice was level and calm even though she was having a breakdown on the inside.
"Lady Serena, you're avoiding me and I'm not just talking about the dance last night." Damn it! She couldn't help but curse in her head. This was exactly the kind of accusation she was hoping to avoid. But he had and now she had no choice. She had to lie.
"I don't know what you are talking about, Lord Endymion. Our outing must have slipped my mind. Now, if that is all you wished to discuss…." She turned to walk away, when he pulled her back to face him. But he also pulled her flush along his body. Her eyes widened at their close proximity to each other. Was he absolutely mad? They were out in public after all, anyone could see what was happening. This wasn't proper…but damn did it feel nice…Oh, shut up! She screamed at herself. This was not right! What exactly was Endymion trying to do?
"Don't insult my intelligence, Serena. I know when I'm being lied to. You've been avoiding me and I think I know why," he looked into her eyes, as if staring into her soul. And whom did he think he was trying to kid by dropping the formalities? "You're afraid because you know about my reputation. You don't want to be hurt, but I have to stress this, Serena, I don't want things to be that way with you. My intentions aren't as ghastly as you believe. You're different." He let her go, putting space between them. His azure blue eyes were still staring at her. But for once in her life, she didn't know what to say. He seemed almost sincere, helpless even. But how did she know that what he was saying held any truth?
"That's all and good, Endymion, but how do I know what you're saying is true? They're only words and like you said, you do have a reputation…"
"Let me prove it to you," he replied. Now, he really was desperate, and Serena wanted to give him the chance. But she was going to have to have her guard up, just in case he was playing her for a fool.
"Okay," she answered. "But you better not mess this up." The smile he gave her took her very breath away. Maybe what he was saying was the truth. Just maybe.
Somebody was watching me that was the reason I woke up this time around. Which was real unfortunate, because I was really enjoying that dream…okay flashback. It was still taking me awhile to get used to the fact that these dreams that I was having weren't just dreams but memories from my former life. My eyes fluttered open and I searched the room to see who was watching me. Something that was really hard to do because I had gone from being flat on my back to being turned onto my left side. But I didn't see anyone. Okay, this was weird, I could have sworn that someone was…
I almost squealed in surprise when I felt an arm snake around my waist, bringing me closer to a very warm body. The person placed a kiss on my shoulder blade, making me realize whom he was. But just in case I didn't know, he spoke,
"I see you haven't moved since I left you," that oh so familiar voice whispered into my ear. The action caused goose bumps to arise on my skin and a smile formed on my lips. See I had nothing to worry about….
"And why exactly would I have moved? I'm way too comfortable for such a thing."
"Too comfortable? Even to repeat what happened last night?" He nuzzled into my shoulder blade. Okay, I know that I've spent a great amount of time bragging about how strong willed I am, but after everything that has happened, can you really blame me for saying that I literally melted at that? Like I said before, what happened last night was amazing and I would have no problems repeating it.
"I guess you can persuade me," I replied, my voice a whisper and my eyes automatically closing. The arm around my waist disappeared, but quickly pushed me onto my back. When I opened my eyes, he was staring into the familiar azure blue ones. He was staring down at me, a mischievous smirk on his face, and his hands ran along the side of my body. Trailing dangerously close to my breasts. The sensation was driving me absolutely mad and I felt myself heating up.
"Are you sure?" He asked, now unsure. "Because if you want, we can just talk or I could let you go back to sleep…." He trailed off, his fingers trailing down my stomach…
Last night…my mind groggily thought back. It flashed to the hallway and then the couch and finally it flashed to the bed where she had been on top of me. Fuck, that was unbelievable and just when I thought things were going to be okay, she asked me about Serena. It threw me for a loop. I hadn't thought that Serenity would ever find out about Serena. But I should have known better. Of course, she would be curious as to why I picked her to be my mistress of hell, but I thought I would have had more time…
*Flashback*
"Well, they're memories about you and a woman named Serena Salvatore," she said. I didn't know what to say. My grip on her waist tightened and I felt her squirm at the roughness. But at that moment I didn't care. I hadn't heard her name uttered from someone else's lips (except for the masters and the mistresses) in so long. Then to hear it from Serenity, the woman who I had believed to be Serena's reincarnation amazed me. I didn't know how to react. I had just made love to this woman, damning the fact if she was Serena or not because I was in love with her.
Yes, it was rather soon to be talking love, but she captivated me completely. And I'm not talking about Serenity's close similarity to Serena's appearance. I'm talking about Serenity's appearance, her personality, and the fact that she had kneed me in the groin made her even more alluring. It didn't matter if she was Serena's reincarnation or not. I loved her.
But now that she knew about Serena and was apparently living through her memories, this made things complicated and strange. Was that the reason she had allowed me to take her in every obvious way? Because Serena was fueling her emotions?
"Endymion?" Her sweet angelic voice whispered from beside me.
"What memories are you seeing?" I asked.
"So far, just the night you two first met," she replied. "She really didn't like you, did she?"
I chuckled, "No. No, she didn't." I thought back to that night of the ball, but then I wondered. How exactly did Serenity know what Serena looked like and what she meant to me?
"I didn't get what I was dreaming about at first, but then the other mistresses told me about her. You're history with her and why you might have picked me as your mistress." I glanced down at her in shock. How had she know what I was thinking, or had I voiced my questions out loud?
"They said might?" I asked trying to clarify things.
"Might?"
"The reason I picked you as my mistress of hell. They said that it might have been because of Serena?"
"Oh, that, yeah, that's what they said." She didn't say it with as much enthusiasm and I knew that something was wrong. She was wondering the same thing. Had I chosen her because of her resemblance to Serena or had I chosen her for her company? I, of course, knew the answer to this, but I didn't know how she was going to take it. Like I said before, it was too soon.
"How did the other mistresses find out about your dreams?" I asked, desperately trying to change the subject. I didn't want her to dwell on this subject too long. Just in case she started to regret what she had just done with me. I didn't want to be kneed in the groin again.
"Oh, well, I sort of told them and they sort of caught me looking at some stuff…" That got my attention.
"Looking at some stuff? What are you talking about?"
"It was right after I told you about what had happened to me. I had taken a nap and had another dream. I didn't know what it meant, so I went to go find the girls. But before I did, I went to change and I was searching for a pair of shoes when I stumbled across the chest." I already knew what she was talking about. The chest that held all the letters Serena had sent to me over the nine-week period that I knew her and her portrait. I should have been angry that Serenity opened it, but I couldn't be. Curiosity was a very interesting thing and if I were in her shoes, I would have done the same thing.
"So you opened the chest and saw the letters and the portrait."
"Yes, I couldn't believe how similar we looked and I wondered who it was. When I flipped it over and saw her name, I knew that the dreams I was having and my similarity weren't just a coincidence. That's how the other mistresses found me and they told me the basics."
"I see," I replied. "And you're wondering if that was the reason I picked you and have taken such an interest in you…" I let my fingers comb through her hair again, finding solace in the gesture. Hoping that Serenity would take this the right way.
"Endymion?" My name on her lips sent shivers through me, just like it did way back when.
"I thought that's what it was, but now I'm not so sure."
*End of Flashback*
After that we had fallen asleep not really speaking. It felt wonderful to hold her in my arms, but it made it that much harder to leave her the following morning. I did it though and it didn't take me long to come back to her side. When I arrived back in our chamber, she was still sound asleep underneath my sheets. She looked so peaceful, so angelic, that I didn't have the heart to waken her. I moved as quietly as I could to the bed, but she began to stir as if sensing my presence. I crawled in beside her, and waited for her to fully waken. When I saw her head move around, as if trying to find whom or what had disturbed her slumber, I snaked my arm across her waist and pulled her backwards.
Since she was up, we might as well continue our exploits from the night before…
"So did you have another memory?" Endymion asked me after we had gone for rounds four and five. I didn't reply right away, because I was trying to catch my breath. Last night had been all about the lust factor, but today was different. He was gentler and more passionate. Maybe the idea that I had that he actually cared about me and not Serena wasn't too far fetched after all.
"Yes, actually I did," I replied, looking up at him. "It was the day after the ball where she was avoiding you and this outing the two of you were supposed to have. I got all the way up to the part where you told her that she was different and that she should let you prove it to her."
"Ah…" he said, closing his eyes. I was waiting for him to say more, but I was severely disappointed.
"So, was she different?" It was a stupid question to ask, but I wanted him (no, needed him) to tell me more about her.
"Obviously," he scoffed. "I did almost marry her, Serenity."
"But why did you decide to change for her? I mean, you did have the reputation of being a ladies man, and that's why she was avoiding you. She thought that she had become your next victim. But…you were different."
"Before that ball, I had seen Serena, interacted with her," he explained. "She was unlike any other woman that I'd ever known back then. She was strong willed and didn't care about appropriate protocol. She wasn't just going to sit there and be quiet like ladies were supposed to back then. She spoke her mind and she spoke it often. I admired that in her. At that point, I knew that I wanted to get to know her, and that I wanted a proper relationship with her."
"Wow," I said, slightly taken aback by the passion in his words. He really did love Serena, and it must have sucked to have her taken away so cruelly. I couldn't imagine living through something like that.
"Mm," he muttered. He opened an eye to look at me, and he looked like he was struggling with something. I was about to ask him what it was, when he spoke. "I just realized that you never got a proper tour of your new home." I looked at him in shock, that wasn't what I had been expecting.
"Come on, go get dressed." I very begrudgingly got out of bed and walked to the closet to pick out something to wear, I really didn't care about the grand tour of hell. I mean it was hell, what could there possibly be to see?
Hell was huge. It had so many different caverns, and nooks and crannies that I was amazed that Endymion didn't get lost himself. But he had been there over five hundred years, by now, he obviously knew his way around. We were walking through one of the many hallways, when I felt him take my hand in his. It was an intimate gesture, something only lovey dovey couples did, but I didn't mind. It was a perfect moment.
One that was about to be ruined.
As we walked down that hall and he pointed to different things, a woman and a man appeared walking towards us. Endymion looked up, his brow furrowed. I had a feeling that those two weren't supposed to be here. I took in the woman, who was rather tall, she looked to be at least five foot ten. She had crazy and wild red hair, and the purple gown that she wore was rather tight, it looked almost like her second skin. I couldn't make out the man behind her, he was too incased in shadow, but I was very curious as to who these two were.
And why the hell she was looking at Endymion like she was about to eat him alive.
"Beryl, what are you doing down here?" Endymion asked.
"Lord Endymion," she almost purred. "It should be I to ask you what you are doing down here. We usually don't see you down in the circles…" she smiled at him, revealing two canines that almost looked like fangs. I shuddered away from the sight. Something about this woman just wasn't right.
"I was giving a tour to my new mistress," he replied. "Not that I need to explain myself to you, Beryl."
"Of course, you don't. But I hadn't heard that you had a new mistress, I take it that this lovely creature is she?" The whole statement dripped with sarcasm. Apparently she wasn't too happy that Endymion had a mistress. What was the story between these two?
"Yes, this is Serenity," he said introducing me. Whether or not he had heard the sarcasm and was choosing to ignore it was beyond me. "Serenity this is one of the circles enforcers, Beryl."
"A pleasure to meet you, I'm sure," she replied smiling at me. A smile that I knew was fake. But that was okay, because two could play at that game.
"It's nice to meet you too." I smiled back at her.
"Serenity?" A very familiar voice said from behind her. I looked up in alarm. It couldn't be. There was no way that it could have been him. Endymion raised an eyebrow in question.
"You seem to have company yourself, Beryl. Who is your tag along?"
"Ah, well, I'll just let him introduce himself…" she trailed off, that smile of hers growing wider. But this time it wasn't fake. It was an insidious smile. What the fuck was going on here? My heart was pounding in my chest, waiting for the mystery man to step out of the shadows and reveal himself even though I already had a horrible feeling I knew who it was.
"Oh, it is you, my dear little whore."