She looked up and was not surprised to see Tala in the room. On the table was some food.
"I thought you might be hungry." He said, helping her up and sitting her down at one end of a table. She wiped her tears away and tried to smile.
"You'd be right." She said softly, as he sat down at the other table and taking a piece of chicken off the silver platter.
He joined her for dinner. She watched him throughout and he said nothing. She was waiting for the seduction to begin.
"You know, you're the only woman in the building." He said, sipping on his silver goblet, leaning back against the chair.
"Why do you tell me this, Tala?" she asked. She hadn't forgotten that he was the one who flipped the switch.
"Well, I was going to tell you that I find you utterly, enchanting, captivating, attractive, but I suppose…" he said, putting down his goblet and getting up.
He walked over to her and touched her cheek. "I'll have to show you how much." He smiled devilishly. She got up and touched his hand.
"Please Tala, I don't want to." She whispered.
He didn't stop stroking her cheek. He had placed his hand under her chin and was pulling her lips to his. She felt her hand react and slap his across the face.
"I SAID, NO!" she shouted at him. "You will only touch me when I give you permission." She shouted at him.
He looked at his hand that had just come from his mouth. She had actually drawn blood. He smiled and wiped it away with the back of his hand. He stood right up and looked at her. She saw the glint in eyes turn aggressive. He walked up to her, grabbed her throat and slammed her down onto the table. He knocked all the plates and goblets off and was holding her down. He pinned her down with his body and hips and held her face still.
"I will do whatever I want with you." He said, forcing his lips against hers.
He slipped his bloody tongue into her mouth and whipped it around. She felt another urge to hurt him and clamped her teeth down on his tongue. She felt his skin rip and the blood come oozing out into her mouth. He stepped back and swore at her. She spit out the blood onto the grey floor and turned to see him looking at his bloody hand. She got up and ran for the door but he stopped her. He pushed her into the wall next to the door. He slammed his fists into the wall next to her face. She was trapped. She looked away as he pinned her to the wall with his body.
"I have never been afraid of a little blood." He said. S
he pushed him away but he pushed her against the wall again and thrust his hips into hers, pinning her against the wall again.
"Tala, please, I've never…" she pleaded with him.
He stopped in his tracks. The aggressive glint had disappeared and his eyes were cold and calculating again.
"You mean, if I go any further, I will be the first." He smiled.
She began to cry and nodded.
"You and Kai, never had sex." He asked, dumbfounded.
"No, I've haven't know him that long." She said, sobbing.
He moved away from her and thought for a second.
"How old are you 21, 22?" he asked.
"23." She sobbed. He frowned and looked at her.
"Well, you're obviously waiting for the time to be special. All the girly stuff." He said, looking at her.
"Yes, with someone I love." She said, looking at him. He slammed his fist into the wall again and looked at her trapped between them.
"This would be so much easier for me if you were not a virgin." He said. She sobbed and looked at him as he thought to himself silently.
"Well, I won't take you tonight. But I will have you. And you will come to love me." He said. She had to convince him. He was her ticket out of here.
"Get out, at all costs…" Kai's voice rang out in her head. She lifted her shaking hands off the wall and slowly lifted them his face. She cupped his face with her freezing, shaking hands.
"I have no doubt that I will, love you, if you be kind and gentle with me." She whispered out of pure fear. He saw the fear in her eyes and stepped back.
"I'm sorry. I forget sometimes that women are more fragile than the bladers I battle." He sighed.
She walked up to him touched his shoulder. He looked at her and smiled.
"Tala, I'm not very strong. I'm not built to take a beating. I'm like a little songbird, tied with a silken thread. I don't have the strength to pull away, so don't keep me for your own selfish reasons. If you love me, tell me, and I will stay. I won't need a silken thread." She said.
He touched her face and he cocked his head to the side.
"You're so beautiful." He said as he leaned in to kiss her. She stopped him with a finger on his lips.
"Gently." She asked him. He smiled and moved her hand away.
"Always." He said, gently pressing his lips against hers.
She felt him run his hands down her sides and pulled her up against him. She also felt a tear roll down her face. He wasn't crying, she was.
"Kai, I'm so sorry." She thought just as Tala lifted her up off the ground and pressed her up against the wall.
She had lost Kai. He was gone. Tala was her only chance to get out alive now. She wrapped her arms around his chest and pulled herself up against him. She didn't completely mind. He was an attractive young man who liked her. Did he love her, or did he lust after her. She wasn't sure. She felt his confident hands reaching for the zip in front of her jacket and pulling it down. He ripped it off her shoulders and revealed her silky skin to the freezing cold. She was wearing a black bra under her jacket. He threw her jacket on the ground. He put her down before he stepped back. He pulled his jacket off over his head. He dropped it on the ground and stepped towards her.
"And, do you want me yet?" he asked her.
She looked him up and down. His strong muscles stood proud under his ice white skin. She felt her body warming up to the thought of him. She reached out for him and he took her hand. She pulled him closer and he pressed his hot body against her freezing one. His skin was so warm, it burned hers, and she didn't mind. She pulled him closer to her. He lifted her up off the ground and carried her to the bed and lay her down. He unzipped his pants, dropped them to the ground and climbed on top of her. She kissed him but as he reached for her pant's zip, she stopped his hand. They broke the kiss. He watched her as she panted the words.
"You promised." She whispered. He sighed and looked at her.
"I thought that, maybe, if I played the right cards, you might let me." He said, panting himself.
"No," she said, stroking his face. "I want to get to know you first." She smiled and kissed him.
He went in for one last kiss and broke, lifting himself off her. He put his clothes back on and she sat up in her bed.
"I'll be going then." He said, walking to the door. "Goodnight." He said, opening the door.
"Night." She said, as she lay back down on the bed. She felt nothing. She was numb. She felt the cold wetness of her tears running down her cheek as she closed her eyes and tried to dream of Kai. Then she heard some one speak.
"Charlotte." Said a voice. She sat up and Dranzer fell out of her pocket. She fell onto the floor and began to spin spontaneously.
"We'll get out." Charlie said, picking her up off the floor. "You and I. We can do it. Together." She whispered. Dranzer glowed in her hand and Charlie felt like she had a friend in this dark time.