A cool, damp breeze blew through the pitch-dark room. The rumble of thunder sounded in the distance as thick clouds rolled across the sky in thick masses blocking out the soft glow of the stars and heavens above. Shelly shot upright in the bed. A cold chill ran down her spine as she quickly rubbed the sleep from her tired eyes struggling to adjust them to the darkness. She gently shook Rin's shoulder to wake him up.
"Rin... Rin..." She whispered as a strange sense of fear and anxiety began to feel her body. "Wake up... I think I heard something."
Rin rolled over onto his back cracking one sleep heavy eye. He reached out to pull her against him but found her legs instead. When he realized she was upright in the bed and trembling, he pushed himself up on his elbow and asked. "What is it, love?" He asked as he rubbed up and down her legs.
She nervously looked around the room still unable to see clearly in the dark. She kicked herself for not taking the time to at least learn enough about the beast within to shift her eyes. She cupped her hands over Rin's as she continued to survey the room. "I... I heard a noise..."
Another clap of thunder rumbled in the distance. Rin glanced over toward the open balcony doors. "It's only thunder, Love. A storm must be moving in." He lifted his hand and snapped his fingers causing the double doors to shut soundly. "Lay back down, babe. Summer storms are always the most relaxing to sleep through." He gently pulled on her; but she wouldn't budge, instead, she just continued trying to see into the heavy darkness.
She scrunched her nose, sniffing the air. "But... but... I don't think it was the storm... it was... I thought I heard someone in here." She whispered unconsciously scooting closer to Rin.
Rin pushed himself up into a sitting position beside her and pulled her into his arms. He stroked her hair as he carefully pressed her head against his chest. "Shhh, Love, it was only a dream. You're perfectly safe inside these walls. There's no way anyone could get inside as long as mother is here. Her wards would keep out even the strongest of creatures." He placed several kisses to the top of her head as he continued to stroke her hair and rock both their bodies back and forth.
She pressed her bare body snugly against his, one arm wrapped around his bare waist and the hand of the other gliding back and forth across his chest. When another clap of thunder sounded closer this time, she buried her face in the warmth of his chest and held on to him as tightly as she could. "I... used to like storms... but for some reason this one seems different... I can't help the unease tonight. My stomach is even in knots." She whispered, her voice breaking with emotion.
Rin smiled, {upset stomach... unstable emotions... could she be showing signs of pregnancy already?} He thought to himself as he laced one hand into her hair and the other under her chin. "I can think of a few ways to distract you from the storm, if you're not too tired." He pressed his lips to hers and held them there until the quiver of her lips seized and she began kissing him back. He worked carefully to press her back into the soft cozy bedding cradling her head as he went. He brought one of her hands to his mouth and kissed her knuckles before resting the hand on the back of his own neck. Then he stroked his long fingers down the length of her arm, over her rib cage and across the curves of her abdomen and hip. When he reached her hip bone, he flattened out his hand and slid his palm up her stomach moving upward until he was able to cup her small breast in his hand. He gave it a light squeeze as he settled between her legs, their mouths still working hungrily to devour one another.
Lightening flashed and another faint noise was muffled by the loud crack of thunder announcing the storm was now upon them. The once light sprinkling of rain now pounded against the glass of the balcony in angry pelts. Shelly could feel her heart rate begin to elevate as Rin broke away from her lips and started trailing kisses down her body. She couldn't help but squeeze her eyes shut tightly and bite her lips as the delicious sensations of his mouth on her neck, breast, navel, and hips rattled her body. She pressed her hips upward, eager to have his mouth ease some of the tension building between her thighs.
"What an eager little whore you are. It's a shame I didn't take advantage of this side of you sooner." A familiar, cynical voice echoed through the large, dark room and Shelly froze. Her eyes shot open, but she couldn't bring a single muscle to move. She knew the second those icy blue eyes met hers. She could feel his presents in her head as he tried to take control there. Fear flowed through her veins turning her whole body cold when she felt the bed shift as Rin turned toward the shadowed figure standing near the closed balcony doors facing them. Another bolt of lightening flashed across the sky reflecting off the gleaming white teeth of the man's evil grin. She pulled the silky sheets up tight against her chest and clung to them as tears began to slide down her otherwise frozen body, watching as Rin tugged another sheet around his waist toga style.
"Who are you? How did you get in here?!" Rin growled as he took a sidestep to block the man's view of Shelly. He lifted his hand, but before he could snap his fingers a flash of a blade came zipping through the air pinning his hand to the high post of the bed. Rin let out a curse unable to believe what had just happened. Before he could react the shadowy figure moved at nearly the speed of the lightening flashing outside the large double doors causing light to gleam off yet another silver blade.
Shelly squeezed her eyes tightly shut as she fought against the force holding her to this spot. She let out a whimper and squeezed her eyes tighter as a sickening slice sounded and a warm splatter splashed across her bare flesh. Her stomach dropped and tears began flooding her eyes as the nauseating smell of blood filled the room. A sadistic laugh echoed as rough hands clamped down over both of her arms. She turned her head away from the hot breath that brushed her face. Another whimper escaped as his nasty tongue lapped up the liquid that had splashed across her.
He chuckled, "I think I'm going to enjoy this. You see, I was pretty pissed when you escaped me..." He growled against her ear as he continued lapping up the spilled blood. "I was even more angry when I was ORDERED to come find you... but this..." He pulled the blanket from her trembling fingers. "This I'm going to enjoy quite a bit." He purred sadistically as he pressed his mouth to one pert nipple and bit down drawing blood.
A raspy gurgling noise sounded from the end of the bed and Shelly couldn't fight the voice inside her head pushing her to open her eyes and see what was happening around her. She nearly vomited when her eyes met Rin's. His hand was still stuck between the bedpost and the blade. His entire upper torso was covered in blood. She struggled to adjust her eyes to the dark room, her gaze roaming his chest looking for a wound with each flash of lightening. When she heard the gurgling sound again her eyes shot up to meet his. It was then that she noticed the deep gash along his throat. "NOOO!" She whaled. Fighting against the controlling force in her brain she punched out, shoving and kicking as she tried to escape his grasp and get to Rin.
Dante laughed, "Yes, fight little princess! Fight with all you have." His eyes glistened brightly in the dark with merriment. "Fight like your parents did the day we slaughtered both your parents." He grasped both her hands in one of his large ones. "Would you like to know what we did to your mother as we forced your father to watch from his precious, high balcony?" He sent a deviant smile to Rin as he unfastened his jeans with his free hand.
Shelly screamed as tears flowed more rapidly down her face. "Stop you MONSTER!" She tried to struggle against him, but it was no use. The weight of his body was now crushing down on her forcing her legs apart and forcing himself inside her with one harsh thrust. "STOP!!!" She cried as she wreathed beneath him. Her watery eyes searched the darkness for Rin. She even cried out his name, but there was no response. The gurgling had stopped, and his lifeless eyes only stared down at her illuminated by the flashes of the lightening.
Dante sank his fangs into her neck as he neared his climax. The thrill of taking her in front of the dying prick that had taken her and her virtue, had him busting in only a matter of minutes. He pumped hard as he took just enough blood to leave her weak and unconscious without actually killing her.
He pushed upright on his knees and looked around the room. First, he took in Shelly's limp form and then the lifeless body hanging limp from the bedpost, then to the balcony where the rain had finally receded. "Hum... Maybe I should have forced the bastard to snap us out of here before I killed him..." Dante said as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. He shrugged, "Oh well..." He turned back to Shelly and scooped her up into his arms. As he made his way to the balcony doors, a small silk nightgown caught his attention. He grabbed it and tossed it over his shoulder. He pulled the doors open and leaped onto the railing. "This should be a fun fall." He said as he stepped over the railing, landing the three stories down like it was just a simple step on a staircase. He glanced back at the palace making sure no one had seen him before darting at vampire speed over the outward wall and into the car he'd left waiting near the back gates. He picked up his phone and hit the first number on his call list. "It's done. I have the girl. I'm flying back tonight." He didn't wait for a reply, instead, he hung up and plugged in the address for the private airport where the DeMarco jet awaited.