Of the Faire

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Chapter 2:





Queen? QUEEN? How the hell did I get myself in to this?! I stumbled backwards until my knees gave out at the bed. I was in a ruling house of Vampires... Queen Auroriana, or more approprietly termed, Queen of Blood lust was one of the strongest creatures I\'d ever heard of... and one of the most deadly. She could easily turn someone into a quivering mass of jelly just by entering their head. She entered MY head! What if she tampered with what was up there? What if she found out about Grandm- No. I wouldn\'t be here if she found out about that. I had to get away... Window.



"Hey Fi Fi!!!" Sitar called out. "Bath time!"



"Don\'t call me FI FI!!!!!" I yelled back. He could just bathe by his sexy self...

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\'I did NOT just think that!\'



I edged over to the window and felt for the lock. With a twist and a turn I had the window open to a gust of cold air. Sitar entered the room again and smiled at me.



"What do you think your doing?" He asked. He was the enbodiment of cool as he slid his naked body into an ornate chair and crossed his legs.



"None of your damn business." I called back.



"Wanna know what it looks like to me?" He asked. smirking like he knew me.



I looked out the window and gasped. We were so high up we were level with the clouds, and I had a height problem to boot. I couldn\'t even make out the overgrown remnants of the streets. I felt kind of sick and unsteady. Warm arms encircled me. Sitar braced us on the window sill. His braids flew in the wind.



"Looks to me like you believe the rumors of the bloody queen, You think we\'re just trying to fatten you up for a snack? You should be happy to be with your own kind. Lets take a bath and then, if you still want, you\'re more than welcome to jump out the castle window. I warn you though. You wont survive the fall." To put more weight on what he said he leaned forward making me bend out the window so I had a clear view of the decent. Somehow the building... castle was floating in the air. What kind of power would keep it up here? I began to get queezy and tried to lean back. Sitar wouldn\'t budge. "I don\'t want you to be rash Fiorei. Rashness is a poor decision maker." He said it gently and kissed my cheek. "There is so very few of us left."



"Alright... Bath it is..." I mumbled defeatedly.



"Great!" He hauld me back and slammed the window closed. He snapped the lock shut and pulled me away. "We can bond while I scrub you down!" he proclaimed cheerily.



Rolling my eyes I replied. "I can bath myself thankyou!"



"Not if I tie you up you can\'t." His voice had dropped from that cheerie \'im your best friend\' tone to the sexy, gonna screw you till you\'re brain explodes tone. Apparently Sitar was going to be more than just a friend... whether I want him too or not. His light green eyes darkened with lust. His caramel skin shined with slight sweat. He was a mortal god. I always new I kinda swung that way but he was hotter than any wet dream I could imagine. What the hell did this guy see in scrawny blue haired me. Sitar sucked on the loops and studs in my ears. I guess I could enjoy it while I can.



Sitar lead me into the bathroom that looked more like a jacuzzi pool. The sweet scent of vanilla wafted out of the bubbles. We were both naked already, which I\'m surprised im not freaking out about that yet. As if sensing my thoughts, Sitar turned to me while piling and pining up his braids.



"Mama helped with that." he said apologeticaly.



"With?" I played dumb.



"Mama can kind of calm your inhabitions." He waved his hand around like he was looking for the write words. "She eased your shyness. Moira and the others can be quite sexual and clingy. She thought it would help your adjusting. Lesson the shock. Please don\'t judge her for that."



I followed him into the hot water. I\'m not sure wether I should be glad or angry at that.



Despite what he said earlier he was very profesional when it came to my cleaning. He inspected every inch of my body and when he was done scrubbing, rubbing and making me purr he held me close as we relaxed in the water. I was amazed that I could relax at all. That kind of thing could have got me killed. I guess Mama had a hand in that. Made me more manageable. I had to keep reminding myself that I can\'t get used to this, that I was going to escape.



"Fiorei?" Sitar wispered from behind me.



"Yeah?" I asked.



"Whats it really like below?" He seemed wistfull when he said that.



"You mean what was my life like?" I looked at him puzzled. "Been here so long you forgot the aftermath of the fallout and purge?" His arms loosened a little.



"I never felt the effects... I was... born here." He sighed heavenly and began to pet my stomach. I think to comfort him more than me. "My mother was the Queens kept human. Royals had to keep thier own humans because poisoning was common. It didn\'t kill the vampire, but it made them easier to kill. My mother wanted so bad to have a child. Her and the Queen became close friends and even though my mother never said anything the Queen knew. She searched out other kept humans and The Duke Roschell that presided over the South American Covens was a good friend of hers and offered up his favorite human. I take after my father except for my eyes. Mom got pregnant... but their were problems. She died giving birth to me. My father is still alive, but I rarely see him. He\'s nice and all... but he doesn\'t really concider me his kid. The Queen raised me as her own child and thats why I call her mama. Moira and the others picked up on that. All of my twenty seven years I spent here. I\'ve never had a need or want not filled. I\'ve been blessed." He smiled ruefully. "I only knew of the purge from what I heard here."



I felt like an ass. "Sorry." I said.



He squeezed me tight. "You\'re sweet!"



"Was Moira born here as well? You said their is other humans here too, right?" I flicked and the bubbles and leaned back and rested my head on his shoulder.



"No I was the only one born here. Moira was found amongst the rubble of one of New Orleans buildings. She was three or four with no memory. There was a female werewolf that had lost her cub when she was cast out of her clan. She came across her on her way to seek refuge here. Her name is Naomi. Naomi reared Moira here and became one of the queens gaurds. I was young at the time and I was so happy to have someone to play with even remotely close to my age. She\'s just turned eighteen last month. We based her birthday on the first day she came to the castle. Naomi will just love you. The other two humans that live here are Kai and Lucas. You\'ll meet them later. Kai was taken in as a kept human by Lord Cho Lang Shin, A Chinese vampire, when he was five. No one knows what happened to his parents. Cho Lang Shin abused Kai pretty badly." Sitar rubbed his lips on my neck. He liked contact that was for sure. I guess I could be his teddy bear for a little while.



"How did he end up here?" I asked



"Lord Cho Lang Shin sent assasins to kill the Queen. She didn\'t take kindly to that. Called him a coward and went to meet him personally. She slaughtered his coven. I guess the name Auroriana of the blood lust does come from some where. She never hunted humans though. Mama had her hands full with her own kind. Some of the Vampires that did not like Cho Lang Shin swore allegence to her and she appointed a new ruler to China. She almost didn\'t find Kai. The sun was rising and forced her and her guards to stay the day and she chose to stay in Lord Cho Lang Shins rooms. Their she found the fifteen year old Kai chained to the bed in pretty bad shape. She brought him home and gave him into my care five years ago. He is very shy and mute for the most part. It took two years for him to talk. Cho Lang Shin beat him for making any sound but screams. Mama never asks to feed on him, but occasionally he will offer to show his appreciation. Kai is really sweet and if he likes you he clings to you like white on rice." he chuckled a bit.



"He sounds sweet" I commented back "Whats Lance\'s story?"



"Lance... He was the son of a rebel human leader. One that got too ballsy. He attacked the queen on her way back here with Kai. He was a desperate man and angry, his wife had been killed by vampires. He had the disease and was captured in his weak state. The Queen confined him to a suite on the other side of the castle and talked with him. Interrogated officially, but he was willingly forth coming with information. He was tired and just wanted a better life for his son, Lance. Instead of killing him once she got the information she needed she sent Naomi and the other wolves here to find his son. I was busy with Kai and Moira and didn\'t actually meet Lance face to face until a year after he was brought in. Lance\'s father died and Mama gave the option for him to stay here. He is the same age as Kai by the way. Lance agreed and stayed. He doesn\'t like to talk about his past or his family. He still hurts over that." Sitar mumbled something about the water starting to cool.



I leaned forward and we got out. I was toweled dry and let him fuss over my hair. I felt cleaner than I did in a long time. He gave me a pair of black sweat pants to wear and proceeded to put on a pair of his own. Moira was sprawled out on the bed asleep when I entered the bedroom again. Her small frame rose up and down as she slept dwarft in the massive ocean of blue sheets. Something wasn\'t quiet right about the way she laid. Her breath seemed forced. Sitar came up to me and peered out the bathroom door. His breath froze. Before I could utter a word I was thrown back into the bathroom and fell hard on my ass as the door slammed shut and dissappeared. Sitar was yelling and a cruel laughter filled the air. I pressed my self against the wall where the door had once been listening.



"She hasn\'t claimed him yet so I am! You\'re a pathetic human. I can\'t kill you without the Queens wrath.. but I CAN hurt you!" The female voice floated through the wall as if she was right next to it.



I heard things crashing to the floor and Sitar yelling out and grunting. After a few moments all fell silent and I held my breath, waiting for any sign that he was alright. My heart hammered in my ears.



"Little boy Little boy? Laruta just wants to play!" She cackled. letting loose and insane laughter. I\'d be damned if she was going to \'play\' with me! Glancing around the room I looked for another door of some sort. Nothing. Not even a large enough air vent. The sky was growing darker outside the window with storm clouds on the horrizon. Looking back to where the door should have been, the crazy woman called out. "Sitar\'s spell on the wall is slipping! Oh sweet child! You and I will have such FUN!"



Up the creek without a paddle as they say... right?





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