Jaden

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Chapter 38
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With whatever strength Adrian had left in him he used it to fight off Ignatius; he pushed and slashed at his face trying desperately to escape his clutches. He struck out several times wanting so much to maim his good looks, only to see his flesh heal fast as if nothing touched him. Ignatius laughed out loud, so amused with Adrian as he tried in vain to free himself.

Ignatius soon tired of Adrian’s feeble attempt of self defense; he grabbed the smaller man’s wrists and held them out away from his body which forced Adrian to sit up bringing them chest to chest. Adrian’s legs were pinned down by the weight of his master’s body sitting on him.

Ignatius leered down into amethyst eyes, “Enough, I heal quickly. But that stings.”

Adrian had never trembled so much in his life, he stared up into blood red eyes his master’s cold breath in his face. He tried to turn away, but Ignatius made it quite clear to remain still or else he would rip his arms off.
Ignatius grazed the skin on Adrian’s throat, and laughed hearing the young man choke back his cries. He smiled into his flesh and nipped at his tender ear lobe.

“I am so disappointed in you my pet; once more you have forgotten your place. Why must I always be forced to remind you? Did you believe that by spreading your slutty legs for a Drakar` places you above me, your master?”

Adrian was so frightened; he bit down on his lower lip to hold back a remark. Right now all he could think of was getting Jaden out of danger. He looked past Ignatius’s shoulder and saw the change in his brother as hunger took hold of the young vampire. It pained him to see Jaden suffer, he had to get free and he had to get his brother fed before it was too late.

Ignatius was taken aback when Adrian pulled his head back to look up at him, a weak smile formed on Adrian’s full lips and he moved in closer as if he wanted to kiss his master. Instead of a kiss Adrian spoke with all the hate and coldness he felt for him.

“Master Ignatius, thou you will always be my master and there is nothing I can do about that. However, Victor is my blood bonded mate and you are no more than a horrible past that I have tried to forget. You disgust me, each time you touched me has been acid upon my flesh. You are a cold beast, undeserving of any tender consideration.”

Adrian cried out in pain, when he was grabbed and flipped over like a pancake to end up slammed down hard on the floor face down.

He could feel the weight of Ignatius on his back, holding him down. His cold breath in his ear and spray of spit hit his face, as Ignatius screamed at him. The fury of the master had no limits and his rage blinded him.

“You belong to me! Your place is here in my house!” Ignatius screamed so out of control, he only had one thing in mind and that is to re-claim Adrian and to remind him who his real master is.

He straddled Adrian’s body, letting his weight hold him in place. His right hand fisted in Adrian’s hair pulling his head back almost to the breaking point, his left hand on the floor supported his weight and he screamed at the top of his lungs into Adrian’s ear.

“I MADE YOU!!!!”

Adrian trembled so hard, that it hurt every muscle in his body. Finding himself back in the all too familiar madness that is Ignatius. He fought hard not to cry and his left hand held onto Ignatius’s wrist nearest to him.

“You miserable slut! Have you forgotten who you are speaking to? I am your MASTER! You are nothing but a whore! I made you; I have cared and provided a home for you. I showered you with priceless jewels. I own you; I gave you the most precious gift of all and you dare to spurn my good intentions?”

There was not much Adrian could do to stop Ignatius’s tirade, his left hand wrapped tighter around the vampire’s wrist as if he held on to a life raft. He screamed in pain when Ignatius slammed his head down on the stone floor.

Sharp nails cut into his back when his clothing was being ripped to shreds as Ignatius shouted at him, spouting threat after threat of reminding Adrian his place. Adrian’s breath hitched and now true fear tore into him when he felt Ignatius tug at his leather belt. Ignatius suddenly became silent and he could feel him lean down close to his face.

“Perhaps it is time I took back what is mine little pet.” Ignatius right hand slid down Adrian’s back to cup his right buttock, he sneered when Adrian whimpered and violently trembled beneath him. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply.

“Ahhh my sensuous little pet, do you remember how sweetly you used to moan for me?” he squeezed the firm flesh in his hand, loving how Adrian cried out softly in pain.

“Yessssssss, my little darling. Let me hear you, beg me to claim you once more. Oh I know you desire me, your eyes may say no. but your body is trembling with need that only I can fulfill.”

A loud blood curdling scream filled with shock and anger as Ignatius’s left wrist was bitten into. Adrian dropped his fangs and held on with all of his strength to draw out as much blood as he could to help replenish his loss. He closed his eyes and bit down harder each time Ignatius tried to pull his arm away from him.

As hard as he tried to free his arm from Adrian, Ignatius was even more shocked when something hard landed on his back. His head was crudely jerked to the right; strong boney hands locked him in place exposing his neck. His eyes opened wide and his mouth hung open in a silent cry as sharp fangs stabbed deep and his life blood was painfully drawn out.

It occurred to Ignatius that he underestimated the strength of a starving vampire, having two of them feeding from him really drove the point home. Jaden jumped onto Ignatius back, his legs wrapped around his waist which allowed him to grab onto Ignatius head forcing it to the side and let him feed from his throat.

No matter how hard Ignatius fought to free himself, Adrian held fast to his wrist. He could feel his body grow weaker as the two vampires kept feeding from him. His right arm became useless trying in vain to reach in back to pull Jaden off, he only succeeded in ripping his slacks.

Ignatius growled in frustration and agony when at last he was able to pull his left arm free, his skin was literally torn off his wrist. He made a last ditch effort to throw Jaden off his back but failed to do so, a painful shriek was ripped deep from his throat and then his eyes rolled to the back of his head as he fell over Adrian’s body unconscious.

The room became silent except for the sounds of Jaden feeding and Adrian’s harsh breathing. After awhile Adrian crawled out from underneath Ignatius’s body. He scrambled away from him; he pulled his legs tight against his chest and sat there staring at nothing. He closed his eyes willing himself to calm down.

He slowly opened his eyes and watched his younger brother feed, already his color was back. His skin, his hair, his tender beauty all returned as it was before. The more he fed the more the sickly gray washed away from Jaden’s body. Adrian stood up and walked over to his little brother, placing one hand on his shoulder, he leaned down and spoke gently to him.

“Jaden you must stop now.” he whispered, his voice sounded tired and drawn out.

Jaden ignored him and kept feeding.

Adrian sighed and tried once more to reason with him.

“Jaden, please you will feed again once when we are out of here.” He gently stroked his hair, trying to pull him away.

“You cannot kill him, Jaden you must stop.”

Jaden actually responded with an angry growl.

Adrian smiled and said, “Marcus will have to answer for your actions to the council.”

Jaden stopped, and pushed Ignatius’s body away, he snarled in disgust and snapped his fangs at the slumbering vampire; he stumbled back and fell into Adrian’s arms. He saw sadness in his brother’s eye, dark circles were forming under his eyes and he worried for him remembering what Ignatius tried to do to him.

“Are you, ok?” Jaden asked. He could feel his older brother’s body trembling while they hugged each other.

Adrian smiled and lightly touched Jaden’s face, “Yes lovely, I am fine. You were so brave, my knight in shiny armor.”

Jaden rolled his eyes at the remark, “Brave nothing, I was hungry.” Looking towards Ignatius, he grumbled. “If I get sick from his blood, I gonna crush his freaking balls.”

Adrian laughed softly and hugged Jaden closer to him, “You were still very brave, had you not helped me I … “

Adrian shuddered just thinking what could have happened; had it not been for Jaden jumping in the nick of time, well he did not want to imagine it anymore. Instead he kissed Jaden all over his face until they both laughed.

Adrian then looked down at Jaden, his voice took on a somber tone, “Thank you Jaden, I cannot thank you enough, I love you very much little brother.”

Adrian’s voice cracked and he blinked back tears, Jaden hugged him tighter. Pushing back his hair and wiping a lone tear that escaped down Adrian’s cheek.

Jaden looked down at Ignatius, anger in his eyes. “I, I wanted to kill him.”

“He is not worth staining your hands with his blood.” Adrian replied.

They continued to hold on to each other, the need to comfort helped them both feel better and a little braver. When they broke apart Adrian removed the last piece of fabric of what remained of his suit, Ignatius had destroyed it all, only pieces of the sleeve and collar remained and he took it all off.

Jaden whistled at his brother’s naked chest trying to alleviate their current situation, he winked at him and removed his own suit and handed it to him. It was a snug fit and the sleeves were too short, Adrian could see that his brother was dying to comment on his new attire.

Crossing his arms, he tapped his finger on his chin and he surrounded Adrian admiring his new look.

“hummm, not bad, not bad at all. Of course, maybe you should cut the legs off your slacks so that it can match the short sleeves?”

Adrian narrowed his eyes at Jaden, “Very amusing, now you are the fashion police?”
Jaden grinned and Adrian smiled in return, they both looked down at Ignatius when they heard him grumble and snore like a stuffed pig. A gruesome view of a man lying in his own blood and his clothing ruined when Jaden attacked him.

“Jaden if you do not mind, I believe we should find a way out of here.”

They both moved closer to the bars, putting a little more distance between them and Ignatius.

Jaden whispered afraid that he might awaken the older vampire, “If he wakes up, he can’t do anything to us right, I mean we bled him enough to make him weak.”

Adrian nodded in agreement, “Yes, he would be weak. However, he will still be stronger then we are and I would like to avoid being too close. If he were to grab one of us, he will… “

Jaden raised his hand, “Say no more, he’ll feed from us, we will feed from him. It’ll be a never ending cycle. Come on lets blow this pop stand.”

He was too absorbed in thinking how they would get out, that he really was not paying too much attention to Jaden’s response, “Blow?” he asked.

Jaden almost laughed out loud at Adrian’s misunderstanding, he grinned at him.


“Oh Adrian at a time like this you’re thinking of Victor?”

Realizing what Jaden meant he playfully punched his little brother in the arm, but he could not hide his blush from Jaden causing his grin to spread wider.

“Oh how droll.” Adrian remarked dryly.

Jaden hugged Adrian one more time and looked into his beautiful eyes, “Feeling better?” he asked.

Adrian gratefully nodded his answer, and then they turned towards the bars. Jaden moved closer to get a better look, examining the bars to see how Ignatius entered without making a sound.

“Damn.” Jaden hissed in anger, he saw no lock or handles on the bars. All of the bars looked the same, sighing he looked at Adrian, “Don’t suppose gruesome over there has some kind of special key or remote that will open these bars?”

Adrian moved closer to the bars touching them, trying to find which of the bars moved. As if he answered someone’s question he nodded and walked over to where Ignatius lay and knelt down beside him. Jaden watched with trepidation and he cautioned his brother about being too close to the enemy.

“Um do you really wanna be that close to him, I mean you just said that if he grabbed one of us he won’t let go.” Jaden turned towards the bars, pushing his weight against one to see if it would give.

He was about to ask for help, but curiosity got the best of him and he moved closer to Adrian to see what he was doing.

Adrian carefully took one of Ignatius hands and held it firmly on his knee, Jaden’s eyes widened in shock when he saw Adrian’s thumb nail start to grow about an inch and half ending with a sharp point.

The auburn haired beauty moved so fast; his nail nicked the comatose vampire’s hand, and then his nail shortened back to its normal length. Adrian then squeezed the hand to make it bleed more, with his fingers he swiped it up and walked over to the bars.

Jaden scratched his head, “Ok you lost me, what kind of voodoo crap is this?”

Not bothering to look at Jaden, he explained what he was doing as he went about his work.

“I believe Ignatius built his little prison in the same manner the council has built their own. One of these bars is coded with the master’s DNA; by touching the bar with his blood it will trigger the computer to unlock the cell door or bars.”

Jaden was stunned, “You mean like, if you put your eye in front of a scanner it will open up the door? That is so freaking cool, I saw something like that in a movie. ”

Adrian laughed softly, “Yes lovely, it is the same principle here. Now keep your fingers crossed and hope it will work. I have to touch all the bars to see which one will unlock.”

Jaden kept silent and watched in anticipation, Adrian was getting close to the last few bars and so far nothing. Jaden offered to cut off one of Ignatius’s fingers if it would help.

All of the bars were dotted with the blood and still nothing happened, Jaden felt he did not use enough blood. Adrian looked back at Ignatius wondering why it did not work; perhaps he needed the blood of another? He went back to the bars and began to run his hands up and down, inside and outside until he found what he was looking.
He sighed miserably and leaned his forehead against the cold surface of the bar.

“What?” Jaden asked, “What is it, how come it didn’t work?”

“Keypad.” Adrian whispered, “Aside from the blood, he also has a security lock. A keypad, God only knows what the code is. It can be any set of numbers, symbols or letters. And we do not have time to decipher which combination he may have used.”

Jaden turned on Ignatius and kicked his body in frustration, “Son of a bitch!”

“We’ll make him tell us.” Jaden hissed.

Adrian shook his head, “You can beat him, until the sun rises. It will be useless, we cannot waste time with him, and we need to find a way out soon.” He looked into Jaden’s eyes driving the need for them to leave.

Jaden understood, although he fed from Ignatius he would need to feed again soon since he could not feed completely from the master vampire.

“OK then, we go with plan A. Let’s see if we can bend one of the bars enough to slip out.”

Adrian stopped Jaden and directed his attention to the bars.

“The bars are reinforced Jaden, look. They are encased with steel frames and made thicker to hold in a master vampire, even if we chip away at the stone floor the frame goes all the way down. “

Adrian was equally frustrated that he did not notice it before; they were stuck for the time being. Jaden began to pace back and forth.

He stopped in front of Adrian, and asked.

“What would happen if we broke the keypad, won’t it make the computer re-set. Like forcing it to wipe the memory and maybe it will un-lock the bars?”

Adrian snapped his fingers and went over to the keypad and began to feel around, which was hard since it was on the outside of the bar and he really could not see, so he had to rely on touch.

“Jaden, my lovely I believe you may be as they say. On the right track? Knowing Ignatius he is not very bright when it comes to computers, I on the other hand.”

As he worked on loosening the face plate he told Jaden that he was going to try and see if he could somehow re-wire the workings inside the keypad. They had nothing to lose and everything to gain, besides if it broke beyond repair. Well, that would be the least of their worries for whenever Ignatius woke up.

Jaden waited and watched as Adrian felt around the bar, he was nervous and hopeful that his brother will be able to get them out. He chewed on his lower lip wishing there was something he could do to help, he felt uneasy, the air around him seem to get thicker and heavy.

For some reason he wondered why Adrian stopped and stepped away from the bars, his shoulders sagged and he bent over trying to breathe, but the air just felt too thick. He found himself forcing to take in gulps of air into his lungs. Adrian placed his arm around his waist, trying to soothe away his agitation.

Jaden knew he was feeling a presence, an aura of power of another creature. He remembered how he felt when he first met Esteban, but his power was nothing compared to this one.

But this presence, this aura, was far more powerful then he has ever known. He felt as if the air wrapped itself around his lungs and it weighed heavily on his body, it was like sinking in a river of mud.

Adrian helped him stand up and talked him into calming down, reminding him to breathe in slowly.

“It will pass Jaden; in a few minutes you will be fine and not notice it as much.”

And true to his word Jaden began to breathe easier and calm down.

“Helloooo.”

Jaden’s head snapped up and stared towards the stairs, a girl, no, a woman. A vision of beauty came down the stairs; she stood at the bottom of the steps with the most exquisite smile on her lovely face.
Jaden frowned and wondered how this delicate creature can exude so much power.

“Crap” he whispered.

He answered his own question, she’s a vampire and even though she looked so sweet and harmless she scared the crap out of him.

Looking at Adrian’s profile did not make him feel any better; it appears his older brother shared the same feelings.