Darkness
Darkness
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Chapter 1
Avae Eves: The Blood
Slave
thrive. The shadows, hunting, seeking
those who have hurt me the most, never thinking that my world would soon be
changed. I am a hunter of all those who
live in the darkness, in the night. My
purpose in life is to destroy them, to remove them from the face of the planet.
It was a
week ago that it happened. I was
walking by the waterfront, the beautiful water shimmering in the
moonlight. My blade reflected the light
as well, sending a glimmer across the pavement as my boots clicked softly on
the hard ground. Listening closely, I
focused on my surroundings, waiting for a single sound that was out of place in
the cold night.
here?” A soft voice said from behind me.
my braid hitting me in the face. I had
never seen him before. His skin was
nearly white, his eyes an icy blue. The
black of his hair made him look even paler, “Who are you?” I asked, readying my
blade.
even pearly whites, “I apologize.” He said softly with a short bow.
that I couldn’t place, “My name is Divan.”
he was. I had heard about him, his name
was floating around in the underground circles.yes\"> He was vicious and unpredictable, as well as extremely powerful,
“What is it that you want?” I asked, trying to get out of fighting him.
that so I would attempt to get out of it as diplomatically as possible.
fang, “I have heard so much about you Miss Eves.” He slowly began to approach
me, “I just had to meet you.”
something.” I said, taking a step back, “What is it that you’ve heard, if you
don’t mind my asking?”
much my dear hunter, so very much. Too
much to tell you in one sitting.”
mumbled.
brightening, “That is truly excellent my dear.
It saves me the time of asking you, requesting you, to come with me.”
I cannot go with you. I don’t really
know you and I don’t know what your intentions are.”
continuing his approach.
but I just can’t do that. There are
things that I need to do.”
sweetly, “Tonight there’s only you and I.
No one will disturb us and we have all the time in the world.”
walking backwards, away from him.
shoulder.
was a ploy to catch me off guard. I was
wrong, I ran into something solid, something that shouldn’t have been
there. Strong arms were suddenly
wrapped around me; one hand grabbed my wrist, forcing me to drop my
weapon. Divan made his final approach;
he walked so that he was standing in front of me.
would come with me.” He smiled again as he ran his fingertips down my cheek,
“You’re very beautiful Miss Eves.
Beautiful and powerful.” I tried to struggle out of my captor’s grasp,
“Hush, hush, hush. No point in
resisting my dear, it will do you no good.
Come, we’re wasting time.” He said before turning and motioning for my
captor to bring me. I continued to
struggle as I was carried away, “Knher her out.” He demanded, “No point in
wasting your energy and my patience.” He growled.
more. Darkness closed in around me,
suffocating darkness. I couldn’t see, I
couldn’t breath, I couldn’t feel.
Nothing seemed real anymore. I
was falling into the abyss, thinking that I would never return.
darkness, sharp stings across my face, forcing me to awaken.
morning. You’ll have to sleep with me
tonight.” Divan said with a wicked smile as I opened my eyes to see him
standing over me.
but my head was spinning. Slowly he
crawled into the cramped space I found myself in when I awakened.
closed I realized that I was in a coffin.
I began to panic but he held me still.
Sleep ist yot your poor body needs.” He said softly, “Relax.” His words
held so much power. He was right, I was
tired, “Rest now, sleep will come soon after that.”
oblivion. Quiet, calming, darkness was
all I felt, or could feel. What
awakened me the next night I will never forget.yes\"> I had, somehow, slept quite soundly through the entire day.
hadn’t even wanted to accompany him, but none of that prepared me for what
happened that morning. My eyes snapped
open and I pulled away. Hot blood
trickled down my neck, forcing me to realize what he had done.
said, lapping at my throat, “I could just do what I eventually intend to do now
or we can talk for the next day or so, it’s your choice.
final decision is yours.”
just let me go and we forget that any of this ever happened.”
just sell you in the underground, make a profit off you.” I raised an eyebrow
and shivered as he ran his tongue over the wounds, circling them, caressing
them, “I have a better idea though.” He paused, “I believe that I shall make
you my blood slave instead. I don’t
believe that I could go without your taste if I sold you, although I would get
over it I don’t really want to. It’s
been a long time since I’ve fed from a hunter with the power that you have.”
slightly around me. His desire for me
was almost suffocating.
hunter.” He said softly, “That just isn’t a thing to dwell on.
decision myself.” I was silent wouldn’t say a word as I attempted to figure out
how to get away from this man. A few
minutes later he spoke, “Too late darling.
Now it’s up to me what happens.” I could feel him smile as he sucked on
my throat, “I believe that I shall keep you, hunter.yes\"> You shall become my blood slave.” I shook my head as he slowly
got out of the coffin. Quickly I
hoisted myself out after him, determined to find some way of escape, “I
wouldn’t bother trying to go anywhere.” He said, his back to me, “There’s only
one way out and it’s locked, I have the only key.yes\"> Why don’t you make yourself comfortable while I prepare?”
anyway, “What do you mean prepare?” I asked, feeling along the walls for a
switch, anything that could be of use.
you my slave.” He said simply.
see what he was doing; I was too busy looking for something that I could use,
“So tell me something, where do you keep this key?” I asked, looking at the
door. There was no place to put a key
that I could see and I was now curious, besides I wanted out.
keep your mouth shut.” He growled, his voice losing that kindness that it had
once held. Sitting down in one of the
many random chairs I glared at the floor.
A few minutes later he approached, “Look at me slave.” He ordered, his
voice short, cruel. I didn’t do as he
said, wouldn’t do it, “I said look at me.” He growled, grabbing my braid and
pulling back hard.
eyes, “What do you want from me?” I asked in defiance.
stinging across my face, “Avae, you will silence yourself or I shall do it for
you and if that happens you won’t get to see what happens next, you’ll only get
to feel it.”
can’t tell me what to do you son of a bitch!” I growled, causing him to pull
harder on my hair.
with a wicked smile and a shrug.
fist, backhanded him. His head whip
lashed to the side but he didn’t release his hold on my hair, instead he
retaliated with the same attack I used on him.
Ignoring the pain I grabbed onto his throat and began to squeeze.
good I fought against him with all my might.
His fist made contact with my face once again.yes\"> I forced myself to stay conscious and lashed out with my foot,
making contact with his groin. spanspan>Releasing my hair he fell back, holding onto his manhood.
to chuckle quietly, “You will make a perfect blood slave.” Carefully he got to
his feet, “There’s no escape for you hunter.
There’s no way for you to get out.”
that it would open, it didn’t. Turning
quickly I glared at him, “Let me go.”
not. You’re going to remain right here
until such time as I can perform the process.”
advanced upon me. Hitting the corner I
had no place left to go. As I looked at
him, eyes wide in fear, I noticed the glint of a hypodermic needle in his
hand. My eyes grew wider, I didn’t know
what he meant to do with it but I didn’t want to find out either.
react before the needle was in. Letting
out a cry of surprise I kicked him once again in the nether region.
pushing the plunger down. I stumbled
forward before hitting the ground next to where he was kneeling.
pain. I could feel heat flowing through
my body, burning my flesh. I could feel
a stirring deep down inside. I couldn’t
react, couldn’t scream. All I could do
is feel every little ounce of pain within my body.yes\"> When I finally awakened I was wrapped in white bandages, they
were soaked with blood, my blood. I
felt sick, weak, like I was dieing.
Opening my eyes I looked out to see Divan sitting next to me.
could wrap my hands around his throat my body was racked with pain.
side and threw-up.
slave, I see that you’ve awakened.”
softly, “I am not your slave.”
growled, “Yes Avae, I know your name but it is my choice as to whether or not I
call you that. You see, in time you may
earn your name but for now you are nothing more than my slave.”
softly, looking at my bandaged hands, “Answer me Divan.” I hissed.
slave?”
Divan just looked at me with his strange eyes, “Your silence is golden, that
just tells me everything I need to know.” I said sarcastically.
up at him in defiance, “You can’t do it.”
across the face, “Silence slave. Your
defiance is unbefitting of one such as you.” He sneered, “You are my blood
slave, nothing more, nothing less, and you will behave as such.”
something then, how the hell do you want me to behave?
tell me otherwise I will continue to attempt escape.”
once you heal you shall feel very different.” Smiling he gently brushed a hand
down my face, it stung as it caressed my wounds, “Your beauty will become more
prominent, you shall become stronger as well, but only once you have fully
healed. Your body must adjust to the
changes that I forced upon it.”
look around I threw-up again, “When will this end?” I moaned.
must be done willingly. Once you’ve
decided to feed you shall be released from this pain, this sickness.”
will not.”
shrug, “I’m going out for a little bit, you’ll be safe here so don’t worry
about it.”
and walked out. Moanin pin pain I
closed my eyes to await his return.
Lying on a table wasn’t very comfortable but I didn’t care, I didn’t
feel well, my body ached. I wondered
what I looked like but I couldn’t move to see myself.yes\"> Closing my eyes I attempted to sleep, at least rest, but I
couldn’t, I couldn’t even get my body to relax.yes\"> It felt like forever before he came back and with him was a young
man. He was handsome with shoulder
length dark chocolate hair and almost black eyes.
newcomer asked, looking me over.
fine but thus far she has been less than willing to accept her only option.”
Divan said with a wicked smile, “I have all the time in the world to wait, she
does not on the other hand. I may have
to force her into it but that would strip her of a small portion of her
intellect, I don’t really wish to lose that.” He sighed, “I just may have to
though. Cooperation isn’t really one of
her strong points.”
out against you before. Is that why you
wanted her as your slave?”
the reason Marcus.”
her what happened to the last one you tried to take as your blood slave, maybe
that would help her to concede?”
do that. If she doesn’t agree within
the hour I’ll tell her what happened.”
good. Might change her way of thinking
from that of a hunter to that of a slave.
She’ll have it a lot better once this is complete, much better than she
did hunting us. She’ll be safer too.”
He chuckled softly, “I could tell her some stories of what I’ve done to hunters
but that might just piss her off, no, you should just tell herut yut your
previous blood slave and what happened to her when she wouldn’t agree to feed
from you. That wasn’t a very pretty
sight, I remember you calling me in to watch.” He shivered, “I remember all too
well.”
wasn’t it?”
enjoy it.”
wonder if you would enjoy it now?
You’ve lost all of your past life, unlike when you saw it the first
time. How many years ago was that?
had a worthy blood slave, since I’ve had one at all.” Divan said, deep in
memories. He shook his head, “But that
was so very long ago, the past is all behind us.” He seemed to harden before my
eyes, “Well slave, have you decided to relent or do I have to tell you what
happened?”
causing the two of them to laugh, “You’re foolish slave.” Marcus said softly,
“Very foolish indeed. Why don’t you
tell her what happened now?”
his hair, “Very well, I don’t think that she really wants to hear about it but
if I must then I must.”
hurl once more, “Please, no.” I croaked.
moving around you’re goingdie die a very slow, very horrible death.” Marcus
said, taking a seat in one of the many chairs and pulling out a book from a bag
I hadn’t noticed him carrying, “You tell your story, I’m going to read.”
and Divan began recounting the tale of his previous would be blood slave, “She
was a lot like you, a hunter too. She
refused and it cost her dearly. It was
my first time making a blood slave and she refused to go into it willingly so I
attempted to force her into it. Well,
the way I did it was the same way that it would be done if she was
willing. Her death was slow,
painful. She lay there, bleeding.
do was watch. Marcus was there as well,
too young to have left behind his emotions from human life.
well. You do not wish to die that way,
do you?
my blood slave? Your life would be
quite different than it is now and you would be able to live.
the correct one. I would hate to see
your beauty go to waste.”
well, do what you must, just make it end.” I whispered.
sank his teeth into his wrist. I
watched in horror as the gapingnd wnd was lowered to my cracked lips, “Drink.”
He whispered softly, “Drink freely from my unending font.”
wanting the pain to end. As I drank
Marcus put down his book and walked over to stand next to Divan.
rich blood from Divan’s body. I could
feel a stirring deep inside, worse yet I could feel my mind twisting, my body
felt as though it were burning.
Twisting away from him and his blood I rolled over onto my side and
retched.
decided to become your slave willingly, how wonderful.” Marcus said softly, his
voice light, almost jovial, “I knew she couldn’t resist your charms.” He
laughed then, long and hard.
later to remove your bandages.” Divan said, turning toward the door, “Let’s go
Marcus.” With that the two of them left.
myself so that I was sitting up.
Finally I was able to look at myself.
The entirety of my body was wrapped in bloodied white bandages.
bandages fell away easily to reveal unblemished skin beneath.
was nearly as pale as Divan’s flesh. I
gasped as I looked at my shaking hand.
There was not a scratch, not a blemish upon my perfect skin.
that I didn’t hear the door open, nor did I hear the footfalls behind me.
strong hands tear the bandages from my body in one fell swoop, causing me to
fall backward into my assailant.
Looking up I saw Divan’s smiling face.
I scowled up at him and pushed myself away.
to get you some clothing.” He said with a quiet laugh as he allowed the bandages
to fall from his hands. My eyes grew
wide and I tried to cover myself with my hands.yes\"> My face must have turned three shades of red.
myself from view, from his roving eyes, “Well slave, why don’t you come with
me? We can get you something to cover
up with.”
until you get me something.” I mumbled, rolling myself into a ball so that no
one could see me.
quiet and controlled, it held so much power.
I found myself reacting before I could stop myself.
looked down at the ground, ashamed, “Look at me slave, you have nothing to be
ashamed of. You belong to me; every
piece of you is mine. Do not be afraid
of me, you are my blood slave and we are bonded together by blood.
nothing, he didn’t desire my body, his eyes weren’t devouring my features he
was merely looking at me, into my eyes, meeting my gaze.
apparently a solid wall. Pressing his
hand against it I found that I was wrong; it swung open to reveal a large
bedroom.
that you are worthy enough to have it.
You may remain here for now so that you may bathe and dress if you so
choose. I shall be in the other
room. Get some rest, I’ll be back to
retrieve you before sunrise.” With that he left me, the wall closing behind
him.
I began to cry. I felt lost, confused,
and alone. There was nothing I could do
to escape; I was enthralled by this creature.
He held me in his spell and there was nothing I could do about it.
drink his blood? After an hour I got up
slowly and walked over to the only door I saw, it opened into a well-stocked
closet. Carefully sifting through it I
pulled out a black long sleeved shirt and a pair of black slacks.
the bed and the wall, curling myself into a ball so that I couldn’t be seen, or
at least hoped that I couldn’t. I could
feel the approach of morning, feel it like it was crawling toward me, creeping
death. I shuddered at the thought and
huddled closer to the wall. That was
when I heard the wall swing open.
sleep, unless of course you would rather remain here where the sun might hit
your now overly sensitive skin. In a
few years you will once again be able to set foot in the sun but for now you
must sleep with me.” He said softly from the door.yes\"> Slowly I got to my feet.
Glaring at him I approached, “I would have chosen something else for you
to wear but I suppose that this will suffice for now.” He said, taking my hand
and walking me out of the room.
coffin. As I closed my eyes and
prepared for sleep I felt a sharp sting as his teeth sank into my skin.
eyes snapped open and I tried to fight him off, “No.” I cried out softly.
“Mmm, you
are delicious my slave.” He whispered as he withdrew from my throat.