The End · Part 3 (3/3)
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Mortichi was leaning against a tree, staring off over the bluff. Zsuzanna an Arkady were sitting on the ground. He was sitting between her legs, head resting on her shoulder. She was holding him, stroking his hair softly. Raven stood off to the side watching Zsuzanna and Arkady, grinning from ear to ear. Aneeka was sitting on the edge of the bluff staring off over the valley.
Dani pressed closer to him and smiled then cleared her throat. Everyone turned and looked at her then smiled.
Mortichi looked surprised then said, "Well, I'll be damned it actually worked."
Aneeka stood up and stepped closer; she nodded to Dani then glared at Darious.
Raven walked over and stood by Mortichi, smiling happily.
Zsuzanna an Arkady booth stood. Arkady was relieved to see her but the sight of Darious infuriated him. Zsuzanna nodded and smiled.
Darious tightened his arm around her and smiled but his face had that 'don't fuck with me' look. He could tell that no one here was thrilled to see him.
Zsuzanna stepped closer, "I see you're fine and that you succeeded. That's good. We were all worried."
"Thank you for the concern, I appreciate it. It all went smoothly." She replied.
Darious chuckled, "Smoothly? It was the bumpiest ride I have ever had."
Dani giggled and looked up at him, "Smoothly for what it was."
He smiled down at her, "True enough."
Mortichi stepped forward and stood next to Zsuzanna. "You you're Darious. Sure hope you be worth all the uproar you been causin'."
Dani smiled up at Darious, "Oh, he's worth it, trust me on that one."
Darious smiled down at her and stroked her hair softly.
Mortichi cocked his head to one side and smiled, "Ifn' you be sayiin' so Dani."
She smiled, "I do say so or I wouldn't have gone through all this.
Raven stepped forward and hugged her tightly, then stepped back, "How was it?"
Dani looked at her, "Honestly? Very, very rough."
She nodded, "Thought it might be. I would like to talk to you about it for my studies."
Dani chuckled, "At a later day I would be more than happy to but for now I think I'm going to be busy for a while."
Raven threw her head back and laughed, "After the honeymoon then."
Dani grinned, "That's fine."
Arkady stepped foreword, after glaring at Darious he pulled Dani into a tight hug, stroking her back. "M'Lady, I was so worried for you." He shot Darious the dirtiest look he could muster.
She hugged him tightly, "I knew what I was doing."
Darious watched him closely; he could feel the waves of hate coming his direction. He knew he would have to watch him closely.
Arkady nodded at her, a serious look on his face. "There is always a first time M'Lady."
Aneeka didn't join the group, still standing by the edge of the bluff more interested in the view than the conversation. "Well, I see you got the son of a bitch back." She then turned her back on them and sat back down.
Dani chuckled and shook her head. Aneeka had always marched to the beat of a different drummer and didn't do well in groups but it spoke volumes that she was even here.
Darious hugged her close to him, "Gee, for a welcoming committee I don't feel so welcome."
Zsuzanna leveled her gaze with his. "The only reason we accept you is Dani. Her happiness means a lot to us. To be up front with you, we don't like you and want you around."
Mortichi stared at him, "To put it bluntly Mister, we need to know where you stand. In effect knowin' your kind there be a lot of suspicion 'bout you. She," he pointed at Dani, "is the only reason we be layin' eyes on ya'. I'm a plannin' on keeping ya downwind."
Arkady growled long and low, eyes shooting daggers at him. "Bluntly and to the point, I hate you. Dani is a good lady and you make her happy, Fine. But you hurt her in any way and you will deal with me."
Darious smiled down at Dani then looked at the group, eyes gleaming. "Yes Dani is a most wonderful toy. But you need to learn this puppy," he stared at Arkady, "what I do with her is no concern of yours. I have dealt with pups before, I have their pelts to prove it, so be warned. The only reason I tolerate any of you is you're her friends." He turned his gaze to Mortichi, who had taken a step forward and whos anger was starting to show. "I know your reputation well so don't unsheathe those claws or you will lose them."
Raven put a hand on Mortichis' arm to stop him but stood quietly watching the whole exchange, eyes bright.
Darious turned to Zsuzanna, "Now, listen to this young lady, I have no intention of usurping your people. That isn't my nature. So call your pooches off. I don't want to go rounds with any of you. I know I couldn't kill and of you but I could put a hurting on your asses. And just for the record, so everyone knows, you can't send me back to hell, only Dani can do that now."
Zsuzanna could hear Arkady growling a warning so she put her hand up to stop him. She looked at Darious, "We seem to be on the same wave length here. You stay away from us and we won't bother you. We don't like you, that is fairly obvious by now, but we will tolerate you."
Raven put her hand on Zsuzannas' shoulder, "I don't know about this like, dislike bit. Darious may be useful considering the problems we are currently having. We don't want to alienate him. Arkady and Mortichi dropped the glove and challenged him. That's not a proper greeting to someone who had just returned from the bowels of the abyss. He came out to meet us when he could have easily stayed inside. That took something."
Dani stayed at Darious' side, holding onto his forearm with both hands, staying quiet. She knew this was coming so she was going to let them have their say once and for all.
Darious' cold eyes raked over them. "Like or dislike me that's fine but you respect me. As for my uses, they are just that, MY uses, you have no control over me. I will say this now, I won't use Dani against you so don't do it to me." He looked at Arkady, eyes cold as ice. "I can understand where you come from hating me; you've had a hard-on for her for hundreds of years now. It's best you stay out of it and don't pass judgment, that is neither your place nor your station," he looked directly in Arkadys' eyes, "toy."
Arkady growled fangs descended and glared. Zsuzanna put her hand on his shoulder to hold him. He looked at her then to Darious. His eyes changed slightly then spoke, "Control your toy Dani."
Darious chuckled and drew Dani close to him.
Raven put her hand on Mortichi to keep him from getting into the middle of it.
Zsuzanna pulled Arkady back slightly looking at Darious. "No problem, we'll stay out of your business. For future reference there is something you should know, as far as we're concerned you are Danis' toy. Not, this may or may not be the case, that's your business. We don't want to fight with you. We know Dani trusts you so that counts for something."
He looked at her, "I don't want to be your business. MY business is lust not politics. My only other business is Dani and it stays that way. Because of my respect for her I will stay away from everything else."
Arkady glared at him, "How dies it feel to be nothing more than a toy? She'll soon get bored with you and send you back to hell where you belong."
Dani sighed, shook her head and looked down. She knew Arkady was going to be upset by the whole thing but couldn't imagine him acting like this.
Darious laughed, eyes twinkling. "Little do you know and you understand less."
Arkady glared at him harder, "You don't know here like I do. She likes her toys but gets bored with them quickly."
Darious shook his head, "Poor, poor fool. Poor blind fool."
Arkady growled, "You're the fool if you think you're more than a toy to her."
Dani clung tighter to his arm and buried her face in his bicep not wanting to watch this, knowing where it was headed. Arkady didn't know she and most of her kind were into BDSM. They kept it that way because they knew he wouldn't understand after the abuse he suffered at the hands of Jade."
Darious looked down at her and shrugged then stroked her hair softly. He then looked back at Arkady. "Naïve aren't you?" His voice then got very business like. "OK Arkady let me spell it out for you so listen carefully. Have you ever heard of BDSM?"
He stiffened, "Of course I have. Fools who like to be used and abused practice it."
Dani winced and shut her eyes. Zsuzanna lowered her head put a hand on Arkadys shoulder. Raven looked away. Mortichi sighed and looked at his feet.
Darious stroked Danis' back softly but kept his eyes on Arkady. "OK, well, I am Danis' Lord and Master, her Dom. It's what she's always wanted and needed. I'm the only being that has been able to do that for her since I'm an expert at dominance. I can give her exactly what she wants and needs. Arkady, as much as you want to be with her you need to come to the realization you can never do what she wants. You don't have that personality. But she cares for you and wants to keep you as a friend. So, to get all this straight in your head, I'm not her toy, she is mine."
Arkady wasn't buying any of it. "No way would she want to do this, she's far too refined for any of it. You're abusive, cut and dry. She would never ask for any of that sickness."
Darious groaned, slapped his forehead and shook his head."
Sensing his frustration, Arkady pressed on, "Do you deny abusing her?"
Darious looked at him, "No more than she deserves when she's being bad or good since she likes pain."
Arkady puffed up, "So you admit to being abusive. Frown women don't need physical punishment."
Darious rolled his eyes, "It's not punishment, if she likes it. If she's being bad I won't do it to her."
Arkady was beside himself at the thought of this being hurting her and blurted out, "You hurt my Dani!"
Danis' head jerked up and looked, wide-eyed at Arkady then shivered. She knew Darious' reaction to this wouldn't be good.
Darious growled softly and let his full demonic presence be felt. His eyes bored into Arkady. "She is not yours, she is mine little boy. MINE! You know not what you are dealing with!"
Arkady felt Darious' presence and shivered but pressed on. "Dani is not property! Most of all she is not your property. You're hers."
Darious sighed and shook his head. He then turned to Dani and cupped her chin gently, stroking the side of her face softly. "Toy? I'm going to do something you're not going to like. I don't want to humiliate you; you know that and would not do this normally. He smiled at her, softly caressing her cheek.
She pressed her cheek into his hand and looked up at him. She sighed softly, looked down and nodded.
Zsuzanna and raven looked at each other. They knew what was coming and didn't want to embarrass Dani further so they turned and walked away. Raven took Mortichis' hand and led him with.
He smiled down at her then turned back to Arkady, eyes cold and hard as steel. "I am about to take you places you never knew existed. You will learn to understand. Lesson number one is this; do not call another doms' property yours." He turned to Dani, eyes softening. But his voice was still hard and firm. "Toy, go get your collar and run."
She looked at Arkady and shook her head as if to say I'm sorry you have to see this then looked back at Darious, "Yes M'Lord." She then took off towards the house, running.
Arkady stared after her, mouth hanging open.
Darious watched him, chuckling. He then grinned, "All will be known in the fullness of time Arkady. Remember patience is a virtue."
Arkady turned to him and glared. He didn't want to believe the woman he so loved was doing this.
Dani was quickly back. She didn't look at Arkady, just Darious. She handed the collar to him, "Here M'Lord."
Darious smiled at her, "Very good toy." He looked over to Arkady. "Dani knows I pull the strings. She's mine and she knows it. She trusts me and I would do nothing to devalue that trust, she knows it. Those are the rules, we both know that." He stroked her hair softly, "That's a good toy."
Arkady stared at them, mouth open. He then glared at Darious. "You are one sick S. O. B."
Darious ignored the remark and looked at Dani. "Toy, kneel before me."
She did so, quickly, looking up at him
He looked her over, seeing that she still had the metal anklet he had made for her permanently affixed around her ankle on. He smiled at her then put her collar around her neck. "You are a good toy." He then attached the least to the collar and pulled her to a standing position. Then he pushed her over, bending her at the waist. Then, spanked her ass, hard, several times." She looked back at him, obviously turned on.
Arkady watched, mouth hanging open, not believing his eyes. It hurt him deeply to see her treated in this fashion.
He continued to spank her then said. "Look at Arkady toy. Let him see your face."
She looked Arkady in the eyes, her passion and excitement evident.
Darious finished spanking her then rubbed her ass softly, "Do you want more toy, answer me truthfully, do you want more?"
She looked at Arkady, and then replied, "Yes M'Lord, I do."
"Beg toy. Tell me how much you like it. Tell me how much you love it slut. Beg!"
She shivered slightly, "Please M'Lord, more. You know I love it when you spank me. Please M'Lord."
He spanked her a couple more times then had her stand up. He looked down in her eyes and caressed her cheek softly. "You're such a good toy. I know you didn't like me doing that. I didn't mean it as a punishment for you. It was a lesson, but not for you." He pulled her close, hugging her tightly to him, stroking up and down her back softly, kissing the top of her head.
She nuzzled him softly and hugged him tightly. He smiled down at her then nodded his head in Arkadys' direction. She turned to face him; Darious wrapped his arms around her middle. She looked at Arkady. "I tried to tell you so you wouldn't get hurt."
He looked at her, eyes full of pain, "Why? How come you let that thing beat you and treat you so? Women are not meant to be treated as such. It's abhorrent M'Lady."
"It's hard to explain but let me try. Most people like plain, straight vanilla sex but I happen to like rocky road. After 900 years doing what I have to do to feed, straight sex becomes boring. And until I met Darious there wasn't a creature out there that I can't bend to my will and dominate. When all along I wanted the opposite."
Arkady shook his head, "I don't see why a lady of your stature acts like this. It's disgraceful. You are a lady of respect and stature but after tonight how can I see you as such again?"
Darious held her tighter and stroked her hair softly, "Dani is a lady, very much a lady. But a lady with some very special needs."
"Arkady, why do you think I was with the Marquis De Sade for so long? What was he known for? It sure wasn't straight sex. He gave me what I wanted just like Darious does. I know you know what I'm talking about. We all know jade and what she's into." She looked him in the eyes. "Darious would never hurt me in anger, ever. What he does to me I ask him to do and like it."
"She's right; if I was angry with her I wouldn't touch her." Darious said.
Zsuzanna stepped forward and put a hand on Arkadys shoulder, looking at Dani. "I'll take him home with me and try to explain it a little better to him. He's hurting right now and isn't going to grasp it at this point." She wrapped her arm around his waist and held him close, stroking his hair softly. "Arkady, we all know what you feel for Dani and that what you just saw was a big shock but that isn't the worst is it? The worst is knowing that she is truly happy now and has the man she wants. And now is never within your grasp and will never be with you."
He looked at Dani, a single tear running down his cheek and nodded.
Dani looked at the ground and sighed, she felt horrible about it. She looked at Arkady, "I'm sorry you got hurt."
Arkady looked at the ground. Zsuzanna looked at Dani. "It isn't your fault and you know it. You told him bluntly it wasn't to be. Now, we're going to take our leave. Congrats Dani." She nodded to Darious then led Arkady to the car.
Aneeka stood up and stretched. She walked over to Dani, "Since the dramatics are over I'm outta here." She slapped Dani a high five and walked off.
Mortichi and Raven walked back over. Mortichi scratched his chin, "Quite a show y'all put on. I guess it was needin' to be done. I'll be leavin' ya' to your business." He put his arm around Ravens waist.
Raven hugged Dani, "We'll be going now. Give me a call in a couple weeks and we'll talk about the ritual for my research." She and Mortichi then walked off leaving her and Darious alone finally.
They walked over to the edge of the bluff and sat down. She curled up on his lap and snuggled up next to him. He stroked her hair softly and looked over the valley.
She ran her fingers up and down his chest. "I missed you so much Darious."
He cocked his head to one side and looked at her, "Know what toy?"
She looked up at him, "What Darious?"
He looked down at her, "I kinda' missed you too." He grinned down at her, stroking her hair softly, "I missed my toy."
She held him tightly, nuzzling her face softly into his chest, "I wasn't the same after you were taken from me."
He looked down at her, "You weren't?"
She shook her head, "No, I wasn't."
"How were you toy?"
"Very depressed, like a part of me was missing."
He kissed the top of her head, "To tell the truth, I wasn't myself either. Beating and torturing lot souls just wasn't the same."
She giggled, looking up at him, "Know those men that took you away from me?"
His eyes and face hardened slightly, "How could I forget them?"
She chuckled and kissed the side of his face softly, "Don't worry about them, I handled all of them."
He looked down at her, "Handled them how>?"
She looked up at him, "I hunted each and every one of them down then killed them. I'm surprised you didn't run into them in hell because that is where I sent them."
He hugged her tightly and chuckled, "You didn't save even one for me?" He kissed her on the top of the head. "They must have been sent to a different area than me or they would have relieved a very special welcome. Guess the old adage is true: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, even if that woman had a tail and is part cat." He stroked down her hair softly. "This was a sanctioned kill wasn't it."
She nodded, "Sure was. But I would have done it even if it wasn't. I think the council knew that."
He tilted her head back and kissed her tenderly, "Thank you toy." He pulled her closer to him and cuddled her closely. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held him tight, resting her head on his shoulder. He nuzzled his face in her hair. "You were faithful to me the whole time I was gone. The only time you did was out of need."
"I fed about every six months or so. That was only because I was hurting."
He nodded, "I understand toy."
"I didn't feed for two years before I preformed the ritual. But I will be honest with you; I fed off 10 men before I did it. I needed all the strength I could get to be successful."
"Toy, I am in way upset with you about that. You did what you had to do. That I understand. If you hadn't you would have failed."
She nuzzled his chest softly then yawned, her eyes starting to droop.
He stroked her hair softly then stood up, picking her up and carried her to the house. He carried her up to the bedroom and sat her on the edge of the bed and helped her to get undressed then stood up and undressed himself. She crawled under the covers and he joined her. She cuddled up as close to him as she could, resting her head on his shoulder and draping her arm across his chest. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him. Her eyes shut and she sighed happily. He stroked her hair until he heard her deep, regular breathing and knew she was asleep. He, gently, rolled onto his side and hugged her to his chest, holding her until he himself fell asleep.
The End · Part 3 (3/3)
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