Night for the Eternal.

Alenos paces the room impatiently, eyeing a female servant standing against the wall as she stares vacantly, A slow and deeply disconcerting smile spread's over his aristocratic and handsomely pale features. "What's your name girl?" He call's out softly as he stalk's across the room to her, his hand cupping her chin and running down her neck to rest against the top of her breast as her heartbeat quicken's and her face flushes in embarrasement and fear.

"Enchantra..Sir..M'lord" the girl stutter's as Alenos lean's in a little closer, and whisper's softly "Tell me a little about yourself Enchantra..Do you enjoy moonlight walk's?" The meaning behind Alenos's word's is mistakable, the girl's heart beating faster against her skin in pure fear and the thrill of anticipation as Alenos look's down into her eye's.

Alenos shook his head and the spell was broken, the girl looking up at him with a shocked gasp and a hasty scramble back to fall to the floor with a shocked squeak. Alenos shivered and stepped from within Chaos reach to turn to face her and look her over from head to toe with his strong hazel gaze. She was a beautiful woman but he had no time for such thing's, he was a warrior and as such he lived by his blades song.

"Your girl's tease me Chaos, as well you know..They dress so provovactively..and their blood is so warm and sweet..It's almost impossible to resist. " The rebellion was there hidden beneath his guilded word's, as he met and returned her stare. If she wished to play such games, like as not so could he. Alenos point's across the room to where a young lady of the court flirt's with a vampire of his retinue. "This one for example..Has something within her to speed her pulse..and attract her to our attention..Do all your ladies do this..or just the beautiful ones.." Alenos grin's as his fang's slip clean over his lip.

"Chaos..Stand still woman..for the love of the goddess.." Alenos curses as she start's to pace, she had paced so since the night he had saved her, and yet she had more reason to be still and calm, her smile betrayed it. To distract himself Alenos slide his sword an inch from it's scabbard at his side, it's melancholy song filling the room as he closes his eye's and takes a deep and measured breath.

“I think my lady has learned one of two thing’s from her ladies she should have not...” Alenos speaks softly, his voice as soft and deep as its usual blade from scabbard tone ring’s out into the ever so small gap between them. Raising a hand up slightly towards her cheek. Alenos extends one lethally sharp nail that in her service has shorn through steel to run it softly and slowly light as a whisper over her skin, stopping as it runs across her collar bone, across her breast to stop above her heart.

Alenos deep and entrancing eye’s had left Chaos’s while she had quickened her pulse, to match his desire of the other maid. Alenos fang’s slid softly from his mouth to protrude over his lower lip, his breathing deepening to match his frustration to lock her in a death grip and drink his fill of her sweet and enchanting blood. She was playing with him..he knew that..but why was she having such an effect on him..

She was a teenager he knew..but..he was not much older..all teenager’s liked to flirt but had she just made a pass at him. Deciding to call her bluff Alenos raises his own hand to his mouth as it leaves her breast, biting the finger softly so that a bead of blood appear’s on the tip. Holding it out to her he bow’s softly and lower’s his eye’s.

“My Lady..” Alenos speak’s softly toward’s the floor. I wonder whether she will take it..Alenos think’s to himself as he wonder’s whether he has wrongly called his Queen’s bluff.

"I shall..retire to my room's..Good evening My Lady..Matthias..will see to your need's for a guard this evening.." Alenos murmer's as she releases his finger. By Obsidian herself..He had overplayed his hand. She had fed from him so readily and so easily..Obsidian's wrath..Alenos thought to himself as he hastily exited the room's and strode down the corridor. Leaving Chaos stood in his powerful wake as blood dripped from his ruined wrist.

She had been rough with her feeding and it had taken it's toll on him, even in those moment's she had drunk deeply and experienced a portion of the power his blood held, his anger and passion, his fear's and loves. Why had he even offered her the tempation..What had possessed him?

Alenos did something that suprised him, he was not awash in a waze of anger..he felt a flash of heat..and the urge to flee. Turning on his heel and striding away Alenos tries to think, What on earth had they just done..

Alenos did the only thing he thought he could do, he turned and left the room, his shoulder's hunched and a defeated air about himself as he strode in the direction of his chamber's. He had overplayed his hand..and she had kissed him..Chaos..His Queen..Had kissed him! The realisation dawned slowly on him, surging through suddenly and striking him like a hammer blow.

Alenos roared out into the corridor of the palace, his vampiric hearing picking up the sound of Chaos tear’s like a knife through the heart. His roar drawing guard’s from all quarter’s of the palace with the ever present Guy and Matthias at their head.
“Guy...Matthias..Get me clear of here..” Alenos whispered softly as his loyal retainer’s stepped up beside him and took his arm’s softly, steering him through the crowd of armed guardsmen toward’s his quarter’s in the palace. Stepping inside he makes his way toward's a deeply buried chamber within his sprawling chamber's stepping within he closes the door softly and kneel's before the Altar.

Removing his shirt the mark of the cresent moon shines against his skin like molten silver. Exposing his wrist's and neck before the altar he speak's softly, his voice hoarse and full of emotion. "Goddess..Obsidian..Your faithul servant Alenos speak's, and beg's you heed his word's..How do i cage this beast within me..How do i save myself from it's wrath and those under the godess light that i love.." Alenos stop's speaking for a moment to bow his head to the freezing cold stone floor.

In a sudden flash of realisation Alenos knew with the Goddess guidance what he must do. Rushing from his chamber's as he pulled on his shirt to hide the trapping's of his devotion to the Goddess. Alenos made his way back to Chaos and knelt beside her swiftly and silently, kneeling closer to her and whispering softly.

"Chaos.." Alenos spoke her name softly, as he let it hang in the air between them for several moment's, letting her compose herself and choose to look at him in her own time.

Alenos heart clenched and beat for the first time in a a decade or more as she shrank from him, the sound echoing into the cold space between them as he steadied himself and reached out toward's her, taking her shaking hand's into his own and steadying them.

"Chaos..you need to steel yourself and calm..Remeber who you are..your not alone..Not while my undead life last's and i stand beside you.." Alenos knew that she needed him in that moment. Guiding her from the corner and into his lap, he showed her a flash of his long locked away feeling's by craddling her as he had done all those year's ago when he had saved her life. He wrapped his arm's around her and smoothed her hair and sang to her softly in his deep and hypnotic voice.

"Slumber now child of mine,
Until they come with torch of flame,
but do not run,
your time has come,
for the soldier's of Chaos stake their claim,"

" They come to claim you child of mine,
they come to claim your life,
with their heart's of stone and splitting bone,
they wage their deadly strife,"

"So sleep tonight child of mine,
for tomorrow morn the sun wont shine,
so stay aware,
and offer prayer,
for the Soldier's of Chaos march once more,"

Alenos waiting untill the sobbing had ceased, untill Chaos had calmed and fallen silent before he cupped her chin into his palm and guided her face up so that he could look into her eye's. "Chaos..Listen to me..I am not going to leave you..If i ever do..It will be once my immortal life has come to an end..and i am forceably taken from you." Alenos spoke calmly and cooly as he slipped a small and roughly hewn iron band from his left index finger and pressed it into her palm. "

"Here..this was my father's..he took it from a mortal champion, who he claimed had been the best man he had ever fought.." he pressed it onto her palm and then pressed his lip's to her's softly in a chaste kiss. "Be strong for me Chaos.." He spoke as he slipped from her encompassing grasp and left her their, with the feeling of his lip's against her's and his father's ring in her palm.

He couldn't let himself love her..It would hamper his ability to protect her..

Alenos slipped from the room as fast as his feet could carry him. By the Goddess..What had he done..He had kissed her..He should not have done that..

Alenos was back at her side in an instant and scooping her into his arm's, holding her tight to his chest and smoothing her hair softly. "Ssssshhhh...Shhhhhh.. It's alright Chaos..Im here..Im here..It's all going to be alright..Nothing is going to hurt you.." Alenos rocked her softly as he held her lightly in his arm's.

He knew he had hurt her, but he could not leave her alone now, not in the state she was in...which was his fault.

Alenos suddenly found Chaos lip's attatched to his own, her arm's locked tight around his neck and her hourglass body pressed to his in a lover's embrace. She had taken advantage of his suprise and was kissing him with a passion he had never seen from her. Alenos for several long and drawn moment's was in shock..but slowly felt himself kissingh er in return, pulling her that little bit closer, and slowly drowing himself in her before..

"She is your Queen.." and "Your only order is to protect me Alenos.." Strung into his mind like a knife to the heart, and he felt the desire he had felt cool and slip back to just below the surface.

Alenos looked at her and nodded softly, biting his lip untill his sweet blood ran down his cheek and across his chin. Looking up at her he spoke in the softest of tones.

"Yes...but..when we have..once I id over..I will leave you and go back to my quarter's..."

Alenos spoke the word's and hated himself for the guilt and hope he felt, before looking down and awaiting the slap he was sure was coming...