Akeldama

This went on for hours Rose being taunted, teased, and tormented. When Markus had had his fill of her and she could take no more Rose laid down on the bed and wept unable to move to cover her ravaged body with the thin blanket that covered her feet. Rose shivered with disgust and sorrow for now she would soon have to face her love and tell her of this nightmare she'd just lived. What was she going to tell Vitrice? Could Rose simply tell Vitrice the truth that she slept with Markus to prevent him from trying to sleep with Vitrice? What would happen if she told Vitrice the truth? Would Vitrice understand? Would she be thankful, angry, hurt? Would she feel betrayed by Rose? What would Vitrice feel? What would she think? Rose laid there sobbing silently to herself over the hours to come.

After Rose's father carried Vitrice to her room he set her on the bed where she spent the remainder of the evening. Vitrice laid there in confusion and lost in her own thoughts and emotions. 'Why would Rose do such a thing? Rose hates men and despises people like Markus. Maybe her father needed a favor? Maybe she wanted to try something new? But why propose to me and or call me her fiancee and then do something like this? Why?' All these thoughts and more ran threw Vitrice's mind causing tears to fall from her now soft blue eyes staining her silk pillow. Vitrice spent the evening crying, worrying, wondering, and suffering threw her thoughts till she drifted to sleep to the sweet sounds of someone humming.

Feronia spent her evening sectioning off her food and trying desperately not to scare the poor rabbit any more than she could help. She continued to feed it little pieces of food as the night grew on. Any time she ate it ate. Feronia became distracted by the sounds of someone crying from below. She got down on the floor and placed her ear to the cold stone. After a few minutes of listening to this woman cry Feronia got bored and sat up to "play" with the bunny. Feronia found herself humming a sweet song she'd heard threw the floors.

"Now why do you look so out of sorts?" said Markus sneaking up form the side, reaching out and wiping a tear form Rose's face. "It can't be because of what happened last night?" he continued with a grin. Markus moved closer to Rose getting as close to her ear as he could..."I guess I will just have to try harder next time to fully satisfy you now won't I."

Markus moved away from Rose to let the full reality of the control he has over her sink in. He turned to leave and just before he went back down the stairs he looked back at the woman he had just scarred, "Oh and please tell your parents that they should keep their arguments down, the whole building could hear them, and that your father should really learn to pick which side he supports just a little bit better." With that he continued on his way.

Rose trembled at his soft touch on her cheek. She hated him being so close and personal. "I guess I will just have to try harder next time to fully satisfy you now won't I." His words made her cringe at the thought of his hands on her again. She knew he owned her until she finally gives in and lets him have his way with Vitrice. Or at least try to have his way. His threat to her father made her flash with anger. How dare he threaten my family after all she'd done nothing wrong. She slid down the door to the floor relaxing that he was gone. She couldn't stop herself from crying a little more before standing and wiping her face.

She would soon have to face Vitrice and explain why she'd been gone all night and with him. Rose walked down the stairs to their room. She hoped her face wasn't tear stained and softly knocked on the door to their bedroom before opening it. She found Vitrice Sitting up on the bed staring blankly at the wall with tears welling up in her eyes. When she looked over her shoulder to see Rose standing in the door way she jumped up and ran into Rose's arms.

"Rose I was so worried! Why'd you go? Why didn't you tell me where you were going? Why are you with Markus? Rose?" Vitrice bombarded Rose with questions tears streaming down her face. Rose could hardly keep her composer. "I needed to do my family a favor. Baby I promise it's nothing personal I missed you so much." Rose replied wrapping her arms around Vitrice. Rose softly cried into Vitrice's shoulder as Vitrice sobbed into Rose's. "I'm sorry to have worried you." Rose whispered. The two of them made there way to the bed. Rose kissed Vitrice with such passion.

Markus could hear what the rest of the vampire world was saying and he couldn't give any less of a care. He had his prize wrapped around his arm. He knew her heart still belonged to another but he could feel with each passing day that her body was becoming more and more his. 'First the body then soon the mind shall follow.' he thought to himself with his dark smile. Multiple times in a span of a few days he would take her and he would put her body in a state of ecstasy like no other, keeping her addicted to him, only to sometimes go days without a single touch to bring her to a point that she couldn't stand it and would beg for his touch. He enjoyed every minute of these fun games, and while one side of him to the joys of playing with his woman the other side attended to the rumors that were being spread about his favorite woman.

As much as it annoyed him to admit he has grown very fond of having Rose around. He wouldn't stand for someone to belittle her in his presence, he had even gone as far as to threaten to remove one woman's tongue had she spoke one more ill word of Rose. All of this while still obeying and following the orders of his best friend Vincent. These new months were starting to get quite interesting to him.

Markus went to Rose's chamber to discuss maybe going to the market with her to go shopping for a new dress for a party that he was going to hold his upcoming birthday, even though suck parties seemed trivial to beings that walked this earth as long as they did.