0 comments/ 3060 views/ 2 favorites Scarlet Queen Ch. 06-07 By: angellily Chapter Six Ellie found herself waking up very slowly, though she really didn't want to. She was comfy where she was, but there something was brushing her back that was annoying her. Ellie grumbled and tried to swat the thing away, but her hands couldn't move, they were stuck together. Lifting her head and looking at her hands, she saw that they were tied above her with a ribbon. Oh, my hands can't move because they're tied, makes sense, Ellie thought. A few seconds later her eyes snapped open wide in shock. "That doesn't make sense," she said stupidly. Ellie heard a couple of male chuckles, one on each side of her. Lifting her head, she tried to see who they belonged to, but she couldn't spot them immediately because her hair was in the way. "Relax, Ellie love, it's only us," Dante said soothingly brushing the hair back from Ellie's face so she could see him. "If that's supposed to be reassuring it's not, what have you two done? I thought we agreed on one night and no sex," Ellie demanded, taking stock in the fact that, yet again, she was naked, though she was also no longer injured. "You said you'd stay for a week it had only been four days when you ran Ellie," Rain retorted. Ellie couldn't see him though she knew it was his hand that was stroking her spine. He had knelt on the other side of her and it sunk in as to what was going to happen. "It wasn't on purpose, I was injured." "Yes, we'll get to that in just a moment," Rain drawled. She didn't like the sound of that, nor did she like it when her hips were suddenly lifted and Ellie felt like she was being pulled onto Rain's lap. She struggled to get away in a moment of blind panic at the thought of being so exposed. "Calm down, Ellie love, you will always be safe with us," Dante soothed, stroking her hair. His voice had a strange effect, and Ellie did feel more relaxed at his words, though she shouldn't have given the situation she was in. Ellie also still wanted to hide, but that was her nature. A stinging slap landed on her ass, and she yelped. "What the hell was that for?" Ellie shrieked. "Punishment, ma cherie, you've been very, very naughty. I said this before." Rain declared, as he slapped the other cheek. "For what?" Rain didn't answer, but Dante did tilting her head up so she could see his face. "You didn't come to us when you were injured, you didn't think that we would be sick with worry over the fact that we didn't know just how grave your condition was." "I wasn't thinking straight, I just reacted, so sue me," Ellie bit out, and then yelped as Rain smacked her ass again. "You always react without thinking because of your rabid paranoia," Rain vented, continuing to spank Ellie. "I've always been... ow... paranoid, that isn't something that will change overnight." "Well, your paranoia could have gotten you killed, you little fool!" Rain snarled giving her a few harder stinging slaps. "I'm sorry. I really didn't know it was that bad. I really didn't mean to make you worry," Ellie apologized, feeling guilty for the situation. Rain stopped for a moment, rubbing her cheeks soothingly. "I know that, Ellie, but it still doesn't excuse you running from all the people who wanted to be around you, nor hiding for nearly two hundred years. You hurt a lot of people who really cared for you by doing that," Rain growled as he resumed smacking her ass. Dante picked up from there, "Not to mention, your actions over the past few days have been ridiculous too. Instead of talking with us about what you were feeling, you were needling us into snapping, so you could justify walking away from us." Ellie squirmed with pain and guilt until she could take no more of either and she shouted, "What do you want me to say, that I'm sorry for that, too?" "No, because we all know you wouldn't mean it," Dante bit out frustrated. "Then what do you two want from me?" "You, and you know it. All three of us were meant to be together, that fire has been there from day one," Rain said as he stopped spanking her. "No," Ellie cried adamantly, not wanting to open that Pandora's box. "Yes, Ellie, I see that need for us in your eyes, I see it in every fiber of your being. I'm sick of pretending that I don't see, only to let you continue in your self-imposed misery. That's at an end now, we've exchanged blood with you and now we're all three permanently bonded together," Dante declared. "I didn't ask you to that, in fact, I never wanted to be a vampire and now you've made me one!" Ellie shouted at them. "Not true, we asked you if you wanted to live, and told you that you'd have to live with the consequences and you fully accepted that. Besides, you're not a vampire, foolish little Ellie. You're still considered a dhampir though you can't become a full human again," Rain retorted. "How do you know that?" Ellie demanded. "Because we're the same hybrid dhampirs as you, we always have been," Dante responded. "Hold on, hold on, I don't understand, run that by me again?" Rain rubbed her sore cheeks as he responded, "You made me into a 'vampire', Ellie. It was on the night of a blood red moon, you showed up on my balcony, calling me to you with that 'voice' of yours. I went to you, and you said you were cold. I wrapped my arms around you, and you bit me, drinking until I thought I was dying. Craven shouted at you to stop, saying that you took too much, and you said, you'd fix it and force me to drink your blood." "No, it's impossible, Craven made you!" Ellie insisted. "Nope, ma belle, it has always been you. Craven did take me in after Dante freed me from your aunt's prison. He explained to both of us that on the night of the full red moon, a born dhampir will go into a bloodlust and that you wouldn't remember anything that happened during that time. He also explained that anyone I turned into a vampire would have the same traits that I did. Dante's the only vampire I ever created." "Oh, God," Ellie whispered as she realized the truth of it. Craven had told her the same thing, years ago. Ellie hadn't been listening to him; she had bigger worries at the time. Her aunt was deep into one of her spells of madness and had died a week later. Ellie blamed Craven for it. It was one of the major reasons she hated being around vampires. Though, oddly enough, she hadn't hated Rain and Dante, more feared them, but that's because she thought that that they would make her into a mindless vampire and take over her life completely. "That's nonsense, we'd never take over your life completely, Ellie, we just want a part of it to share. And, you can have a part of our lives. Promise us, that you won't run," Dante said, reading her mind. "I really don't have a choice in the matter." Rain smacked her ass once more, "Yes, ma belle, you are stuck with us, now just accept it already." "I really don't want to, but I already did earlier, apparently. So, fine whatever, what's done is done," Ellie grunted mildly upset. "I'll take that as an acceptance. Now that we've sorted that out, we get to move on to the part that I was most looking forward to," Rain said as he bent down to untie Ellie's hands. He kissed the small area where her neck met her shoulder and Ellie shivered. Dante and Rain arranged themselves and Ellie. She was turned over and pulled up so that she was reclining against Rain's naked body. Her ass hurt to sit on, and she squirmed trying to get away from it. Rain held her, and bent down to steal a kiss from her. Ellie tasted his blood in the kiss, and realized it was done deliberately. Rain gave her just enough blood to take the sting out of it, but not enough to remove it completely. He moved Ellie's legs apart so that they were draped on either side of his. She was left completely exposed to Dante, who had moved to lay on his stomach so that his face was level with her pussy. Ellie felt apprehensive about what was to come, "Oh no..." "... Oh yes," Dante countered with a smouldering look as he licked her slit with one long stroke. Ellie's eyes went wide with shock as she watched him lazily continue sucking on her clit. Ellie moaned, feeling a coil of lust in her belly, but still didn't like being on display. Rain turned her head to him and kissed her deeply. His hands roamed her body, settled on her breasts and fondled them. He pinched her nipples then continued to stroke them until she bucked in response. Rain kissed down the side of her neck, sucking and gently biting the skin. It was almost torture to Ellie; she was lost in the sensations. They were masters at this game, both of them knew it, and they tormented her with their skill. Rain's left hand slipped down her middle until he reached her pussy and it spread it so that Dante had deeper access. Dante's tongue entered into her, and Ellie arched back in shock. He continued on with teasing strokes until she was on the brink of another climax, then he stopped and sat up. He leaned over Ellie to share a kiss first with Rain, then with Ellie. At the same time he kissed her, he entered her with one quick stroke and her eyes went wide with surprise and pain. Dante held still to allow her to become accustomed to his size. Slowly, he rocked his hips back and forth, pulling out with a long stroke, before pushing it back. He reared back to watch Ellie's face. She had closed her eyes, embarrassed by her wantonness and lost in the unfamiliar sensations. "Keep your eyes open, love, I want to see those lovely wine coloured eyes deep in ecstasy," Dante commanded, thrusting in deep. Ellie look at him, and bit her lip to hold back a moan in reserve. Rain bit her neck, not sharp enough to draw blood, but sharp enough to cause her to gasp. She moaned as the climax began to stir again but Dante was still moving lazily slow. It was driving her absolutely crazy. "Dante..." Ellie gasped out. "Yes, Ellie love, what would you like?" Dante asked her kindly, though he eyed her knowingly, the cad. Unsure of how to ask for what she wanted, Ellie stuttered out, "M-m-more, p-please." Rain and Dante both laughed softly, but Dante didn't increase his pace at all; he continued on and asked, "more of what, Ellie love? Speak up now." Frustrated, because she didn't exactly know what she wanted and she knew that they did, she bit out, "More, I want more!" Rain clucked his tongue, "More doesn't help, ma chere Ellie, do you want him to thrust harder into your tight wet cunt? You want a maddening faster pace, too? You're going to have to use the words." Ellie was almost crying in frustration, "I want both, harder and faster." "Aw...you've almost got it, Ellie, ask him again but use these words, 'please thrust harder and faster into my pussy'." Ellie, beyond the point of pride, looked up at Dante and pleaded, "Please thrust harder and faster into my pussy." "No problem, love," Dante whispered as he did just that, making Ellie moan louder and her toes curl in pleasure. She was almost on the brink of her long denied climax, but they kept her teetering on the edge, Ellie realized that they wanted her to ask for that too. "Please, please, please," she pleaded with them. Rain took pity on her, though it was because he wanted his turn. He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "You have to say it again. Say 'please let me cum, Dante love.'" Ellie looked directly into Dante's eyes, which had darkened to a stormy grey colour and she pleaded once more, "Please let me cum, Dante love." Dante bent down to kiss her again, before he changed angles so that it would push her over the edge. Ellie erupted in a scream, and after four more thrusts Dante followed quickly behind her. They both collapsed, panting. After a moment, Dante pulled out and moved to the side. Then Rain picked up Ellie, turned her around, and lined up his cock to her entrance before thrusting in deep. Ellie grabbed his shoulders to steady herself as Rain held onto her hips, guiding her up and down on his cock slowly. Ellie felt the coil of lust build quickly in her body again. "Please, Rain, thrust in my pussy faster and harder." Ellie whispered out. He grinned before he rolled on top of her and took over, settling into a hard pace that Ellie craved. After a few more minutes, Rain demanded, "Say it, Ellie, say it." Ellie was at that peaking point again, so she gave in and said, "Please, Rain, let me cum." Rain shook his head and continued, "No, I want you to say that you are ours." Ellie looked at him sharply, "No." "Say it, Ellie," Dante commanded, this time wanting the words too. A tear of frustration rolled down her cheek, but she bit her lip in adamant refusal. They wouldn't give in, though; they both continued to demand the words. "Fine, damn it! I'm yours, but you're mine too, don't you go forgetting that!" Ellie shouted at them. "We're yours," they agreed in unison. Rain thrust hard two more times before he and Ellie erupted into a shared climax. Rain rolled to the side so that Ellie was wedged between the two of them. She didn't understand why but Ellie burst into tears. It was confusing, she hadn't cried in nearly two hundred years. Not since her aunt died. Rain and Dante held her as she did so. Finally when the tears started to taper off, she sniffled and asked out loud, "Why am I crying?" "They don't call it 'Le petit mort' for nothing, love." Rain said, kissing her wet cheek. "That's absurd, people have sex all the time, and I'm sure they don't bawl like a baby afterwards." "Then, they're obviously doing it wrong," Rain drawled arrogantly, and Ellie laughed despite herself. "You two didn't cry," She pointed out. "What are you talking about? Rain bawled too, it just happened to be invisible tears." Dante stated. "And you?" Rain countered. "Oh that, well, I'm a Caldwell, we are born without tear ducts, I'm afraid," Dante replied matter of factly. Rain snorted at the remark. They continued to bicker back and forth until Ellie sat up and started to squirm away. "Where are you going?" Dante asked. They both continued to hold onto her, much to Ellie's mild annoyance. "I want a shower, I'm all sticky and sweaty," Ellie huffed. "Good idea," Rain said with enthusiasm as they let her go. "I want one, alone," Ellie retorted. Dante kissed Rain quickly and responded to Ellie with a smile, "Sure, not a problem. I'll occupy this dolt, so you can have a few minutes alone." "Thanks Dante," Ellie said, returning the smile as she scrambled off the bed, and headed towards the shower. She entered the bathroom, and locked the door for good measure, in case either tried to join her. Ellie pushed the auto fill on the jetted tub before wandering over to the shower and turning on the spray to hot. Gathering her favourite scented body washes and shampoo, she entered the large stall. It's big enough for three, Ellie mused, then shook her head at the thought. She was not sharing her showers, there was no telling what those perverts would do. Letting the water pour down from the large rainwater spout, Ellie sighed; this was bliss. * * * Dante continued to kiss Rain until he heard the faint click of the door being closed then locked. "Why'd you let her go?" Rain demanded with a scowl. "Give her a few moments, then we'll go in for 'round two'," Dante said as he lazily kissed Rain again. "She locked the door," Rain retorted in exasperation. Dante rolled his eyes at Rain, "Really, Rain, just really? We're dhampirs you dolt, that means nothing to us. After all how did we get in here in the first place?" A light dawned in Rain's eyes, "Oh, right." They had misted in with Ellie, when she arrived. "I wonder about you sometimes," Dante said as he sat up shaking his head, and continued, "Right, let's go now." Rain wandered behind Dante as he walked to the bathroom door, then he disappeared in the form of a fine mist. Rain did the same and emerged in the warm room. It was pretty foggy, but he could make out the naked form of Ellie with her head leaned back enjoying the shower. He was about to materialize in front of her, when he saw hands form in the water that streamed down Ellie's breasts, squeezing them and then disappearing. Ellie gasped and looked down to see nothing there. Rain was amused and decided to watch Dante at play in mist form. Dante squeezed Ellie's ass cheeks next, which earned an outraged shout. "Damn it, Rain!" Rain inwardly laughed at getting blamed for Dante's antics, but didn't say anything about it. 'Round two', was soon going to be dedicated to a completely different type of perversion, and Rain could hardly wait. He and Dante had planned some of this when Ellie was out, though sex still tended to be spontaneous, kind of like what was happening right now. Dante cupped her mounds and breasts at the same time, and settled into the fondling her. Ellie swatted him away, but since he was in mist form, he just manifested shape again and continued on like nothing had happened. "Rain, more!" Ellie moaned giving up chastising him. Dante chose to chuckle then, and Ellie gasped, "Dante it's you, you cad." "Yup!" He said as he took solid form behind her. Rain wandered into the shower and rematerialized too. "Bad Ellie, blaming me for something I didn't do," Rain clucked his tongue. "But, I thought..." Ellie floundered looking back and forth between them. "Aww... looks like you're going to have to be punished again," Dante murmured with a devious grin. "What? Why? Please no more spanking, my ass still hurts," Ellie declared. "Who said anything about spanking?" Rain frowned as Dante chuckled. "What are you planning?" Ellie asked, looking like a startled deer caught in the headlights. Rain felt a Cheshire cat grin form on his face. "Let her go, Dante. Ellie, turn and face the wall," Rain commanded. Dante let her go and sat on the shower bench ready to watch the show. Ellie stood there, completely still. "Turn around, Ellie, hands on the wall," Rain said slowly using the 'voice'. Ellie turned around slowly and put her hands on the wall. "Now, spread your legs for me, ma belle, " Rain used the 'voice' again. Ellie's legs parted slowly again. Rain was so ready to start 'round two'. Chapter Seven Ellie couldn't believe it; the 'voice' shouldn't have worked on her, though she knew deep down that it really hadn't. No, it was her own curiosity about what would happen next and the rampant need that burned in her veins that drove her to comply "That's right, ma belle, just relax and enjoy," he said as he grabbed the bottle of natural tea tree oil that Ellie liked to use for her skin. "Thank you very much, now I'm a wanton Jezebel when it comes to you two," Ellie sighed. "Good, because I hate to be alone in my perpetual horny state. FYI, Rain can be a diabolical mastermind when it comes to sex," Dante responded. Rain didn't bother to add to it since he was focused on something else. He poured the oil onto his left hand then rubbed his hands together, and started to clean her body with them. He left her privates for last, playing with her pussy for a little bit before withdrawing to the crack of her ass. Grasping her ass cheeks, he separated them to look at her rosy bud. "What are you doing?" She squeaked in embarrassment. Rain leaned in and whispered, "You'll see Ellie, just embrace the sensation. You'll like it, I promise." Scarlet Queen Ch. 06-07 He poured more oil on his fingers, and slowly pushed his index finger into her rosy bud. Ellie automatically tightened at the intrusion. "Relax, Ellie, and push out," Rain coaxed. Ellie's body relaxed on its own accord, and she pushed out against her better judgement. Rain started to withdraw his finger then pushed back in, mimicking the act to come. Just as Ellie accepted one finger, Rain added a second, and she tensed up before relaxing, getting use to the intrusion. Rain twisted his fingers then used a scissoring motion, working to widen her anus so that it would accept his cock. Ellie moaned as the dark pleasure of it took hold. It felt so intense and forbidden, but she was starting to like it, not that she'd ever admit it to either of them. Oh no, they would just use their skills to keep her witless for the rest of her life. Rain brought his mouth to the side of her neck and raked his teeth along the sensitive skin before kissing it. He had added a third finger, and continued on. Ellie's ass felt so full, and she almost screamed at the intensity. "Relax, ma belle, just breathe," Rain murmured in her ear, as he licked the outside whorl of her ear. Ellie did as he asked and, just as she became accustomed to the three fingers, they were withdrawn, and Ellie felt empty. She made a noise of protest. Rain and Dante gave a rough chuckle. Ellie heard a weird slicking noise, as if Rain was slicking something else up. Looking over her shoulder, she watched Rain, rubbing his dick and then Ellie realized what now going to happen. "Oh, no," Ellie protested, albeit weakly, feeling great trepidation and lust warring within her. Rain grinned at her and winked, "Oh yes, ma chere Ellie. Dante and I made a deal while you slept. He got your virginity, and I got your anal virginity." Ellie started to protest again, but, just then, Rain lined up his uncut tip to her anus, and pushed in really slowly. Every thought flew out of her head. It burned, feeling obscenely full. Rain was much larger than his fingers and Ellie fought it for a few seconds before she remembered to push out. When she started to push out, the burning feeling eased up a bit. Ellie felt him stop when his balls were resting against her ass cheeks. He started to slowly withdraw and she felt the sharp intense pleasure of it. All of Ellie's lust pooled in her womb. She knew she was right to think him wicked originally, but right now it was the right kind of wicked - the kind that she wanted more of. Rain settled into an easy rhythm to let her get accustomed to it. Slowly easing in and out, Rain ran a hand slowly down her spine making her shiver. He suddenly reached around and started to play with her clit, drawing more pleasure out of her. Ellie screamed at the dual sensations, and Rain picked up the pace, changing rhythms, causing Ellie to push backwards onto him, meeting him thrust for thrust. The pace became frenzied and then, after more hard strokes, Ellie screamed out a climax. Rain followed her as he bit down on her neck and drank. Rain drew back after a few mouthfuls, and came in long spurts deep inside her with a growl of satisfaction. Rain licked the wound closed, and moved to switch places with Dante. Dante spun Ellie around and lifted her up into his arms as he thrust in deeply with one move. His pace was just as frenzied, as he had been holding off a climax watching Rain and Ellie together. Soon, with a few master moves, Ellie was screaming out for release until they both came together. Dante bit her neck, too, and drank her blood. Ellie knew that neither had bit her out hunger, it was more like instinctively marking her as theirs. Ellie fell weakly on Dante's chest, all her energy spent. Rain wasn't surprised by that, she had cum four times in a fairly short span of time. It was a ridiculous number for a human, and an impressive number even for a vampire, especially given the fact that earlier today she was a virgin. Once they had gently washed her, then themselves, Rain turned off the shower, opened the door and walked out, closely followed by Dante who carried Ellie. Rain spotted a large in-ground Jacuzzi filled with water. Walking over to it, he bent down to test the water and found that it was hot. "I just filled it, was planning to use it after the shower." Ellie murmured sleepily. "Waste not, want not." Dante responded with a grin, making a bee line towards it. Rain got in first and sat down near the middle. Dante followed closely behind and put Ellie down gently between him and Rain. They each wrapped an arm around her and kissed each other over her head. "Hey, none of that now, I want to see that show later." Ellie protested. Rain and Dante laughed as they both took turns kissing her. "You really want to see us together?" Dante asked. "Yes, I'm curious and think it would be a pretty hot show. I have a question though, it's kind of personal, but do you take turns, or who tops who?" Ellie asked. Rain laughed, "It's pretty spontaneous, mainly it just depends on who's in the mood for what. Don't worry ma belle, it's not personal at all, I am more than willing to show you later." "Yes much later is best; I'm so tired right now. I have never been this tired in my life, though I've slept more in the last four days than I have in the last three weeks. It goes with the detective territory though, I'm forever working on something." "Why do you like being a detective, Ellie?" Dante asked. "I like the challenge of it; it's also exciting to solve an impossibly hard case." "Oh, while we're on the topic of cases, what the hell happened in New York? Why were you at that concert?" Rain asked. Ellie looked up at him and spoke, "Oh, that, everything kinda went Peter Tong." "I'm sorry, English please." Rain asked boggled by the expression. "You know, it all went pear shaped... okay, judging from your blank look, you don't know. Fine if it pleases you it all went horribly wrong." "Well, that's obvious, but it doesn't explain what led you to that concert." "Okay, let me backtrack for a moment. It all started with the evidence. None of it added up until I realized that you weren't the intended target. You weren't supposed to even be driving the car," Ellie muttered with a yawn. "Wait, what? I don't understand, what do you mean I wasn't supposed to have the car?" Rain asked confused. "The promo lady... what's her name... oh yeah, Melissa Smith! Anyway she told me that you were chosen last minute. The car was actually intended for a pop star named Jinx to promote, for an event that he had to cancel at the last moment. You were picked instead to go to the event." "Merde, I completely forgot about that. Normally I don't do promo events with cars, but I really wanted to drive it," Rain frowned. "Well, from what I can figure out from the evidence, the bomb was already in the car when you got it. It was wired through the radio though rather sloppily. I wanted to know who would go to such crazed lengths, so I intended to speak to Jinx to see if he had been receiving death threats or if he knew of someone who might have motive. When I was on the side of the stage, I noticed a strange noise covered by the music; then I realized it was to signal the stage collapse and the rest is history as they say." "Did you get a chance to speak with Jinx?" Dante asked. "Actually, I did just after the collapse. Jinx told me that someone from the cult was stalking Linzi Arbinell, and she was super scared. So terrified, in fact, that she went into complete hiding. A few days after she disappeared, Jinx started to receive letters demanding information about her location. Shortly after that, accidents started to happen to him." "Well we've got to find the bastard behind all of it, that's for sure." Dante said after a moment. "Damn straight," Rain agreed. Ellie shook her head, "Hate to break it to both of you, but you're celebrities. You can't become amateur sleuths; you'll stick out like sore thumbs." "Hey, hey, who's an amateur? We've worked as detectives before, granted it's been quite a while, but it's time for a career change." "Short of faking your own deaths, you can't just up and leave the spotlight, people will follow you everywhere." "Good, so you know our plan," Dante said. "Wait, wait, you're going to fake your deaths?" Ellie demanded. "Yup," Rain nodded "Why?" "We've been in the spotlight too long; it's really noticeable that we still have a youthful freshness that no amount of plastic surgery can replicate. So, with that, we need to permanently burn our bridges," Dante said. Ellie thought about it, "It's going to be real risky to do that, but we'll hatch a scheme later." "Good, so what's on the agenda now?" Rain asked. "Sleep, I'm super fuzzy brained right now." "Wait, what about Jinx? We need to call Silver and ask him to watch over Jinx while this gets sorted out." Dante stated. "No need, Rafe's watching over him right now. He's got many years in the special forces, and he's really good at going to ground at a moment's notice." "Ah, that explains it. We couldn't figure out why Ellington was on the plane bound for the Big Apple, not waiting for you here in London. We had Silver pull the flight logs of all the planes listed with the conglomerate to figure out where you were going." "Stalker-ish but since you saved my life I can't really complain, besides I don't really care right now, because my body doesn't have the energy to," Ellie murmured with a yawn. "Come on, sleeping beauty, let's go to bed," Rain said kissing the top of her head. Dante nodded at Rain who picked up Ellie in a princess hold and carried her out of the tub. All three tumbled into bed, with Ellie in the middle again. After a few minutes they were fast asleep. * * * Ellie was woken up by her stomach growling, alerting her to the fact that she was starving. When she sat up, both Rain and Dante opened their eyes, peering at her to see what she was up to. "I'm hungry," Ellie defended, scooting out of the bed. Both nodded and rolled into the void, falling back asleep. Ellie wandered into the kitchen and opened the small empty fridge. She took out the two shelves and slid them into the secret side compartments built into the fridge. From there Ellie shoved the back of the fridge open and crawled through the opening behind it. Standing up on the other side, she walked through the small hallway. She pushed a large painting that acted as a door, and entered a much larger space. It was four times the size of the room she had just left. The new room was a two-story industrial loft style apartment, that Ellie had painted in a cheery lavender colour to offset the lack of natural light. This was her treasure room. Ellie jogged down the spiralling steel staircase, grabbed her kimono style dressing gown from the coat rack and pulled it on, tying the sash. Ellie walked by a large red velvet couch and said, "Morning Paddington, morning Penga." Ellie always greeted her two favourite stuffed animals went she stayed here, it was her personal ritual. One of the stuffed animals was an original Paddington bear that she had bought on sight when she had first laid eyes on him. The other was a handmade Penguin that she had been given as a little girl by Craven. Craven, who had been an old friend of the family, was the one who taught her how to control dhampir powers. He had told her that, a long time ago, she couldn't pronounce the word Penguin, so she called him Penga, and it stuck. Ellie wandered into the kitchen and stopped to open another fridge. "Don't tell me there's another trap door in there," Dante called from the top of the catwalk. She spotted both men leaning on the railing, looking in wonder at the large room below them. Ellie snorted, "Heavens no, this is my actual fridge, what do you take me for?" She pulled out a bottle of no label wine, and looked at the other food. "Can I actually eat?" Ellie asked them without looking back. "I wouldn't chance it for another day or so, but, if you really want to, then yes, you can as long as it's light. Things like scones, toast, etc. are okay. Before you freak out, yes tea should be fine." "Good, otherwise I'd be super mad," Ellie muttered. Ellie looked at the tea stock in the cupboard and debated which flavour she wanted. She settled on a Highland Butterscotch Tea that had tiny flecks of butterscotch in it; they made the tea delicious. "You two want a cup of tea?" "You got any coffee?" Rain asked. Ellie turned around to scowl at him and retorted, "Heathen." Both laughed at the remark before they agreed to the offer of tea. Ellie poured water in the kettle and put it on the electric stove. Rain and Dante came bounding down the stairs and sat on the two bar stools on the opposite side of the counter. "This place is pretty ingenious are there any more secret rooms like this one?" Dante asked. "Of course," Ellie said as she leaned on the counter. "I agree that it's amazing, but why do you have this gigantic underground super bunker?" Rain questioned. "For safety, it's bomb proof, and fire resistant," Ellie replied matter of factly. "You are way too paranoid," Dante muttered with a sigh. "It's not paranoia that drove me to want a place like this. Obviously someone didn't live in London during the Blitz. I did and, once the war ended, I swore I was going to have a home where nobody could do anything stupid like bomb it, set fire to it, or break into it. I wanted a place that was completely safe. So, with the help of Rafe and Gabe's grandfather, we teamed up to build this place. It took years, but it was worth it. I still add to it sometimes, when I want another room. I'm thinking of expanding the pool right now, by adding a small lazy river." "You have a pool here?" Rain asked with astonishment. The kettle whistled before Ellie could answer, she picked it up off the ring and poured three cups of tea. She placed the cups on the counter as she summoned one of the empty bar stools to her side with her mind and sat down across from them. "To answer your question, yes there is a pool here, and I know you probably have other questions about what else is here. So, to answer that, there are eight different sleeping quarters similar to the one we just slept in. They have different themes, coincidentally the one we were just in was the classic Roman room; I have a feeling that I'm going to have to change the name to the Roman orgy room though. Any who, I digress, there are also nine different bathrooms, this kitchen and the living room behind you. Not to mention a movie room, a music room, library, a garage with its own secret entrance and an office." "Wow, there's a mini mansion down here, though how come nobody seems to know about it? Surely, it must have conflicted with subway plans, the water table, or something," Dante remarked. "Yes to all of those, though I don't own a conglomerate for nothing. Generally, I bought up any business that threatened my home or my interests. It also doesn't hurt to have a lot of acquaintances in the House of Lords who are indebted to me. Very devious I concur, but I can live with it because I get to keep my sanctuary," Ellie replied with a shrug. "Quite cutthroat, I approve, though where are all the doors?" Rain asked. "Don't you know that door knobs account for 75% of deaths involving doors? Don't look at me that way! It's true I read it in a magazine. I have a 'door knob' free environment, thank you very much. When I need an actual door, they are all pocket doors like the bathroom one. Otherwise, all the giant pictures on walls hide secret entrances. Only the escape hatch is not on the wall." "Escape hatch?" Rain asked with raised eyebrows. "Yes, it's under the rug on the floor." "Yes, of course," Dante said as both he and Rain rolled their eyes at that one. Ellie drained her tea cup and picked up the chilled bottle of wine. Summoning three glasses to the coffee table, she moved Paddington and Penga to the end of the couch and cracked the bottle, gesturing for the guys to sit. "What's with Paddington Bear and the penguin?" Rain asked with a confused frown as he sat down. "They're my favourite stuffed animals, and it's not 'the penguin'; his name is Penga. Craven gave him to me when I was three." "Sorry, Penga mate," Rain apologized with a quick bow of his head. Ellie rolled her eyes, this time with a smile, and poured three glasses, setting the bottle down in an empty wine chiller just in case it made a mess. Both men looked her as they sipped their glasses, knowing they contained blood from the smell alone. Ellie grimaced,drained her glass in two swallows and set it down. She felt her hunger temporarily sated. She then turned on the television and switched it to the news, looking for something specifically. Ellie smiled when the report showed the collapse and listed it as an accident. She was satisfied, knowing that, whoever their villain was, he didn't know of the trap that Ellie was going to weave around him. Ellie summoned her laptop and turned it on. Handing the remote to Rain, she moved to sit on the floor between them with her computer on the table. Rain had flicked it on to sports. Both he and Dante half watched the soccer match on the screen and half looked over Ellie's shoulder to see what she was up to. Ellie pulled up old tabloid stories about Linzi Arbinell's love life and scanned through them. Jinx was right; there were two reports in different magazines of men who died in freak accidents who had dated Linzi Arbinell. The deeper Ellie dug in Linzi's past, the more she realized just how far the stalking went. She pulled old newspaper stories from Linzi's hometown, dating back ten years to a couple of years prior to Linzi being discovered as a model. She found that the stalking started after a tragic accident. Linzi had been the sole survivor of a car crash that had killed two of her best friends. There was a rather harrowing picture of a haunted Linzi on the front page, and Ellie felt bad for her. It couldn't have been easy to suffer a loss as she had, only to be tormented by a stalker shortly thereafter. Ellie hacked into the local police database to check out all the police reports linked to Linzi. There were numerous complaints of a hooded figure harassing Linzi, but no suspects had been found. The villain seemed to know how to cover his tracks while maximizing the horrendous nightmare he created for Linzi. Ellie actually felt sick at the thought of the terror Linzi must be struck with. "Who starts stalking a sixteen year old?" Ellie wondered out loud. "A really sick bastard," Rain fumed. "Change of plans, we need to find her first, before we catch him. It's really only a matter of time before this sicko catches up to her, especially since it became apparent that he's been stalking her for ten years. Damn, though, I have no idea where to begin. It'll take days to hack her bank records to get just a lead on her location. I really don't know what to do right now. Either of you have an idea how to start this?" "I have a pretty good idea," Dante said quietly. Ellie and Rain looked at him, and he elaborated, "Craven can track just about anyone, the man's a living bloodhound. Let's ask for his help." "Oh damn," Ellie muttered. She wasn't looking forward to seeing Craven; she said some pretty horrible things to him the last time she saw him. Ellie had even gone as far as to stab him. She had blamed him for her aunt's demise. It was still a touchy subject for her, one that she didn't dwell on even now after nearly two hundred years. Though Ellie was coming to understand that it was because she felt like she hadn't done enough to save Aunt Lila, but Ellie knew now there really wasn't anything she could have done to help her. Scarlet Queen Ch. 06-07 "Can you two go to him for me please?" Ellie pleaded. "Sorry sunshine, but you owe it to Craven to speak with him directly. You know that he'd always help you out, plus it wouldn't hurt to sort out your problems," Dante replied, brooking no argument. Rain made noises of agreement. Ellie sighed, "I have no idea where he is though." "We know where he is. We see him every month, Craven lives on Martha's Vineyard," Rain responded. "You have got to be kidding me, the King of Lechers, lives in quaint Martha's Vineyard?" Ellie asked, laughing at the thought. "Yes, but he's not a lecher," Rain scolded her. "He still has his annual Bacchus Orgy?" Ellie asked. Rain rubbed his face sheepishly and looked to Dante to answer this one. "Yes, he does." "Lecher." "You're going to see him, right?" Dante asked in mild exasperation Ellie sighed, "Yeah, I really want to find Linzi and make the bastard pay. And, before you start, I agree that it is time that Craven and I sort out our problems. Not looking forward to that, he'll probably rake me over coals for it, too." Dante and Rain shared a look that said they sincerely doubted that one, obviously Ellie was oblivious to the fact that Craven had a soft spot for her. "Now, does anyone want to grovel to Gabe on my behalf? Any takers, any at all? Fine, you both are real jerks," Ellie sighed as she got up off the floor and walked to a built-in land line. Just as she dialled, Ellie spotted Rain playing with Paddington Bear and said, "Rain leave Paddington Bear's dignity intact. He doesn't need someone looking up his jacket to see what he's got on underneath. There are some things you don't need to know, you teddy bear pervert. ...Hello Gabriel, it's Ellie today's password is Camelot..."