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Intricacy

 

By: Roxria

 

Note from the authoresses:

 

“Thanks for the reviews guys! They are mucho appreciated! Just a little side note to clarify about Damon: in the demon realm, it is `normal' to have multiple partners, even though you have a mate. It is thought as being selfish if you deny each other experience. Mates bond for life though, which means they can only truly be complete when they are with each other. In other words, this is how Damon/Shandi/Bellany were brought up! They have no shame or guilt because they do not believe it to be wrong!

 

Kay, that's all! Hope you enjoy the chapter! Don't forget to review!”

 

-- Ray and Roxy

 

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Her fingers trailed over the bare black walls carefully as if pressing on them any harder would cause them to spontaneously collapse. She ghosted them along the frame of the king sized bed that held her most intimate and frightening memory. Blue eyes blinked softly, an unrecognizable emotion stirring behind the intricate orbs. It was if all her life had been lived in a standstill, and now time was suddenly starting to move around her, bleeding into a scene that she barely recognized as possible.

 

Damon had been gone for only an hour, but it seemed like longer. There was rarely a moment anymore that wasn't consumed with the dark haired demon: her thoughts and values, her blatant attitude and her unyielding sexual drive.

 

Kairi winced.

 

Damon was everything that she had been taught to deny: lustful, sexual, evil, sinful, and corrupt. She had a perverse amusement with blood and fear, and her power was nothing less them intimidating…

 

Yet she had surrendered her body and soul for the chance to feel safe. She offered herself as a willing partner because she had fallen for promises that might or might not come true. She had become the mate of a demon who had willingly given her to another for their sexual amusement, but had also watched over her and protected her for many years.

 

Damon was instilling something deep within her, something that made her agreeable but reluctant at the same time… her insides were constantly in reverberating knots because of her contrasting emotions.

 

Blue eyes shifted to the ground as she considered what these feelings meant. Was she becoming corrupted? Or was she learning what it was like to have attention lavished upon her, like normal human beings?

 

The circumstances were undoubtedly different from what the average teenager would experience, and ultimately more direct and profound, but she was feeling something that had never been present when she faced her family or school mates. This, these disparities of trust and apprehension, was beyond her sense of understanding.

 

Kairi wanted to trust Damon: to believe everything she said as if an answer to her prayers, but she knew from what Damon had told her that doing so would be foolish. The values of the demon plain severely differed from the ones she had learned at her high school, so she knew she couldn't expect her mortal dreams to come true.

 

Even though the demoness seemed un-deceitful in her words, her actions were something completely different. Lust to her was as common as happiness to an average mortal. Her actions always screamed sensuality, and there never seemed to be a moment were she wasn't physically touching Kairi in some way.

 

To a girl who received next to nothing of physical contact over the years, this was an extremely intimidating concept. She had never known someone as direct as Damon, someone as open and confident… It was like looking in a mirror and seeing the exact opposite of yourself.

 

Kairi almost jumped out of her skin when fingers slipped under the hem of her shirt and trailed along her shoulder. She spun around quickly, eyes widening in fear when she saw all too familiar blond hair and violet eyes, “B-Bellany.”

 

The blond demon smiled, winding her tail around her waist, “Hello again Kairi.” She smiled as she saw the fear flicker through the innocent mortal's eyes.

 

They were mere inches apart, and Kairi could feel the strength fleet from her body as she stood there defenceless. Her heartbeat started to rise as all-conscious thought started pile drive through her brain.

 

Bellany tilted her head, “You still glow so brightly.” She ran her hand up Kairi's body and pushed her fingers through the thick mane of white hair, “But relax. You have no reason to be afraid as of now… your mate has ordered me not to touch you unless you will it to be so.”

 

Kairi shivered, suddenly feeling very cold and self-conscience as Bellany ran her fingers through her hair. She wrapped her arms around her waist in a weak attempt to lessen the amount of skin seen through the sheer white fabric. She blinked in realization that Bellany had closed the gap between them and was now pressed against her.

 

Bellany blew on her ear, “Do you want me to touch you?”

 

The white haired female stepped back, tripping over the frame of the bed and falling back onto the mattress. She shook her head, praying that Bellany would listen to her unlike last time. Her stomach clenched as memories of the Dark Room flooded her mind, but she shook the thoughts from her head, determined to keep an eye on the un-dead female before her.

 

Bellany laughed in amusement, “Alright then.” She walked over to Damon's dresser and pulled out a hairbrush from the top drawer, lavishly returning to sit on the bed where Kairi lay.

 

The marine eyed female pushed herself into a sitting position as Bellany took a spot behind her. She was going to turn around to face her, but sudden hands on her shoulders told her otherwise.

 

“I'm going to brush your hair” Bellany said softly, “It's a mess.”

 

Kairi opened her mouth to protest, but shut it just as quickly. Her first thought was to pull away from the sadistic woman, but her brain hastily corrected her body's urge. Something inside reminded her that Bellany brushing her hair was better then her having to find an ulterior form of amusement… She winced involuntarily when Bellany's cold fingers ran through her hair slowly.

 

The blond female removed her fingers before starting to comb through the matted locks carefully, “I hear that you are growing attached to Damon… perhaps even holding affection towards her. Is this true?”

 

The white haired female didn't respond, her mouth paper dry as her heart stammered. She had no idea how to answer that question, mainly because she didn't know if it was true or not. She didn't know how she felt towards the demoness…

 

“Your silence is answer enough. You're starting to feel things for her” Bellany whispered, “Even if you don't know what those feelings are…”

 

Kairi flinched, but didn't reply.

 

“Mortal emotion is so delicate… They can never seem to just define exactly what they feel like demons do. They have to over analyse the feeling as if it is some complexity” Bellany said, “I can tell that with you… though I'm not quite sure whether it is because you are mortal, or just because you cannot recognize the feeling.”

 

Kairi turned slightly, biting her lip as Bellany pulled the comb through the back of her hair. She took a deep breath, “W-what do you mean?”

 

Bellany smiled, “From what I have been told, you haven't had many tactile experiences in your life that were pleasant. You used to fear Damon; fear was an emotion that you are used to because you experienced it daily throughout your life. But now that feeling is evolving into something different, something fulfilling, and I'm not sure you know how to handle such an emotion after years of pain.”

 

Kairi shifted, “Damon told you?”

 

“She has been watching you for many years” Bellany said softly, “Shandi and I have heard much about you… She always told us how beautiful you were, and how one day she was going to take you away from all your woes.”

 

There was a calm silence between the two as Bellany finished combing the back of the satin white locks.

 

Kairi turned warily to face Bellany, allowing the blond to straighten the front portion of her hair. She made sure to keep her eyes locked on her clenching fingers as her thoughts continued to churn rapidly.

 

“And she has fulfilled her promise” Bellany said, putting down the brush. She slid a finger under Kairi's chin and raised her face so she as forced to look forward, “Why are you so fearful of a better life?”

 

The youth stayed silent.

 

Bellany was about to speak again before a soft voice interjected.

 

“Because I don't deserve a better life.”

 

Bellany caught only a glimpse of blue eyes before they shirked away quickly.

 

“Damon is strong, and beautiful, and honest. She is experienced and fearless… and she deserves a mate who can give her anything and everything she deserves. I can't do those things… I'm still afraid,” Kairi whispered forcefully, feeling as if the truthful words were choking her as they came forward. She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, “And even when I try not to be, I still am…”

 

Bellany tilted her head, winding her tail around her waist. A slow smile spread over her lips, “I think that is the most you have ever said to me-- or anyone else I'm willing to bet.”

 

Kairi rubbed her shoulder awkwardly. She had no idea what had possessed her to reveal those thoughts to Bellany; she had barely come to terms with them herself.

 

The violet-eyed female flipped her hair; the short flaccid locks springing into a wilder look. “You are a very odd child. Out of all the mortals I have met, you are the most strange.”

 

“Um, thank you?”

 

Bellany chuckled, “You are right about one thing, Kairi, Damon is not one to fear things. She does not have a bone in her body that, at any point in time, quivers with fright. She does, however, know that you are very fragile and that you DO fear. She has been watching you for so long now that she knows what makes you scared, and though she doesn't comprehend the feeling herself, she is trying to understand it for you. She is making the effort for YOU.” She chuckled, “I have known Damon most of my life and I can tell you from experience that she is not a merciful lover… many don't survive the first night with her. And then I look at you, barely a scratch on that moonlit skin and I can see how careful she is being with you.”

 

Kairi smiled softly, “I know…”

 

“I am not one to preach about time, but it takes exactly that to make bonds. Damon wants you more then anything, and she will have you for the rest of time. You can accept that, or you can deny that” Bellany said, moving a bit closer. She licked her lips, “You are intelligent, and undoubtedly delicious… use those pros that you try so diligently to hide away.”

 

Kairi blushed softly as Bellany moved noticeably closer, propping herself back on her hands to keep fair distance between them. She scooted back when she came even closer, “W-what are you doing?”

 

“I was going to show you some of those good qualities” Bellany said seductively, “Perhaps test a few of them for myself.”

 

Marine eyes looked stricken, “T-that's okay, really.”

 

Bellany straddled her hips provocatively, wrapping her tail around the youth's abdomen. She felt Kairi's breathing increase with panic, “I must insist, Kairi, but I promise I won't… what would you mortals call it? Violate you?” She grinned almost blissfully as she pressed their bodies closer together, only to have Kairi try and weakly pull away, “Though I wouldn't mind taking the ladder…”

 

Kairi cringed as she was pushed back against the bed carefully, “B-Bellany-“

 

“Just relax” Bellany said calmly, “Let's start from the top, shall we?” She traced her fingers along the top of her flaxen locks, “Such flowing hair, those stray strand falling in front of those innocent blue eyes…”She leaned down, dragging her fingers down to the pale skin of her cheek, “Such supple skin… laced with such a delicious fragrance…”

 

Kairi's fingers tensed as she felt Bellany's lips brush against her shoulder.

 

Bellany licked her lips after playing with Kairi's soft hair for another minute. She pushed them further down to press against the soft mounds of the youth's chest, causing the one below her to yelp in surprise, “Such arousing curves from such an innocent.”

 

“S-stop it” the youth said anxiously, struggling to get away from the chilling touch of the stronger girl above her.

 

“Hush” Bellany said, “I'm not doing anything to you…”

 

The moral winced as Bellany persisted with her actions, eyes widening as she felt the familiar touch of a tail on her knee. Her voice froze within her throat, but her body continued to resist mercilessly.

 

The violet-eyed female brushed her lips over Kairi's ear, “Such an alluring body that quakes after even the smallest of touch…” She sharply dropped her hands to Kairi's abdomen, her own body becoming aroused as she squirmed under her with no hopes of escape.

 

Kairi pushed against Shandi's chest, trying to get the female off of her.

 

Shandi smirked in amusement, wrapping her tail around Kairi's wrists and effortlessly pushing them above her head. “You have such a striking body; it's a shame that people have to force you to enjoy what you should yearn for.”

 

She shook her head violently when Shandi pushed up her white skirt slowly. She forced her voice to work, “Stop it, please, you said--”

 

“I was born from the pits of darkness, Kairi” Bellany said softly, “You cannot trust anything I say. Damon did say not to touch you against your will… but I bet I could sway your will in my favour.”

 

Kairi's vision started to spin as her fear instantly flooded back to her. Her heart thundered against her chest s she tried to think of anything that would free her from her current situation. Her thoughts turned to Damon, but Bellany seemed to think of her first.

 

“And let's not involve your mate this time - she is busy with my mistress, and she HATES to be disturbed. You already called Damon away once when they were together. Another disturbance would be quite a bother for something as trivial as this” Bellany said softly.

 

The white haired female gave a sudden jerk as if Damon's name had burned her, “T-together… Shandi…”

 

“That's where she is, Kairi, getting pleasured by my mistress. Didn't she tell you?” Bellany cooed, lapping at her ear softly.

 

Kairi's body froze, but her insides trembled as Bellany spoke. She bit her lip as something inside of her started tear into her heart, screaming at her about the obviousness of her obscurity. Through the haze of her frozen state, she briefly remembered the controversial discussion her and Damon had a few hours back; the one about multiple partners.

 

“I bet it hurts to know your mate is seeking pleasure from someone different?” Bellany whispered.

 

Kairi wanted to say no; to deny any feeling at all she had for the demoness: but she couldn't.

 

Cheating.

 

That was the only word she could think of that described how she felt. The safety she had finally acknowledged through Daemon had turned to icy betrayal.

 

Bellany smiled knowingly, “Poor little mortal… maybe you're not good enough for her quite yet.” She played coyly with a strand of the long white hair, pressing the youth's fragile emotional buttons, “Maybe she is unsatisfied.”

 

Kairi shook at the touch, “Please… just stop.” Even she knew how undeniably weak she sounded at that exact moment. Something told her that she shouldn't care what Damon did with others; that the demoness had kidnapped her only to be used as a toy.

 

Then there was the other part of her, the part that made her pulse thunder. It was the realistic voice that told her the undeniable truth: that she was wanted something deeper from the demoness. She longed for a relationship that differed from the ones she had witnessed from her parents; she wanted something that depended on more then just physical contact.

 

What she and Damon wanted was obviously different.

 

It couldn't be clearer to Kairi that Damon wanted a relationship built on sexual promiscuity and physical grounds.

 

Kairi shook her head, `How could I believe her? She didn't wait for me—she just moved on when I wouldn't comply quickly enough.' Tears built up in her eyes as she screamed at herself mentally, `She's just like them!' She started to thrash wildly under Bellany, “Let me go!”

 

Bellany just held Kairi down as the sheets twisted beneath her body, “Stop struggling, Kairi.”

 

“Get off of me!! I want to go home!! Let me go!!” Kairi yelled, hot tears of betrayal and frustration streaming down her cheeks as she started to violently pull against her captor.

 

Bellany only tightened her hold calmly, “You're not going home, and I will not let you go.” She wiped away a tear, only to have the younger snap her head away defiantly, “You are Damon's mate, and you will stay with her despite your mortal boundaries. Remember this, Kairi, if you will not please her then she will seek it from someone else or she will take it by force.”

 

The white haired female tried to free her hands, ignoring the burn marks that Bellany's leather tale was imbedding onto her wrists, “No!! Let go!” She felt the anger bubble up inside her stomach, pushing forward until her voice echoed, “LET ME GO!”

 

“What the hell is going on!” came the very annoyed tone of Damon from the bedroom door. Behind her stood a calm looking Shandi.

 

Bellany loosened her grip just enough for Kairi to snatch her wrists away.

 

The white haired female yanked her legs away, rushing out of the bed and straight to the door. She wanted to leave, but her attempts were negated when Damon pulled her into her arms. She struggled, “Stop it!”

 

“Damn it, Bellany, what did you do?” Damon asked sharply, turning to the youth in her arms, “Where are you trying to go, Pretty.”

 

Blue eyes quivered with frustration as they lay upon Shandi, “Home.” She pulled out of Damon's arms, only to be snagged by the wrists once again, “Leave me alone!”

 

The demoness glared at Bellany and her canines peaked dangerously from her mouth, signalling for the un-dead girl to leave immediately.

 

Shandi took her slave and led them out of the room without another word.

 

“What happened?” Damon asked to her teary eyes Pretty.

 

She tried to pull her hands away with no results, “Get off!”

 

“Not until you tell me” Damon said strictly.

 

Blue eyes screamed in bitter anger, “I HATE YOU!” She thrashed her body wildly as she tried to put as much distance in between them as possible, “I HATE YOU!”

 

Crimson eyes narrowed slightly, but stayed decently calm through her mate's anger. She forced the youth against her, pressing her Pretty's back against her chest so she could [pin flailing arms down. “Those are harsh words coming from my mate. Tell me what Bellany said.”

 

“I want to go home! Take me back right now!” Kairi said shakily, her voice starting to break from maintaining such a harsh strain on her voice. All she could feel was the overwhelming need to be away from Damon and back at home where she could wallow where nobody would see her. A gasp escaped her lips as the demoness tightened her hold, rubbing dangerously closet to the puncture marks on her sides.

 

“Pretty, this is testing my patience. I want to know why you are being this way” Damon said lowly, “and I want to know now.”

 

Kairi panted softly as her body constricted, “I hate you…” Her eyes clenched, “Why are you d-doing this to me?”

 

“I need you” Damon replied simply, “You are mine.”

 

Kairi squirmed fiercely against the iron grip, “You LIAR!” White hair fell in front of her eyes messily as her thrashed against the stronger, “Let go of me!”

 

Crimson eyes narrowed before Damon roughly pinned her mate against the wall, her wings flaring dramatically. “When have I EVER lied to you?” She tightened her grip, “To what point and purpose would that serve?”

 

The white haired female refused to meets Damon's gaze, “You're always lying to me…”

 

Damon was becoming aggravated with the mixed signals she was getting. The emotions that she read from her mate were ones of anger and confusion, but they were running so high that she could not decipher why the little one was feeling them so freely. She growled, “What have I done that makes you say these things? Why are you acting like this?” She forced her mate's hands down by her sides, pinning them there with her wings.

 

Kairi's face was tilted to meet Damon's, “You're just like my dad.”

 

The words were powerful enough to make the demoness speechless for a moment, before she was consumed with bubbling anger, “I am NOTHING like him.”

 

Kairi thrashed, “You are!” Tears fell from her eyes as her voice broke, “He was never loyal to my mom, he only wanted sex, and he never cared about anything other then himself. He always hurt me because I wasn't good enough!” Her head rolled back against the wall as she tried to stop the tears from spilling over her eyes.

 

Damon loosened her grip as she started to piece together what was going on. She brushed her hand over the silken white locks of hair, “My Pretty…”

 

“You're just like him” Kairi said, “and I don't want it. I want to go home…”

 

The raven-haired female wiped away the tears from her mate's cheeks, “My Beautiful Angel, I wish you could understand me just as much as I wish I could understand you.” She gave a gracious smile, “I am not him, Pretty, I promise.”

 

“I'm not good enough” Kairi whispered softly, “I'll never be.”

 

Damon brought the claming youth into her arms, bringing them to sit on the bed. She settled her mate in between her legs, “You have always been good enough, Pretty, and that is why I need you so badly. That is why I took you away from that mortal world. You are too good for it.”

 

“If I'm so good” Kairi said brokenly, standing up and pushing herself away from Damon so she face the wall, “Then why can't you wait for me like you said?”

 

Damon tilted her head, “What do you mean, Pretty? Tell me if I'm wrong, but I haven't done anything to you that you have not agreed upon. Is that not what you meant by `wait'?” The demoness looked contemplating as she tried to understand her mate.

 

Kairi stayed quiet as she tried to form words that accurately expressed her frustrated feelings. She was feeling something that she couldn't explain… something that she had never felt this strongly before.

 

Damon took a brief glimpse into her Pretty's mind to see if she could read anything that might enable her to understand why she was so confused and angry. She was surprised when she was able to pick up the thought pattern of `Shandi' many times. Damon stood up soundlessly, “Shandi, Pretty? Has she done something?”

 

The white haired female wrapped her arms around herself, “You go to her… when I won't be with you…” She looked at the ground softly, “So you don't wait… you just—you just move on.”

 

The demoness had always tried to relate to what her little mate told her, but for the first time, she was finding it hard to understand why exactly this concept was bothering her Pretty so much. “Bellany told you I was with her… but I'm confused, Pretty; why are you upset?”

 

Kairi shifted uncomfortably as she realized how silly this must have been sounding to Damon.

 

Here was a girl who based her life around sexual experience and boldness, and could see nothing wrong with her relationship with Shandi.

 

Then there was her; a mortal struggling to comprehend her emotions for her captor, her morals based around loyalty and trust that she had never experienced.

 

“Pretty?” Damon asked as she felt Kairi's mind wander.

 

Kairi took a deep breath, “Because you'll want to be with her more then you'll want to be with me.”

 

Damon blinked, standing up as Kairi turned her head to the floor. She was starting to realize what her mate was feeling. Damon turned Kairi to face her and brought them together, “I will never want to be with anyone more then I want to be with you. I wanted to keep my promise to you, Pretty— to wait for you to be ready, but that gets harder to do when I am around you. I want you every minute of every day, and when I am with you, those urges are hard to control—so I took them to Shandi.”

 

The youth looked up at Damon shyly, “Multiple partners, right?”

 

Damon smiled affectionately, “My Beautiful Angel, I keep forgetting how negatively you see that concept. It is sown into my very nature…”

 

Kairi leaned against her shoulder softly, “I know…” She looked up warily, “I-I'm sorry… for what I said earlier…”

 

The black haired female smiled, “So you don't hate me anymore?”

 

“No” Kairi replied softly.

 

“Well then, Pretty, this was all worth it.”

 

Kairi gave her a curious look.

 

Damon rested her forehead against Kairi's and wrapped her wings around them, “Did you forget how much you use to hate me already?” She gave a toothy grin, “You would never let me get this close wilfully. I thought for a moment that all this progress was heading backwards”

 

Blue eyes blinked, before she turned shyly. She hadn't flinched from Damon's touch, but she was still undeniably nervous when it came to her. She gave her a soft smile, “You're right.”

 

The demoness wrapped her arms around her Pretty's waist, “For you, my Beautiful Angel, I will attempt to lower my… sexual appeasing towards others…” She smirked, “But you have to do something for me first…”

 

The youth looked up curiously.

 

“You have to admit, Pretty, that you are jealous of Shandi,” Damon said playfully.

 

Kairi's blue eyes widened, “W-what?”

 

“You have to admit that you were jealous of Shandi because I was with her” Damon said again. She tilted Kairi's face up and stole a kiss from her lips, “You hated me because, deep down, you're starting to realize that you want me just as much as I want you.”

 

Kairi's face was crimson red as Damon continued to make her blush, “I'm not jealous.”

 

“Perhaps, my Pretty One, you have a green-eyes monster lurking beneath those beautiful blue eyes” Damon said teasingly.

 

Physically, Kairi denied that she would ever feel such an emotion towards Shandi. Mentally, though her head denied it vehemently, Damon might have been right. Sorting through those emotions that she had felt earlier, one of them could be placed as jealousy. Kairi wanted them to have something more then the physical… she wanted a relationship. When she thought about Shandi taking away that flourishing chance, it made her feel a long forgotten sensation: bitterness.

 

“So, my Pretty, will you make the trade off?” Damon asked.

 

Kairi swallowed as she formed a sentence she never thought she would say, “I… I could never ask you to give up part of your life - so I don't want you to change anything…” She took a deep breath and smiled cutely, “And I don't have a reason to be jealous right? After all, I'm your mate.”

 

Damon grinned happily. This was the first time that her Pretty had shown true acceptance towards being her mate. She held her close, “That is right, Angel, you never need to worry about losing me… I'll be right here.”

 

Kairi blushed, “I can't be perfect.”

 

“Neither can I” Damon said, brushing her fingers over the youth's cheek, “but I wouldn't want to be. If I was perfect, I would never be able to make you blush so adorably.”

 

For the first time in a long time, Kairi didn't feel scared. Being held in the embrace of Damon felt warm and endearing: it felt real. She carefully wrapped her arms around Damon's neck before leaning up and kissing her shyly. She closed her eyes as Damon made the kiss deeper; their first shared passionate kiss.

 

When they broke a part Damon nuzzled her mate's neck affectionately, “That was the best kiss of my life.”

 

Kairi tilted her head to the side and smiled, “One of the best moments of my life.”

 

Damn and Kairi stood in each other's arms for a long while, deciphering each other through careful glances. They bathed in the admiration of each other, two different species finally finding some common ground.

 

Unsuspecting to them, the moment was not perfect.

 

A pair of treacherous yellow eyes watched them safely from the shadows, its lips curling into a sharp-toothed smirk as it sank into the wall quietly:

 

The mortal had to die.

 

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Roxy: “Ooh, evil cliffy! A lot happened in this chapter huh? Kairi gets angry, but that ultimately leads to her accepting the relationship between her and Damon.”

 

Ray: “Aw, they're SO CUTE TOGETHER! Who the heck would want to break them apart?! It's so beautiful!”

 

Roxy: “And the plot thickens!! What do you guys in the audience think so far? We would really like to hear your thoughts and comments about this chapter!! SO REVIEW!”

 

Ray: “See you guys next chappy!”