The Lady of Shadows

The Turning Point

     The light crept into the room slowly as I tried hard to sleep. Lilith’s head was still resting on my chest and Dominic’s hand had never moved from my hip, holding me close to him as well. I felt the heat around me from both of them, as well as my own. I would be shocked if my face wasn’t flushed red.

    Lilith mumbled something and began to stretch out in the early morning rays. The movement woke Dominic and I jumped at my chance to escape. I launched off the bed and began getting ready to leave. Once we were on the road I realized the trouble with my plan to leave quickly. My stomach rumbled and my eyes wanted so badly to close. I’m sure the dark circles under my eyes would be obvious to anyone who took a second look.

The day dragged on till finally we stopped for lunch. Dominic caught several fish, and I ate four of them easily before laying in the grass to let them finish eating as the horses rested with water from the stream as well. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

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    The wind howled in my ears as I looked down on the city. It was all but deserted. Skeletons littered the streets and the dust storms ripped through the shops without mercy. The only area that seemed alive was the castle, and even that looked miserable. I moved in closer and suddenly I was in the grand hall. A woman was chained to the wall snarling though her features were a blur to me. On the thrown sat an old man, who was also blurred but I could tell he was older. The woman spat vile remarks and demanded blood but the man ignored her. He waved a hand and some men drug in a small girl. She couldn’t be older than 16, but he had her dressed in nearly nothing. The girl was crying, I could see her features perfectly, large green eyes, pointed ears, long silver hair that was braided in two tails, pale skin… she was a beauty to be sure. But what happened next made me sick to my stomach. The men shoved the girl to the ground at the old man’s feet. The man grabbed her by the hair and licked her cheek. He then sat back and undid his pants. When the girl hesitated he shoved her mouth down to where he had exposed himself and the girl gagged on him. He grabbed her hair and forced her head down all the way. I could see the tears streaming down her face. I wanted to hurt the old man so badly… I wanted to roast him alive for what he was doing to the girl. He grunted with his release and threw the girl aside. She was gasping for air and coughing up the vile fluids he had forced down her throat. Her cries seemed to turn him back on because he stood up and roughly grabbed her hips and pulled her against him.

    “Do you want me to take away your precious purity?” The man asked as his hand roamed the lower folds of the girl’s body. She shook her head vigorously, “Then get out of my sight.” He threw her to the ground again and she was quick to obey. Rage poured through my body. I wanted to kill him.

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    “SHADOW WAKE UP!” Dominic’s voice shouted. I snapped my eyes open and saw black flames surrounding us. As soon as I waved my hand the flames calmed down and died out. I took a deep breath as Lilith and Dominic edged closer.

    “What was that?” Lilith asked.

    “Demonic Flame.” I answered, “A flame so hot that it burns the evil right out of the soul and leaves nothing behind.”

    “Why did you let it lose?” Dominic asked. I took another breath and began recounting the dream. I could see the flames glowing in Lilith’s throat as well as the bloodlust in Dominic’s eyes. They were not any happier of the events the girl faced than I was.

    “I’ll kill him.” Dominic growled. I stretched out and got up.

    “Let’s go the sooner we get this done, the better.” I ordered. With that we rushed for the fallen kingdom, stopping only to rest the horses.

    The city was laid out below us, not as dark and lifeless as my dream, but miserable all the same. From the Cliffside were we stood I could hear cries of anger and despair. I could tell the whole city had fallen to corruption.

    “We go in, head for the castle. Take out the head of the problem first. Then we deal with everyone out here. Anyone tries to stop you, or attack you… kill them.” I said coldly, “If you happen to be able to help someone on the way, do it.” With that said I rushed my horse down the path. No one really approached me as I made my way to the castle, but still I could hear fighting behind me as Dominic and Lilith took down people who came at them or were attacking someone within their range to help. My gaze fixed on the castle. I could feel my magic building up ready to blow the whole place sky high, but I knew there were innocents inside as well, so I calmed the rage swirling inside me. I would use it to kill that file man.

    The pressure of my magic made the castle gates crumble as I approached. I rode straight in, even up the stairs to the main door with also fell apart before me. Once in the main hall I dismounted and made my way through the castle.     Anyone that came near me trying to stop me was cast aside easily. When I made it to the throne room I was the woman chained up, and the old man with another girl on his d**k. The rage that forced its way through me silenced the chained woman at once as she snarled for my blood, her head dropped to the floor as her body slumped against the wall. The girl’s gagging echoed in the hall. The old man smiled at me and all I wanted was to rip his face off.

    “Let her go.” I demanded in a cold voice. The man laughed as he shoved the girls head down farther.

    “You can’t make me give up my s*x toys.” He said without a care, “I have over 300 of them, all pure as can be aside from their mouths. My dolls please me every time I demand it… you can join them if you feel the need to say something. After all I can smell your purity from here.”

    “Uncle, you will not touch her. Let the girls go. Now.” Dominic’s voice boomed beside me.

    “Oh my, the bastard prince, I see. You had to hire help.” The man laughed. The girl was cast aside as the man stood up, not caring that he was still exposed. With the girl out of the way my magic raged and Demonic flames sprung to life around me.

    “Dominic, I advice you back up.” I warned, “Get the girl, and go free the others.” I ordered. Dominic did as I said but with the girl in his arms he turned back to me.

    “Shadow… Don’t kill him yet. Make him suffer and beg for mercy, but when it’s time to kill him, let me do it. I don’t want you touching him… He’ll get pleasure from it… so deny him that, keep him away and in pain, and I will kill him, so he can see how unattainable you are.” Dominic said. I smiled my demonic grin.

    “I’ll try to leave something behind for you, just hurry. I can’t make any promises on him being alive if you take too long.” I snarled at the man and flames shot to life around us, blocking him from any escape. Dominic left and the man charged at once. I shifted the ground under his feet and he tripped slamming d**k first into the hard stone. I summoned water and forced it down his throat by the barrel, but I made sure the water kept its shape, making him feel the intrusive feeling his exposed member forced on so many girls. When I let the water flow freely he sputtered and coughed. An evil idea popped into my head and I waved my hand a solid staff formed behind him with a rounded tip, with him being on all fours I moved the staff with my magic and rammed it with full force up his backside. The scream that followed was pure bliss to me. I repeated the action and when he tried to get up I chained him down using earth magic to encase his hands and part of his legs. He was stuck being r***d and more powerless than any of the women he hurt. I knelt down and watched the pain and tears on his face.

    “Vile bitch.” He spat. I smiled.

    “Doesn’t feel so good, does it?” I asked, “When Dominic comes back to kill you, this will be your defining moment, you’re being r***d. A magical shaft is intruding areas of your body you never wanted anyone to touch. You are powerless to stop it, weak at the mercy of my magic. I’m betting it’ll take Dominic about an hour to get everyone out safely. So for the next hour… This is your life.” I made another magic shaft and it began to intrude his throat, only my gift to him was much bigger than anything he ever forced on the girls. It went far enough in that if I didn’t know better I would have sworn I heard both shafts meet in the middle. I moved around him and took a seat in his throne. I closed my eyes and listened. The grunts he made as he was taken advantage of were sickening, but I listened to the other sounds. I grinned as I heard Dominic making his way back to us just on time. Seems that the filthy old man enjoyed the pain to much because when I let him fall to the side a very large puddle of creamy goo was under where he had been held.

    “The hell?” Dominic asked.

    “I gave him a taste of his own medicine and used magic to r**e him.” I said. The pure shock on Dominic’s face made me feel a little bad, but then he shook it off.

    “She is an amazing woman, but man does she have a dark side.” Dominic said to himself, “As for you, did you enjoy yourself?”

    “f**k off.” The man croaked.

    “The tears are all the answer I need.” Dominic said in a deathly quiet voice. Then without warning he snapped the old man’s neck. Just like that it was over.