Lake of Sorrows

A New Day

  I woke up to the light tapping sound of Marcus knocking on my door,” Isabella, are you up yet?” I'm not ready to get up from this nightmare, so I throw the blanket over my head and snuggle deeper into my bed,” it is too comfortable, I'm not leaving the warm bed.” I pout. Marcus lets out a loud laugh very well. I'll call Max to bring you up some breakfast in a bit, get more rest, I'll see you in a bit. Remember to not leave my room, and I will see you shortly.” Marcus reached down and patted my head. I couldn't resist but scrunch my nose up at him.” I'm not a kitten, you know?” Marcus looked at me questioningly,” Well, my Lil pet, you definitely can be made into one.” He winked and left the room. Lord, what the hell did I get myself into? I flopped back down on my bed and fell right back to sleep.

Marcus POV

 I called down to the kitchen before I left to meet my family. Not only that, but I needed to order Isabella's food first. Furthermore, I made sure to request that only Max is to bring it up to her.  Out of everyone in this huge castle, Max is the only one I can really trust, so he will be the only one to be able to get close enough to my Bella. As I walk into the huge dining hall, my father meets me at the door,” Morning, my son. Where's your Isabella, don't tell me you already drained her on the first night ? That honestly would be a very expensive blood bag if you chose to go that route.” he lets out a hearty laugh, patting me on my back. His comments caused a growl to slip out. The thought of Isabella being a blood bag just doesn't sit well with me in the least bit. No father I chose a better route my sweet Isabella will be my personal pet to service me as needed.” I couldn't help but reply smugly, my father just shakes his head laughing as he walks away to find his seat next to my mother.

I lean down to kiss my mother on the cheek. For a vampire, this woman has an amazing hue that just adds to her beauty. Her eyes are forever a ruby red, paired with fiery red hair, it is not a surprise why my father fell in love with her and made her his Queen for all eternity. “ Marcus son, your father was just telling me you made that child your pet, you aren't being too mean to that poor girl I hope? She truly looked so fragile when you brought her home. I don't believe that child could handle a beating if it was dished out to her in the Red Room. Tell me where is the Lil creature this morning?” Mother has always been nosey when it comes to her children's lives; she never knows when to butt out. “She is a fine mother. I don't think she was accustomed to our beds and struggled waking up this morning. I kept her up until late last night,” 

Mother gasped “Marcus I don't need the details of your sexapades during breakfast it's rude, I raised you better than that !" It was my turn to laugh “no mother we weren't up to doing that, I was up answering questions, this is all very new to her, she went into shock just hearing the truth of Margaret. As you said, she is really delicate and I would like to keep this pet around longer than the others,” Mother just grins and starts back on her breakfast.

Isabella POV

 I begin to get impatient. It's been a bit since Marcus left the room, and I was beginning to get hungry from the wait. I hear a knock on the door and Max walks in holding a huge tray of food. My stomach begins to rumble. I jump up off Marcus's bed and head to the table in the corner to see what was brought up to me. “ Well, good morning, Miss Isabella, you are looking a lot better than the last time we met.” Max winks at me and laughs.” This is all new and confusing, but I’m trying. I can't complain too much, this food is so much better than what my aunt used to serve me.” I giggle as I grab a piece of toast off the tray. “When I looked down at the tray, I realized how much food that was brought up. There was no way my little self would be able to finish it all.

 “Max, this is a lot of food, please tell me half this is yours?” Max looked shocked by my question “No ma'am, Prince Marcus wanted to make sure you had enough to hold you over until lunch he requested I bring you extra snacks to hold you over. Prince Marcus has to attend a last-minute meeting in town he must go to and didn't want you to get hungry while he was gone. He also said to let you know that the TV’s connected to all the streaming services, there is cable, along with a game system if that is your type of thing. The Prince tries to keep up with the times but never has the time to play. With that being said, Miss, is there anything else I can get you? “ No, Max, I think this will keep me busy for a few days.”

 I was astonished at everything Marcus had in here. I could stay here for days and never think anything of it. “ Well I must be going, Prince Marcus asked me to give you these numbers. This one calls me directly to assist you with anything that you may need. This one is to Prince Marcus's cell phone, he said to call if you can think of anything to get you while he's in town. And this number is to the kitchen in case Prince Marcus hasn't made it back in time. Just remind the staff that I am to bring your meal up. Do you understand, Miss?” I thank Max and send him on his way. I am scared that if I keep him here to talk he might get in trouble, so it is better to be safe than sorry.

After Max leaves, I grab another piece of toast and start to explore Marcus's room to see if I can find some type of book to keep me entertained for the next few hours. I'm not used to having all this free time on my hands. In the last 6 months, Aunt Margaret didn't allow me to just lie around, her motto. There's no such thing as a break because idle hands make the devil want to come to play and the lord knows she didn't want any “devil” in her home. I laugh at that thought seriously, who knew that Aunt Margret was the one actually playing with the devil's money. Out of the corner of my eye, a book on the shelf catches my eye. Hmm, what is this? Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits by Dimitri Fimi. Well, I'm going to be here for a while. I guess I can learn about the world around me. 

Marcus POV

 I can't believe the meeting in town took so long. Bella's first day away from her Aunt, and I basically abandoned her in my room all day. What an i***t. Max has called to tell me that Isabella had eaten her lunch and dinner, that she had spent the majority of the day lounging in the window reading. I mean, at least she stayed out of trouble, so there is that. When I entered my room, I was expecting to see Isabella waiting on my bed, but my room was beyond silent, so I went towards her room to check in on Isabella. It had been a long day. I wouldn't be surprised if she was asleep already. As I opened her door, I started to hear the sweetest sound coming from Isabella's bathroom and stopped to listen as she sang : 

As we dance 'round the flame

The Fairy Night songs is never the same

The words from our lips as we sing for the night

Impart to the Fey our heart's the truest sight

Sounds of the forest in sweet harmony

We give the gift of our song to the fairy

Dancing a spiral, we sing unaware

The fairy night wings of our song fill the air. 

Her song slowly turned into a hum as I could hear the shower turn off. I knocked on the door to make her aware that I was here, Bella I am back, come see me when you are done, ok?” From behind the door, I heard a muffled” ok, Marcus.” I left her room to go get ready for bed. I didn't realize how tired I really was until I entered my room. My bed was already calling my name, it wasn't long before I heard Bella enter the room.

 “ I am glad to see you are back, Marcus, I was beginning to think you were tired of me already,” she let out the cutest giggle as she jumped on my bed and made herself comfortable. “ I see you are more comfortable today than you were yesterday.” I say with a grin.” Well while you were gone I decided that I needed to learn to be near you. I mean, you're my only person now, my owner, so why make this any harder on the both of us than it should be?” I was thrown off at her statement. Yes, I was glad that she was going to give this a chance and not cause trouble, but I couldn't help but feel guilty when she called me her owner. I chose to change the subject.” Tell me, Bella, what did you do today, did you find anything interesting? And that is how our night went until I heard Bella's voice get quieter and quieter. A soft snore began to come from her as she went into a deep sleep, I gathered Bella in my arms to take her to her room.” Sweet dream, my Bella, tomorrow is a new day.”