Dr. Luna
The Vampires Promised Bride Chapter 56

A large group gathered outside the palace of the west dragon kingdom. The king and queen of the fairies, Tyler and Lilly were there along with Tristan. The King and Queen of the werewolves, Wyatt and Freya stood there with Jason and Jin next to them. The dragon King of the west Titus (His queen Lila was still at her brother's kingdom) stood next to The Great Sage, Leviathan and Rhea along with Cody and Kelsie. Then there was a very angry younger generation in the group. Aiden, Derek, Justice, Raine, Micah, Alexis and Brian. "Everyone needs to relax." The Great Sage spoke in an authoritative calm tone. "I know everyone is ready to go to war but remember what we are dealing with here. The only one who can do anything in this situation is Levi here." "I won't sit around and do nothing!" Derek yelled angrily. "I can't, I'm going crazy right now."

"Easy Derek. We all feel the same way. That's my baby out there." Wyatt said in a low growl. "We saw the devastation from both an original demon and from a tier one deity. We are nothing to them. I've even sparred against Levi here... a group of us... he didn't even break a sweat."

"If it is who I am suspecting it is then you are no more annoying than a gnat. That's why this is something the deities have a problem with. It is why they originally had a problem with me being with Rhea." Lee rubbed Rhea's anxious shoulders. "The problem will be finding her. Where is that demon soul at? The one with the djinn connected to her?"

"He went off looking for her on his own." Derek sighed angrily. But at least someone was searching for her. They were just sitting here. And he couldn't take it.

"What are you going to do? Just go running around blindly? You'll never find her like that." Levi said seeing Derek's agitation. "We also need to be smart here. This could all be a clever diversion for the witch. I'll go looking for Lucy."

"Let me come too. Please, I can help." Alexis watched as her father's eyes darkened looking at her.

"Absolutely not. For all we know he is trying to lure you out. Remember the premonition. You are grounded and are to remain inside the castle." Lee said as he watched Alexis shake her head angrily.

"I can't just sit here. I can't take this. You have to let me help. You can't go off on your own. If something happens to Lucy..." Alexis looked up as warm salty water trickled down her face flowing freely. "We can't risk something happening to you too." Lilly said calmly.

"Screw the fairy princess role. I feel like that is all everyone cares about." Alexis snapped.

"That isn't true. We can't ignore the premonition Alexis. Your father is right. You are not to leave the castle." Rhea understood how her daughter was feeling. None of them wanted anything to happen to Lucy. But Alexis over all of them was one who couldn't get involved.

"If something happens to you because you went looking for her... Lucy would never forgive herself." Freya said with a sympathetic smile.

"I'm not weak or fragile. I'm the second strongest here. I shouldn't be getting locked up." Alexis hissed angrily as she swatted the tears away from her face. She looked at everyone's eyes. No one was in agreement with her. Even Derek and Aiden disapproved of her going. "Lucy wouldn't be looking at me like this. She would have let me help." She looked over at Micah and Raine who dropped their heads to not make eye contact with her. "Wow... so I have no one in my corner." She grit her teeth and yelled angrily, "If something happens to Lucy you might as well kill me as well because I'll be dead inside! Knowing I could help and you didn't let me."

"Lex, calm down. We aren't going to let anything happen to Lucy. You aren't the only one who feels that way." Justice growled. He was Lucy's guardian and he failed her. His existence was now about protecting Lucy... and he already failed during his short time as a guardian.

"So what is the plan for now?" Titus asked, looking at Levi. Everyone knew he would be the one making the call here.

"Derek, see if you can call the half-demon. Maybe with his help he can give me a general location. A master-servant relationship is bonded. So much that you can usually summon them from any location. So we know she is in some sort of a barrier... she must be right?" Levi dropped his shoulders with a sigh and looked up at Derek.

"Abaddon, if you can hear me please we need your help." Derek hoped his connection to the servant would be enough to override his drive to find Lucy. And to his surprise, the man appeared at his call. "Aba! Any luck?" Abaddon shook his head sadly. "But I can feel her so I know she is alive and okay."

"Come with me. Help me search for her." Levi said with a commanding tone.

Abaddon looked at Levi, the deity who wanted to join forces with him. "I'll try... but the connection is distorted. It's like when I try to appear to her I get bounced to a random place that is even farther."

Levi scowled hearing this. "Maybe I can bypass it... Come. Let's find your master."

Lucy charged into the brick wall and her fawn-colored wolf collided with the bricks again. They still weren't budging but she wouldn't give up. Her body was battered and she was exhausted.

"I've always wanted a pet... much to my surprise I now have a lycan." A voice snickered out.

Lucy lifted her gaze at the man and snarled, baring her teeth.

"Now now. You shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you." Erebus chuckled as food and water appeared on two large silver trays. "Now, if you would be so kind as to shift back..."

It wasn't like Lucy could do anything to him in this form. And she knew she needed to play her part here. Her goal was to survive and escape. She shifted back to her human self still wearing the black dress from the ball. "Here you go. You can wear these." Erebus tossed her a large shirt and joggers. "You're going to be here for a while so you might as well get comfortable."

"I've been marked by another. There is no way this other mate will still come for me." Lucy said as she gulped the water down. She needed to keep her strength up if she was going to escape. And it didn't make sense for him to poison her when he could easily kill her. So she grabbed the food and bit into it.

"You are an interesting one. I figured you would starve yourself for days in protest." Erebus leaned onto the back wall. A glint of humor flickered in his eyes as he watched her fearlessness.

"Why bother poisoning me when you could easily kill me?" Lucy watched his lips curl upwards.

"Clever fairy...Like I said before... this is a game. I don't know if he will come for you or not. But it is something to pass the time. And like I mentioned, he may have just wanted you to be immortal." Erebus studied her. "You really aren't what I was expecting at all..." "I'm curious why you are here? You said you were curious about how I would handle isolation."

Erebus chuckled. "I am... but I am also curious about you. And after watching you throw your battered body into the wall again and again... well you've piqued my interest. Which is hard to do." He pushed off of the wall and walked over to her. His eyes trailed over her body. He watched as she stood there unwavering looking at him with defiance. "Are you going to change?"

"Not with you in the room." Lucy looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Princess... you don't have anything I haven't seen before." Erebus said with an arrogant grin.

"Perhaps not but you haven't seen me." Lucy said flatly. She watched as his eyes darkened. He suddenly reached his hand out and grasped onto her lower jaw holding it in place firmly.

"You know... women don't act like this around me. They are either cringing in fear or throwing themselves at me to take them." He growled, closing the distance between them. He squeezed her jaw and pressed his lips into hers roughly.

Okay... Lucy knew she needed to survive and be as compliant as possible. However, on this issue she couldn't. To hell with the consequences. She tried pushing him off of her but it was futile. So she did the only other thing she could think of and she bit onto his lip roughly drawing blood.

"You b***h!" He growled, swinging the back of his hand to collide with her face.

The force flung her to the wall with a thud. Lucy could feel her face swelling and the taste of her blood trickling in her mouth. She lifted her eyes up at him and struggled to her feet.

"What? You expected me to just allow you to touch me?" Lucy turned her head to the side and spit her blood out bitterly.

"I think you fail to remember who is in charge here." Erebus growled lowly.

"Oh, I know. I know you can kill me. But if it is a choice between dying or letting you touch me... I'll gladly accept death." Lucy raised her hand to her split lip and wiped it. The sound of his laughter filled the room and she stared at the maniac who seemed to be enjoying himself.

"Oh what fun you are Lucy. I wonder if I should just keep you for myself."

"You gave your word that if someone comes for me then I am free to go." Lucy reminded him coldly.

Erebus clicked his tongue. "I did, didn't I? But that doesn't include escaping and finding help princess. There is nowhere you can run where I can't find you. So your choice is just to wait here obediently."

Lucy touched her cheek and wondered why she wasn't healing. She could still taste the blood trickling in her mouth and that wound should have healed. That's when the realization hit her. She stared at the food and drink then and back at him.

"Such a clever girl. You are right. I wouldn't poison you. However... I can't have you shifting and hurting yourself either. It is just a minor block. Nothing major. But you may not heal like you are used to. Given your situation, you can hardly refuse to eat and drink. I think we are going to be together for quite some time. And who knows... soon you may want me." Erebus said smugly.

"I made a blood pact with my mate. I won't want anyone but him." Lucy spat at him watching his eyes dance in amusement.

"Oh well if that is all that is stopping you I can fix that. I am close with some witch doctors who could easily break a blood bond. They specialize in dealing with blood potions." Erebus watched Lucy's eyes that had a fire in them. He grinned widely and chuckled. "Oh, Lucy. You just don't get it, do you? IF I decide I want you, you are already mine. I can easily have those sweet memories of yours altered. I can even have you looking at me as your mate." He cackled loudly as his eyes looked wildly at her. "But what is the fun in that? I would much rather see if I can tame you...first. Lucky for you I haven't decided how invested I am yet. Besides... breaking you would also be breaking him... and that sounds like a lot of fun."

Lucy swallowed hard at this. She was trapped by a crazy deity and was powerless against him.

Erebus winked at her. "Well princess, I'll be seeing you soon. Sweet dreams."

She watched as he vanished and collapsed to the floor. Where was the moon goddess at now? If she was really on her family's side couldn't she help her out here? Or is she afraid of getting overly involved again? The situation was becoming more and more desperate. The only thing she had going for her was her Uncle Levi. It was clear that Erebus didn't know that she had a deity in her corner and wouldn't be counting on him looking for her. And she knew he would but even then... how long would it take for him to find her?

This Erebus must be obsessed with the Kraken. So much that he knew nothing about her. Nothing about the fairy princess or her lineage. Had he done any research he would have known that the fairy princess would be a demi-god. This worked out though... he thought he had the one and only fairy princess. She just had to have him keep thinking that. She would protect Alexis by becoming her shield.

She lowered herself to the ground and wrapped her arms around her knees pulling them up to her chest. She was powerless. She was worried about Derek and how he was holding up. She hoped he wasn't thinking of doing anything stupid. He couldn't come for her. He needed to stay far away from this lunatic deity. Thinking about her mate made her heart hurt. Would she get to see him again? She leaned her head down onto her knees and felt her eyes burn. Quiet tears trickled down her cheek and for the first time... she was all out of ideas. All she could do was wait for someone to find her and hope the lunatic kept his word.