The Shade's cloak (for Ravenloft and Destiny)

[Destiny]

She shouldn't have been outside, she really should get back. But this was a dare, and you did NOT back out of a dare. Serena moved through the woods that backed up her house, looking back to the window of her bedroom and saw the 3 heads of the girls that were still in the window watching her. As her parents were away from the country like they often were, she had invited them to her house. She didn't know why she had invited them over it wasn't like they really liked her. But she had enticed them with booze and pizza and they had agreed. Now here she was playing Truth or Dare and headed into the woods to get a pine cone.

As she moved along the flashlight swung back and forth in her hand, she looked about not really wanting to go back, but knowing she had to when she heard the snap behind her. Turning around she swallowed nervously and called out, " Hello? Is anyone there?" Just the wind greeted her and she shook it off," Just get the pine cone Serena, you know these woods like the back of your hand." She turned heading in the direction she would need to go, once more the snap made her turn about as she growled slightly," That's not funny Lindsey... I am getting the stupid thing, I said I would be right back." She turned around and still no one was there.

As she turned once more to head into the trees finding the one she needed, her feet got tangled in something. She stumbled and fell to one knee, before she could fall further she caught herself on a nearby tree. She definitely wasn't having fun anymore, hell she wasn't having any fun. Turning to look at what she tripped over, the light from her flashlight caressed fabric resting on the ground. Reaching down she sucked in her breath when her hand came into contact with the softest fabric she had ever felt. The softness was like silk, velvet and satin all rolled into one, the colors were muted reds, blues, and greens shot through with gold. Lifting it up the fabric began to unfold in to the most beautiful cloak she had ever seen. The hood was rimmed in gold filigree, and the ties had two crossed bones made from diamonds.

She looked up and shown the light around the clearing," Hello is anyone there... I found your cloak." No sounds came back to her and nothing moved. Continuing to search the area she turned to see a man standing in a fog, he seemed to be watching her. Fear shot up her spine as she gathered up the cloak to her chest she started to run back toward her home. Fear making her feet fly. At the back door to her home she turned looking back the way she had come, seeing nothing she stepped into the house and go and tell the girls what she had found.

The Shade of Midnight stood near the manicured lawn and his growl was low watching the human slip into the house with his cloak. Things were about to get very interesting for the girl, and very dangerous for him.

Once inside though, Serena stopped. No one had seen her come back into the house and she wanted to examine the cloak a bit more. She moved to the den and flipped on a light. The fabric was almost alive, swirling colors that seemed to actually move. Serena caressed the fabric and where she touched it made the colors dance. "Trick of the light Serena," she admonished herself and before she moved to a cabinet with a lock. Opening it up she folded the fabric once more and placed it on the highest shelf she could reach. With a soft sigh she closed the cabinet and locked it placing the key in her bra and she would get a chain for it later.

As she stepped out of the den, her eyes flashed to the pine cone and the fact that she had forgotten to get one, " Fuck." Looking back inside the den she almost squeaked in glee as she saw one resting beside the fireplace and she quickly grabbed it and left the room heading up to the squealing giggling mass of girls in her room. "Here you go, pine cone fore 3," she called out and they started exclaiming over the cut on her knee she hadn't even realized was there.

 

[Ravenloft]

Darkness and silence, eternal peace broken by a beam of light and the press of feet through the loamy earth of this space that I lay dreaming. It was the witching hour and in that hour, the space between my world and the world of mortals came dangerously near to one another. If a mortal were not careful, they could step through the veil and be trapped within... Or a shade could step through... And be trapped without... Curiosity drew me up from the shadows and I followed the light and sound of dainty feet treading through my home.

I was vexed by the sudden realization that I had crossed through the veil and my own foot falls crunched and snapped the fallen twigs beneath me. I froze still when the mortal turned toward me, but I was unseen, of course, no mortal could see a shade unless... Even unseen, this mortal, a young woman... She seemed to sense my presence and yet, did not show the typical signs of panic as so many mortals before her, only calling out to see if I would answer... I held my tongue, for fear of spooking her and making her bolt away. She intrigued me, this... Serena, she called herself... Out to collect... A pine cone? How odd, what was she to do with a pine cone? Some witchy practice, perhaps? She aught be careful, witches were not treated kindly, the last I knew of the mortal world... And if she knew this forest, as she openly claimed... Perhaps a druid then? I was even more intrigued by her now.

She turned to leave and once again, I advanced, crunching yet another damnable twig, making her spin upon me a second time. Accusing some Lindsey of tormenting her. I would have to set this Lindsey aright if they had sent... Serena... Out into these woods alone, on some foolish errand! As if responding to my sudden ire, the roots just under the earth writhed ever so slightly... Catching hold of Serena's foot. The woman stumbled to one knee and braced herself upon a tree. "Hush, do not harm or trap her." I warned the woods in a whisper. Another step, another snap. "Silence!" I hissed at the woods, it was unlike the spirits to disobey me so, or was I growing clumsy? No, time was at my whim in the witching hour... I saw her turning her wand of light toward her feet and with a snap of my fingers, stilled the entire forest, as was my want.

I felt an overwhelming desire to examine this mortal up close without disturbing her further, so I approached her and circled her, admiring her youthful beauty and the spirit of courage that flowed from her core. So taken was I by her eyes that I knelt before her and pondered them for some few moments, letting go of my focus upon the woods. Having my fill, knowing to continue to stare would only cause me torment, I tried to rise, but found my cloak caught tight in the grasp of those roots that had disobeyed me before. "What is this?" I hissed, tugging to try to free my cloak, the mantle of my power, but the earth and roots held it fast. If I did not shed it, I would be trapped, pinned, helpless at this mortal woman's feet, at her mercy, a strange and demonic looking thing...

I found I could not bare that thought, so I unclasped the cloak and let it fall away from my naked form, dashing away, to the nearest shadows, where I was forced to watch as time slipped back to normal and witness this woman, this mortal, Serena... Take that cloak into her arms. I thought the worst of her in that moment, thought that she would take it away from me, without a thought or a care as to what it might mean, but she surprised me by calling out, offering me, my cloaks return! I forgot myself and stepped into full view of her, reaching out, beseeching for her to return my mantle to me... What a fool I was, a stranger, lurking out from shadow, what a fright I must have been to her...

She fled me in terror and I followed after her, like a wolf, on the hunt, but at the edge of the forest, I found I could not bring myself to enter the light that filled the yard. I feared it, for its power to burn my shadows away, and leave me as nothing. "Light..." I growled, it's seering beams keeping me at bay. If I had my cloak, I could have done something about it... My only choice was to wait, wait for the light to be extinguished, so that I might make my way to the mortal who had fled with the source of my power, I had to warn her, what she had done would have consequences!

"Patience..." I whispered, pacing the shadows that surrounded Serena's abode. "You will know what you have done to me, to yourself, in time, Serena." I growled, even while I saw her return to her so called friends up in her room.

 

[Destiny]

The night drew to a close lights began to be put out and as the girls began to settle down for the night. Serena stepped to the window no light on now and looked to the woods where she had exited. The shadows seem to be moving, growing changing and shifting. Shaking her head she growled to herself," its your imagination Serena... stop it."

Turning from the window she slipped onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep....

Shadows dancing around her, hands touching her. Lost int the darkened woods no one there to call too. Roots tugged at her feet, everywhere something was grabbing her as she continued to run. Terror was filling her senses and she fell into a pit darker then the night. Curling into a ball trying to find a way to hide....

Sitting up in bed she went back to the Den, she moved to the cabinet opening the door to assure herself the cloak was still there. She stroked the fabric seeing the pattern shift and move with her caress and she shook her head again at the smoothness of the fabric. Closing the door once more she locked it and went back to her room unable to sleep now and with the dawn beginning to peak along the horizon she went down to begin the day making sure the cook was making breakfast for her and her guest.

That evening

The day had gone in the usual manner games and movies talking, everyone left and she was left to the empty house once more. The den was no longer the hiding place for the cloak, taking it to her room after everyone had left. The servants would not disturb her. She moved to the full length mirror and finally had the courage to put on the cloak, it had felt heavy in her hands but felt light as air on her shoulders. Standing before the mirror, she could have swore it was longer when she picked up last night, but now it was her perfect height.

The hood flared out around her head and she reached up to caress the filigree stitching that coursed along its edges, so beautiful it looked unworldly. The sun was setting and feeling a bit hungry she slipped the cloak off her body foldig it and putting it away in the chest at the foot of her bed she left the room. It was darker in the hallway, and she could swear she was hearing whispers and voices. The shadows were moving and she growled to herself," Stop this Serena, you are making shit up." She had a bad habit was talking to herself, hence why the lack of friends. Grabbing snacks and fruits she headed back to her room and the window seat that over looked the woods behind her house so she could watch the sun set while she ate.

 

[Ravenloft]

There was a brief moment when the mortal woman, Serena came to a window and looked out into the woods, my woods. I did my all to beacon to her, but she did not seem to see me this time, if she had, she rejected the sight of me, however, with an air of hesitancy that intrigued me. Later still, when her mind was at rest, in the sister realm of shadows, slumber, I dared to reach out to her a second time, only wanting to make contact, to express the danger she had put us both in. Her mind was strong, resistant, still afraid of my presence, as she ran and struggled against my every attempt to still her for just a moment, that I might explain what was happening to her, between us. The transfer had begun, even though she had not worn the mantle, just being in her possession was enough to have enacted the change.

In the end, even when she could no longer run, she found a way to draw even deeper into herself and curled up into a ball to protect herself from my attempts to reach her, which frustrated me immensely, so much so, that I had to take a step back, the dawn was coming and I could not afford to be caught within its light, naked and stripped of my source of power, as I was. "Tonight." I whispered to her before departing her dreams. I already owed the shade of slumber a debt for this nights intrusion, one that I could not pay without the return of my cloak...

Later that evening, the Cloak awoke.

The moment Serena put me on, I began to change, alter myself in form and fit for her, I luxuriated in her youth and vibrance, a welcome change from... His... Sullen darkness. Always demanding of my power, never showing the slightest gratitude, to think I ever allowed myself to hang upon... His... Shoulders... This one though, this one would appreciate me... She was already in awe of my beauty, I could feel the wonder flowing out of her in waves, it was intoxicating, and the way she caressed my filigree... "Serena..." I whispered to her, but no, she was removing me... "Why?" I sent, pleading for only a few minutes more of embracing her form, if only she would allow me to grow accustom to her, I would show her all that we could become! Oh the frustration of being placed, folded, back in some lonely chest! "Serena! Come back to me!" I pleaded, but the connection was lost, the moment she had slipped me off her feminine frame.

At sunset, the shade appeared, standing just within the woods.

I returned, at the first sign of nightfall, the day was lonely and miserable, trapped and powerless in the deep shadows of the woods, I had tried to demand answers from the spirit of the trees, but no answer was forthcoming. "Mutiny..." I grumbled, but there was no reaction to even that accusation, what was done was done. "So, I am to be replaced? Shunned? After all these hundreds of years? Have I not kept my promise to keep you all from Mortal progress?" That stirred the wind in the branches. "That is what I thought! So if it was not your will then... Who's? What shade is out to see my disgrace?" The spirits answered. "My own? But I did not want... This! Unless... You mean! No! You lie! We were bonded! We ARE one! I gave her no reason to reject me!" One last rustle of the wind through the trees and they were done with me as well. "Fine, if she is done with me, than she can have the mortal woman, Serena! I do not want her back!" I spat, knowing that it would be suicide not to restore the bond that had been broken, I would become mortal once more and the years would catch up to me and I would die, while the mortal would stop aging and take my place as the shade of midnight... Unless... Unless I could seduce her! If she were to come to be with child... Before I lost my immortality and she gained hers, the pact would go to the child!

I stepped forward, between the trees at the edge of the mortal woman's land and looked up to her bedroom window. "How do I even get close enough to whisper to her?" I pondered aloud, it was very unlikely that she would even allow me to speak, the way in which she ran from me before... No plan, no reasonable answer came to mind, even as I watched her sit down at her bedroom window and look out at the sunset behind me. I froze for a moment, just as she did, a morsel of fruit upon her lips. She let the fruit fall from her fingers and stared at me wide eyed, all I could manage was to dumbly lift one arm and wave my hand before shrinking back a few feet into the cloaking safety of the woods. It was my turn to feel the icy grip of terror now, what if she came hunting for me? With a weapon? Or worse, wearing my cloak?! She could end me! With that power! I felt helpless and alone, and I did not like it... Not one bit!

 

[Destiny]

What had she seen, rising to her feet she moved to another window and tied to look into the shadows... had he waved at her? She grabbed up a jacket and ran down the stairs to the back door grabbing he flash light as she went. "Hello? are you there?" Her voice was a soft melody and she moved across the field to the back woods shining the light as she went. those voices that whispered before in the darkness began again," stop it Serena ... its just someone lost."

Reaching the line of trees where she saw the man disappear she called out once more," please... is that cloak yours? Hello" She cried out as a root gripped her legs and she tried to turn to get away from the tree. The flash light fell vanishing off into the yard as she was held fast to the tree and she squirmed and writhed. She could feel the shadows moving around her tugging her and she bit her lip whimpering,"please let me go."

She closed her eyes trying to calm down, there was a reasonable explanation for this, there had to be, but she was fucked if she knew what it was. The tree was getting tighter and wasn't letting her go, she saw something off to the side and she pleaded," please... Please help me " tears were coursing down her cheeks " I will do anything please help me someone." She called out her voice a shattered mess of tears and her fear.

 

[Ravenloft]

I was hesitant to approach the mortal woman, armed as she was with her wand of bright and most likely, deadly light, but then, the trees... Acted in my defense, perhaps over acted... The mortal woman was terrified again, and begging for help. I called out to her. "All I ask is for an audience with you... Please, I am afraid too, naked and alone... Will you listen to me, Mort... Serena?" I caught myself about to call her "Mortal woman", but knew that was poor etiquette, now that I knew her name, from before. "The cloak... Was mine, but now, I am not so sure... There was a bond, but I see that bond was broken..." I tried to explain, but felt all that I was doing was confusing the woman more.

I stepped closer, shy of the remaining day light, but close enough to be seen. I crouched down, to meet Serena's eyes. "Will you stay if you are released?" I asked, touching the earth before me with light fingers, willing the trees to loosen their grip on her, but not yet secure in letting her run free again. Upon looking at her again, I found her to be quite lovely, even with her cheeks streaked with tears and her eyes wild and distrustful, with fear. "Why do you fear me, when you are the one with such a deadly weapon?" I asked her, nodding my head toward the wand of lethal light that lay just outside of her grasp. Just looking at it brought images of being burn away to nothingness, making me tremble in fear.

 

[Destiny]

Serena continued to struggle the tears flowing more evidently as she jerked and begged she was having a hard time trying to breathe the limbs were so tight. When she saw a shadow that seemed to ripple and she speared him/her with a look and she called out to him.

I called out to her. "All I ask is for an audience with you... Please, I am afraid too, naked and alone... Will you listen to me, Mort... Serena?"

"Why are you doing this to me... how... please... please I only came to see who waved at me... " the trees were making it harder for her to speak as she looked at the being before her and she was begging to feel light headed.

His voice was like the caress of a warm breath and she closed her eyes trying to concentrate on what he was saying but the tree was helping him and she coughed trying to squirm and suck in air. I could hear him telling me of the cloak.

"Will you stay if you are released?" I asked, touching the earth before me with light fingers, willing the trees to loosen their grip on her, but not yet secure in letting her run free again.

When the trees loosened she felt the rush of blood to her head and she sucked in air gulping it like a parched plant, her emerald eyes met the being before her and she paled a bit seeing his horns. "I won't go anywhere please... I wanted to give it back... I called out but no one came and there was a man in the woods in the fog ... was that you? Please I didn't mean to take it... I ... didn't know. " She was frantic and terrified as she babbled and she could feel a fresh wave of tears sliding along her cheeks.

"Why do you fear me, when you are the one with such a deadly weapon?" I asked her, nodding my head toward the wand of lethal light that lay just outside of her grasp.

Stuttered a look at the flashlight that was beginning to die the batteries were giving out and she swallowed as she spoke," it only a flash light... it wouldn't hurt anyone... its so I can see in the dark... I won't touch it I promise. Please let me go... "

She watched him as he moved closer and her eyes flashed and she swallowed in the fading light his horns were rimmed in gold and his eyes made her shiver. His long lean body though thin wasn't ugly. His arms and chest were muscled and had a faint shine to them making him glitter in the fading light. Her eyes slid lower and she bit her lip ducking her head when she saw his cock, thick and veined semi aroused. "I didn't mean to take you cloak... I will give it back if you let me go. " She felt a hiss of air along her cheek and the caress that touch her drew a soft moan from her lips as it slid along her breasts and she whimpered.

"No do not give it to him, unfaithful has he become to the cloak that was his," the voice of another man filled the air and he crouched beside Serena chuckling at the Shade of Midnight," Where is your cloak brother... does this mortal slut have it?" She felt his hand slide over her breast once more and pinch her nipple hard drawing a yelp of pain from her lips and she looked between the two men squirm in the clutch of the tree,"please he can have it back I didn't mean to take it."

 

[Ravenloft]

"I mean you no harm, I would come to your abode with you and explain everything..." I said softly, still hesitant to let her go free, while she was still so distraught, for fear of what she might do. At least the trees still obeyed his command and loosened their bondage of her. It heartened him to see her regard him with her emerald eyes, until the sight of his horns made her go pale. "You fear me? Because I look strange to you? If I meant you any ill, would I not be about it by now, woman?" I reached up and ran a hand over one horn. "These? They are not even threatening, I had thought them quite attractive, actually." I smirked a little and let my hand drop back to my side with a heavy sigh.

"I will trust you... Let her free." I commanded of the trees. "It is not that simple, the cloak is alive, and it has shunned me, in favor of you. I cannot just take it back, it chooses who it clings to... Yes, of course that was me... I know, you did no wrong, woman, please be at ease..." I looked over at the wand, which was sputtering, apparently it was failing now that the woman was not holding onto it. "Flash... Light? You are WRONG! What do you think light does to shadows? It burns them away, into oblivion! If you cast your light upon me, in my current state, I would be destroyed! To me, it is a weapon!" I was momentarily furious, threatened by her weapon, but just as soon as I had begun, I calmed myself. "Mortals... Never could see clearly..." I sighed.

It was taking time for the trees to unbind her, and I was growing impatient, it was as though some other force was working against me. It couldn't be the cloak... I suspected another shade was frustrating my efforts to set things right, to set Serena free. "I commanded you to let her go..." I hissed to the trees. If they would not let her go, he would break her free himself! I approached her and watched her eyes as she took in the sight of him, which made him hesitate. She didn't seem so frightened of him now, or how alien he looked to her, and when she met his eyes, he saw her shiver. That thrilled him, aroused him. He hid nothing from her perusal as she continued to look him over. He kept his eyes fixed upon hers as she glanced at his arousal, biting her lower lip, only to look away quickly. That shy reaction made him lust for her all the more, he would have pounced upon her if not for his power over the woods being contested somehow, frustrating him to no end.

"So... You reveal yourself, Shade, which one are you? Slumber? Come to collect my debt to you already? You certainly don't waste time, do you? Leave the mortal woman be, she is none of your concern!" I growled as slumber toyed with Serena cruelly. "Unfaithful? Bah, the cloak's vanity led us to this, my only sin was performing the duties of my office long after my passion for it was gone... But that is none of your concern... Brother... Let the mortal go, now!"

The Shade of Slumber only chuckled, mockingly at me as he continued to torment Serena. The mantle of my office was lost to me, I was helpless against him now... I looked into Serena's eyes, they pleaded for help. Lowering my eyes, I noticed her... What had she called it? Flash... Light? Quickly looking back up into her eyes, my spirits renewed, I kicked the weapon to her and gave her a subtle nod and shifted my eyes back to the shade that was preoccupied, molesting the poor woman. "Use it now! Banish him!" I prompted her, pushing all of my will against the branches that held her arm tight. She was free to grasp that light and cast it back upon her tormentor! It would only banish him, as he was made of dream stuff, not shadows, like me.

 

[Destiny]

The feel of the beings hands on her breasts squeezing them made her cry out in pain, how was she supposed to fight these things if she didn't know what they were. She listened to them argue about her and the cloak and she shudder in the grip of the tree still.

When the Shade of Midnight kicked the flashlight over to her she grabbed it and shown it at the being that had been hurting her and she winced as he raked his claws over her skin before vanishing. The pain so intense she dropped the flashlight again, the thing was dead anyway. She swallowed as she moved to her hands and knees crawling away from the tree trying to get into the clearing crying softly.

"I didn't ask for your cloak... I tried to give it back... why are you doing this to me?" Her voice trembled and she still crawled to the clearing her chest bleeding in spots and she coughed softly. She tensed her whole body going still as she felt another cold hand slide around her throat and a female's voice came out of the darkness. "Midnight... mmmm Why are you naked and what are you doing with this mortal... You know how much I love tormenting them when they hurt the animals. Did she kill one?"

Serena was shaking all over again the stark terror evident in her voice," no o no... I said I would give it back... I didn't mean to take it." The female's voice spoke again," Midnight my lover what is she talking about your cloak... how did she get your cloak?" The cold claws encircling Serena's throat paused in the caress of her skin and the Shade of Animals looked to the Shade of Midnight.

"I can kill her Midnight... you know you have to kill her if she has you cloak before she kills you ...She has such a tender throat and she smells delicious... her blood will feed all of my worms so deliciously." Serena closed her eyes waiting for the man to help her again, "please I promise I will give it to him... just please let me go."

 

[Ravenloft]

Serena's soft sobs and trembling pleas of 'why' had captured Midnight's heart, somehow. He was just about to scoop her up into his arms and carry her back to her home, so that the cloak could heal her wounds. But yet another Shade intervened. This one, he knew well, had, at one time been very familiar with her. "Not now, Beastie, this is none of your concern!" Midnight stepped forward and took Beastie by her hair, knowing just how to handle her. "Remove your claws from the mortal, she has done you or yours no harm. This is my problem to deal with. If you wish to ever know the pleasure of my touch again, Beastie, you'd best let her go and let me deal with her as I see fit."

Beastie liked to talk savagely, but really, she was just a bitch in heat, and Midnight used that to control her wilder impulses. With her head pulled back, and her back arched, Midnight pressed against her from behind, giving her a small sample of the heat she craved. "I know what you want, Beastie, but if you don't run along home now, you will never get it from me again. You'll have to turn to her for satisfaction once she has become the next Shade of Midnight and I've been consumed by the cloak. Somehow, I doubt that's as appealing to you." Midnight forced her off of Serena and bit at the back of Beasties neck to drive the point he was making home.

The Shade of Animals panted, wanting more, but glared at the two of them as Midnight lifted Serena up, cradling her in his arms. "You are now mine, and I will protect you from any further harm, little one. We have much to discuss, you and I. This all may seem so frightening to you now, but what is done is done, and the only way to go is forward, together. Whatever comes of it, you will endure." And with that, Midnight left Beastie behind and took Serena back to the safety of her home. She needed the cloak to restore her, the cuts of shades could not be healed by mortal means.

 

[Destiny]

Being cradled in the Shade's arm her head rested on his shoulder and she continued to cry softly the scratches were hurting. She just wanted the night to end and leave her in peace. It looked like she would never find peace again. The man holding her and crooning softly to her carried her to the house.

With her rush from the house she hadn't turned on any of the lights and she had only used the flash light as it had still been light out when she headed outside to see who had been waving. When the Shade reaches the door to her home he found it unlocked and she was carried inside. She hoped none of the servants were about.

As he walked he still crooned to her keeping her calm as she gestured to the way to her room . The heat of the man holding her seemed to wrap around her and begin to sooth her soreness and her fear began to recede. When they reached her room and the darkness was only broken by a light of a lamp off in a corner throwing a soft yellow glow that barely touched the darkness.

He laid her on the bed gently, She watched his face as he sat beside her. " Can you explain this to me... I don't' undertsand about the cloak and you. Who is she? " Grey eyes were soft and she winced as she moved. "I need to get this shirt off... I..." She flushed a brilliant red, she would need to have her scratches looked at and she didn't even know this person.

 

[Ravenloft]

Midnight looked Serena over as she lay in her bed. "It would seem that you have been chosen, to become the next Shade of Midnight. The cloak wanted you, and to do that, it must forsake me. Who is she? Beastie? She is a Shade, like me, or like I was, her domain is that of animals, don't let her frighten you, she may seem fearsome but like most beasts, she fears and loves the night, which you will soon hold domain over, Serena.

Looking upon Serena with curious concern, Midnight shifted on the bed to assist her in shedding her clothes. "Here, let me help you." He offered, taking the hem of her shirt and lifting it up to expose her naked belly. "These wounds, I can sooth them..." Midnight whispered, knowing that it would cost him much of his remaining power. "Lay back, Serena, and I will tend to you most gently"

He urged her back with his hands pressing lightly upon her shoulders. "It is the least I can do for you after what you have been put through." Midnight continued to draw the ragged shirt from Serena's body and looked over her mostly naked body, unable to conceal the smile of admiration that graced his lips. "You are very attractive, Serena..." He whispered as he reached out to tentatively touch her trembling belly. "Do not fret, this will ease your pain, I swear to you..." Leaning in close, Midnight sighed breathilly across the stinging claw marks that slashed along her otherwise smooth flesh, the biting sting was instantly forgot and the scent of night blooming flowers and the light sensation of butterflies danced along those wounds. "There, see? The pain is gone, is it not? Just as I promised..."

Midnight looked up into Serena's eyes, the night magick still tingling upon his lips. Without another thought, he pressed those lips to hers and discharged the last remaining energy into that kiss. The power rushed out of him and into her like an electric wave, tingling through her scalp, sending images of wil o wisps dancing behind her eyes, the subtle scent and taste of lotus flowers filling her senses. The wave rolled down through her, all sparks and tingles, cascading over her breast, down, down, down, to settle low in her womb, like a glowing ember, warming her insides. Midnight deepened the kiss and came down atop her, pushing his way between her legs, the only thing preventing him from entering her, the sheer fabric of her panties. "You cannot resist me, Serena, this was destined to be, take me within you and you will see..." Midnight whispered upon her lips, moving his firm, throbbing erection slowly against her tender sex, through her panties. To further encourage her, Midnight took her left hand by the wrist and guided it to his cock, so that she could feel how it throbbed within her grasp.

 

[Destiny]

Felt the gentle push of his hands back along her shoulders as she was slowly stripped of her shirt, Covering her breasts as he started to breath along her skin. Her body felt warmed all over as if she were caressed of a warm summer breeze on a summer night. Her skin tingled and she shifted laying back on her bed more while he continued to administer to her.

"There, see? The pain is gone, is it not? Just as I promised..."

The pain was gone and she had this incredibly languid feeling of euphoria about her skin and body. She was also very aroused, almost dream like in that feeling. When his lips met hers she slid her hands up and along his shoulder her lips parting under the taste of his lips and her fingers curled into her hair. Her eyes closed and she felt him moving over her, claiming her for his needs. the intense kiss was so deep it sent shivers along her body her limbs trembled with desire.

When her hand was guided to his throbbing length, she wrapped her fingers instinctively around it and she looked into his eyes her voice a soft purr of contentment," make me yours..."

 

[Ravenloft]

Midnight needed no further invitation, hooking his fingers under the waist band of Serena's panties. He stripped her bare and spread her legs open for him to admire the pink lips of her sex. Wetting his lips in anticipation of taking a taste of her, Midnight pressed her left thigh firmly into her bed, setting her right leg up over his shoulder as he brought his mouth to her quivering venus mound, suckling upon her tender flesh, drawing her juices forth from deep within her core with surprising ease as his tongue danced like a flame along her weeping slit. He made her crest and fall several times with just his tongue, then his fingers, striking all the tender places hidden within her trembling sex.

Once he was satisfied that her body was fully aroused and ready for him, Midnight rose atop her and took up the space between her thighs, forcing her legs wider with his hands. "You are mine, Serena, say it, you belong to the night, listen to the rush of blood and sex pulsing through your veins, surrender your body to me and feel my surging power wash over you, into you and through you." Midnight growled in a low voice, his words were like a chant as he pushed his throbbing cock slowly inside of Serena's achingly tight pussy. He moaned with pleasure, finding her tight embrace to be exquisite. The sensation almost overwhelmed him, but Midnight regained his focus, He was not ready to end this just yet.

Slowly, he thrust deep within Serena's core and felt every intimate ripple of her tender love canal give way to his throbbing cock. "Do not look away, meet my gaze as I claim you fully..." Midnight commanded, fixing his eyes upon hers. He took her by her wrists and pinned her arms against the bed, above her head, rendering her even more helpless and vulnerable to his forceful thrusts. He was surging inside of her now, rocking his hips as he fucked her deep, the ever shifting angle of his thrusting cock grazing places inside of her that she likely never knew were there. "Show me your soul..." Midnight growled, his eyes shining like moon light over a purple moor.

 

[Destiny]

Her body was languid with his possession her thighs parting with the heat of his mouth on her core, she felt like she was in a daze of lust and floating on the steam of a cloud. The heat that emanated off him was so intense a slight sheen of sweat coated her body. With each intense orgasm she was more and more drugged on his desires to claim her body and his need to use her for his lust. The shadows in the room grew darker with each passing moment as he drew her deeper into the darkness with him.

The deep thrust of his hips pushing his cock into her already over worked pussy made her arc up and thrust him deeper still. She slid her hands along his shoulders and he darkness deepened with each caress still. Her legs parted more and she wrapped her thighs around his hips low and hard opening her body up and wanting him to thrust harder still. Her voice of a whisper of silk as she spoke," yours... " her nails sank into his back and she opened her eyes the dark grey almost black with lust.

The command to meet his gaze was met and held as he continued to claim her lush body his hands holding her still and she thrust up to meet his own her hisp shifting and rolling her voice silent even as the shadows creeped up and along the bed. A thousand hands began to caress the bodies of moth of them , probing caressing touching and the sounds were whispers of lust and desire. making the orgasm more intense than she had ever felt in her young life and she cried out her release in his arms.

 

[Ravenloft]

Enveloped in Serena's warm, tight embrace, Midnight surrendered to his base instincts and thrust harder, deeper into her still. The shadows cloaked them from the outside world and gave them sanctuary in each other's embrace. The caress of her hands on his strong shoulders and how she parted her legs for him, like the petals of a rose opening up for the rain. Her thighs encircling him though, that was what brought him to the edge, that and the depth and angle with which it allowed him to penetrate her sex.

The thrill of pushing his cock within her, parting the lips of her sex, pink and moist with the dew of desire, stretching her achingly tight light canal with his throbbing cock, feeling every ripple of her sex unfurling around him... Then she spoke and her voice was soft as silk. One word, but it spoke volumes. "Yours..." she whispered as her nails bit into his flesh. They met each others gaze, just as he had commanded, and they found this unspoken rhythm, becoming one with each other's flesh in a way that was almost preternatural. Their focus was upon the union they were forming and although they both parted their lips to speak, no words were uttered, all that needed to be communicated was being shared through their eyes and the growing urgency of their love making.

At his will, the shadows formed hands to touch them both the way he willed them to. He breathed in her passion and filled her lungs with the fire of his need for her with a long and fervent kiss as the whisper and murmurings of the shadow people he had conjured filled their ears. Serena was the first to submit to her release, but Midnight was quick to crest, the milky draws of her orgasmic contractions sending him tumbling over the edge with her. The flood of his seed bursting hotly in rhythmic spurts deep within Serena's unprotected sex. Midnight growled low, in deep satisfaction, taking immense pleasure in his release, in the thought that he would get her pregnant and force the cloak to spare his skin once and for all. Serena, on the other hand, with the power of the cloak could easily flay him alive if she so desired. "Serena..." He whispered in her ear, feeling spent and particularly vulnerable. "I am yours..." He breathed into the curve of her neck.