The Two Kings (Afterlife Saga) (59 page)

“Well… won’t
somebody be having fun tonight?
” She said before giggling her way out of my room.
I sighed heavily, wondering how I was ever going to pull it off. My idea when buying it, was surprising Draven by wearing it under my uniform and going to bed early. There I would slip into the matching
gloves and lay seductively on his bed waiting for my body to be discovered. Of course now that the actual day had arrived I was starting to get cold feet.

I arranged the corset on my bed with the matching items and stood back. I was trying to imagine his reaction to finding me in this perfect example of sexy
, seductive
underwear. I bit my lip at the thought.

I knew the last week had
been particularly tough on him to keep his urges under control. A few times we had come close to crossing the messy line but the thought of my embarrassment later was what gave me the power to stop. I
still found it hard to believe that Draven was as consumed with me as I was with him. He explained one night after an extreme kissing session how he felt.

“The obsession I have over you can’t be explained in words and I fear there
are
no greater actions that can do my feelings justice. But when I say that I
had
never imagined happiness like this was obtainable
for me, making this the one and only thing about human life that I envied, trust in these words. I had lost all hope believing that the Gods had created a soul mate to belong to me but now I have you here in my arms, I know it was worth all my lifetimes in wait.”

At this point I had difficulty in holding back the tears that materialized in the corners of my eyes and was j
ust thankful the only light had been the low glow from the moon, which cast a bluish tint to the furnishings. It had been the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to me and I wis
hed I could have responded with an
equally beautiful response but in the end knowing I couldn’t find the word
,
I spoke with my lips. He smiled under my touch as he could feel my wet cheeks and there is where he found his feelings reciprocated.

Even though we hadn’t made love that night it was still one of the most perfect nights of my life and one that will stay with me until the day the Gods decide to take me back. These thoughts were what changed my worried frown to an excited smile. I was going to go through with my plan and play the temptress for a night. After all that was the name of the outfit and tonight I would do it justice!

I picked my mug back up and went back to the computer to
try and retackle my own revolution. That was my rebellion with History. I looked down and saw even Homer Simpson was mocking me, with his speech bubble saying “Mmm
…
Donuts” making me think
more
about food than French royalists. Draven had offered to help me
,
of course
,
but I felt that asking him about dates that were past to
o
many lifetimes to comprehend, does somewhat constitute as cheating. Not only that but I think his version of the past would cont
radict the written word
,
even though there was no doubt
his account of events w
ould be more reliable, however, there was no getting around the fact that
I still couldn’t use any of it.

History is made up of a collective narrative of the dictation of the men and women that lived through those times, whether it is through words or codes of pictures and symbols. I don’t think history would
have
be
en
told in quite the same way if the world knew about how much Demons and Angels had to do with the outcome of how we live today. I could just imagine Mr Reed’s face wh
en reading my report that stated
how Demons and Angels were responsible for the fall of world le
aders because it wasn’t beneficial
to the U
nderworld
’
s balance on this fragile earth’s plane.
It was almost worth doing to see his head spin 360 degrees.

It took me a while to get my head round the fact that one can’t live without the other. We needed them as much as they needed us to survive. They feed from
our emotions and we needed their
protection from ourselves. Of course
,
this doesn’t mean that some of the world’s problems hadn’t slipped through the cracks. Bombs still
exploded
, wars still battled on and terrorists st
ill held the upper hand in their
fearless ambition to destroy
the western world.

If I thought the world had its problems before knowing Draven, then I was surely mistaken. However I still couldn’t decide which was worse
,
being blissfully unaware and putting my sightings of the other kind down to an over active imagination or knowing
the unbelievable truth had suddenly become believable. When I really
thought about what I had learned
and witnessed in just a few weeks
,
then any normal person would be in therapy for the rest of their days but no, not me, instead here I was thinking life had never been so sweet!

It didn’t take me long to give up on history and concentrate on other things, getting ready for work being one of them…ok, ok, the only one! After spending enough time in the bath to make the tips of my toes wrinkly, I decided to get out of the deeply scented water and dry my newly scrubbed, shaved skin. I then smoothed over some of Libby’s fancy moisturizer until it felt fully soa
ked into every inch of my body’s surface. I did this feeling almost giddy at the thought of what was to come. I found myself wondering what his reaction would be. Would he be expecting it or would he first just stand there in shock, before taking me in those solid arms of his.

We hadn’t talked about my period again after the weekend, so I gather he didn’
t want me to think of him as im
patient but considering when we were together, we couldn’t take our hands off each other, I think his impatience was a bit obvious.
So tonight was a big deal.
I wanted things to be perfect but as I had never done this type of thing before, I was still a bit nervous.

Bac
k in my room I found my seductive
outfit screaming out at me
like some sex fuelled beacon
and I couldn’t help but blush. I knew I would need help tightening the corset and the thought of asking Libby
didn’t help with my over sensitive reactions. After taking some time to put it all on and tying the ribbons to the thong
,
that was already starting to feel like cheese wire, I called down the stairs for my sister.

“Hey what’s up…WOW! Holy shit, you look fantastic!” She the
n
stuck her fingers in her mouth and wolf whistled for the second time today.
I rolled my eyes and turned round to show her the part that I was having a problem with and she s
tarted tugging like a woman poss
essed at the cord. I nearly lost balance a couple of times so she motioned for me to grab the desk for support. If I had known it was going to be like a mission to get me secure in this thing then I would have just opted for a bra! Once she had finished strapping me in, she stood back and said
.

“Voi
la!”

“I’d say thanks if you hadn’t have broken most of my ribs already
.
” I gave her a cheeky grin before going to look in the
mirror. Thankfully I had the foresight to put on my black trousers before Libby had come to my rescue so she didn’t have to see my naked behind. This however made me look like some kind of dominatrix!

“Go get
‘
em tiger!” Libby said before leaving me to continue getting ready for my big
night. I frowned as I heard her
making cat
meows as she made her way down
stairs. I took one last look at myself as I reac
hed for my black and grey strip
ed top that I was planning on wearing for work. I gulped as the corset under it had made my curves all that more…well curvy! It had forced my body into a perfect figure of eight, making my assets seem all that more accessible. I tied my hair up into
its
damp twist
and added a touch of mascara to my dark blue eyes that were already starting to show their doubts about tonight. Would I really go through with this?

“Yes…Yes I would
!
” I said out load as I grabbed my bag and made for the door.

Club Afterlife was buzzing with its usual Friday night energy as the band was playing their first set and the early signs of drunken Goths were starting to show. I had been working behind the bar for about an hour and already I was regretting not just changing into my sexy lingerie at the end of the night. The thong at least, because in my opinion these were only meant to be worn when there was a very high chance that they would be taken off again soon, like ten, twenty minutes tops!

I must have looked like I had piles because I couldn’t stop fidgeting with my behind.
It was even more embarrassing when Mike even asked me if I was alright. Why I didn’t just nod that I was fine I don’t know but for some reason I had lost all normal functi
ons and thought that saying ‘Bug bite’
then motioning to my arse was a far better explanation! One word…Idiot!

I had to suppress the urge to smack myself on the head.
Thankfully it didn’t take him long after that to act like I had scabies and forget the question he’d asked. Unfortunately it didn’t take me long to forget my shame and start fidgeting with the thong again. All I could think
about
was how thankful
I was to be working tonight downstairs and out of the eye line of my watchful boyfriend. I had looked up a few times to see a figure standing there but considering that they could
see
much more of down here than we could up there, I could never be quite sure if it was him or one of his guards.

For a short time RJ and the gang had taken my mind off my
un
usual circumstances
and for the first time tonight I forgot about my arse! Jack displayed the same boyish charm that had you smiling at just the sight of him when coming to order drinks from the bar. When I helped him take them to our usual table he asked me to join them. I told them I would after my shift and didn’t think Draven would mind me having one
with my friends before going up
stairs to join him. Plus it would give me a chance to get some liquid courage down me before my time to do the dirty.

It was then that I saw s
omething that couldn’t have
really
been
there. I was walking back to the bar when I saw someone staring at me in the crowd. His tall strong body stood out from the mass of jumping Goths. The band was playing their last song whic
h was the one everyone knew. ‘Stunned in to thunder’
was the name of the song and it turned out to be quite fitting as now there I was stunned into the very core of where my feet wouldn’t move from. The lights flashed in and out of darkness for effect and every time they came back up, my eyes would blink to find him still there staring
at me, with intense eyes burrowing
into mine.
It felt like I was standing there naked, with nothing to protect me from his luring smile. One fang exposed from deadly lips and he winked one
serious eye at me, which
struck me as more of a warning than anything that a wink generally implies.

“Lucius
!” T
he name escaped in a whisper but as soon as I said it, the lights went off and when they illuminated the club once more before the song ended, he was gone. I shook my head and whispered “Couldn’t be
,” a
s I walked behind the bar to finish my shift. The image of Lucius standing there in a long, black jacket that reached the floor and hair sleeked back, enhancing the hard features of his face, stayed with me until I heard my time was up.

“What did you say?” I asked in a rude way, as I could have sworn I heard it being said in the same voice that has started haunting my dreams.

“I just said times up, you know, time to go enjoy life
?
” Mike had a con
fused look which was quickly turning to concern.

“Oh, yeah…life. Sorry I guess I’m just tired
.
”

“That Reed been working you to
o
hard?” He s
miled at me like I was some
lost girl he had just found at the mall.

“Yeah
,
but that
’s
nothing new
,
” I replied before ordering a drink from him. I grabbed my bag from the back and found my drink ready and waiting for me to take over to my friends
’
table. As soon as I sat down I felt better. I could quietly listen to everyone
’s
stories about their week at college and RJ was never short of distracting conversation. She talked about what everyone was doing for Christmas vacation and how she wished that she had a family abroad to go to visit.