I paced at the end of the vast spread I had whipped up for her welcoming feast. The girls had gone to dress her...but what was taking so long? I sighed and sat down at the chair at the head of the table. Was she scared? Was she excited? I felt like a boy again, with nervous flutterings in the pit of my belly. I had always hoped that I could welcome her here...now that she was here, in my abode, in this realm, with me...it didn't seem real.
I buried my face in my hands. Maybe this was a mistake? She was mortal after all...and the rest of us were not. Maybe it was never meant to be. Maybe...
Suddenly, the door swings open. I peeked through my fingers to see sweet Azura smiling brightly at me. "She's ready for you now, Master." She giggled and she stepped aside...and there SHE was.
Renee didn't look like the enticing little girl from the mortal realm before. Here stood a sexy angel of a woman before me, shy and blushing. Her soft hair was piled atop her head, with perfect tendrils escaping to frame her face. Her long white gown shimmered delicatly in the candlelight and made her glow. Her feet were bare, like she was a fairy now herself, just stepped down from the sky to partake of the pleasures of the cool tile beneath her. She looked up at me, her eyes bright.
I stepped toward her and forgot all else until I saw Azura standing beside her, with Sapphiren and Lura lingering in the hall behind her. I cleared my throat. Something seemed strange about my girls. They hung around Renee as if...protecting her.
"Renee." I began. "I am so glad you could join...us." I looked nervously at Azura. She didn't budge. Nor catch on to my subtle hints. And the other two waited in the hall.
"Azura," I murmered, beckonging for her. She nodded and came close. i could smell her sweet perfume in her hair...like honey and fresh grass. I resisted my physical urge to embrace her and her calming scent. Instead, I addresed her in a whisper as Renee stood nearby, puzzled.
"I thought that...it was just to be her and I." I began. She giggled.
"Now now Master. Not so fast. You see, the girls and I were dressing her and we all came to the realization...She has no idea why she's here."
"What do you mean?"
"Master...why do you keep us around? I assume she is to suit the same...need." He eyes lingered at mine and I felt a thrill as her voice took on that lusty quailty that drove me crazy.
But I cleared my throat. "I ah..." Then I thought about it. Was I going to make her a part of the others? Or was she here...for something deeper than that? To be honest...I wasn't sure which. Now Azura looked a little frightened.
"Master?" What is it?" She sounded concered, so I guess the conflict showed on my face.
"I...I don't want to do anything tonight. But have her alone. So I can get to know her better." I felt myself feeling a bit ashamed. Did Azura and the others think I was going to take advantage of Renee? On her first night here?
"Alright then whatever you wish Master." Azura straightened and gave me a little bow and a smile and turned to leave. But not before slipping a note into my hand. I quickly stuck it in my pocket, not sure what was written but not wanting to read it now. Now it was to be Renee and I.
"Renee, my dear," Azura said, who was standing now next to the girl. "I and the others wish you luck with Master. We have decided to take our meals in the garden so that you two could have private time." She smiled as Renee glanced at me nervously. I smiled gently, giving a little wave as the Azura and the girls left. The door fell shut behind them with an ominous bang.
I turned to her. She looked radiant in the dress with her peachy skin and golden brown locks cascading down her bare shoulders. She looked nervous, staring at her feet and blushing furiously. I wanted so much to scoop her into my arms and whisk her away, but I heeded Azura's warning.
"Renee," I spoke softly and gently. "I have the table set...care to join me?" I tried to be as pleasent as possible, hoping the edge of desire in my tone wasn't noticible to her. Her eys flashed wide and she nodded, then bowed her head again. I was puzzled. All that fight, that denial...that spirit...was suddenly gone from her.
"Is there something the matter? Are you not pleased with your dress or perhaps your chambers? Do you feel ill?" I prodded, wanting to make her happy.
"Everything is wonderful." She replied simply but there was no hint of joy in her voice. I longed to touch her, to hold her to me it hurt. The way her face was so cold made it all the worse.
"Please, Renee. Come sit and eat. You look exhasted." I promted, trying to see if she was simply weak and hungry after her ordeal. Usually after a good meal the girls perked right up if they were down.
"I'm not hungry. I want none of your food anyway. I read stories when I was little about how if you eat food here you can never leave." She mumbled. That caught me by surprise.
"You know where you are then?" I broached her cautiosly. "You...know this is real?"
She sighed heavily and her eyes teared up. She looked at the tile, at her bare feet and whispered: "I am in the Fey. And I am your prisoner. As are the other girls."
I felt my heart rend in two. "NO! No, Renee no...not my prisoner...just..." I ran my hand through my long hair, sighing now myself. "The other girls came though not by force. They chose to come with me. I offered them a life of eternal happiness and pleasures. I had hoped I could offer you the same, but..."
"But I am a mortal." She finished, now glaring at me with watery, hateful eyes. "And you couldn't very well ask me to come to fairy land with you."
I ignored the gross name the mortals used in their fictional stories for this realm. "Renee, I tried, I did. I tried to make you see how much I wanted you here. I thought the dreams would communicate something to you..."
"Communicate...YOU? You sent those dreams to me?!" She looked aghast and awed.
"Yes. It took so much out of me, but I wanted for you to get the message that there is someone in a realm not your own who desires and wants you with him." I half smiled, and laid my hand on my chest. "Me."
