Halfling (editing in process)

Chapter Forty

"Ma'am, you have to eat. Master Lucien is getting increasingly frustrated that you refuse." Vanessa whispered.

"I will not." Aria replied quietly, staring at the wall, her back to Vanessa.

"He is going to force you to eat."

"I don't care."

"Ma'am please, he will hurt me if I fail again."

"If I get better, he's going to hurt me. You said it yourself, you can't die. I can. At this point it might a blessing. Do you understand what will happen to me when I get better? He's going to turn me into a glorified baby maker. I have a baby at home, who won't stop crying because I'm not there with her. I haven't got to touch her; I haven't gotten to see more than a glimpse of her. And I won't with any other children he will force me to have. He will probably take the boys off, and if it's another girl he's just going to kill her. So you don't tell me to sit up and eat, if I want to sit here and starve to death that's not up to you or him! So just go away!"

"Aria, I would have thought you would treat the help better." Lucien spoke up from the door, causing both Vanessa and Aria to freeze. "Vanessa, leave."

The soul slave bowed before looking to Aria for a few moments before bolting out the door. Lucien moved up and sat at the edge of the bed. He reached out to touch Aria and she smacked his hand away, rolling over quickly to avoid his touch. He grinned at her, moving out to grip her hair and pull her back to him, prompting her to cry out.

"My darling Aria, do you really think that I'd let you starve to death in my own bed? You think that just because I said I wouldn't touch you because you were weak I'd let you stay that way? You have been here for two weeks now, you should be healed enough to be able to stand another session of love making. The humans I have been with aren't nearly as satisfying as you. And I know you must be aching for attention, Payne likes to hurt, but I can assure you that I can bring you nothing but pleasure. You'd like that a lot more, wouldn't you? You want to be treated like a queen, I will treat you as such. You must get Payne out of your head. You will learn to love me. Just wait, soon we will rule over Hell and Earth. Doesn't that sound nice?"

Aria shuttered as heat moved over her skin and she tried to jerk away from him, slapping his hand away from her. She curled up on her side, her breathing shallow as fear moved through here.

"Don't touch me." She hissed.

Lucien smirked lightly and moved, pinning her shoulders to the bed and moving to lean over top of her.

"Let's make a deal then, since you do not wish for my touches yet. If you eat, I won't touch you. If you don't eat... There are many things I can do to you while I stay clothed."

Aria paled significantly, trying to pull off the bed. He didn't budge, but locked eyes with her. A soft cry left her as she saw herself, naked and flushed with passion underneath him, her eyes clouded by magic. Other faces flashed in her place, ranging from looks of pleasure to pain and despair. She let out a soft yelp and struggled underneath him, panic raging through her as heat stroked over her skin once more.

"Now." Lucien whispered, moving to nip at her collarbone. "Are you going to eat, or shall we continue?"

"I'll eat! I'll eat! Get off of me!"

Lucien grinned and got off of her. "Vanessa! Bring Aria some food!"

He got off the bed, smirking as she scrambled to the top of the bed and brought her knees to her chest.