WHEN LOVE BECKONS

Puppeteer

Dimitri's POV

Ronald looked at Rose for a brief second and suddenly Rose leaned on him, kissing his cheeks again.

It was then I realized that Ronald was using the worst possible magic in the Moroi world, the magic that controls you, making you do and feel things you don't want to.

Ronald was using compulsion to make Rose do whatever he wanted. He was the puppeteer pulling the strings and Rose was helplessly submitting to his whims.

My blood began to boil. No one had the right to use Rose in that way, especially when she is my betrothed.

"Why are you doing this?" I hissed.

"Don't mind, Belikov. I've nothing personal against the two of you. But I have everything to do with the throne and I want to wield my absolute power on it. I knew I couldn't get to throne by election so I wanted to control someone who was actually on the throne. Lissa being a spirit user like me was impossible to tame, so I used Tasha to get rid of her," he smirked.

"And so when again the throne was taken by Rose and she's a Dhampir, so you found an easy prey to control," I said through clenched teeth.

"Definitely and moreover you just can't ignore her charm, so I thought, why not enjoy her in every way possible," he gave a devilish grin.

I clenched my fist and moved a step forward, "And what makes you think that I'll stand by inert, and allow you to control Rose like a puppet?"

"Dimitri, you don't know the power of compulsion, do you?" his voice was pointed.

"Just release Rose from your compulsion," I said, ignoring him, "Or I'll beat you black and blue."

He looked at me with an weird expression and said, "Dimitri, I may compel you too. As a spirit user, I have powers beyond imagination. I can walk dreams, see auras and compel and also grant life."

"You're a spirit user?" I was surprised beyond anything.

An unknown spirit user, with so vast, unknown powers to explore was a big threat to our existence.

"Yes, I am, and I am going to show you exactly what my power can do. There is no fun in controlling you," he confirmed my worst fears.

Before I could fathom what he meant, he pulled out a gun from his pocket.

I thought he would point it at me to threaten me to leave, but to my utter horror, he thrust it into the hands of Rose.

I froze.

"Hold the gun to your head," he commanded.

Rose's hands shook, straining against the force of compulsion. Her eyes were a bit clear.

"Now," he grabbed a fistful of her hair and roughly made her face his eyes, "Put the gun to your head."

I lunged out at him when suddenly I felt a pain searing through my nerves as I collapsed on the ground writhing. I felt as if my whole body was on flames but there was no fire at sight. Every cell of my body screamed for mercy from that unimaginable pain.

The pain vanished as soon as it had come. I tried to raise myself a bit and felt the pain bite into my heart again.

That man was worse than a Strigoi. They turn you, but when they drain, you don't feel a thing. But this torture was beyond description. It was like dying ten times over.

I felt like screaming, death was better, but I was a guardian and showing my weakness was not my way, so I bit in my lips and kept quiet as my whole body vibrated.

"My spirit can grant life, and it can also take life. My spirit has the power to make you feel anything you want. I can kill you just now, but what's the fun in that?" he mocked.

"Damn you to hell," I breathed in, still squirming.

A/N Thanks for reading. What do you think will happen next? Was this turn expected?

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