Romance, Seduction, Torment, all take place in the Victorian era, within the brothel called The King's Court. Will Maria find love in Lord Valo's hand and will he open his heart, even if his soul is haunted by guilt and pain from the past. This is a...
Dani's men had a harder time of it, even after killing the witnesses they struggled as Angel fought back as they attempted to put some chloroform over her mouth.
She bit them several times and even took out her rapier, it was only with some quick sword moves and after overpowering her that they were able to tie and gag her tightly enough.
"Dani is gonna have to pay us twice for getting her! Now the attack is said to happen as soon as we reach shore, we gotta hurry it's almost the set time!" The man said.
Ville awoke to fire and smoke as he gagged on it, he had only seconds to pull out his longsword from where it still hung and fight off the remaining pirates, as he fought his asthma and the choking stench of blood and smoke.
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His thoughts were on everyone and of course, his heartbeat horribly, she was in the streets, she was out there! Afraid, and...no he could not bear to think of it.
As he fought his way through the gore-infested manor he thanked the gods he found William who though badly injured was alive, and Louise tied up and knocked out in the kitchen along with many of his servants and helpers, that lay dead or hurt.
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It had happened so quickly, one moment he had been worried about getting ready to go out and find Maria, and then an explosion had rattled the world around him, setting everything on fire, he had been close to the door and it had sent him flying.
The pirates swarmed in killing servants to and fro and William had done his best to fight off many of them, saving Louise, Ville, and some others in the process. The whole of London was aflame.
Cannons had fired into the city and pillaging, raping and murder were running amock the streets, as Peter and his men fought off the hordes of pirates.
Diana, not wanting to leave her man alone, hid the girls in the basement and ran to his side with her bow and sword at hand. Peter wanted her to go back, but he should know better than to ask her again.
Gerard and the others ran into the streets, "THEY ARE EVERYWHERE CAPTAIN, WE HAVE TO TAKE REFUGE ALL THE SURVIVORS, WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO THE CASTLE AND BREACH IT!!!" he said dodging a sword as Diana finished off the soldier.
But no one's rage was greater than Alexi's; he was soaked in the blood of enemies and sadly friends that had fallen as the pirates had ambushed the city.
He was doing all he could to protect his son and even the pup Loki who wanted to fight but was still too young. "CAPTAIN!" Peter said as he ran inside, "WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERYONE TO REFUGE!".
Alexi did not care for that, he needed to find her, his Angel was out there, and though she could hold her own she was in danger, and just thinking about it made him furious. They should have been more cautious, they should have all stepped forth and assaulted the cave.
It took Diana giving him a lecture till they were able to get Alexi back to his senses as they headed to lead the survivors to safety. There were not many more marauders left, but they were preparing for a second wave, so safety was key.
"Ville!" Diana said, "Maria!" she added as they sent a scout to go find them, god knew if they were even alive. Fires burned through London as they found survivors, and Diana went to get her girls to safety, it was best for everyone to stick together.
Still, her heart feared for Maria, Ville, and Angel. It was only when she saw a blood-soaked Ville with several people behind him that she breathed a bit in relief, but Maria was not there nor Angel...
"WHERE IS SHE!" Ville said yelling at everyone. "We don't know Angel is missing as well, along with others, we lost many as well," Peter said as he wept, he felt this was all his fault.
"The important thing is we are alive! We still have legs and arms and eyes, and we will find them and put a stop to this!" Diana said, trying not to cry.
"CURSES!" Ville cried as William hurt and still bleeding somewhat tried to comfort him, "We must remain calm, otherwise we will all die and no one will have the chance to save them or everyone else," he said.
"We will not last the night, the royal guard is on its way, but if we do not take refuge we are dead! let us move!" Johnny said.
Ville and Alexi both nodded, there was nothing to do if they had to take care of even more people, and the royal guard was sure to come soon to clean up the mess and begin investigations.
