The Norse Vampire's Beloved

Chapter 3

WARNING: There are scenes of attempted SA in this chapter.

After her father threatened them, Morgan walked off hoping they would take him seriously because none of the men folk here would allow them to mistreat any of our clan. Moreso, since this village is far up in the mountains, they would have no problem throwing them off the cliff to their deaths, knowing no one would come looking and even if they did no one would talk. Still deciding caution was the best way, she headed towards the pub, decidedly trying to stay closer to the clan for safety in numbers.

As she turns a corner, there is an Englishman standing in front of her, skidding to a stop. She turns quickly, trying to avoid him. As she does, another pops out from the way she just came. Not wanting to head to the back of the village, she tries to turn quickly and run further into town as the third man, the one who grabbed her the night before, steps out from behind the hovel. She quickly turns, running towards the only route left, which is further from town.

She takes off running as the man tries to grab her again. "Come on love, we wont hurt you, we just want to have some fun" he says, snickering at her as the other two sneer at her "What are we not good enough?" As they chase after her, she runs inbetween the homes as fast as she can decidedly turning to head back to her father's shop or even towards the boys. One man runs in front of her as she tries to dodge him, another grabs her by her hair, causing her to scream out in pain as the third man walks up grabbing her face and squeezing it in his dirty hands. "See love, just some fun". She starts kicking and trying to scream. As he grabs her and they push her to the ground, one man grabs her hands and another her legs as she struggles, trying to scream as the man from the night before slaps her so hard she sees stars. Screaming now and trying to wiggle out of their grasp, he slaps her again and grabs the hem of her dress, pulling it up towards her waist. "No,No please NO!" she yells, "Oh come on love this will be fun," he says, palming her breast in his hand roughly, as his other hand reaches to untie his pants pulling himself out and forcing himself on her as she struggles the tears rolling down her face freely. She can feel his hand pulling at her underwear so he can have access to her core as she kicks and screams. She manages to get one hand free and she swings it, scratching him, leaving claw marks across his face. "You b***h!" he yells, punching her in the face hard, making her see stars as the other man grabs her hand once more. Trying to hold onto consciousness as she sees black creeping into her eye site she can feel him readying himself to enter her as she moans on the ground trying to make any noise to draw attention. She feels as he starts to enter her. She screams out as he laughs, "That's right love, just lie there like a good girl. We will all be done soon." he sneers at her. Then, just as suddenly, the weight is lifted off of her and all she can hear are screams as she is lifted from the ground. "Ebbe take care of them. I'm taking her to find help". She hears another man with a similar accent. "I have this Axel take her. So we like to attack women, do we?" Screams of the men who attacked her are the last thing she hears before the darkness consumes her.

Axels POV

As they walk through the village heading the direction the blacksmith sent them Axel notices three Englishmen looking around and head behind a few of the local homes. Looking at Ebbe, he notions in the direction. As he nods, they look around as they hear a muffled scream in the distance. If it wasn't for their sensitive hearing, they might not have heard anything at all. "This isn't our business", Ebbe says shrugging, "Perhaps not, however I'm going to check it out, come or don't", Axel says, heading in the direction of the noise. Ebbe shakes his head and follows behind his friend. As they enter the alleyway, he sees a beautiful woman being held down. Her face is beginning to bruise heavily and her eye is swelling shut from being hit. On top of her, he sees one of the men beginning to rape her and he sees red. Moving with inhuman speed, he rips the man off of her, throwing him into one of the local homes as the other two men look at him with wide eyes. His fangs release and he hisses at them. They stand up to flee as he grabs them both, flinging them down the alleyway, as Ebbe moves to intercept them. Axel bends down next to Morgan, pulling her dress down to cover her. He picks her up ""Ebbe take care of them. I'm taking her to find help". He says, standing up with her draped in his arms, "I have this Axel take her. So we like to attack women, do we?" Ebbe says as he grabs two of the men, knocking them out and moving them away and out of town.

Axel turns with her in his arms, shifting her so he can move the hair out of her face. "Dont worry, I have you now, no harm will come to you" he says as she fully passes out. He walks with her quickly back into the center of town as two men come running towards him, one very large red head and a smaller one with similar features "You!! Unhand Morgan." Anger flashing across his face "Oh my gods what happened to her" says the larger man who now looks like he might try and kill me, "The Englishmen had her in the back over there. My friend and I came upon them and stopped what was happening", Axel says, with a scowl. The larger red head says"Here, give her to me. I will take her to her da" Shaking his head, Axel replies, "No lead the way. She may have broken bones. Moving her back and forth is no good." For some reason he didn't want to hand her to this other man. The smaller red head lays his hand on the other man. "Angus, he is right, you lead him to Duncan and I will fetch the Beaton." Scowling, the man he called Angus nods as the smaller man runs off. "You said Duncan? As in the blacksmith?" Axel asks "Yes, let's go". With that, the two men set off towards the blacksmith.

Running up, Angus yells out "Duncan, Duncan are you here." Stepping out, he starts to answer "Yes Ang....What the f**k happened to my daughter and why are you carrying her," he says, running up to them. Axel explains how he found her, as Duncan's face turns as red as his hair. "Quickly, we live over here" he says, running towards their hovel. As they reach their home, the smaller red head is just coming with the beaton. Duncan opens the door and points to her small bed. Axel ducks through the door, laying her carefully on the bed. "Duncan, can I speak with you a moment in private" he says, rubbing the back of his neck, showing how uncomfortable he is. "There are things I need to tell you that others don't need to hear" He watches as the beaton looks her over, speaking low to Duncan he nods and Duncan stands up motioning for Axel to walk out with him. Closing the door and stepping a little away from the house, "Is there no woman in the house", Axel asks. Looking confused, Duncan answers "No, her mother was killed when she was a wee bairn. Why?" Feeling even more uncomfortable, he looked him in the eyes. "Because when we found them a man was on her and I am not sure how far it went. She put up a good fight but there were three. I personally yanked the man off of her." Duncan looked at him, anger showing in every muscle of his body as he stood shaking in anger "I say this only because she may need a woman to ... you know ...check her to make sure she is OK." "Where are those bastards? I will kill them with my bare hands", nodding, Axel looks down at him. "They are already dead. Ebbe is taking care of the bodies. Do you mind if I stick around? I simply want to make sure she is safe I know you can not stay here all day." Duncan looks at him "Aye, let us see what the beaton says and I will have Angus and Ewan find her aunt to come check her out. I cant thank you and your folk enough for what you did for my daughter." grasping his shoulder, Axels says "You are welcome. I would hope anyone would have done the same". Duncan walks back towards the hovel, opening the door and motioning Axel to follow.