Secrets in the Shadows

Chapter Seven

" Can you put something on?", Maev said trying her best not to look at him or make any eye contact for Kramer not to notice her blushing cheeks.

" The little witch has some audacity! In case you have forgotten you are in my room. What do you expect to see when you walk into a man's room?Oh…I forgot, you've never been this close to a man before", Kramer said with a smirk on his face. His sarcastic words fell like a slap across her face and she glared at him. How dare he makes fun of me like that! I'd rather be a decent woman than some floozy slammed against a wall! Maev said referring to what she had witnessed earlier.

Kramer noticed that his words had hit home as her face was suddenly clouded with anger, but the little witch didn't say a single word as she stood there glaring at him. Her eyes were like emerald fire. He quickly glanced at her from head to toe. Being shorter than him makes her look cute and that nightdress didn't leave much to his imagination. He could see the outline of her petite figure and her n*****s were visible through the thin fabric. She was the type of drugs that he had been warned about, the ones with green hypnotic eyes and a heartbeat which could easily make you lose your mind.. He quickly reminded himself that this drug in front of him was responsible for the pain which he had been carrying around deep in his soul since yesterday. Anger reignited inside of him and he took a step closer to Maev.

"What are you doing here? Didn't I give you your own space so that you will stay out of mine!?", Kramer asked with an angry tone.

"I...I'm surrounded by enemies, one of your people might kill me whilst I'm sleeping...so I came here to demand that, since you are their King, you order them to stay away from me ", Maev said as she tried to put the words together to make a simple sentence which hopefully sounded like an order or at least makes sense. His presence in that towel wrapped around his torso and the tiny droplets of water glistening on his skin was not helping her to think straight, in that moment nothing made sense. Even if she had no idea that she will be walking into Kramer's bedroom, all she had to do was to pretend that she knew exactly what she was doing. Kramer was looking at her with his arms crossed over his chest, he narrowed his eyes and then started to laugh. His laughter infuriated Maev as she realized that he was taking her for an i***t.

" You came here to demand something from me or the little witch who supposedly not scared of anyone is trembling like a leaf with fear ?", Kramer teased her.

" Scared me? Ha! I told you I'm not scared of you nor anyone else !", Maev lied as she tried to sound convincing putting on a tough character.

" You have a sharp tongue, but I suppose that's all you've got", Kramer said looking at her with raised eyebrows.

" Since I can't use my magic, so I have my tongue to defend myself", Maev replied and once more the great King laughed at her.

" Guess when you don't have anything intelligent to say, you just laugh", Maev said and Kramer stopped laughing and glared at her.

The Vampire King took a step towards her, his eyes had turned as dark as the night. Maev quickly turned to leave his room but she couldn't open the door and her body froze when she felt his body pressing against her back. The musk scent on his skin made her heart missed a beat, she closed her eyes and let herself be hypnotized by his scent. She could feel his fingernails on her back and she wanted to turn to see him in his Vampire form but she had been turned to stone by the warmth of his breath on her skin and the closeness of his body pressed against hers. Kramer sniffed at her hair, the fragrance of wildflowers filled his nostril giving him goosebumps. With one hand he pushed her long her aside to reveal her neck, her skin was soft and smooth. He had the urge to lick her to taste the wildflower on her skin. He ran his fingertips down her back and placed his hands on her hips and pulled her back her firm buttocks slammed against his crotch and a small moan escaped Maev's lips bringing him back to reality. The trance was broken he quickly stepped away from her and reached for the door handle and pulled opened the door.

" Go to sleep Maev", he said with an aggressive tone. Obediently without saying anything, Maev rushed out of the King's bedroom and slammed the door behind her as she rushed to her room.

"Oh my! What nearly happened in there?!", Maev said as she leaned her back against the closed door of her bedroom. Goosebumps crept up on her arms as she remembered Kramer's body pressed against hers and when he had pulled her to him, she could feel that she was exciting the Vampire King just as much as she was turned on by his closeness. Never before had she had the urge of removing her clothes and ask a man to make her his woman! Now she knows what they meant when the women in the White Kingdom joked about a single touch from a vampire man will take you to the seventh clouds. Probably the reason why they were told that they were ugly so that they wouldn't go wandering into the Vampire's den and stick to their own kind.

Maev climbed in bed and pulled the silky bed cover up to her chin.

Kramer laid down in bed with his hands behind his head, looking up at the ceiling. He smiled as he thought about his conversation with Maev. Though he might have said that she wasn't her type but her fiery character surely excited him. Maybe it was the fact that she could look him in the eyes and tell him that she wasn't scared of him that makes her so desirable. A temptation that he should extinguish before it provokes him to do something that he would regret.

The little witch has a sharp tongue! But I bet that she's lying awake in bed checking around the room if no one is trying to kill her, Kramer thought as he laughed softly. With a slight movement of his hands all the flames disappeared from the torches along his bedroom wall. Kramer closed his eyes as he drifted away in a deep sleep.

A loud knock on the door woke Maev up. She had barely closed her eyes after she had tossed around in bed the whole night. She could barely get any sleep as her vivid imagination kept her up almost the whole night. We all know what happens when you don't get enough sleep, your brain doesn't function properly, and here come the mood swings!

" Now who could it be?!", Maev said annoyingly as she grabbed her robe before getting out of bed. She walked quickly to the door and opened it ready to scold whoever disturbed her much-needed rest.

A tall man stood in the doorway and gave her a disapproving look before he spoke.

" The Master said to pack your suitcases", the man calmly said, and before Maev could ask any questions he had quickly vanished. She saw him walking down the corridor and she stood there looking at him blankly. Maev took a step backward and closed the door. For a few seconds, she stood there staring blankly at the closed door with narrowed eyebrows trying to figure out what that man meant by pack your suitcases, it wasn't like she had suitcases to pack. " At this precise moment, I am not in the mood to take any orders from anyone, regardless of whether he is a King or a messenger", Maev said as she stretched her arms. She felt like she was suffering from sleep deprivation, her eyelids could barely stay open. She walked past the mirror and nearly collapsed when she saw her reflection, her hair was all messy and one could see the dark circles underneath her eyes." Pfft.. No wonder that guy looked at me like that. He probably thought I was the Queen of the corpse ", Maev said to herself as she walked back to the bed and smiled as she placed her head on the pillow.

" I'm getting some more sleep! Anyone who has a problem with that should contact me after I wake up!.. suitcases to pack or whatever will have to wait", Maev said as she pulled the cover over her head.

One hour later Kramer sat staring at the entrance door of his office. He couldn't believe that Maev didn't listen to his messenger as she would have shown up by now probably throwing a fit for waking her up so early in the morning. He stood up from the table in his office and slammed his fists on the table." Who does she think she is?", Kramer said angrily as he stormed out of his office heading to Maev's bedroom. He knocked loudly on the bedroom door and didn't hear a reply. With one swift movement of his hands, Kramer opened the door and slammed it behind him as he walked into the bedroom and saw Maev still sleeping profoundly. He furiously yanked the cover off her and shouted her name. Maev woke up and blinked a couple of times. She noticed that someone was standing in front of her bed but she couldn't make out who it was yet. She sat up in bed rubbing her eyes and she heard her name again, she recognized Kramer's voice.

" Gosh! Can't I get some sleep around here?!", Maev said annoyed that she was disturbed for the second time.

" I told you to pack your bags!", Kramer said in an angry tone.

" Listen, Kramer Grand..", Maev said getting out of bed and putting her robe on.

" I didn't come here to be ordered around. We made ourselves clear you stay out of my way and I stay out of yours until all of this is cleared up so that I may go back home!", Maev said glaring at him.

" You are to do everything that I order you to do!", Kramer growled at her.

" Said who!? I didn't ask to be here! I don't want to be here..and you Kramer Grand you will not order me around!", Maev shouted at him as she hurried to the bathroom, slammed the big wooden doors, and locked it.

Kramer didn't like the way that Maev had spoken to him. No one had ever dared to use such a tone with him apart from his parents. Kramer wanted to walk in the bathroom and teach that young lady to respect him. Anger rippled through his veins as he paced her bedroom floor waiting for her to come out, he was seeing red as her words kept going around in his head.

Eventually, Maev walked out of the bathroom and was surprised to see Kramer standing there with his arms crossed over his chest glaring at her. Maev rolled her eyes, it seems like her dear husband didn't like the fact that she had the last word. Maev wasn't comfortable with his presence since she only had a linen cloth wrapped around herself and nothing else. She wasn't comfortable being half-naked in front of a man who awakens those feelings in her that she had never felt before. He surely wasn't making anything easy for her as his gaze traveled up and down her body and then back to her face with a smirk lingering on his lips.

" Do you mind, I need to get changed!", Maev said pointing towards the door.

Kramer approached her and Maev took a step backward, she felt weak at the knees but tried her best not to display on her face what was going on inside her. Every time he was this close to her, she felt like the Vampire King was a Hurricane who came to turn her peaceful world upside down. Maev looked at his face, their eyes met and Maev didn't like the look in his eyes, again it spelled danger.

" So you think that you can speak to me the way you want... You are not afraid of me right!? Well, I know exactly how to make women like you respect me ", Kramer said softly but with a serious tone.

Without saying another word, Kramer reached out and grabbed her arm pulling her to him. He lifted her over his shoulder and Maev shouted and kicked her feet.

" Let go of me you animal!", Maev said as she bit him on his shoulder.

Kramer threw her on the bed.

" So the little witch wants to bite, I can easily turn you into a Vampire if you wish and we can drink each other's blood", Kramer said as he looked at her flashing his fangs.

Maev held on tightly to the cloth around her which nearly came undone as Kramer threw her on the bed. She didn't like the look in his eyes as he removed his T-shirt and threw it on the floor. He looked at her with a smirk on his face.

"Kramer you wouldn't dare!", Maev shouted as he

Maev tried to move but she realized that he had her body paralyzed. She tried to think of a way out and she closed her eyes and thought of all the spells she could use to remove herself from this state of paralysis, but she couldn't do anything he was blocking her from using her magic. Kramer leaned forward towards her putting one hand on either side of her body blocking her from moving as he slowly released her from the paralysis state he had put her in.

" Kramer please don't touch me!", Maev begged as tears made their way down her cheeks but he didn't listen to her supplications as he yanked the cloth from her body and bent his head towards her face.

" I love it when women beg me. It's a sign of respect and that's music to my ears", he whispered close to her ear and she gulped.