"Nocturne has already left Lady Mori." Jerus says as he enters the cabin.

Jerus stares at Mori as she sits in the bed. She had let the sheet fall and didn't realize just how much of her showed. Jerus hopes that she will accept him in her bed.

"Oh. I had hoped to speak to him before he left." Jerus's stare is making Mori uncomfortable.

"My lady, forgive me. Nocturne has told me that you have yet to eat. Would you accept my blood now?" Jerus asks waiting for Mori to answer.

"Just feed?" Mori asks warily. She finally realizes that the sheet has fallen exposing her to his eager eyes.

"Unless you wish otherwise it will only be you eating." Jerus replies lowering his eyes to the stone floor beneath his feet.

"Very well." Mori says and watches the vampire closely as he nears the bed. Jerus viciously rips his wrist once he nears the bed and trying to leave some distance between them offers his wrist to her.

Mori accepts the wrist and takes the blood eagerly. When the wound closes she removes her mouth but doesn't allow him to take back his arm. "Tell me Jerus, just what did the king order you to do?"

"To feed you and assist you with whichever decision you decide on. A decision you will need to make shortly my queen. Nocturne is almost to his destination. Once he gets there he will immediately start in on the torture." Something in his tone makes Mori take a closer look at the vampire.

"What aren't you telling me Lord Jerus?" Mori demands.

"I have seen the aftermath of some of his personal torturing sessions, but what he has planned for tonight will put them all to shame." Mori looks at the vampire she has mixed feelings about. That doesn't happen for her, she either knows she likes someone or dislikes someone.

Mori decides to be straight forward, "You have far more knowledge and understanding of Nocturne, Lord Jerus, what would you do if our situations were reversed?"

"If I had a bond like you have with Nocturne? Where there was no cutting the bond and I would see and feel what he sees and feels?" Jerus waits for her to nod before he answers her honestly. "I have grown up at court and have seen and experienced a lot and I would do anything I could to not see what Nocturne has planned for tonight. I am so thankful that I won't have to EVER see or experience what he has planned first hand. I won't cross Nocturne. If it was me..."

"You would take me to bed?" Mori finishes. The whole conversation has been awkward, far more than she had anticipated.

"Yes. But, I will abide by your decision." Jerus reaffirms.

"Mori," Lord Terrance breaks in. "Nocturne tells me he's about to begin. You must decide now."

Mori turns from Terrance and Jerus and looks down. "Damn, I'm such a whore." Her words are whispered but they both hear her and both react strongly to her words.

Terrance gasps, Jerus's eyes open wide in horror. They both speak quickly almost identical words. "NO!"

"Terrance, I beg you don't tell Nocturne she said that. He'll kill me." Jerus says terrified at what Nocturne will do to him.

"If I told him she said that then we'd both be dead." Terrance reassures him softly. "Mori, why do you feel like you're a whore?"

"Isn't that what I'll be when I take Jerus here to my bed?" Mori says tears slipping from her eyes too ashamed to look at either of the vampires in her home.

"I don't understand. I thought a whore is what humans call those that sell themselves for sex in exchange for money or other service?" Jerus says confused.

"It is. Isn't that what I'm doing by taking you to my bed?" Mori says bitterly.

Understanding lights up in Jerus's eyes. "Terrance, I think you should leave now. This is hard enough for Lady Mori she doesn't want an audience."

Terrance nods and steps out of the cabin softly shutting the door behind him. Once Jerus is sure the door is shut he sits on the bed and wipes Mori's tears away. "Accepting comfort and distraction isn't the same as whoring yourself Mori. If this wasn't important Nocturne wouldn't even let me near you." He trails his fingers lightly over her face wiping away the trail of the tears. He allows his fingers to travel down her neck until he finds Nocturne's bite. "Nocturne marked you before he left Mori to remind me that there are limits to what I'm allowed to do."

Mori's breathing had become faster and deeper. She looks at the vampire by her side. "Are you sure this is what you want?"

Mori looks at Jerus but sees the captives awaiting punishment. Her time is up. She feels the whip Nocturne picks up. She manages to whisper her answer but it is enough.

Jerus takes her mouth in his and proceeds to kiss her. Mori kisses him back and when he sucks on her lip she opens up. Before she knows it she can't get close enough to him or get enough of him. She is impatient with his clothes being in the way. She still sees the captives and watches helplessly as Nocturne whips them until their backs are nothing more than a bloody mess but it strangely doesn't make her sick. She pulls Jerus closer to her as he does his best to give her pleasure.

"Where's that coward hiding?" Nocturne asks as he takes a break from whipping the vampire chained before him.

"I don't know, Sire!" The vampire yells out once the pain has lessened enough for him to speak. The air blowing across the exposed nerves is excruciatingly painful.

Nocturne smiles darkly. "Too bad for you I don't believe you Jarvon." Nocturne flicks the whip once more getting ready to strike the helpless captive before him. Nocturne whips him until he is no longer conscious.

Nocturne looks at the vampire in disappointment, "Done playing already? But I was just getting started. Oh, well rest now, I'll get back to you for more fun. Your friends want to play too.

"Ahh, Bellus, I haven't seen you for what has it been? Sixty, no seventy years. I've healed nicely thanks. I've kept the wood you shoved in me and even had it framed. Nothing like having a trusted friend turn on you. I keep it as a reminder of just what I owe you." Nocturne keeps his tone light and cheery. The prisoner looks at Nocturne and hides his fear but Nocturne can feel it pouring off of him.

Nocturne takes the whip and wraps the length up. He goes up to his former trusted friend and forces him to look up. His words are soft and sound almost like the purring of a cat. "You're slipping old friend. I know a human that hides her fear better than that. Well she used to anyway." What he doesn't say is that she's even better at hiding her emotions than she was before. He intentionally gave the impression that the human was dead. He has no doubt that his brother is somehow monitoring this torture session. He hopes he is anyway. He wants him to know just what is in store for him when he is captured.

Nocturne switches the whip to his other hand and gently takes Bellus's face in his hand and caresses it gently. "I've missed you Bellus. Court has become so dull without you there." Bellus had been one of the best torturers in his court. He could always be relied on to make the prisoners scream so delightfully.

Bellus looks at Nocturne dully. Nocturne's touch makes him react far more than he wished too. "Ah, it seems that perhaps you missed me as well? Was my brother too selfish to share his bed with you? Or perhaps he just didn't do it for you. Which is it my friend?"

"My king-" Bellus wasn't expecting the slap.

Nocturne hisses sharply, "You dare claim that after you betrayed me like you did?" Nocturne tortures Bellus with his touch. "You didn't answer my question Bellus."

"You, I miss you. Your brother isn't nearly as good as you in bed-" Nocturne smiles coldly. Using pleasure to torture this vampire.

"He never takes the time to properly prepares those that he shares his bed with. You should have known that Bellus." Nocturne says his words saying one thing but his tone saying so much more.

When the words register through the pleasure cloud Nocturne is giving him Bellus gasps. "You knew?"

"Yes." Nocturne says no more and turns the vampire away and unwinds the whip. The pain won't make Bellus any less hard. Quite the contrary Bellus is begging for mercy, not from the pain but to be able to release sexually.

"Where is that bastard brother of mine Bellus?" Nocturne asks seductively in Bellus's ear.

Mori cries out as Jerus brings her to another orgasm. As she comes down from her pleasure the scene before her changes from Jerus to a different captive. As she watches what Nocturne does she comes to another orgasm.

As her sight comes back to the cabin and Jerus. She catches her breath. "I didn't know vampires liked to have sexual relations with other vampires."

"Is my distraction not working Lady Mori?"Jerus asks worried.

"Mostly yes. But it seems that the stronger Nocturne feels about someone the harder it is to avoid seeing his punishment."

"Most vampires will find a friend among other vampires for their needs at least once in their lives. Some prefer other vampires or human males. But most vampires prefer human females. Among those that were captured it is reported that some were good friends with Nocturne. He never preferred the company of males, but for those that pleased him he shared a bed." Jerus explains.

Jerus then starts pleasuring Mori even more. He doesn't want to go through whatever Nocturne is doing to his so called guests.

"Bellus." Nocturne says softly.

Bellus swallows with difficulty. "Yes, Sire." Nocturne only uses that tone when he was nearing his orgasm or very angry.

"Where is my coward of a brother? I won't ask again." Nocturne has Bellus cock in his hand and is stroking it gently.

"He left and didn't tell me where he was going. He has two or three locations he goes to but never tells me which one." Bellus says as Nocturne strokes him. He's so hard it hurts.

Nocturne squeezes harder and Bellus groans in pleasure. "Where Bellus? I'm not after excuses."

"I swear I don't know." Bellus screams as Nocturne lets go. The pain from being left hard and wanting is excruciating. He gives the locations where he suspects the prince to be.

"Now that wasn't so bad was it Bellus?" Nocturne says continuing his touch. It doesn't take Bellus long to come. "That was for old friendship sake." Nocturne says before taking a knife and removing Bellus's cock and letting him bleed to death.

Nocturne shows nothing as he watches the vampire he once thought of as more than a brother die slowly before his eyes. Once Bellus is gone he goes to the next vampire in line.

"You're getting soft Sire." The vampire says.

Nocturne smiles at the vampire now before him. "You think so?"

"Yes." The vampire replies before the whip sings out.

"Then I'll just have to work on that won't I?" Nocturne says as the whip tip takes out the vampire's eye. He wraps up the whip once more and sets it down on the ground by his feet. He takes the knife he used on Bellus. "There's something I've been meaning to try for years, but I just haven't found the right person to use it on." Nocturne drags the knife down the length of the vampire's arm just hard enough to open the skin. He does the same down the other arm. Then over various parts of the vampire. Then he brings vinegar and carefully pours it over the open cuts. Once the cuts have been thoroughly washed in vinegar he calls for rock salt and gently rubs a hand full into each centimeter of the cuts.

The vampire tries desperately to hold in his screams but after just a short time his screams ring through the air.

Mori tries desperately to block the sights before her. "Jerus you better move." Mori warns.

Jerus moves and Mori rushes to the bathroom. She makes it to the toilet and loses everything she'd eaten earlier. She feels someone gently moving her hair back. "I'm sorry Mori. I really thought this would be enough to keep you distracted.

When Mori finally finishes there is absolutely nothing left in her stomach. She finds herself dry heaving for the next ten minutes. The more she sees the more she wants to vomit. The fact that there is nothing left doesn't change anything.

Mori starts crying curling herself into a ball as she watches helplessly at the scene before her. She never notices when she is picked up and held gently.

Jerus is lost. He doesn't know what to do. Mori is obviously seeing Nocturne mete out his punishments. That's something he didn't want Mori to witness. Sex with Mori had been better than good. Better than incredible even, but it hadn't been enough to keep her distracted. Nocturne is not going to be happy. Now, Mori is in no state to participate in sex or anything else.

For Nocturne the night is pleasurable beyond pleasurable. He had been designing each punishment to fit each individual to perfection. He looks at his favorite knife as he cleans and sharpens it. The knife had seen a good deal of use this night.

He frowns in displeasure at the fact that no one had given him the location to his brother. But Bellus had given him someplace to begin looking. It's a shame about Bellus he'd always been a good fuck. Oh well, he'd made his choice when he stabbed Nocturne in the back. Literally stabbing him in the back.

He'd suspected Bellus of turning traitor before that, but he hadn't wanted to believe the signs. When Bellus had stabbed him and left Nocturne hadn't been safe to be around for months. The only one that dared spend any length of time had been Terrance.

The thought of Terrance brings a scowl to his face. He hadn't received any word on Mori and how she fared that night. If Jerus hadn't distracted her he'd kill Jerus himself and enjoy every second.

Mori finally falls asleep as the morning light breaks over the horizon. Jerus watches her sleep and wishes he'd been able to do more to protect her from Nocturne's dark side. Instead he was helpless as she dry heaved for hours.

Jerus knows that Nocturne will be back soon and so gently sets Mori down and pulls the covers up. He looks at her and finds himself softening. Something no human has ever been able to do to him before. He finds himself understanding how Nocturne has fallen for her.

"Did it work?" Nocturne demands breaking Jerus's thoughts and bring Jerus's head up sharply.

Jerus sighs and gets up off the bed and goes before Nocturne and kneels at his feet. "I failed. At first it seemed to work but after about an hour she ran to the bathroom and started vomiting. She continued dry heaving through the night when there was no longer anything for her to vomit."

Nocturne closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. "Did she ask any questions?" Nocturne hopes that she didn't.

"Yes. She said that she is surprised that vampire's liked to be with other vampires and asked about that."

"Damn. She saw that then she saw just about everything." Nocturne looks into himself and loses himself in his thoughts running over just what it was she saw. He goes to move forward and almost trips over the still kneeling Jerus.

"You're excused. You should go and get some rest you look like shit." Nocturne says stepping over the other vampire.

Jerus is confused and surprised. "My lord? You aren't angry at my failure?" He climbs to his feet.

"I'm sure that you did your best Jerus. Having you be her distraction was a long shot at best. Our bond has become too strong. I'm afraid Mori is going to be seeing far more of my dark side than I had hoped." Nocturne says absently as he gets in the bed and brings Mori close to him.

"How long has she been asleep?"

"She finally managed to fall asleep at sunrise." Jerus is quick to answer and waits for any other questions Nocturne might have before he leaves the cabin.

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