Alcina would have lied, if she had said that she was not frightened by the screams outside the castle. But she waited patiently for her lover to return. 

When Miranda's final scream reached the halls of the castle Alcina was not able to sit still any longer. She stood and got outside. No webs were preventing her from doing so. Right behind her was Heisenberg, his hammer on his shoulders, prepared to fight. 

When they got outside they were greeted by a horrific sight, which even let Alcina gasp for air. Arachne stood in the middle of thousands of spider threads, shining like sharp blades. They were surrounding her like a wall for protection. She wore a beautiful dress, seemingly weaved out of blonde, dark shining hair. It suited her perfectly. In her right hand she held Miranda's short haired head. Her body was laying headless in front of her with lots of spiders on it. A giant white spider with red marks on her body was next to Arachne. Her eyes glowed red as Arachne fed her with

... Was that honey? 

Arane was the first one to notice that they were not alone anymore. Alcina got goosebumps when the spider startet to speak, to speak like a woman with a dark, calm voice. "The lady and her brother.", the spider said before she went on, drinking the honey. Arachne turned around, looking like she did normally within seconds. Her golden hair danced around her in the wind, the wound on her back was still bleeding. With an innocent smile she held up Miranda's head. 

Miranda's eyes had rolled back, her mouth was opened to an awful scream, blood came out of her eyes and nose and out of what once was her neck. It had been no clean stroke. It looked like something had bitten off her head, which must have been really, really cruel and painful. She had suffered in her last minutes. "I told you.", Arachne started and looked at Alcina, "I told you she would lose her head, if she dared to touch you again. Furthermore, she did touch our daughter." The shine in her eyes was cold and sinister. "And for you Karl Heisenberg. I am glad to inform you that you are free." 

Heisenberg smiled. "You' ve found yourself a good wife, sis",he said with a big grin in Alcinas direction before taking his head off and bowing to Arachne. "Long may the life queen."

~oOo~

After that Alcina and her daughters searched for Saiya in the Village, while Heisenberg and Arachne searched in the surrounding areas. Arachne was not able to sense her child and this led to her getting more and more panicked. "I cannot sense her. Where is she?!", she cried. It was barely believable that this woman cruelly murdered the superior of the village not even an hour ago. 

The sun sent cold light over the hills when Arane came into sight. The giant spider made Heisenberg back away a bit. "I will never get used to her.", he whispered as Arane came near. To their surprise she had a little baby wrapped in spider webs on her back. "Saiya!" Arachne ran towards her, carefully taking the baby off her back. "She was sleeping in a little hut near the forest.", the spider explained with little clicking sounds while Arachne looked for injuries. She was alright, luckily. "Thank you, Arane." If spiders could smile, Arane now would have done. "Just make sure my children and I get more honey.", she said before turning away and crawling into the forest nearby, disappearing in the darkness. 

"A talking spider? And I thought Moureu was a freak",Heisenberg claimed. Arachne laughed and brushed with one finger over her daughter's cheek. "She is no real spider. Arane is a spirit. The spirit of dreams, to be precise. Every one of us sisters has a spirit. My bigger sister Valentia has a spirit named Valea. It's an owl, the spirit of time", she explained in a soft voice, not looking up from her daughter. "I see." Heisenberg watched her and Saiya for a bit before he patted her shoulder and said: "Come on, let's go back to the castle. I will bring you there and the go off to my factory." 

When they reached the castle, Karl opened the front door and helped Arachne get in. Immediately Daniela and her sisters appeared on the top of the stairs, all of them grinning widely." They've found her!!", they yelled in excitement and ran down the stairs to greet their little sister. "Saiya!", Cassandra yelled and carefully took the little girl in her arms, who instantly woke up and smiled brightly at her sisters who had gathered around her. With her little hands she reached up for them, big blue eyes shining. She had no idea what just happened. 

"Melisande!", it was Alcinas, who came from the dining hall, embracing the witch when she reached her. "I found her.", she said, pointing at Alcinas daughters, who still played a little with the baby. The Countess smiled, before she realized how she had called Arachne. "I am sorry. I did not mean to-", with a kiss the witch stopped Alcina from going on. "Call me as you want and to be honest, I don't like my given name." Alcina wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Saiya's powerful screams. Melisande smiled lightly. She had missed those screams. "Seems like someone is hungry.", she said and took the baby in her arms, going up the stairs. 

"I guess, I should leave then.", Heisenberg said from the door and turned, but Alcina called him back. "Karl?" "Hm?" "Thank you. Really", she smiled. He put in his glasses and grinned, the morning sun shining behind him. "Who would've ever thought that you can thank someone, you super sized bitch." And with that he left Alcina, who just smiled at his answer. "Oh you filthy idiot."

Later that morning, Melisande came back into Alcina's bedroom with a proud smile on her face. "She is asleep again.", she said and sat down across from her. "Fine.", the lady said and looked up and down at Melisande. "Is something wrong?", she asked and crossed one leg over the other. Her voice was low and smooth, her gaze was intense. Alcina leaned back in her armchair, arms resting on the sides of it. "Well nothing, my dear, it is just...", her gaze wandered down Melisande's body. She wore a light dress of a red silk like fabric, which was shining in the light of the morning sun like water, reflecting sunshine. It had buttons at the front, so Melisande could open it easily when Saiya was hungry. The skirt barely touched her knees when she was sitting. Around her elegant neck she wore her golden necklace Alcina had gifted her. Her pale skin was gleaming like porcelain, her lips were full and red. 'So kissable.', she thought with a light smirk. "... that I was thinking about if I should call you 'Your majesty' from now on." Her voice sounded a bit dreamy. Melisande's lips curled up into a knowing smile. She had noticed the Countesses gaze wandering along her body. She leaned back as well, seemingly coincidentally showing more of her upper body. "I see. Well, I guess it depends on the situation, don't you think?", her voice sounded a bit provocative in a seductive way. "But I feel that there is something else you are not telling me.", she went on and lightly brushed over the exposed parts of her leg. It was nothing, but a little touch, but to her amusement Alcinas gaze instantly went to her crossed legs. "I do not know what you are talking about." the lady said, looking at Melisande's legs with an absent-minded expression. 

Melisande's smile got wider as she innocently opened up the top buttons of her dress, stopping right before Alcina could have seen her cleavage. "Are you sure, my lady~?", she asked and watched Alcina taking a deep breath, looking at her neck and showing parts of her collarbones. The Countess could feel her body heat rising, could feel how the heat creeped up to her cheeks and neck, making it hard for her to breathe normally and she could feel how the heat reached her center. She gulped, grabbing the sides of her armchair. It was getting hot in here. 

"I am sure.",she answered, not wanting Melisande to win this little game, so she tried to act as if her behavior did not affect her and turned her head to the side. "If you say so~", Melisande lightly grabbed the skirt of the dress and pulled it up a bit, closely watching Alcinas reaction, who tried her best not to look at those long, elegant legs. With a grin Melisande stood from her seating, going to the little table standing next to them. She purred herself a cup of tea and when she wanted to put the honey in she accidentally dropped the spoon and had to bend down. When she bent down her skirt moved up her body and nearly showed her butt. Alcina looked at her, she knew she did and moved her hips a bit while straightening up again. 

"Little slut...", the Countess whispered as Melisande sat down again, drinking her tea like nothing happened at all. "Did you say something?", she asked, placing the cup on the table in front of her. "No", Alcina said, looking Melisande directly in the eyes, before looking away again. She refused to make eye contact when Melisande layed her right hand on her right thigh, moving it upwards, exposing more and more of her legs. 'Don't look.', she warned herself, 'She is playing with you.' 

With a rising heartbeat Alcina watched indirectly through the mirror on the wall how Melisande exposed her legs, before opening them and placing one leg over the armrest. A slight grin adorned her lips when she watched Alcina realize that she wore no underwear. "Are you sure?~", she asked again with her innocent, sweet angel-like voice. Alcina could feel her desire growing when she looked at her wet center through the mirror, but she still did not look at her directly. "I am.", she answered, but her grip around the armrests tightened. "Well~ if you say so~", Melisande hummed with a dirty smile on her bright red lips.