((Attn: Drayk))

Her body was spent, her mind wasn’t making any more sense and finally after another night between the sheets with Drayk, when Addison’s body curled up and her eyes shut, she crashed. She was so tired from the day that even if Drayk wanted more she was willingly to fight him off strong while she needed to rest. Even as she pulled the blankets closer around her, she smiled momentarily while she knew she would have pulled enough to leave Drayk uncovered which if he wanted back he would have to move closer to her. It was a soft smile, one that Addison rarely showed unless she was truly content and comfortable. It had only been recently, ever since they first hooked up really that Addison found Drayk spending more night..and sometimes days in her bed and while she wouldn’t dare let any man do so, she didn’t mind with her monster. She wouldn’t admit it out loud, but she kind of liked him there.

As her eyes finally shut, Addison felt good about everything. It was her dreams however that rustled that contentment.

She was walking.. walking through a field where the wind tossled her hair and even pushed her body off her footing from time to time. She could see a house at the end. A white picket fence where ever where she stood she could see the little garden to the side, a work shed to the side where she knew that some strong male worked in which led around the house to a big backyard. Addison had always wanted a backyard.. a big one where when the right time came she would spawn her own little children and watch them play and cause trouble.

Everything in her body told her that she needed to get to that house and right then. So as fast as she could Addison began to run. Run while the wind tried to continue to push her over, run while the ground acted as if it grasped her feet to make her fall and so forth. She kept on going though, knowing that life depended on reaching that house. She needed to get inside, before everything was too late.

She finally reached the house, which even while she walked through the fence she could see was a garden she would have loved. It had herbs of all kinds that would work wonders with her trial experiment potions. She kept walking though as she felt that need to get inside the house. The house was safe, her brain kept screaming and while she turned her head to look back she could see a monster storm heading her way. That must have been why she needed to get inside. Inside was safe.

She hurried up the steps and when she reached the door Addison couldn’t help but stop, scared to open that door. Her hand went to turn the knob, but she wasn’t so sure if she shouldn’t open that door. Open the possibilities of what everything around her meant. That’s when she felt his arm wrap around her waist, startling Addison as she turned to look up to see Drayk. She frowned in confusion to why he was there, but thanking the darkness that she was. She looked up at him still unsure if she could open the door herself as her hand remained on the knob until Drayk extended his own hand to help her. He just smiled at her which had Addison smiling as well. She always felt better when he was around.

He twisted the knob, opening the door for her before he leaned in and said something to her. Addison looked up at him confused by his words, but all he kept doing was smiling. He just smiled and then entered the house, welcoming her to join him as he left her side. She frowned at him while she still didn’t know what everything meant. She was confused, horribly confused and while she turned to see where the storm was she could feel it breathing down her back. She needed to get inside.. with Drayk.. where it was safe.

But she couldn’t. As she tried to move her feet, they wouldn’t budge. Addison looked down to find her legs as if cemented to ground while she then reached down to try and free herself from. She scratched and pulled until her nails broke and bled.. she was getting worried and the storm was nearly there. She looked at Drayk who was just smiling at her and again wanting to her come inside. She shouted at him for help, but he just smiled and did the same. It was then that she felt the storm fill around her, moving around her body before arms.. arms came out from the black mist around and tried to grab her. As they grabbed her arms Addison fought back hard as they scratched her arms until they bled.. until her legs bled as she fought them off.

It was too late though while her body gave in finally. The only thing Addison could remember as the storm took her was Drayk’s smile..and what he said to her. Why had he said it though?

She screamed at the top of her lungs while she felt the air finally fill back into her lungs. Addison blinked repeatedly as she was panicking from her dream and more so while she woke up finding herself sitting with her arms and legs bleeding.. her nails broken. She panted hard trying to make sense of everything before she felt the tears in her eyes come, “Drayk!” She screamed before she realized he was in her bed beside her. Without any hesitation while her arms and legs ached and bled, both which she didn’t care she hurried into his side before wrapping her arms around him and squeezing hard, trying to put the images embedded in her memory away. “Chaillot.” Was all she said as she trembled. “We have to go to Chaillot Drayk. You said we had too.”

Drayk was having a damn good time as he spent more and more time with Addi. He looked forward to being able to come over as soon as he left and those days when he spent more time away then was comfortable, he gave Addi far more then she had probably expected. She had given him various substances over the years that had felt good and had called for him to consume them again but nothing had quiet pulled him as strongly as Addi was right now. He couldn't quite place what it was that had him addicted; her scent, the taste of her skin, the way her muscles moved. All he knew was that he was hooked.

It was the many years that he had spent with her before that that told him just how tired she was. Of course a black widow could match a warlord prince in so many ways, even sexually. Addi had lasted a very long time before she had gotten that exhausted air to her. Of course the warlord prince could have done another round but it was also a big part of him that needed to protect the women he was with. At least a little. Running them into the ground would do no good.

With Addi though, it was very different. He was still adjusting himself into the mattress when the blanket had been pulled off of him. He looked down at the smiling face and gave a playful growl as his arms wrapped around her and pulled her close. He rested her head on his upper arm and kissed the top of her head and simply watched her as she fell asleep. It took him a while to convince himself that going to sleep would ease the urge he had to take her again and eventually it worked and Drayk slipped into a very deep sleep.

As pleasant as falling asleep was, waking up was the exact opposite.

He could feel fear and smell blood as his eyes burst over. Without thinking, he rolled away from Addi and called in one of his blades. Addi was afraid and even though he hadn't looked at her to see that she was still asleep, he knew it was her blood that he was smelling. He sat up and looked for the intruder, the room growing significantly colder. Where the hell was the person who was hurting Addi? He used his jewel to probe the room and still couldn't find anything.

And then she screamed. Drayk finally turned to look at her. He realized slowly that the wounds on her body were not those inflicted by an intruder. He vanished the sword and pulled Addi closer to him, even as she tried to strangle his life out of him. "Addi. I didn't say anything. It was a dream." He understood though that a black widow's dreams were not to be dismissed. "And there is no way we are going to Chaillot until these wounds get healed first."

He moved one of his hands to go gently through her hair. "What happened ragdoll? Why do we need to go to Chaillot?"

Everything was always different when it came to Addison and Drayk. Everything became at least different for the Black Widow. She had known him for so long and vice versa, to say that they didn’t know each other well enough was a lie. Even when she found the Warlord Prince in her bed, it wasn’t something that up until recent that happened, but she didn’t mind it. Had it been any other male.. any other person.. Addison would have dragged them out fiercely or pushed them out. Drayk was always different when it came to her and always would be. He was her monster and she couldn’t even begin to describe what it was about him that made her feel so good.

Especially with the simple moments, even if they were after the intense which only had Addison more exhausted giving herself to Drayk physically. When her head found the pillow and the blankets comforted her, there was only one other thing she wanted and she got as she heard the growl from Drayk. Her smiled only furthered when his arms were around her, pushing that warm blanket of sleep around her. Addison fell asleep, hard, fast and contently. It was perfect.

That was until she woke up, the air in her chest that struggled her evident reason. She smelt it, could sense it.. but when she looked for it the fear and pain it was only coming from her. Bleeding arms and legs and broken nails and while no one other than Drayk was there she knew it was herself who had done it. It didn’t wipe the fear from Addison’s mind though as she just wanted to feel safe and forget what she saw. Something bad was coming.. either for Pruul or for her and knowing things it was probably her. She still remembered the silent deal, one in which she couldn’t take Drayk of. Ever.

She realized the sword in his hand which meant that he had felt her fear, but she didn’t care in that moment. She didn’t care about playing games or pushing her natural defenses up. In that one moment Addison was scared and she was with the one male she trusted every inch of her life with, she couldn’t stop herself from squeezing him so hard. Addison shook her head for a moment at Daryk’s words, knowing what she remembered and saw until she differentiated it as a dream. Still. That wasn’t something she should easily push away. Feeling Drayk pull her closer helped, she sighed against him, not daring to close her eyes incase the images appeared.

When he asked it Addison didn’t know what to say, she just squeezed Drayk harder for a moment finding that her words wouldn’t come out right. Taking a moment to just breath Drayk’s scent in and the worry she felt for him, not to mention the blood she was sheding, she finally pulled away but staying close to him as she looked at him. “There was a storm. A big storm coming and while I imagined everything I had wanted.. you wanted me inside of the house.. you wanted me safe and when I moved towards you, you told me to go to Chaillot.” Addison turned her head, remembering the rest as she wanted to be with Drayk so badly.. live out a true life with him, but was taken away by the storm. The secret just poked at her heart hard then and she swallowed hard.

She finally looked up at him, “You told me we have to go to Chaillot Drayk. We must go.. I feel we must.” Addison said her eyes an intense gold as she shifted into Drayk’s lap, wrapping his arms around her, scared which was something Addison never was. “I’m scared Drayk.. and I think I need you the most right now.” She said looking at him, another thing she never did. Admit defeat, even if it was sugar coated.

Drayk listened carefully to what Addison was saying. He knew her words were important. It was always smart to listen to what a black widow said. Especially one who knew you too well and one you knew well. Whatever Addison had to say, Drayk would listen to her. He also knew that there was something to be said about the things that were not put into words. There were somethings that Addison wouldn't say, had never said before and Drayk had no idea what it was. He also didn't think it was the right time to ask her what it was.

Even when she pulled away, he kept his arms as wrapped around her as he could, his thumb rubbing against the skin of her shoulders. It was tough to watch her be in that much pain but there were things that she needed to say. As soon as she said it though, he was going to fuss over her like crazy. The scent of her blood driving the warlord prince to craziness. He had to take care of her, the promise made to her father having nothing to do with it. He had to make sure that she didn't loose any energy.

When she asked for help, he pulled her tight against him again. He knew his ragdoll hated asking for help. She was independent from the moment he had met her and usually, he had to know when to help without her asking. "Addi, you never have to ask me." He kissed the side of her neck. "I'm always going to be there for you and speaking of" Drayk stood up quickly and picked up Addi with little effort. "We need to get these cuts cleaned and bandaged. We are not going to Chaillot until then."

He took her to the bathroom and sat her on the toilet. He called in a bag of healing supplies, crouching down before her and starting on the most dire looking wounds. He carefully cleaned each wound as gently as he could. He placed a bandage over each one until they were all cared for. When the warlord prince was satisfied that she wouldn't bleed out, he put his hands on the outside of her knees. "What are the chances I can get you to rest while I pack up?"

There was always one bad thing about letting your defenses down around another person. Let alone the factor that it made a person weak it also showed that you cared enough to let them down around that person.. Addison hated that even sometimes when she was around Drayk. He was different. Hellsfire, he was very different from any male..any person she had chosen to let her barriers down around. Though they didn’t discuss much about how they reacted around each other it was safe to say it was different from other people. Addison let Drayk in when she let no one else in. As much as she needed him in that moment she also didn’t want him. Too much weakness could change things between them.. forever.

The dream or vision, whatever Addison had was enough to determine that things would different if she was around Drayk. It had shown her way too much of what could be and maybe what deep within what she wanted. Addison looked up at Drayk while she spoke of the dream though, his arms still around her though helping greatly. She went on though, telling him what he needed to hear and leaving out what he didn’t. He didn’t need to know about the secret she had kept from him so long and especially when she knew that she had to live up to the expectations of that secret soon. Drayk never had to know about what she did.

What helped the most though as again those inner barriers that she had spent years of building came apart as if Drayk were peeling them away from her naturally. She sighed heavily welcoming the extra comfort she felt as he pulled her closer to her. It was kind of neat to feel such a way around a male like that.. Her eyes closed as he kissed her neck. Damn him..

Then without notice Addison found herself within Drayk’s arms as the fussy Warlord Prince came out play. She could have fought and squirmed as she normally did, but in that moment she let him take him into the bathroom and do what he needed to feel better. She just stared at him while he patched her up with a full on grin on her face. “Look at my Warlord Prince in shining armor take care of me.” She kind of snorted as her natural, calm self shined for a bit, her eyes showing the most appreciation for his actions though. When she was all bandaged up she just smiled at Drayk while he asked her a question she knew he already knew the answer too.

Brushing his cheek with her hand she smiled warmly at him, “What are the chances of getting me to relax after that dream? Slim, if next to none monster.” She said leaning in and giving Drayk a heavy, heated kiss. One that even made her wish that she could push all the worry to the side and just ride him like she should be at that time of night. She pulled away though, contently and brushed his cheek again. “Besides, like I want you rummaging through my stuff.” She grinned at him, slinking out of his grip and walking out of the bathroom. “We should just forget this silly little moment anyways.” She called out to him as she called in her bags to start filling them with her stuff. Addison’s defenses were back up and she wasn’t going to show anymore weakness.. anymore foolish feelings.

Pulling some of her clothes into the bag she turned back towards Drayk, “Which brings me to my next question, are you going to be sharing a place with me in Chaillot?” Addison tried to play her voice off as calm as she could, still hoping that he would. She had gotten very used to having her monster to warm her up in the middle of the night.

There was something about taking care of Addi that Drayk really liked. She was very rarely like this. She usually fought him tooth and nail when he tried to fuss over her but right now, she was just letting him take care of her. Drayk knew it would be a very limited time that he would be allowed to do this. There was always a limit to how long she would let him in. She was tough and needed to believe that she didn't need anyone. He could respect that but for as long as her defenses were down, he would simply enjoy it until next time.

He shook his head with an amused grin as she called him a night in shining armor. "I don't know, I think monster fits me better. Besides, if that gets out, my reputations will be ruined." Although, hearing it from Addi actually felt good. He just didn't want anyone else knowing about it. It would completely ruin his reputation and he had worked so hard to get it.

Then, the walls were up. He knew the moment was passed and he was back to being monster, not a night in shining armor. He suppressed the wave of disappointment that he felt though. This was Addison and there was nothing that he could do to make her different. Hell, he wouldn't if he could. Then she wouldn't be his rag doll. "Yeah, I thought it would be a bit useless to ask." He said as he stepped up behind her to see what she was tossing into that bag of her's.

He wrapped his arms around her waist as he kissed her neck. "Fine, no touching your stuff. Just your body." He gave her a quick lick and nip before letting her go. He didn't exactly want to. He personally wouldn't mind taking a slow round with Addi at the moment but he was pretty sure she wouldn't be up for that.

He called in his own bag that he kept an emergency set of clothes in, just in case he had to leave town quickly. He only had a few things to pack but that wasn't much. It was stuff like a toothbrush so the black widow didn't kick him for having bad breath. A scent free bar of soap so he didn't smell like a girl. "Ragdoll, I know you better then that. If I don't stay in the same place as you, you're bound to go on an adventure without me and that just won't do." He nipped her shoulder with a devious grin. He also wouldn't be able to protect her if he was elsewhere and something about her dreamed screamed danger to him.

Even if it had been a brief moment of Addison letting her guard down, it still counted as far as she was concerned. She never let anyone in and if she did that person would have to be pretty darn special, which Drayk was to her and was why he got to see those small glimpses. He got to actually fuss over her as his caste naturally did without any snarly remarks back and he got to see and hear the admiration from her for it. Only within those small glimpses though.

Drayk also knew Addi well enough that she wasn’t about to lay around while he packed things up, especially when more than half the things were her things. Even if her arms still aches a bit from the cuts she could bear through the pain more than she could bear watching Drayk search through her things. Which she started doing herself as she called in a bag she started to pull clothes of all kinds into while using her craft to call in shoes as well. That’s when she felt Drayk’s arm wrap around her tiny waist and she stopped for a moment to smile and draw her hand up to brush his cheek as he kissed her shoulder. “With comments like that we might not get any packing done.” Which to say the least she wouldn’t have minded postponing if the dream of hers still wasn’t poking at her thoughts. Addi purred though at Drayk’s final gestures before pulling away. It was so tempting..

Addison pushed her thoughts back into packing, what she wanted take and what she needed to take. It was both hard knowing she would have to leave some stuff behind, but maybe she could pay the tenant downstairs to keep her place for her while they were gone. Who knew how long they would be anyways? Maybe this trip would be short, she hoped though knowing from her dream it was very unlikely. Every time Addi thought of the dream her wrists ached and so did her heart, thinking again of the secret she kept keeping from Drayk.

As the nip came to her shoulder she was pulled from her thoughts, replaying the words she had just heard Drayk say in her mind. She then grinned at him, “but it’s so much more fun when you come searching for me.” She said as she finished up packing one bag and calling in another so she could pack up her Black Widow herbs and potions. Before she headed to her closet where it all was Addison slinked her way in-between Drayk and his bag and wrapped her arms around his waist, looking up at him with a smile. “If you’re going to live with me there will be.. rules.” She said with a wide grin as her hands came back around his waist and started running up Drayk’s chest as she inched closer to his face. “Like.. being my guinea pig for more potions.” Her hands then wrapped up around his neck and through Drayk’s hair, her face still inching closer to his. “And maybe.. giving me a massage after a hard day’s work.” Her eyes sparkled as she leaned in to allow her tongue to run along Drayk’s lower lip. “Oh and of course..” Pressing her lips hard and passionately against Drayk’s she gave him a kiss that was strong enough to get both of their blood pumping.

When she pulled away she smiled at him, “well lets just say a lot more sleeping together.” Addison said as she turned to head to her closet.

Drayk knew that Addi's walls were back up. He didn't really need to watch her or talk to her to know that they were going up, they always went up. sometimes it was frustrating but Drayk was so used to it that it didn't even bother him anymore. All he needed to do was wait a little while and she'd let them down again. So maybe it had been a few decades since the last time he had seen them but he was a patient man and could wait without a problem. Besides, there were plenty of fights to get into and trouble to cause with Addi to keep him distracted.

He watched her begin packing with a bit of amusement. She was lost in her own world, he could see it and he knew that if he just waited, she would come back to the rest of the world. If he could wait for her walls to come, surely he could wait for her to come out of her own world. That even took less time then it did when she weaved her twisted kingdom webs.

As his arms went around her though, he realized he couldn't wait for her to come back. That was a lot of waiting once you added all of that together and there was stuff to get done. Maybe he was mostly packed and bored but that really was a lot of time he spent waiting. He wanted to get going. There was an adventure to be had and protection details to keep on and there was no way he was going to let Addi have this one by himself. Or the next adventure. Or the one after that.

Was Drayk tempted to postpone their leaving for a little while? Yes but he also remembered the desperation and fear in her when she woke up. Of course their were rules. There were always rules. As much as Drayk hated rules, he would at least try and listen to Addi's rules and consider them for at least a moment. That didn't keep the groan from coming out of his mouth though. He really hated rules. Damn rules. Fucking rules. Who ever invented them should be kicked by Drayk until his boot rested comfortably in the rule maker's head. Dumb ass rules.

Addi's rules though were perfectly fine. He liked these rules and was pretty sure that he wouldn't want to break them. There were no promises but he was pretty sure he could do this. "Those are my kinds of rules." He said as he pulled her hips closer and bent his head down for a kiss. "But I get a few rules of my own." A devilish grin came to his lips. He knew better then to ask for more then one rule that he actually wanted, she'd turn most of them down but he was sure that he could get at least one if he spun the other two bad enough.

Drayk took a step away from Addi and put a few fingers on his chin, thinking and pacing, hmming to himself. "One, you have to fuss over me when your little poisons go bad." He took a few more steps and turned to her. "I get to fuss during your moonsblood with only minimal argument and I get to be the decider on what is minimal." Then a wicked smile came to his lips. "And third, I get to be your official escort which means cracking people's skulls in when they try to mess with you but only when they piss you off." He stretched his hands out and gave her a challenging look. He was curious to see how she would react to his rules. This was going to be fun.

Addison had always had a knack for infuriating, seducing, annoying or getting information out of people. It was just one of her talents that mainly she had gained from watching her father as a young girl. He had been powerful and he had always loved his darling daughter, which was enough for Addison to find herself on field trips to slave cages and so forth. It was there that she grew to become strong and not take anyone’s shit that she didn’t want too. That is also where she had met Drayk, which was also the beginning of her ability to understand him and know how to drive him insane. It came with time, but with Addi it came with great skill, which as she tempted the Warlord Prince before she had no problem of the repercussions it may bring. She never understood why a woman was so scared of the big, bad Warlord Princes out there..

She looked up at Drayk as her hips moved closer to his, the grin on her face just evidence that she liked how he was handling her in that moment. He was so god tempting when he was so possessive in that way. Addison loved when Drayk demanded of her and took her like he wanted, it flooded every inch of her with lust and want. Still, even she knew that in that moment things were being laid out so she couldn’t exactly push those things that she wanted further. Her eyebrow even perked when he said that he had ruled as well. That was a first.. Her eyes still glued to his as he was in such a close proximity to kiss that she couldn’t help but lick his lower lip. She purred though to make sure it was something he knew was on her mind.

Even though as she had pulled away, Addison had found that she wanted more. She knew that she needed to go and pack up her Black Widow things, but she was intrigued with Drayk’s answer and she was also missing his arms around her. Instead, she just turned and crossed her arms as he paced, rather cutely if she had to say, as he told her about “his” rules. Which alone was still something that Addi found amusing because she rarely let him go along with any of them. Her eyebrows rose surprisingly though when he did suggest what he wanted. Was he kidding…?

First suggestion, no. Second, hell fucking no. The third though caused a lovely shade of red to cross Addi’s cheeks as she glared at him. He wanted a fucking rule? Fine, he’d get one he wanted and a whole bunch of new ones from her, she thought. “Fine.” She spat him metaphorically, her eyes still warm with anger. “You can “fuss” around my moonsblood, though I now promise to make sure it is hell for you.” That thought brought a smile to her lips as she uncrossed her arms from her chest.

“For the rest though? Over my dead body.” She loved when he pissed her off and more so when he demanded things from her. Within seconds she moved towards him, her lips finding his hard as she pulled herself up so that her legs wrapped around his waist tightly. She kissed him for a few seconds before moving to nip his ear, “If you don’t take me now, you won’t get anything though.” She purred at him before pulling back and smiling at him. All the thoughts of her dream were gone as she focused on Drayk. Thank the darkness for her monster.. for her Warlord Prince.

Drayk was simply waiting for her answer. What he really wanted to do was officially escort her but he really didn't want to say that. He was still sure that Addi would laugh at him if he actually said that out loud. Seeing as how she had put sex as one of the rules, he figured his chances of getting to escort her were pretty damned good. If he hadn't, he probably wouldn't have said it.

When she said fussing, it was a little bit of a hit to the pride. He understood now that she wanted him in private but not in public. Well, he knew that was an option so he wouldn't let that ruin everything. They had a damn good relationship in the bed and that was the fun part anyway. This way, he didn't have to worry about all that other stuff. Like if she wanted to go home and he wanted to have a few more drinks, nothing to worry about. For his pride, he had to focus on that part. "Deal. I'd expect nothing less then hell." He reassured her.

When she jumped on him, Drayk could only smile against his lips. Yeah, he'd be ok with this. He'd push that need he had to protect and escort Addi around if that was what she wanted. "Well, we can't let you go back on the first deal you've ever made with me." He said before he leaned her against the wall, vanishing their clothes and demonstrating why she should keep him around. It was the last hurrah for Pruul after all. He had to leave good memories in the walls.