Chapter 23 : Midnight

Save for his eyes, Anton remained completely still as he watched Fiona enter the room and approach the bed.

Like her sister, Fiona had opted to dress herself in a very enticing ensemble of thin lingerie. Her entire outfit was made of a pure white lace that both matched her hair, and contrasted brightly against the dark skin of her body. A thinly veiled lace corset, that had a built in garter belt that ran along it's bottom edge, was wrapped tightly around both her thin waist, and her severely constrained bust. The thin straps of the garter belt were pulled down over the tops of the dark elf's thighs before being clipped to a pair of white thigh-high lace stockings that were seemingly painted onto her long legs. A set of opera gloves that matched the stocking encircled her entire upper limbs, from her fingertips to the very tops of her arms. She wore no bottoms at all, which left her sex completely open. A thin veil-like dancers mask covered the lower part of her face and completed her outfit.

With her ears laid back submissively and her hands clasped together between her hips and over her sex, Fiona carried herself with the air of a defeated being that was willingly approaching her own demise. Stopping right next to the bed on the opposite side from where Kianna now slept, the standing dark elf gazed at her slumbering sister for a moment before slowly shifting her eyes to Anton's erect member. The emotion completely drained from her face as she simply stood still and stared for several moments. Without a word, she rocked herself back into motion and slowly clambered onto the bed before making her way to the center. She stopped and stared for another moment before swinging her leg over both of Anton's to straddle him, she then lifted herself up on her knees and stopped again. Poised to slide herself down onto Anton's waiting penis, she brought her eyes up to meet his for the first time since she entered the room and stopped short at the sight of him.

Anton was staring back at her with unabashed fury plastered across his enraged face.

Shocked by the sight, Fiona blinked and let her mouth fall open as she instinctively eased herself back and away from him.

“You rotten, lying, selfish creature!” snarled Anton as he balled his hands into fists “How dare you!”

“Wh-wha, what!?” stammered Fiona as she raised her hands in surrender “Why, what do you mean!?”

“What do I mean!?” growled Anton as he tightened his eyes into narrow slits “After all that nonsense you've been going on about being a lesbian and having a phobia! All this time! And after everything Kianna's done for you! Standing up for you and dedicating herself as a sex slave all in an effort to protect you! And yet here you are! The very moment she falls asleep you come in here and immediately come after me! Why!? Why are you lying to her!?”

Fiona was still for a short moment before slowly shaking her head as her eyes went wide.

“No, no, no! Y-you don't understand!” she cried as she continued to shake her head in denial “Y-you're wrong! Its not like that! Its, its... That's not what this is!”

Anton stayed still for a moment as he stared into her eyes and assessed her truthfulness.

“...What is this then?” he whispered softly “What are you doing in here?”

Fiona swallowed a lump in her throat as she lowered her hands back down.

“I came here...” she whispered as she dropped her eyes to the engorged penis that stood in front of her “Because, I want to please you...”

Registering the misery in her tortured looking eyes, Anton's face slowly softened back into a stoic expression.

“Get out.” he commanded in a hushed tone.

“...What!?” cried Fiona as her eyes darted back to his.

“I said, get out.” declared Anton “I don't know what you're trying to do, but I can tell you don't want to do it. So get out.”

“No, no wait, you don't understand!” exclaimed Fiona as she shook her head and looked back down at his penis “...I, I do, want this!”

“Well then, I don't!” stated Anton as an annoyed expression spread across his face “Now, get, out!”

“Wha!? But! But I! This...!” exclaimed Fiona as she indicated what she was wearing “I, did this!”

“I don't want it.” said Anton as he kept his eyes on hers “And I don't want you. So you can leave now.”

“What!? But, wait!” cried Fiona as she gestured to her sister with both hands “I look just like her! We're the same! ...So why!? Why don't you want me too!?”

Anton went still as he stared into her frantic and fearful looking eyes.

“...Because you don't want this.” he said in a calm, dry tone “Now get out. Before I make you get out.”

Fiona sat completely frozen for several moments before a look of intense fury began to spread across her face. Trembling in her sudden anger, she started to growl through her clenched teeth as she balled her hands into fists.

“Damn it all! I hate you! So much!” she snarled as her eyes began to glow with a bright murderous light “Why are you doing this to me!? You already have everything else you bastard! Why can't you just let me have this!? One thing! Just one thing! Why!? Why!?”

“...What, the Hell, are you talking about!?” demanded Anton “What one thing!?”

“This! Dammit!” cried Fiona as she slapped both hands down at her navel and over her pubic mound “The only thing I have left! The only thing you haven't taken away already! The one thing I still have!”

Anton said nothing as he watched the shaking dark elf hunch herself over and go from furious to anguished within the blink of an eye.

“You've taken everything from me!” wailed Fiona as heavy tears began to spill out from her eyes “My life! My freedom! My future, and my home! Everything I own! All my money! ...You even took my only sister!”

Her face marred in despair, Fiona looked longingly at her sister before letting her head fall to hang limp.

“...You have everything!” she whimpered in misery as she shook her head “...And now, this is all I have left! ...The only thing, that you haven't taken from me!”

Anton remained stoic as he watched the sobbing dark elf clamp her hands over her slit and press her thighs together.

“Is this what you were hiding? What you were so afraid you were going to lose?” he asked calmly.

Fiona stayed still for a moment before slowly nodding her head.

“...I see. ...I told you I wouldn't touch you, Fiona. And I meant that.” declared Anton in the same calm tone “So I will not be the one to take that from you.”

“But you can!” breathed Fiona as she shook her head “And I can't stop you! So if you decide to take it, as some... Bullshit! Punishment! ...Or even sell me because of it! ...There's nothing I can do!”

Anton sighed softly as he shook his head.

“I don't want that! I don't want, this! Anymore... And if I'm going to lose it...” sobbed Fiona as she shifted her eyes back to Anton's member “I at least want to do it myself! ...That way, I can at least say I had control over one thing in my life! That I made one decision! One choice, that was all my own!”

Her face taking on an expression of grim determination, Fiona raised herself back up on her knees and swallowed another lump in her throat before repositioned herself over Anton's penis.

“Stop.” said Anton as he shifted himself to the side.

Her eyes darting to his, Fiona groaned in misery through her clenched teeth.

“Please!” she begged as she balled her hands in frustration “Just let me have this! Please! Please I don't want to be valuable!”

“Stop that!” growled Anton “I only told you that so you'd be aware that it was a factor in your situation! I made it clear already I have no intention of selling you! Do not dwell on that!”

“I don't want it to be a factor though!” whined Fiona as she scowled at his crotch and began to ease herself back down “So, just, let me...”

“Stop!” said Anton as he shook his head “I already said I don't want this!”

“Why!? Why are you doing this to me!?” exclaimed Fiona “It's not like you're losing anything!”

Anton said nothing as he shook his head.

Throwing her head back in frustration, Fiona groaned up at the ceiling before looking back down at Anton with renewed anger in her eyes.

“Why!? You already have everything else! Why won't you just give this to me!?” cried Fiona as she slumped her shoulders in exhaustion “...What do you want from me!?”

Anton went still for a moment before narrowing his eyes.

“What do I want from you?” he grumbled as his own irritation began to show through on his face “You won't give me what I want from you, Fiona!”

“...What!? What are you talking about!?” cried Fiona as she shrugged sarcastically “You already have everything! I don't have anything left to give you! ...Except the fucking thing I'm trying to give you!”

“No.” mumbled Anton as he ran his hand through his hair “That's not true.”

“Then what is it then!?” cried Fiona as she threw her hands out in question “What the Hell do you want from me!?”

“I want you to stop trying to lie to me!” exclaimed Anton as he met her frustration with his own “And I want you stop trying to fight me on every little thing! Stop trying to irritate me by making everything so difficult with all the ridiculous, stubborn games you try to play! ...I have had patience with you, Fiona. Far more than someone as guilty as you deserves! ...I've made compromises for you. Accommodated you. And all I've asked out of you is for you to stop making your sister cry! Acknowledge what you've done, and work to be a better person! That's it! That's all I've asked! ...And yet I still can't even get you to just answer a simple question without it turning into a battle! ...You see yourself as a victim, and you are. But what you don't see is that you are the source of your own suffering, Fiona! You are a victim of your own choices and actions! And all I've done as your Master, is try to show you this!”

Her anger still clear on her face, Fiona stared in silence as she lowered her arms back down to her sides. After a long moment she opened her mouth to speak but instead she turned away and looked off to the side.

“...Fine!” she muttered as her face became strained “I'll just! What, what are your fucking questions!?”

“...Humph, are you actually going to answer them truthfully?” asked Anton as he cocked an eyebrow at the slumping dark elf “I don't want to waste my time if you're just going to keep trying to lie to me.”

Fiona shifted her gaze to him and gave him a hateful glare before looking back down at the bed.

“...Just tell me what you wanna know.” she mumbled in frustration “I'm not gonna lie! I swear!”

Anton was silent for a moment as he shifted his jaw back and forth in thought.

“Alright then...” he mused as his face became stoic again “I'd like to know why you kidnapped me?”

Fiona slumped down even further as she sighed in irritation.

“Are you serious!?” she growled as she glared at him “You already know why!”

Anton's face remained unchanged as he merely stared back at her.

“Argh! Fine!” exclaimed Fiona as she shook her head in frustration “I kidnapped you so I could kill you! Okay! Okay!? Is that what you want to hear!? I did it! Okay!? I fucked up! ...I'm sorry! Okay!? ...I'm sorry. ...I really am.”

Anton said nothing as the dark elf's eyes met his own.

“...I didn't want to kill you.” whispered Fiona as she let her eyes drop before closing them tightly “I didn't want to kill anybody! ...I didn't want any of this! I, I just wanted...”

The dark elf turned to the side and swallowed loudly as she held back a sob.

Anton narrowed his eyes as he watched her. After a moment of silence he finally spoke.

“...I'm going to guess.” he offered sarcastically “That you just wanted to be like your Mother?”

“Hell no!” snarled Fiona as she turned to him with a look of disgust on her face “I hate that bitch!”

Anton blinked as he failed to keep the surprise from spreading across his face.

“You, you do!?” he questioned as he cocked an eyebrow “Really!?”

“Of course I do! Why wouldn't I!” snapped Fiona as she looked away again “She's a complete bitch! And a fucking murderer! I don't want to ever be anything like her! Ever!”

Flabbergasted, Anton stared at the now fuming dark elf for another moment before shaking the confusion from his head.

“Wait one second!” he exclaimed as he recomposed himself and brought himself up on his elbows so to be at a more sitting position “Why do you hate her all of a sudden? Before I thought all you wanted to do was to spend more time with her?”

“I do! But not because I want to!” declared Fiona as she looked at him and then away again “I need to! She's the only one that can teach me how to use my magic! So I don't have a choice!”

Frozen in thought, Anton nodded slowly as understanding took form in his eyes.

“And you hate her because she won't teach you?” he offered as he gave the dark elf an imploring look.

“Yes!” grumbled Fiona as she looked at her sister “That, and...”

Anton followed her gaze with his eyes and found himself looking at Kianna's sleeping form as well.

“...She abandoned us!” growled Fiona as her features became hateful “No! She didn't even abandon us! She just never even cared to begin with! And then even worse! She...!”

Anton shifted his focus back to the dark elf as she went silent, and found her with her jaw clenched shut and her eyes again aglow with a murderous red light.

Noticing that he was staring at her, Fiona turned away and blinked the glow out of her eyes as she sighed in frustration.

“She's a bitch!” she growled through her teeth as her eyes darted back to Kianna “I have every reason to hate her!”

Anton let his eyes drift to Kianna before focusing them back on Fiona.

“...I'm getting the impression that there's more that you want to say.” he whispered softly as he watched a grimace spread across the dark elf's face “...What happened, Fiona?”

Fiona let her shoulders slump with a sigh.

“...She made Kianna cry, a lot! Okay!” she mumbled as she continued to watch her sleeping sister “...And I couldn't make her stop doing it!”

Raising her head, Fiona looked at Anton for a moment before looking back down at Kianna.

“...Look, Kianna loved our Nanny Ma more than anything.” she began as a tiny smile formed on her face “When we came home, she would always follow Nanny Ma around while she did things. Cleaning, cooking, watching TV, reading the paper, or even when they were making their stupid puzzles... Kianna didn't care what they did... She just followed her around. And talked to her, and sang with her and read her books with her... They would talk about school, and just different stuff, but the point is they were always together...”

Fiona went silent for a moment as she closed her eyes and took several slow breaths.

“It really hurt her, when Nanny Ma... She never got to say goodbye...” whispered the dark elf as her ears tightened themselves together behind her head “It really..., it really hurt! ...Both of us...”

“...I'm so sorry, Fiona.” whispered Anton as he dropped his eyes in sympathy “I really am...”

“It's..., yeah...” breathed Fiona as she held back a sob “...Thanks, I guess...”

Anton nodded silently and waited without a word as Fiona recomposed herself.

Taking a deep breath, the dark elf took on an irritated air as she continued.

“When it happened. Kianna, was quiet for a few days...” said Fiona as her face began to darken “And then she started to follow our Mom around!”

Anton looked back up as he registered the change in her tone.

“She wasn't trying to be annoying!” growled Fiona as her eyes flashed red “She was hurt! She was lonely! And she just wanted to talk to somebody! She followed me too! ...But she really wanted to talk to her Mommy!”

Anton subconsciously tightened his arm protectively around the sleeping dark elf as he listened to Fiona speak.

“That bitch told her to go away! And leave her alone! But Kianna came back, again and again! ...She just wanted to be with her! But that bitch started yelling at her!” snarled Fiona through her teeth “And then she kicked her! And laughed when she fell over!”

Anton's jaw tightened as he watched Fiona ball her hands into fists.

“I got mad!” declared the dark elf “And I started yelling! And cussing! ...And then I fucked up! I told her Kianna just doesn't want to be alone... So she laughed! And said then that's what's gonna happen!”

Fiona gazed at her sister with eyes drowned deep in sorrow and regret.

“She made her go stay in her room! And then locked her in there, everyday for the whole week! All by herself!” cried Fiona as she shook her head “I'm the one who did it! I was the one yelling! ...But she ended up crying, and crying! And there was nothing I could do! ...I sat by her door, but she couldn't see me! ...I'm so sorry, Kianna! I'm sorry you were all alone!”

Anton said nothing as he watched the dark elf raise her fists in anger and then let them slowly drop back down.

“I hated her! Since that very moment!” declared Fiona as her arms went limp against her sides “And when we came back for summer, and she was gone! I hated her even more!”

Anton was silent for a moment as he mentally went over all that Fiona had said.

“...You say you hate her. ...And yet you'll still go to any limit just get her attention.” he mumbled as he shook his head “After everything she's done, everything she's put you through...”

“All the more reason to hate her!” snapped Fiona as she glared at him “I need her! And that's the only reason I'd ever even want to see her again! Trust me! If I had any other option, I would take it!”

Anton nodded slowly as his eyes tightened in thought.

“But with Sierra being the only other dark elf you know...” he mused as he looked from her to Kianna and back “Your options are kind of limited...”

“Yeah!” snapped Fiona “And it's not like I hate that fucking bitch any less either!”

“Right...” mumbled Anton as he began to nod his head “When she left you were worse off than you were already...”

“Pfft! I hated her way before that!” growled Fiona “I hated her as soon as she started going after Kianna!”

“...She did what?” questioned Anton “Why would she go after Kianna!?”

Fiona sighed out of her nose as she looked to her side.

“She was the first dark elf we ever met! So of course, we tried to make friends with her! And Kianna tried especially hard!” she explained as her eyes tightened in anger “But when Sierra figured out that Kianna was sweet, and basically the complete opposite of what a normal dark elf is supposed to be! She started to bully her! And when I got mad she just thought it was even more funny! And whenever I wasn't there she would mess with Kianna even more! And no matter what I did she wouldn't quit! So yeah! I hate that little bitch just as much!”

“...Hm, I see.” mumbled Anton as he gave Kianna another gentle squeeze “...It's a shame that hatred isn't strong enough to make you want to maintain your dignity though.”

“...What?” questioned Fiona “What do you mean!?”

Anton was stoic as he gazed back at her for a moment.

“You say you hate your Mother, and have reasons as to why. But you're still willing to embrace her as your teacher despite that hatred.” he explained as he tightened his eyes at her “You're willing to set your morals aside in exchange for power. In other words, your greed and lust for power outweigh your sense of pride and dignity... This says a lot about you. And I'm not sure if you realize that or not.”

Fiona's eyes narrowed into an angry glare as she stared back at him.

“I have no other choice!” she declared softly “And you of all people have no right to judge me!”

“...And how do you figure that?” asked Anton.

“Because you're powerful!” exclaimed Fiona “You're powerful and you don't know what it's like! You have no idea! No idea what it's like to be weak! And powerless! And not be able to protect someone you care about! To know that if you had power you could make it all stop! But you don't, and you can't! And you have no choice! You're trapped at the mercy of someone else! Someone you hate more than anything! ...You have no idea what that's like! You-”

“You're wrong.” declared Anton as he cut her off.

Fiona went silent as she stared defiantly back at him.

“To be weak, powerless and trapped... To not be able to protect... I know those feelings, Fiona.” said Anton in a calm, soft tone “I know them very well. I know them better than you ever will.”

Fiona remained still as she continued to stare back at him. After a long moment of silence she went to speak but stopped short as he spoke before her.

“Why do you want power, Fiona?” asked Anton as he gazed at the dark elf.

“...What!?” questioned Fiona.

“Why do you want power?” repeated Anton “What are you going to do with it? Do you honestly just want it to protect your sister?”

“...That's, part of it.” answered Fiona as she dropped her eyes to the bed “But, not...”

The dark elf's eyes shifted to her sleeping sister and lingered on the arm that was wrapped protectively around her shoulders.

“...Damn the Gods, I hate you!” she mumbled softly “I hate you so much!”

“Excuse me?” questioned Anton “What was that?”

“I said I hate you!” declared Fiona as she turned to face him head on “I hate you. I hate you more than anyone or anything else in this entire world!”

Anton remained silent as he stared back at her.

“You, you're like a nightmare! My worst nightmare! But I'm not waking up!” exclaimed Fiona as she frantically shook her head in disbelief “It's like you're everything I want! Everything I want to-!”

The dark elf clamped her mouth shut as she balled her hands into fists and began to tremble in rage.

“Why!? Why is this happening to me!? What are you!?” implored Fiona as her face became twisted in a warring mar of anger and anguish “You've taken everything! Everything! Why!? Why is this...!?”

Anton said nothing as he watched the dark elf reach a crescendo in her fury and then go still.

“This! This, deserve this...” whispered Fiona as her eyes went distant and she began to seemingly speak to herself “...He's, right... I, I... I always fuck it up, I always... I really do! I always do! I, I...!”

Anton's face was stoic as he watched the tension fade from the quickly deflating dark elf.

“...I just wanted, to be...” whispered Fiona as her arms slowly fell to her sides and her head and shoulders slumped until her entire being seemed to hang limp “...I'm sorry.”

The dark elf lifted her head just enough for her eyes to land on her sister.

“...I'm done, I don't care what you do with me anymore.” whimpered Fiona as she stared at her sister and her eyes welled with heavy tears “...Just, please! Promise me you'll take care of her, and protect her... Better than I did...”

Anton remained silent as he watched the thick tears roll down the dark elf's cheeks.

“I hate it... But I think you will... You like her! And she likes you too...” declared Fiona as her gaze shifted to him “...You know, that she's good! ...And that I'm not...”

“...What is this Fiona?” whispered Anton “Where did this come from?”

The dark elf stared at him for a moment before her eyes fell back to the bed.

“You were right... I did this... I brought you here... I hurt her, I always hurt her... back then, and now...” whispered Fiona before sighing deeply “...You really should get rid of me. ...I'm only gonna hurt her more... and, I deserve it... I didn't want this... I never wanted this... I'm so sorry, Kianna...”

The room went quiet for some time as the dark elf cried in silence.

“...What did you want Fiona?” asked Anton in a soft whisper “Why are you so desperate for power?”

The dark elf kept her eyes down as she started to slowly shake her head.

“Just... please, don't.” she whispered in an agonized tone “It doesn't matter anymore...”

Anton's brow creased in annoyance as the silence dragged on.

“And what does that mean?” he asked bluntly “Why doesn't it matter anymore?”

“...Because it's not going to happen.” whimpered Fiona “So there's no point in, in thinking about it...”

His eyes tightening into a glare, Anton watched as the dark elf wrapped her arms around her torso and hunched in on herself.

“Fiona, you said you would be truthful!” he declared in a stern tone “And you said you would answer my questions! Now no more stalling! I want to know! What do you want!?”

“Control, dammit!” cried the dark elf as she began to tremble “I want control! For once in my fucking life!”

Anton went still as Fiona began to sob and slowly shake her head.

“You won't get it! I'm not supposed to be like this!” she exclaimed as she held her hands out and looked down at herself “I'm not supposed to be weak like this! I'm not supposed to be powerless! Or have no control of anything! Or let people tell me what to do! ...I'm, I'm not supposed to be scared! ...I'm not!”

Raising her head, Fiona locked eyes with Anton as she made an obvious effort to control her trembling.

“...I'm a dark elf! And that's what I want! Okay! I want to be a dark elf!” she declared as fresh tears welled in her eyes “I want to be like all the other dark elves! The real ones! I want to be powerful! Dominating! Badass and dangerous! I want to be sexy! And, and mysterious! I want to control people! Make them scared of me! And I want to make them stop! ...Whenever they're trying to make my sister cry! ...I want to be the way that I'm supposed to be! ...I want to be real! I want to be a real dark elf!”

Anton was silent for a moment as he stared at her and absorbed all that she had said.

“...And how exactly do you even know what a “real” dark elf is even like, Fiona?” he asked quietly “You've barely even met any other dark elves at all. The only one's you've ever been around besides Kianna, were your Mother and Sierra. Are you basing all of this on them?”

“...No!” muttered Fiona through her clenched teeth “...I, know what dark elves are like, because I research them!”

“Really?” questioned Anton as he cocked an eyebrow “And how do you research them?”

Fiona sighed in frustration as she looked away.

“It's hard!” she groaned “...You were right when you said there isn't much out there on them! They're mysterious, and they like it that way! ...But I found books, that I could learn about them in!”

“Books?” questioned Anton “What books?”

Fiona closed her eyes and grimaced as she hesitated.

“...You can find a lot of dark elves as characters in, in dark romance novels...” she muttered embarrassingly “...They're actually really popular! And they're in a lot of them!”

Anton was silent for a moment as he stared at her.

“...So your research, is based on smut books?” he said softly “...Are you serious?”

“It's not! All, smut!” cried Fiona “And it doesn't matter if it is! You can still learn a lot about dark elves from those books!”

“...How!?” questioned Anton.

“Because the dark elves in those books are always the same!” exclaimed Fiona “They're always acting the same! And they can always do the same things, and, and they just act the same way! They're always the ones on top! They're never afraid of anyone! They're the scary ones! They says things and people listen! They can make people do things, and make them afraid! And their abilities are always the same too! ...And they're the same ones that you can use! So now I know for sure they're the real deal!”

Anton said nothing as Fiona lowered her head and stared back down at the bed.

“...They're always so strong! And powerful! ...They're always amazing! And, and I want to be like them!” whispered the dark elf “...But I'm not!”

Fiona clutched her own arms tightly as she hugged herself.

“...I could be!” she whispered softly “I know I could be! I can feel it! It's there! Inside! ...But, but I don't know how to make it work! And I can't do anything without it! ...I, I have to be careful! I'm weak! And, I, I can't control anything... I look at slaves, for sale online... But I can't buy one because I can't control it! And I can't get my own submissive because if I go out! ...People, might know! That I'm powerless! And what if they try something!? What if I can't stop them!? ...I can't let that happen! I, just can't... I can't, do anything...”

Fiona hunched herself down even lower as she began to sob.

“I'm scared!” she whimpered “I'm so scared... And I don't want to be scared anymore! I want to be the one that's in control! The way I'm supposed to be! ...I want to be real! ...I wanna be a real dark elf!”

Anton said nothing as he slowly nodded his head.

“...But that's never gonna happen now.” sobbed Fiona as she slumped in on herself “Now I'm the slave... And I have value! ...I'm my Master's pet, punching bag! ...I'm a slave, I'm a slave. And I'll never be a real dark elf now... It's over... Forever...”

Fiona lifted her tear stricken face just high enough for her look directly at Anton's still erect member.

“...Please, I don't want this value. And I don't want it to just be anyone.” she whimpered as she shifted herself into motion “If it's you... At least I got to choose you...”

Moving herself into position, Fiona continued to hug her own torso as she began to take in one deep breath after another.

“...I want this! I really do! ...And I'll make sure you enjoy it.” she whispered as she swallowed a lump in her throat and hovered over the waiting member “I, promise! ...My, my Master!”

“Fiona!” exclaimed Anton as his aura flared outwards and filled the area “I want the absolute truth!”

The dark elf's eyes went wide in panic as the blood gem on her collar began to glow.

“Is this really what you want?” commanded Anton as he stared into her eyes “Do you truly want this?”

Her face twisting in agony, Fiona clamped her eyes shut and hunched in on herself as if she were in great pain.

“...No!” she wailed in misery as she shook her head “No, no, no, no! I don't want this! I don't want this at all! No! Never!”

“Good.” whispered Anton as he released his aura and pulled his legs out from under her.

“...I don't want this!” whimpered Fiona as she watched Anton move to the side and away from her “I don't want this! I don't want this! I don't want this!”

Anton said nothing as he watched the dark elf deflate in on herself and then collapse onto the bed.

Curling into the fetal position, Fiona continued to repeat her mantra over and over between fits of sobbing.

As he gazed at the broken, miserable looking creature before him, the image of her just after her shower immediately sprang into Anton's mind. And thinking back to the sight of her then, he couldn't help but to feel that all that she wanted, was in reality, so very close. Hidden, and waiting just beneath the surface. The power, allure, mystique and the danger, were all there. And he knew, that all they would need to be free, was a single, little, push.

Comparing the sight of Fiona now with what she was then and what she could be, it was easy enough to admit which version of her that he, himself, truly wanted to see.

“I don't want this!” whimpered Fiona as she hid her face with her arms “I don't want this!”

“...What do you want, Fiona?” said Anton as he watched her go still “Tell me what you really want.”

Fiona was silent for a moment before she let out a heavy sob.

“I want to be what I really am!” she whimpered in desperation “...What I'm supposed to be!”

Anton nodded slowly as he closed his eyes and took in a deep breath through his nose.

“...Alright then.” he said quietly as he opened his eyes and gazed at the dark elf “Then helping you to become what you're supposed to be... Is what we're going to do...”

Fiona continued to sob for several moments before slowly going quiet. Shifted her arm down and out of the way, she revealed a single large, ruby-colored, bloodshot eye and stared at Anton.

“...What?” she whispered softly as her eye tighten in question “What did you say!?”

Anton sighed through his nose as his eyes narrowed.

“Nothing is ever going to be easy with you, is it!? I can already tell! It's just going to be one ridiculous situation after another!” declared Anton as he slowly shook his head “This exact scenario we're in right now is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Look at you! What were you thinking, Fiona!? What are you even doing in here right now!?”

The dark elf blinked and cringed in on herself as she continued to stare in silence.

“Zero to extreme! With no thought at all even given to the consequences!” exclaimed Anton “You're so willing to take any risk, regardless of how you or those around you might be effected! You'll do whatever it is you think you need to just to get what you want! And you will do anything! It doesn't matter how crazy it is! Lying, stealing, kidnapping, buying drugs and building a dungeon! You'll even go so far as to kill somebody!”

Fiona said nothing as her eye tightened further and further in worry.

“It's just one insane plan after another! You'll literally do anything! If the option of success is there then you'll take it! Risks and all! You'll take any opportunity you can find! Any opportunity at all! ...Any opportunity. ...Exempt for one.” said Anton as his eyes narrowed even further and became piercing “...You know, that I know how to use your kinds abilities. That I was taught how to use them. And that I understand them, and how they work.”

Fiona took a nervous breath as Anton leaned towards her and stared directly into her eye.

“Did the thought truly never occur to you, Fiona?” whispered Anton as his face softened and became sympathetic looking “That you could just ask me for help!?”

Fiona was still for only a moment before her eye suddenly widened to it's fullest.

“...Hm!” chuckled Anton as he leaned back and shook his head “I'm going to take that as a no then...”

The room went still for several long moments as they both stared at each other in silence.

“...How?” whispered Fiona as her eye tightened in question “How can you...?”

“...What? Teach you? Well, I don't see any reason to think that the methods used to teach me wouldn't work with you!” answered Anton with a shrug “And if for some reason they don't... Then we'll just find another way.”

Fiona blinked as her eye went wide again.

“But, why!?” she breathed as she gripped the bedspread she was laying on “Why are you!? ...Why!?”

“Why!?” repeated Anton as he cocked an eyebrow “What do you mean why!? That should be obvious! To you more than anyone!”

Fiona said nothing as she merely stared back with questions dancing in her eye.

“...Fiona, you belong to me now! You are my dark elf! And do you honestly think that I want my dark elf to be this way!? Look at you! Weak! Broken and hopeless! Afraid to even leave your own home! And you really think that I'm going to let you stay this way!? No! No, no, no, no! You are not going to be this way, Fiona! Not you! Not my dark elf!” declared Anton as his face took on a stern expression while his eyes tightened and his jaw clenched “No! This is not what I want! I want my dark elf to be powerful! I want her to be confident! I want her to be a strong, beautiful and capable being who can literally terrify the people around her with just a look! And if there is a single fool out there stupid enough to try and lay a hand on my dark elf! Then I want to know that she will not only be able to stop them and protect herself! But that she will also make them pay dearly for what they tried to do to her!”

Fiona remained completely still and didn't even breathe as Anton leaned forward and stared directly into her eye.

“I don't want you to be scared of anyone, Fiona, ever!” stated Anton as he smiled evilly at her “I want everyone to be scared of you!”

Fiona's eye widened back to it's fullest and started to glow with a bright red light as her whole body began to quiver with excitement.

“...And I think you want the same thing.” said Anton as he tilted his head to look at her clearly “Don't you!?”

Fiona was still for another moment before she softly nodded her head.

“Good! I'm glad to hear that!” declared Anton as he eased himself back “Now, I suggest you get yourself mentally prepared to be very unhappy, as this isn't going to be easy for you, Fiona. There is a big hurdle ahead of you. And it's a mean, ugly road to get over it. Things will get easier once we're passed it though. Well, I say that! It will be easier, so long as you're not fighting me at every turn! Though, I'm sure you will be...”

Fiona said nothing as she watched him settle himself back in against his pillows.

“Alright, it's late, and as happy as I am to finally know what you want now! It's time for you to get out of my room so I can try to get some rest.” commanded Anton as he leaned his head back and closed his eyes “I've got a lot of things I need to get done tomorrow. I'm going to be very busy now because of you! So do me a favor, give me my moment of peace, and get, out!”

Fiona stayed still for several moments as she continued to watch him. Once she was sure he was indeed done for the night, she slowly maneuvered herself over to the edge of the bed and stood up before making her way towards the door.

Anton cracked his eyes when he felt the dark elf leave the bed and watched as she tentatively moved to leave the room.

“Fiona!” he called just as she reached the doorway.

The startled dark elf froze for a second before quickly turning around to face him.

“...This was a very reckless and embarrassing little stunt that you just pulled tonight!” declared Anton as he stared into her still glowing eyes “Don't you ever do anything like this again!”

Fiona's eyes tightened apologetically as she looked at the floor and nodded.

“...And one more thing.” said Anton as his face became stoic “Quit moping around like a beaten puppy. If you want to be a real dark elf, then start acting like one. And fix those ears!”

Fiona blinked in surprise as she continued to stare down at the floor. After a moment of hesitation, she raised her ears up from where she had been keeping them laid back behind her head and shifted them back and forth until she found a comfortable position for them to rest in.

“That's better.” mumbled Anton as he closed his eyes and settled back down “Now goodnight, Fiona.”

Bringing her eyes back up, Fiona looked up at him before turning away and facing the open door.

“...Goodnight.” she whispered as she quickly darted out of the room and disappeared out into the hallway beyond.

“...Hm! Stubborn dark elf!” muttered Anton as he shifted his shoulders back and forth “Can't be happy unless she makes every little thing as difficult as it can possibly be!”

Anton's eyes shot open as he felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around his chest and squeeze him tightly. Shifted his head to the side, he smiled as he looked down at Kianna and found two bright, glowing eyes staring back up at him.

“Oh! Well hello there, sleepyhead!” teased Anton as he gave her shoulders a squeeze “So, I take it you've been listening in on me and your sister?”

Kianna's glowing eyes tightened as a cheeky grin spread across her face.

“...Maybe!” she teased as she nuzzled her cheek into his chest and threw her bent leg over his middle as she pressed herself against him “...Yes!”

“Hm, I see.” rumbled Anton as he loosened his arm from around her shoulders and ran his hand down her back before letting it come to rest atop her hip “So, what do you think?”

“I think! That Fiona is probably very excited right now! And very, very happy!” smiled Kianna as she closed her eyes and let herself go limp “And I think it's amazing that you're going to help her!”

“Oh, I don't plan on stopping with just her!” grinned Anton as he drummed his fingers on the crest of her hip “I have every intention of making sure that you become a “real” dark elf as well!”

“...Wait, seriously!?” questioned Kianna as she peered up at him “You're going to teach me how to use magic too!?”

“Well of course!” exclaimed Anton as he reached down and softly shifted a lock of her hair out of her face “Why wouldn't I? You're my dark elf as well. And I want the same for you as I do your sister. Which means I want you to be strong, powerful and above all, I want you to be safe. I don't want you to be scared anymore, Kianna. I want you to be happy.”

Kianna was still for a moment as she stared at him. Without a word she pulled herself up onto his chest and leaned forward until her lips could finally reach his. Kissing him deeply, Kianna began to whimper as she frantically pressed herself into his lips in an effort to fully illustrate her affection.

A deep chuckle began to rumble out of Anton's chest as he wrapped his arms around the squirming dark elf.

“Well now!” he laughed as he broke away from their kiss and took a breath “And here I thought you were too exhausted to even move! Were did all this new energy suddenly come from!?”

“Shut up! You need me!” snapped Kianna as she began to plant little kisses up and down his jawline “...You're eyes, ...are still, all fucked up! ...So, ...I'm not, ...done yet!”

Anton laughed and tilted his head to the side as he chased after her lips with his own. Reaching her, he kissed her long and deeply as he savored the sweetened flavor of her mouth.

“...Ah! ...Listen, Kianna!” exclaimed Anton as he broke their kiss and hugged her to himself “Don't worry about me or my eyes! Okay! I think we over did it! We should have just gone with the one shot glass. 2 was definitely too much!”

“Huh!?” questioned Kianna “What do you mean!?”

“I mean, that there's no reason for you to feel like you need to keep going for my sake. I don't think the effects of this elixir are going to be disappearing anytime soon.” explained Anton “It might even be a few days before it's fully burnt out and gone.”

“...What are you talking about!?” exclaimed Kianna as she pointed her ears straight upwards “I'm making progress already! You just can't see it but the blue lights are already dimming down! I can totally knock this out!”

“Blue lights? What are you even...? You know what. It doesn't matter. Questions for later. Listen, Kianna...” drawled Anton as he smiled sheepishly “There's something you should probably know. I'm not sure what you mean by blue lights? But I've actually been, holding back... quite a bit...”

“Wha!? What do you mean!?” questioned Kianna as she narrowed her eyes in suspicion “How can you be holding back!? You've been going crazy this whole time!”

“Yeah, and that's just it... This has not been easy...” muttered Anton as he grimaced in discomfort “You have really not made it very easy... At all!”

“...Wait! Hold on a second! Are you serious!” exclaimed Kianna “...Well no wonder this is taking forever then!”

“...What!?” questioned Anton.

“Dammit! That's why it won't go down!” cried Kianna as she pointed her ears straight back in irritation “You've been holding it in this whole time! Argh! Okay! That's it! That ends right now!”

Anton blinked in surprise as Kianna rolled herself off of his chest and came to rest laying on her back just next to him.

“...Well! C'mon! Let's go!” exclaimed Kianna as she spread her legs out invitingly and kicked her feet in impatience “And no more holding back! We're finishing this! And we're not stopping until it's done!”

Anton took in her determined expression for a moment before turning away and laughing loudly.

“Kianna... Listen we-” started Anton as he tried to recompose himself.

“Master!” interrupted Kianna as she glared at him and spoke through her clenched teeth “I have literally been working my ass off to knock out those blue eyes of yours all night long! And now I find out that the only reason I'm not winning is because this whole time you have been holding back! Well that is gonna end right now!”

“What? No! That's not why I'm-” tried Anton.

“Master!” stated Kianna as she lifted her arm and pointed downwards “Do you really wanna spend the next few days swinging that thing around!?”

Anton followed her pointed finger and grimaced as his eyes fell onto his still fully erect member.

“Yeah, I didn't think so!” declared Kianna as she took in his expression and smiled smugly “Now! Why don't you be a good boy! Stop playing around! Get over here! And fuck me silly, right, now!”

Anton was still for a moment before a small smile slowly spread across his face.

“Are you sure that's what you want, Kianna?” he asked as he shifted his gaze to her “Because if it is...”

Kianna let out a annoyed huff as she gave him a tired glare.

“Yes! It is!” she exclaimed “I want you to give me everything you got! And all of it this time! No more holding back! And I mean it!”

“Hm... Alright then...” smiled Anton as he shifted into motion “No more holding back then...”

Kianna giggled in excitement as he rolled onto his side and hoisted himself up onto his hands and knees. Smiling down at her, Anton lifted himself over the gleeful dark elf and moved to hold himself in the air above her.

“Alright, Kianna...” he breathed as he gazed down at her supple breasts “If I really let this go... I don't think I'll be able to reel it back in again... So I hope you're ready for it...”

Biting her lower lip, Kianna smiled up at him and began to playfully wiggle back and forth in answer. Her smile broadened as she watched his glowing eyes widen at the sight of her jiggling breasts.

“Oooo! Okay, okay I get it, I get it!” sighed Anton as he closed his eyes and let his head hang down a bit “Here we go then...”

Kianna's smile never faulted as she watched him seemingly deflate above her. After a moment of stillness he lifted his head and opened his eyes.

The blue in Anton's eyes had intensified to the point that they now appeared as glowing orbs of solid light. As he blinked, literal blue flames began to erupt outwards and lick at the air around his eyebrows. This, and the intensity of the light shining out of them, caused his eyes to take on the appearance of living infernos.

“Oh... Yes!” snarled Anton as he began to tremble with excitement “Oh yes! Oh yes! I like this a lot!”

Kianna remained completely still beneath Anton as she watched the flames dance around his eyes. Her own eyes widened to their fullest as an almost barbaric, and very hungry looking, smile slowly spread itself across his face.

“Um... Oh, shit!” she chirped quietly before swallowing a lump in her throat.

With a deep, gruntled growl rumbling out of his chest, Anton let his enchanted eyes rove slowly over the dark elf's supple body until he finally reached her face. Staring at her for a moment, his mouth began to water as he registered the faint nervousness in her large, bright eyes.

“Oh... My sweet little dark elf... She wanted all of this, so badly...” he whispered softly “She's so amazing! And such a good girl... Isn't she...”

“...Um, yes! She is!” whimpered Kianna as she offered him a thin, nervous smile and slowly spread her legs out as wide as she could.

“Oh, yes!” breathed Anton as he began to chuckle menacingly and ease his lower half down to meet with hers “She is a very, very good girl!”