Marked ? Tom Riddle

His Lies

   The Dark Lord walked towards the bed, his demeanor still intimidating as ever even after all this time, especially now that he seemed so angered. But why? What had I done? "Come here," he stopped near the end of the bed and waited for me to follow his orders. 

   Not wanting to upset him any further, I stepped out of the warmth of the sheets and only then realized my attire. I had been changed - hopefully by a maid -  into one of the more provocative nightgowns Mother had packed for me that I had tried to leave behind here at the Dark Lord's estate before returning back home. My choices had seemed to backfire on me, however, now that I was standing in front of the Dark Lord in such a revealing outfit at such a strange time. I watched as his eyes descended down to where any man's would go, before returning back up to meet mine. He still seemed angered. 

   "You were attacked," he said. "Perhaps by the same organization that has tried to take you before, or perhaps by another. They took you from your home, you must have escaped somehow, you found your way just outside my estate. They followed you here and realized they could not afford to draw attention to themselves so close to me. So, they must have wiped your memories of the event to prevent any evidence of who they might be and left you where I found you unconscious."

   My eyes watered in frustration as I took in the information. "I see," I said. How dare they? From my own home? They were getting desperate if they were attempting such reckless things. Thank Merlin for the Dark Lord saving me once again, or else I still might have been out there. I felt so violated, so disgusted that they'd taken my memories from me. "How did you find me?" I questioned, looking into his eyes. The anger was still there, but perhaps it was not directed at me, but rather at the people who had taken me.

   "I heard you," he simply said. Before I could question him further, he added, "You will be staying here for a couple more days, while your home undergoes an investigation. Your family has been notified of this."

   "An investigation? But why?"

   "There was no sign of a forced entry. It is suspected that someone inside your home let the intruders in. I've assigned a team of qualified wizards for this investigation, I suspect we will have answers soon."

   Someone from inside my home? Possibly working for the very people who tried taking me last time? I couldn't believe it. The people working within my home had been there for years, some had even been around since I was a baby. I could not think of a single individual that might turn their back on the family. "That can't be..."

   "As I said, we will have answers soon. Until then, I suggest you get some rest," the Dark Lord turned to leave. Without thinking, I grabbed his arm. I do not know exactly why I did. I guess I didn't want to be left alone after learning what had happened, but I wouldn't ask him to stay with me. I couldn't. Right?

   The Dark Lord looked at my hand on his arm and then at me, his eyes still cold but what else was new? "I just..." I tried to come up with something to say just to maintain his presence a little while longer. He scared me, he really did. However, after the number of times he had saved me, after the moments we'd shared whether it'd be as small as reading together in the library, or as big as our recent kiss, I had grown quite fond of him. He was my fiancé after all. So, before I could talk myself out of it, I pulled him into a hug. "Thank you, Tom," I said. "You've done so much for me."

   He did not say anything for a while, but it did not take long either for his arms to hesitantly wrap around me. "You're welcome, Karina," he soon said. I smiled and allowed my head to rest against his chest. For someone so intimidating, I could not deny how safe he made me feel, especially at this moment. Merlin, I wanted to stay like this forever, for I knew hugging him like this would be a rare occasion. So, when he tried to pull back I stopped him again. 

   "Tom," I said, my voice sounding a little more pleading than I had intended. I just wanted him to stay. Why couldn't he just stay and keep me safe? Why wouldn't he just read my thoughts at this moment and figure out what I wanted?

   "What is it?" he said instead.

   Slowly, I inched my hands up his arms and to his face where I gently encouraged him to relax his posture and lower his face towards mine. Kissing him last time had been absolutely nerve-racking, but I hoped with all my heart it would be less scary this time around. He seemed to enjoy it last time, so why not now? I just didn't want him to leave. 

   "Karina," he said, his voice slightly colder as he placed a hand under my chin and lifted my head up to meet his eyes. His eyes were darker now, growing darker still as they wandered down my body again. His thumb gently grazed my bottom lip as he moved his face closer to mine. I could feel heat rushing into my body from his touch and the thought of him kissing me made me feel tingles between my legs. I wanted him to touch me. I wanted him to ravish me. I hadn't the slightest idea where this was coming from. I couldn't even imagine having these thoughts yesterday, but perhaps this was normal. I had never spent much time with boys, so perhaps this was part of the normal attraction to a strong and capable male. 

   His eyes were now fixated on my lips as he waited for me to respond, as he waited for his answer. He hadn't asked anything of me, not verbally at least. He was testing to see if I wanted to continue, likely because I had just been crying only minutes ago. But there was a heat between us now. Something had changed. As though I had forgotten something that had plagued me about this man, but now that I was rid of it, I felt free to proceed with our inevitable relationship. I felt free to explore my womanly desires with him. Merlin, I could not recall why I had denied him for so long. So, I gave him the answer he was looking for. I kissed him.  

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I think I'll do a little bit of smut next chapter ;)

Sorry for the short chapter, but give me a while to get back into writing