Chapter 8 Comatose

Liliana Roslyn's POV.

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Bright and warmly cosy ray of light radiate onto my skin, calling me back to life. My eye slowly flutter for adjustment from the day light reflecting from the glass ceilings. Slowly raising my body up, I realize I'm on a bed. The king's bed.

Shit! What am I doing here? I don't remember sleeping here. Why can't I even remember how I got here?

"What has that bastard d..." I stop mid sentence when the bathroom's door open, quickly resting down my head and pretending to be fast asleep.

Seriously I don't know why I'm doing this. Maybe I should rush off the bed and beat the hell out his wrecked life. But can I?

My left eye open halfway to glance at the king just to find him cutting his eye at my direction. What's he looking at? Has he found out that I'm awake?

He walk over to a mirror next to the bed so that his back is facing me. His hand rub around his torso, slowly down to his heavenly abs. My lustfulness suddenly reach it's peak. Lustfulness... Have I lost it?

His hands rub down into his v-line slowly and then... In the name of all that's holy.

The towel falls onto the ground and I reflexively jump up from the bed as the king laughs hysterically. I turn on the bed so that my stomach lays on the bed surface and rest my face on the pillow.

"Why are you running away from something that you want. Something you can't resist?" He ask and then adds, fueling the thrill he's receiving. "With that position of yours, you are only indirectly giving me access."

His words cut me off guard, realization soon hits me as I notice that the cool air fan onto my bare skin.

I'm half-naked. Fucking half-naked below!

I flashily bolt up from the bed wrapping the bed sheet around me, grateful that the bed sheets are still not tuck in. I cling the sheets like my life depends on it, right now its obviously does.

I run immediately to the bathroom while the king is still laughing his butt off.

I mean who strips their body just to crack  a joke?

I rest my back on the door as soon as it closes then let myself swing down. I come to realization that I'm only wearing shirt, thankfully, with an underwear and who the hell strips me naked? It better not be the king.

"Come out fighter. You know you can't stay long in there without me." He tease.

Who coronated this infantile king? How could he even rule with all this childish attitude?

"Be fast in there fighter. We have to go somewhere." He says. Thank goodness, his childish act has wear off.

I stay still at this same position for a while but soon help myself onto my feet when I feel the embarrassment has diminish but I can still feel it sting a little.

I shower more lately than plan and move to the mirror to check out myself. The same girl at the academy stands in front of me just without purple bruises or red marks. Flawless.. That's one name for my skin.

"Hurry up now, little fighter." He says in my head.

My gaze meet with the towel rails where a white towel hangs. Quickly I dry off my skin and just as I about to hang back the towel, I sight a dress on a small cabinet. I pick up the dress to check it out- its a posey gown that reach just above my knee while its sleeves reach exactly my ankle. Its white with black dots all around it.

I walk out of the room right after debating on what I may see - he may still be naked or he can't anymore.

Slowly walking toward the bed, the king lay on the bed all dress up.

As soon as he sees me, he change his position on the bed, an aesthetic smile paint his attractive face.

"Come here."

Without my order, my feet move towards him and I find myself sitting on his lap. His hands brush my hair exposing my bare neck.

"Ana." His voice's low, hypnotizingly low.

Ana! Did he just call me by my name. My real name.

"Yes. Now listen." He breath blows lightly onto my skin. "You are mine, Ana and you shall behave in our outing today. I know you think this is all a lie or dream.. Whatever. You are special, more than special to me. So behave well, so that I'll have no reason to do anything to hurt or wrong you." The king say. He uses his fingers to bring my face so that I can look straight at him. Our face are inches away and I can feel his cool breath and his bit-glowing eyes, pure with honesty.

Honesty! His a fucking actor, just like commander Lucas.

"Now let's go, Ana!" He says.

My leg follow behind him and as we reach a hallway. My mind drift back and front, to and fro. Trying to decipher all that the king meant. Was it real? No it can't be! A voice says in my head.

As we pass by a room. A shrilling sound erupt from the room and I wonder who its. Its a girl's voice. Maybe she's being raped or maybe worst. Shit!

Someone should do something!

I try to say a word, even just a mumbling word but I couldn't. The king's hypnotizing powers has overwhelm me.

So I use the only source I have. Thoughts.

Please save her. Whoever is in there is gonna kill her. Please.

But the king doesn't answer, I know he can hear me because his body stiff slightly when a drop of tear escape my eyes.

Please do something! You Bitch king. You said I'm special, didn't you. You're fucking mad! You think you are a god, didn't you? But you are nothing. You.. Are.. Nothing! And you fucking know what?  I'm sure commander Lucas would have done something!"

I don't know why I include commander Lucas into the matter, he'll probably have done the same thing that the king is doing but as soon as the words leave my mind as we are at a farther distance away from the room. Even the shrilling sound is becoming less audible to my human ears. The king suddenly stop and inhumanly pins my frame against the wall. His broad hands holds my mine above my head and his eye glows dangerously, more than I've ever seen before. Not that I have seen much.

"Why did you include my brother into the matter?" He ask lowly, dangerously low. Oh! No! He's pissed.

I whimper lightly at the harshness of his hands but a larger part of me that I'm trying to subside wants more of it. More of him.

I couldn't answer his questions, even though I feel like spitting all my hatred for him out. He's hypnotizing powers must be doing a lot of job by keeping me silence.

"Actually right now." He pause, obviously looks like he's fighting something. Something dangerous. Something strong and as dark as a monster. "You are not in my grip anymore. This is you, the real you."

"My king.." I groan more at the harshness and the dark pleasure it brings. "I'm sorry. My king."

"Adrian. King Damon Adrian." He corrects. "Say it again Ana."

"I'm sorry. King Adrian." My voice is nothing more than a whisper. The heat radiating from his body is too much for me, the intense unexplainable sensation. I feel like I'm on fire. We are on fire.

King Adrian's eye go back to normal and he lessen his grip on me. He says. "Stop drooling over my brother, okay."

I whimper lightly at the loss of connection - the fire. I couldn't understand the whole events. Its baffles me more than anything. Its like a puzzle and I hate puzzles.

My anger for king Adrian has dissolve and I can't seem to feel angry towards him. If not for my body that I can now control, I'd have thought that his powers are still working on me.

"Don't make me regret the rest of today. I am already starting to. My little fighter." He winks and move down the path.

I am still baffled!

We pass many rooms hallways and corridors and I wonder- how can one escape from here? I've always thought that maybe one day I'll find the landmark of this place and maybe save some salves and run away. But where are we gonna hide?

Stupid imaginations.

We are still on the way when king Adrian break the silence. "Why do you care about that human?" He ask and I subconsciously flare my eye, nostrils included.

Is he mad? How dare he ask me that?  If he doesn't care about his ilks then why did he overthrone humans, why didn't he just let us kill them as we should have done years back. And I must say - I hate the past generations for that.

My anger for him is back but not as furious as I'll have loved it to be.

My brain immediately goes back to my half naked self in his room.

"What the hell happened yesterday? Why did you change my cloths? Why was I naked in the morning?" I pause to catch my breath. "Why the hell wouldn't you answer me? Am I a talking machine that you don't fucking answer to?"

Where is Mr death?! I'm sure he's nearby.

What did I even eat this morning? I'ven't eaten. So where did I get this strength. I feel stomach full.

Once again the king doesn't seem amuse.

"Why... "

"Shut up. My guards are at this next corridor. Remember I don't want to be forced to hurt you." He says.

Furiously I clench my fist, not caring anymore. I should have died since before now, maybe I'm finally given the chance to punch king Adrian's face before dying.

In my humanly attempt to punch the king's gorgeous face. Outsmarting the king of all benders. I target his fine jaw, that I find myself getting amused by and throw my clenched fist at his jaw.

Immediately all my environment becomes blurry and just as the blur came, it left fastly.

Next I see is we both are in front of a door on top of it is inscribe. Private chambers of commander Lucas.

"You should be grateful that, your punch didn't hit me then you'd have landed in a hospital with broken arms. I really need to make a "do's" and "don't's"." He whispers to my ears and my anger immediately vanishes. What the hell is wrong with me? He would really answer my questions. King Adrian must.

"Be good we don't want to control you once again even though its fun." He says as he open the door into a fascinating and dark room. Only few light reflecting from the thick curtains fills the room.

On the king sized bed, lays a familiar frame.

"Commander Lucas." I gasp and king Adrian glance sharply to my side.

The frame of commander Lore.. Lorenzo, an unknown masculine figure that exchange hugs with king Adrian. Another bender stay more close to commander Lucas comatose frame.

The bender wears a professional dressing of... Doctors. Oh! He must be the medical practitioner.

His face holds nervous, even non-royal benders are scared of king Adrian.

The doctor bows submissively and says. "Welcome my king. Its such a pleasure to come over here."

"What's she doing here? You know she's not allowed." Commander Lorenzo says as he take a seat and the unknown figure did the same.

They must have much more respect.. Or fear for king Adrian that they have to stand up for his presence.

"Sit." King Adrian says and gesture to last chair.

"Ana, sit." King Adrian says in my head and I look over at him to double check. I'm already getting use to the two brothers talking inside my head.

When king Adrian gesture again for me to take a sit, my legs move and I take the last chair.

"You seriously not letting this dog sit with us." Commander Lorenzo warns.

"Dashingly beautiful dog." The unknown figure says. What the hell is wrong with them?

"Felix." King Adrian warns, shooting him glares.

"And you, this dog is a human and my emit. So you mind what you say at her." King Adrian spit. Does he have to say dog too?

King Adrian reply must have shock commander Lorenzo, by the look on his face.

"Since when did my king start defending filthy creatures." Commander Lorenzo says.

"Lorenzo mind what you say. I didn't  come here to discuss irrelevant topics with you. Let's get to work."

"Oh! So you just gonna stand while your so called emit." He says with clear disgust. "Sits and watch the doctor do whatever he's gonna do."

Why are they talking like the reason that makes them start this fight is not here with them.

"Like he's really needed." King Adrian point to the doctor. "I could just heal Lucas myself."

Commander Lorenzo chuckles lightly. "You'd need the diagnosis and I'm qui..."

King Adrian cut him off and says. "Now shush your mouth."

And with that commander Lorenzo keep quite. Felix or commander Felix.. I guess, nod to the doctor and then wink at king Adrian.

The doctor bends a small amount of water from a tiny container and swirl it rotationally above commander Lucas. A blueish glow emit inside the droplet water and then enters commander Lucas body. In response his back arch and meet the mysterious powers of the contents as it spreads like ice, freezing and making a cracking sound all through as it continues to spread. The water reverse its actions and commander Lucas eye snap open and his body slam back into the bed. I notice that his breathing has lessen in its heavy sounding which must have meant a good sign. His body move slightly and his eye close.

"It is done my king." The doctor says with a strenuous breathing as he commands the water back into the container.

"Shall I disclose the causation of this occurrence?" The doctor ask and bow lightly.

"We shall discuss the subject in my study room after I'm done." King Adrian pause to know if the doctor accept his offer. When the doctor bows again, he continue. "What does his need?"

"Your blood and your water benders abilities mixed with bivatar actions. You'll need to turn on your immortals too as it deals with dark powers.". The doctor says in a very light tone.

Water benders abilities?! I thought he's a air bender. Well.. Maybe I was wrong.

"Uh-huh." King Adrian mumbles and walk closer to the bed. I shift uncomfortably as I feel commander Lorenzo eye on me. What the hell is his problem?

King Adrian thumb touches commander Lucas forehead and his other hand lightly presses commander Lucas's chest. King Adrian's eye glow blue with white flecks. It's unlike the one at the hallway that one glows hazel-coloured. He takes a breath in and a surge of heavy electricity flows down his veins and onto commander Lucas slowly spreading through his sleepy frame. Commander Lucas' eye snap open once again but unlike the last time, this one's full of void. Commander Lucas' hands grip king Adrian's neck and the other commanders stands from their sitting position to help their king.

"Its okay, just call any nearby guard to take my emit to the slaves quarters." King Adrian's voice is different filled with other voices, like many people talking at once. Robotic-like.

Commander Lucas' grip tightens as king Adrian's grunt increases. Is commander Lucas feeding from king Adrian?

To answer my thoughts, surges of electricity from king Adrian's veins move down commander Lucas' hands and meets his body.

By the time one of the guards arrive whose name is probably fulgencio or something, takes me away from the scene. Commander Lucas' eye colour is already changing back and king Adrian's grunt is lessening.

Within seconds I find myself in front of a huge marble-glass door with silver handle. Damn air benders and their speed!

One of the stone face guards standing afront the door opens it, and fulgencio orders me to enter.

"Humans." I say lowly as I walk in. Its quite thrilling to see your race, creatures of your own kind. They all look weak, laying on their beds. This is the life I've been trying to run away from. Wanting to kill myself over so I don't witness or feel it- The excruciating pain of the emit's life.

My eyes wander around the room and lands on a particular figure.

Anne!

I quickly rush over to her but what I see amaze me.

Instead of the gorgeous and stunning Anne. What I met is a thin, bony frame and dying Anne.