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An Unlikely Match: The Princess and the Thief	By : LadyPhoenix99 Category: S through Z > Spellbound Views: 2292 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I am using this first chapter to explain a few simple things.

First off, the warning may change later as it is written...

Secondly, Parts of this will actually be used in the Spellbound series... I say parts of it, because some things have been changed. This was written long ago before a few things were set up and over time, things have been different. This is going to be references made to Chapter 9 of the Spellbound Sidestories fiction.

This is mostly centered on Blake and Zahara Evans in the time before they were married... call it a way to introduce a few of the main players of the novel.

Originally, it was based on a random RPG that was taking place on a message forum, thus why the first chapter may seem... well... random. My writing wasn't the best then but has been growing.

Any who may have read this before are going to notice several small changes to it.

All that said, Click onto the next chapter for the official beginning to An Unlikely Match: The Princess and the Thief

The park held few patrons even though the sun shone brightly overhead. Belle and Ryan Evans were actually meeting their guardian’s there to play a game of cards they all enjoyed. A game called Cheat. Belle set out a blanket for everyone to sit on and Ryan prepared the deck of cards as Gabriel Brooks and Blake Evans sauntered up to them nonchalantly. They all settled when a voice reached them.

“Hey guys!”

“Hey, Aurora!” Belle called out, waving to her friend, Aurora Hart. Blake let out a groan behind her. It was a common thing that they all got together at least once a week to play games and hang out, but that did not mean he always enjoyed it. Though there was one person who always came with Aurora that made it worthwhile.

“What are you guys playing?” Another woman beside Aurora asked them.

“Hey, Sanura, it’s a game called Cheat,” Ryan told her before explaining the rules of the game.

“Sounds like fun,” Aurora said.

“Have a seat,” Belle told her with a smile. Aurora sat down, Sanura, and one other woman joining her.

“Don’t look so nervous, Zahara,” Ryan kidded with the blonde who was seated next to Blake. “He won’t bite.”

“Not hard anyway,” Blake told her, with a wolfish grin. Zahara did not shy away from him though. There was no fear in her deep lapis blue eyes. She giggled softly and her lashes fluttered. The game began with each taking their turn.

“I play… five of hearts,” Gabriel announced, placing a card face down on the discard pile.

Belle placed a card down on top of his. “One six.”

There was a small hesitation before Blake added a card to the pile. “One seven.” Belle smiled.

“Cheat!”

“What! How could you know! You, must be cheating!” Bakura accused. The others chuckled as Belle shook her head.

“Baka,” she said with a roll of her eyes. He had no way of knowing, but she was holding all four of the sevens in her hand. Being the call of cheating was thrown back at her, she flipped the last card over, proving he had, indeed tried to cheat by placing some other number down instead. Blake grumbled as he picked up the entire pile and added them to his hand. Everyone else managed to play out the next round without being called on. Aurora began the next round by placing an ace face down on the pile. Sanura played a two and Zahara decided to toy with the mind of Blake. Giving him an innocent look, she reached forward and placed two cards face down.

“I play… two three’s,” she said. They were interrupted by a passerby who had stopped by to check out the game. The passerby suddenly grinned and tossed a trout onto the pile claiming it was a four.

They erupted into laughter all screaming, “Cheat! Cheat!” The passerby pretended to pout and walked away. Zahara recovered and looked demurely over at Blake.

“Your move, Blake,” she purred. He suddenly felt nervous and uncomfortable. He had been around her before and had always thought her to be more annoying than anything. Something like a pesky little sister, only worse as she was the youngest daughter of his enemy. Though she was not that much younger than he was. They were both more than three hundred years old due to their immortality, but his earliest memories of her were when she was the tender age of three. A far cry from his eighteen year old self back then. However, times had changed. She had grown up. Grown up and showed how the gods had blessed her in beauty.

He had been struck by that beauty, but his ideas of responsibilities forced him to avoid her like the plague. She did not seem to mind. Always busy with something else. The fact that she did not seem bothered by him actually bothered him more. Almost anyone he had come across always feared him. She had been the exception. Just now, she was staring up at him with an odd look in her eyes. He was not sure what to make of it just yet, but it had definitely thrown him off his guard.

“One five,” he grumbled, trying to avoid her look. She grinned, her eyes closing a moment before gasps made her open them again. Another passerby had run by and grabbed one of the cards. With a bad impersonation of an evil doer’s laugh, the passerby set the card on fire. He laughed until the flames licked at his fingers, causing him to yelp.

“Owwie, it burns!” He shouted, dropping the card. Gabriel watched it burn on the ground and smiled. Fire was a friend of his. He loved chaos and destruction, and almost always it included fire. He missed the pair of deep crimson eyes glancing in his direction as Sanura peered over her cards at him in mild curiosity.

“Do we need that card?” Belle asked with a confused look on her face.

“Hope not,” Aurora answered with a grin. Zahara knew it was not her turn, but she played anyway.

“Three eight’s,” she said looking around casually. On impulse, she leaned closer to Blake and began twirling a lock of his long white hair around her finger. She was using the ruse for two purposes. To drive him crazy, and see his cards at the same time. She could tell it was causing the distraction she was hoping for. Aurora sighed and shook her head.

“Are you done pawing Blake, yet?” She asked with an amused grin as her daughter’s face grew red and she dropped her hand.

“Mother!” She cried out, embarrassed. Her sister smirked over at her.

“Well you are...” Sanura told her.

Zahara shrugged. “I don't hear him complaining any...” She replied with a grin, her embarrassment passed. The next person’s turn had been forgotten about as the teasing had begun so they decided to start over with Sanura.

“I play two jacks.”

“I play three queens,” Aurora announced, placing three cards face down. Zahara grinned and winked at Blake who had begun to squirm with his discomfort. He was not entirely sure what was making him so uncomfortable. His heart was beating hard. He had never felt this way before. The wink actually made him blush.

“I have one king,” she said lightly. Aurora rolled her eyes and hung her head a moment before smacking Zahara on the back of the head. “Ow!” Zahara shouted, glaring at her mother and rubbing the now tender spot. Blake found her scowl actually intriguing and had forgotten for a moment what he was doing. He counted his cards and stretched his hand forward to add them to the pile.

“Five aces,” he said nonchalantly. Sanura chuckled and Zahara grinned at him.

“Cheat! You have to be…” she told him. He could no longer ignore her. He turned his famous smirk on her.

“How could I cheat? Don’t you trust me?” He asked her. She faltered a moment, lost in his smirk, before turning bolder and leaning terribly close to him. She never noticed that his breathing had almost stopped.

“Five aces? Sorry, Hon, but there are only four of each card in a deck,” she informed him with a sly grin of her own. He cracked, realizing his mistake.

“Damn!” He muttered as he racked in another pile of cards. She snickered at him.

“You will learn, you can’t lie that well to me,” she told him with another wink.

“Zahara,” Aurora sighed in frustration. Sanura rolled her eyes heavenward. The play continued.

“My turn,” Gabriel announced. “One, two.”

“Alright, I play two, three’s,” Ryan added.

“Now me,” Belle placed a card down on the pile. “One, four.”

“Five,” Sanura said.

“Two six’s,” Aurora continued.

Zahara smiled again. “Seven.”

Blake tried to throw everyone off him this time. He had been caught enough. He looked around with a suspicious look on his face. “… one eight.”

“Cheat!” Gabriel called. Blake smiled. Gotcha! He thought.

“I don’t think so, not this time,” he grinned as he flipped the card over to show it actually was an eight. Gabriel growled and picked up the pile. Everyone in the group laughed.

“And here I almost called him on it,” Aurora grinned.

“So the theif can be truthful...” Sanura added thoughtfully with a smirk.

"Only when it suits him…” Aurora looked over at Gabriel. “So, Gabe, your turn, I believe?” She caught Zahara playing with Blake’s hair again and noticed the tense expression on his face. “Zahara, I swear I am going to lock you in your room!”

Zahara dropped her hand again and did her best to pass off her most innocent look. “But honestly Mother, look- he had something in his hair… I was only getting it out,” she insisted as held out a piece of black fuzz she had pulled from the silky, white strands.

Sanura gave her sister an incredulous look. “How on earth did he get black fuzz in his hair?” Zahara shrugged and tossed it to the ground.

Aurora frowned, studying Blake’s face. “I am really surprised he hasn't said anything to you about the extra attention yet...” Frankly, Blake had been surprised as well. He never let anyone get that close to him. Anyone who tried had a tendency to get hurt. Zahara stuck out her tongue.

Sanura rolled her eyes again. “Yeah, that was really mature,” she groaned.

Aurora knew to end the spat that was coming before it went any farther. “Enough you two...”

”Yes, Mother...,” they said in unison as they lowered their heads and waited their turn. The next turn was delayed yet again, however, when another passerby came by and kicked all their cards over. He stood only for a moment to stroke his mustache before laughing wickedly and running away. Aurora sighed and began to help picking up the cards.

“Okay, next time we don’t play in the park,” she said softly. As if to add more reasoning behind her remark one of the previous passerby’s came back and lit a match, throwing it on the cards. They all watched dumbfounded as he took off running again only to be stopped when he ran face first into a lamp post. Snickers went around the group as they all thought it served him right. Aurora turned back to the flaming pile as Sanura stood to stamp it out with her black boot. “Well… there goes the game.”

“Now what do we do?” Belle asked. Zahara moved away from Blake to check her purse.

“Thanks to Adais’ insane need to have to play games every time we are together, I make it a habit of having a deck or two with me,” she explained as she dug into her purse and produced a new deck. “Wanna try again?”

“Why not,” Sanura shrugged. “I have nothing better to do…”

“Sure, we can try again!” Belle said excitedly. She looked over at Gabriel and Blake. “You guys playing again?” They looked at each other with mischievous smirks on their faces.

“Can we play strip poker?” Gabriel asked. Belle’s eyes widened in shock. Sanura choked on her laughter.

“No!” Belle gasped out. He shrugged and turned to walk away. Sanura sighed, watching him go for only a moment before turning her attention to the grass beside her.

“Then, not interested.” The group noticed a hesitation from Blake. They turned their attention to him to find he was staring down at Zahara who was shuffling the deck of cards, not paying attention to him for the moment.

“Blake?” Belle asked. He hesitated again before finally shrugging.

“Sure,” he said. At the same moment he answered, a part of him was screaming at himself. He finally had the opportunity to escape this woman who was causing such strange feelings to stir within him, and he did not take it. He merely looked down and waited for the cards to be dealt. Zahara began dealing the cards, but she suddenly felt very shy as she realized Blake had been staring at her during the time she was dealing the cards out. She swallowed and tried to get back some of her spunk again.

“Okay,” she said when the cards were dealt. “Game start,” she added with a grin. Aurora hung her head again before she laid two cards down.

“Alright then, two aces,” she said aloud. Sanura was next.

“One two,” she said turning to face Ryan who was next. “Your turn.” Ryan had been staring at Blake who was still entranced with Zahara.

“Um… one three.” Belle gave him a concerned look as she placed her card down.

“I play a four.” The looks turned to Blake who still was not exactly paying attention. He was bound and determined to switch the tables and make Zahara feel uncomfortable for at least a moment. She smiled shyly up at him.

“So how many five’s do you have to lay down for us?” She asked him in a gentle reminder that it was his turn. He looked at his hand for a moment, pulling two cards then he went back to looking at Zahara.

“Well… two. I play two five’s,” he said, laying the cards down. Zahara giggled. She saw the shift in his eyes.

“Cheat!” Sanura looked stunned.

“So soon?” Her sister just shrugged and grinned again. Aurora lowered her head to her hands trying not to let her smile be seen as she attempted to conceal her laughter.

“Here we go again,” she murmured. Blake gave his usual evil sounding laugh.

“No, this time I didn’t cheat!” He insisted as he flipped the two cards over. “See? Look.” His words were caught off by the sounds of snickering.

“Um,” Belle started before laughter stopped her. Ryan caught his breath and motioned to the cards.

“Blake… look…” Blake stopped laughing and looked down to see that he had flipped over one five and one six. He blinked.

”What?” He sputtered. “I swear that was a five!”

Zahara giggled. “Sure it was... someone changed it to a six on you when you weren't looking, right?” She handed him the cards in the pile, her face blushing when their hands touched for a brief instant. No one seemed more flustered than Blake though, at that moment. He pulled back quickly while flushing bright red.

He tried to search his mind for words. “Maybe...someone did...” Ryan and Belle looked at each other, both confused by the way Blake was acting.

“Uh...Blake?” Belle started.

“Just go, Ryan!” Blake shouted, still feeling flustered. No one could have possibly understood the stirrings in his body at the softness of her touch. All her teasing had sent his mind spiraling and his manhood grew painful in his tight jeans.

Ryan was not sure what to make of it, but decided to make his play. “...All right...I play two six's.”

”A seven!” Belle continued.

“One eight,” Aurora added.

Sanura’s turn. “Two nine's.” Zahara stared at her hand, finding she could not concentrate as her fingers still tingled from where they had touched his own. She was playing a dangerous game, she knew. She was not sure what was making her act this way around him this day. She had never been this forward with anyone. Yet today, she was openly flirting with him. Almost daring him to make some kind of move. “Any time, Sister...” Zahara frowned and pulled two cards from her hand.

”Two ten's,” she said finally, placing the cards on the pile, while trying not to look up at Blake. Aurora could not help the comment she half said to herself.

”Odd... last time she couldn't keep her hands off him...” The remark earned her a glare from Zahara. “Well you couldn't...” Zahara was not the only one being stared at. Blake felt the eyes of his charge on him, making him feel even more awkward.

“Er… Zahara…” He coughed, trying to get the shakiness out of his voice. “Did you… um… cheat?” Aurora looked up at him then. Blake… nervous… no way! She thought, shocked. Zahara debated giving in, but decided to try to be bold yet again and toy with him.

“Wanna check it?” She asked him, lightly nibbling her lower lip. Few people knew that about her, but it was her nervous habit. Sanura and Aurora smacked their foreheads.

“Someone had better do something about this soon, before someone gets hurt with all the blood shooting to their heads,” Sanura commented motioning to the fact that both Blake and Zahara had the red coloration in their cheeks from blushing. Aurora tried hard not to laugh, but failed miserably and found herself on the ground laughing uncontrollably. Blake leaned forward toward the pile, keeping his eyes on Zahara.

“I don’t think you are supposed to be the one who checks it,” Ryan started, but broke off, realizing his guardian was not even listening to him. Blake’s hand touched the top of the pile but stopped, suddenly unsure. Zahara swallowed hard, debating on giving up. But like Blake, she found more fun in the challenge. Sanura rolled her eyes and with an evil grin decided to take her own advice about doing something. She shoved Blake forward, sending him flying into Zahara, pinning her to the ground. Zahara blinked rapidly, blushing wildly, her mind completely devoid of any conscious thought as her cards floated around them onto the ground.

“Um… er… yeah… um…” she sputtered, unable to form even a simple sentence. Blake’s head hurt from the sudden rush of color to his face. He had never been in this kind of position in which he felt almost faint with embarrassment. His lips were barely inches from hers and he could feel his arousal jump as it was brushed against the inside of her thigh. Her small hands gripped his biceps, but they did not push him away.

“I… well… you… er…”

Belle and Ryan smiled. Aurora laughed.

“Just say it, Blake,” Ryan told him as Aurora was speaking to Zahara.

“Spit it out.” Finally, Zahara broke.

“All right! I give! I cheated! I’ll take the pile…” she called out half weakly, throwing her head back and closing her eyes. For a moment, his gaze locked on her exposed throat and debated leaning forward in effort to ravage it. As quickly as the thought entered his mind, he mentally slapped it away.

“That’s right, you did!” Bakura said shaking his head. “Now take the cards!”

She gulped and whimpered, more from embarrassment than fear as visions of payback entered her head. I am going to kill Sanura for this, she thought angrily. She loved playing cat and mouse games. But she liked doing so at her own pace. This was not what she had in mind when it came to her own way to seduce Blake. Though it had not entered her mind that this situation could have been used to her advantage.

“What was that, Sister?” Sanura asked her with a smug grin on her face.

“Damn mental telepathy,” Zahara muttered. “You heard me. I am going to kill you for this…” Blake blinked at her for a moment, not believing the words that he just heard from her sweet, tender-looking mouth. He shook his head again.

There is definitely more to her than I first gave her credit for, he thought, amazed.

“The cards? Take them.” Zahara turned her attention back to Blake, her head still swirling with emotions.

“Um… I would… except you… um… Are on me still?” She had not intended it to sound like a question, but her voice wavered and began to shake. Aurora and Sanura sighed and hung their heads. Blake’s face turned red again.

“Oh, yeah,” he coughed as he got up off her. “Sorry.” Ryan’s eyes opened wide.

He said sorry! He thought. The word had grabbed everyone’s attention and they stared and blinked at Blake. A new voice entered the situation as Adair walked up to the group.

“Did I just hear what I thought I heard?” He asked. Aurora shushed him as Zahara carefully lifted herself up off the ground and reached to take the pile.

“Um…” Her voice was so soft they all had to strain to hear what she said. “It’s you turn, B-Blake.” Adair gave Aurora an odd look. She shook her head and motioned for him to sit and just watch as the game continued. Blake’s eyes remained locked on Zahara.

“… I’ll play a Jack.”

Ryan sighed. “Two Queens.” Belle took her turn.

“A King!”

“One Ace,” Aurora added. Sanura eyed her sister when she place her one two on the discard pile. She wondered what stunt her sister would pull this time. Zahara gulped. Who knew a game could cause so much redness in one’s face.

“Two three’s,” she said, placing the two cards down. She looked up at her sister. “Don’t think I’ve forgotten what you did, Sanura…”

Sanura pretended to be in fear. “I’m shaking… What can you do to me anyway?”

“Girls,” Aurora started, but was interrupted by Zahara.

“I will still get you back…” Sanura smirked.

“You liked it, admit it.” She loved pushing her sister’s buttons. She always knew just what ones to hit too. Zahara blushed furiously, trying desperately to hide her face behind her cards. “I knew it!” Sanura laughed. It was cut short however when Zahara launched herself at her sister. “EEP!” Blake had attempted to turn away but something about the sight had him watching out of the corner of his eye as Sanura cried out for help. Her cards scattered all over her spot as she jumped and ran. Zahara’s cards had fallen near Blake’s feet. Part of him had been tempted to look at them, but the other part of him wanted to secretly watch as the fight continued.

“Oh no, you don’t…” Zahara was shouting to her sister. “I am going to make you suffer!” Sanura backed her self up against a tree.

“Wait- I’m your sister…” she pleaded.

“So?” Zahara asked her darkly. Adair looked around seeing no one wanting to stop them.

“Is someone going to stop them?” He asked. Aurora shook her head.

“Nope, over the years, they learned to fight each other off. Besides- Zahara is blowing off some steam… Thought her head was going to explode, the color red it became… Sanura had this coming to her,” she told Adair with a grin. He could not help but wonder what Blake had thought about all this as he glanced over to catch the former thief sneakily watching the fight.

Blake had been amazed by the struggle. The things Zahara was saying. The fact that she did not seem to care that Sanura was her own flesh and blood sister. He had to admit, it turned him on and he no longer hid the fact that he was watching. A grin curved his lips. “Wow… she has such an amazing evil side.”

Aurora could not help the smirk that crossed her lips as the girls made their way back closer to where the game had once been taking place. She stood and carefully made her way over to Ryan and Belle. They had their eyes locked on Blake. A sly thought entered her mind seeing them get close enough in the struggle that he had to take a step back.

“So… Think Blake would like to intercede in this little battle?” She asked them with a wink. He had been half listening as he watched.

“What a woman…” he marveled before her words sank in. “Wait, what? Are you talking about me?” A cry from Sanura caught his attention and he went back to the fight as Aurora slipped silently behind him.

I just know I am going to regret this… She quickly shoved him forcing him to fall into the middle of the shuffle sending everyone flying to the ground. In an effort to keep himself from falling, Blake had reached out to grab the closest thing. Sanura shrieked.

“Gah! Get off me!” She shoved him off her and, somehow in the twisting, he found his arms encircling Zahara when they came to a rest on the ground again. Zahara’s eyes opened wide and she gulped hard to try to calm her heart which was threatening to explode out of her chest.

“Um… er… hi?”

“Oh my,” Ryan gasped softly as Blake’s uncomfort became increasingly obvious.

“… Hi…” he managed to choke out. Aurora giggled.

“Who knew watching your own child squirm could be so fun?” She said with a laugh as Sanura walked over, trying to catch her breath and wiping the dirt off her outfit.

“Well… Now that they are in that position… what will happen next?”

“Good question,” Adair agreed, slightly on edge.

“Who knows,” Aurora answered with a shrug. She had known that Zahara had hidden her feelings about Blake for a couple years out of fear for what Adair would have thought about it. Silently watching the two interact in that time, Aurora was certain he felt the same way. They had to admit it sooner or later… Now was as good a time as ever.

“Uh… Nice day today?” Blake asked her. Ryan raised an eyebrow at his guardian. In the time he had known him, Blake had never seemed so nervous. Zahara was trying desperately to find her voice. The closeness of their bodies served to be an annoyance to her as she tried to concentrate.

“Y-y-yes it is…” she finally managed to get out. They became increasingly aware that there were several pairs of eyes watching them and they coughed. Bakura turned his attention at the group.

“What are you staring at?” He shouted at them. Belle jumped, startled by the tone in his voice.

“I think we should leave Blake alone,” she said lightly as she and Ryan walked away. Aurora agreed and started to join them when she noticed Sanura was not coming.

“Come on, Sanura.”

“But… but…”

“Now, Sanura,” Adair told her pointedly. She lowered her gaze and hung her head as she followed them.

“Yes, Father.” In all appearances, they had left the area. But all they did was duck behind a tree and some bushes so they could see what was happening between the two who had made no real effort to get up from the ground. Blake turned his attention back to the girl below him.

“So… um… do you like… stuff?” She gave him a curious look.

“'Stuff?' W-what kind of 'stuff?'” She asked him hesitantly.

Damn, he thought as he searched his brain for something to say. Anything to say. “Um…” Zahara found she had at least one arm free so she reached up to touch several strands of his white hair that had fallen over his shoulder. She, too, still could not find words to speak. So, she merely twirled a small lock of his hair around her finger as he watched her.

“What’s going on, I can’t hear them,” Ryan asked, trying to get a better view of the couple as Blake blushed again.

“I can hear them, barely. Right now they are at a loss for words….” Aurora told him as they continued to spy on the couple. Zahara blinked rapidly, trying to see if she was awake or if this was just another of her dreams.

“Um… er… d-do you w-want to stay on the ground forever? Or shall we s-stand?” She asked him as she tried to mask the shiver her nerves coursed through her body. His eyes widened as he suddenly realized he was still holding her down. He pushed off her.

“Ahh! Sorry!” Zahara giggled. She felt she had finally lost her mind.

“That’s ok… I didn’t mind… too much, r-really.” He noticed her nervous habit of nibbling on her lower lip then, and found it cute. But he was not about to actually admit that.

Sanura sighed, turned away from the sight of them and leaned against the tree. “Do I really have to watch this?” she sighed in a bored tone.

“No,” Aurora answered. “You can go somewhere else.” Sanura rolled her eyes and slid down the tree to sit on the ground and bury her head in her arms which rested on her knees. Adair stared at the couple with an even more shocked expression in his eyes.

“Did he just use the sorry word again?” he asked to no one in particular. “That makes twice in one day. Is he feeling ok?” Ryan shrugged.

“I have never seen Blake act this way before.” Belle grinned and giggled.

“I think he is smitten by Zahara. She’s got him wrapped around her little finger,” Adair commented. Aurora noticed Zahara playing with his hair again.

“Quite literally,” she added with a soft laugh.

Blake gazed over and down at the girl playing with his hair. She had a shy, wistful, and yet sneaky look in her eyes. He was still trying to figure out how she managed to pull off those three traits into one look. His heart had picked up its pace as he watched her. Confusion swarmed in his head and heart; a bead of sweat had appeared and had begun to slip down the side of his face.

What is happening to me? He asked himself, almost fearfully. What are… these… feelings? These where emotions he had never felt before. He was used to chaos and mayhem. Not to be outdone by anyone. His favorite pass time was causing trouble and irritating the former king of Eudora. He once swore he would take out the king’s family. All of them. Yet, here was the youngest of the daughter’s that carried his blood. She looked more like her mother. He remembered hating her mother. No, it struck him hard that he could be having such feelings about someone who came from a family he hated.

Zahara had been going through similar thoughts in her own head. She knew he was the man her father had despised. Wanted dead. She should fear this man. Be running for her life. But a part of her had always been attracted to the darkness within him. The part that made him unpredictable and exciting. She had just never really known how to go about getting his attention. She gave herself an inward smile as she realized she had his attention now. She just did not know what to do about it. She saw the confusion in his eyes. Noticing the bead of sweat slipping down his face, her fingers left the lock of hair she had been toying with and lightly touched his face as she brushed it away.

What is going on? What is he thinking? She asked herself as she again found herself nibbling her lower lip. She had no idea how badly he wanted to be the one nibbling on it. “Are… are you okay, Blake?” Her heart had finally slowed down enough for her to speak again, now that he was not on top of her anymore.

Aurora heard a slight rustling and turned to see their friend Kaida had come up behind them.

“Whatca guys doin’?” She asked with a smile. Aurora shushed her and motioned to Blake and Zahara. Blake had seemed startled by something and shook his head.

“Uh, yeah! Of course!” He said a little louder than they were sure he meant to. He continued to shake his head, looking away from Zahara for a moment. Aurora turned to Jackie.

“We were tired of them playing games with each other yet not giving into their true feelings. We have been watching it for at least a year now, though I am certain it has been going on even longer than that. So we played matchmaker,” she explained before turning back to the couple. She smiled as she saw Blake shaking his head again. “Those feelings won’t go away with the shake of a head, pal,” she whispered with a grin. Her grin faded, however, when she saw her daughter sigh and drop her hand away from Blake’s face.

“Yes, of course. You would be alright,” she said almost scornfully.

“Uh-oh…” Aurora groaned softly. Sanura peeked up from her arms to see what had caused her mother’s groan.

“He will lose if he doesn’t do something…” She commented before burying her head again. Aurora watched her younger daughter and one corner of her lips turned up in a smirk.

“I don’t know…” she said lightly. “Something tells me Zahara isn’t done with this game yet.” Belle giggled and made some comment about Zahara being as headstrong as her parents, in which everyone agreed. They watched as Blake reacted suddenly, taking her hand before it could rest on the ground.

“Only if you stay with me.” Everyone grew silent and stunned. Ryan blinked.

“I definitely haven’t seen this side of Blake!” He told them in a voice that matched the shocked look in his eyes. Aurora’s mouth dropped open and Adair just refused to believe what he had just seen.

“No way,” he exclaimed softly.

Zahara had swallowed hard, her eyes going from his hand holding hers to meet his eyes. She had not been expecting this. At least not so soon. She had expected him to play the game out. She grew nervous again. Her heart daring to have some kind of hope. “Y-you m-mean that? Really?” Please Ra don’t let this be a trick of some kind, she pleaded, her teeth once again finding her lip.

Belle grew thoughtful. “Seems like Blake is under some kind of spell or something…”

“I just hope Zahara knows what Blake’s thinking, or at least what she is doing.” Ryan had a worried look in his eye.

“Unless there is some kind of mental link between them like Adair and I have, I doubt she knows what he is thinking. Though it would be nice… Would definitely help her to know what she should be preparing herself for.” Adair narrowed his eyes.

“Not sure I want to know where his thoughts are right now,” he told them with a quick grin as he watched the look of hunger that crossed Blake’s face.

Blake stifled the groan that wanted to escape his lips as he watched that sweet lip trapped in her teeth. He could no longer fight the temptation that called out to him to take that lip with his own. He smiled at her. The first unveiled and genuine smile anyone had ever seen him give. “If I didn’t mean it, would I do this?” He asked her as he leaned in and kissed her.

Zahara had been taken off guard and her eyes snapped open at first before blinking and finally closing as she returned the kiss; simple at first. She felt the hunger burning inside her. Could almost sense it within him as well. Her thoughts whipped around her mind. This has to be real right? He wouldn’t kiss me in some kind of trick, would he? What am I thinking; this is Blake of all people… Of course he would… But … His smile seemed so real… and his lips… A soft moan passed from her and he felt the gentle vibration of it against his lips as he pulled her closer.

Aurora turned sharply and coughed. “Okay, now I think I am going to leave them to whatever it is they are doing…” Belle and Ryan jump from their spot as well.

“Well, it’s a nice day, maybe I’ll go for a walk,” Belle said with a laugh. “Come on, Ryan!”

“Okay…” He submitted as he allowed himself to be dragged away. Aurora suddenly felt a pang of nervousness and chased after them.

“Hey, Ryan… He wouldn’t hurt her, would he? Not just physically, but emotionally? He wouldn’t be just teasing her, would he?” Sanura stood to follow her mother and rolled her eyes.

“Oh, sure, now you worry,” she muttered. Ryan turned and looked back at Aurora.

“I’m not sure. I wouldn’t think so. This is the first time I have seen Blake act this way, so honestly I don't really know.” He noticed that Adair was the only one who had stayed behind as Kaida also joined them. “Is Adair left watching the lovers?” Sanura sighed and walked back to her father, gently tugging on his shirt.

“I am sure if Blake was going to do anything to hurt her, he would have done it by now.”

Adair eyed the former thief cautiously. “You are probably right,” he agreed softly, but his heart still tugged at him. She was, after all, his daughter. He only wanted to watch out for her and see she was protected from what ever Blake could still be wanting to do. “Still…” His thought was cut off when Aurora came over him and caressed his cheek. He understood then how Blake could have been so taken in. Aurora’s touch did the same thing to him every time.

“Come on, love… She will be fine. I get the feeling now that if anything happened, he wouldn’t let any harm befall her.” Adair nodded and stood wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her against him in a hug. She pulled back and turned to Belle and Ryan again. “So… where should we go next? Bowling?”

Belle jumped up excitedly. “Ooo, Bowling!” Ryan looked confused.

“Bowling?”

“Don’t worry,” Belle told him, giggling. “I’m not good at it either.” Aurora’s face brightened.

“Bowling is fun!” They began to walk away, but Aurora held back and turned to give another look at Blake as he finally stood and helped Zahara up off the ground only to pull her against him and hold her, one hand stroking her hair. “Just take care of her, Blake… Take care of her or you won’t be able to be resurrected again after I am done with you…” she whispered. Ryan’s voice caught her attention and she walked over to join them again.

“You must teach me how to ‘bowl’, if its safe,” Ryan was saying to Belle. “Last time Blake taught me a game… it wasn’t much fun,” he added with a shudder. Belle looked at him quizzically.

“What do you mean?” Ryan frowned a moment.

“He called it, ‘Blake says’, and then I would have to do as he says… he told me to bend over once…” He stopped as everyone’s eyes grew large. Aurora cringed at the thought in her head and shook it away.

“Don’t worry, bowling is much better than ‘Blake says’, I can promise you that. You take a rather heavy ball and throw it down an alley in an attempt to knock down ten pins. There are ten rounds per game. Highest score wins.”

“Shall we invite them?” Sanura asked as she motioned over to Blake and Zahara.

Aurora looked at Belle and Ryan. “I don’t know. Ryan, Belle, what do you think?”

Ryan was still stuck on the description of the game. “Heavy ball? Alley? Pins?...” Belle patted his shoulder.

“It’s alright.” Ryan turned thoughtful. Belle turned to Aurora. “I dunno, depends on what they are talking about, or if they are done talking, I guess…” Sanura turned to look at them. Blake’s hand slid down her side and hesitated before slipping around and cupping her small, firm butt in an attempt to pull her even tighter against him. She had been pressed against a nearby tree, her eyes closed, lost in the feeling of his lips as they trailed down her neck.

“Doesn’t look like they are talking now.” Adair arched an eyebrow and stepped forward so he could be seen by the couple.

“Hey Thief! We are going bowling. You and Zahara want to join?” Blake started and blinked as he pulled back from her. She whimpered at the lack of his lips on her skin. An angry scowl crossed his face.

“What in the…! I was having a moment, your majesty!” He shouted back. Adair rolled his eyes. Zahara looked up at Blake, trying to get his attention back.

“What do you say, Blake? It’s fun. I could teach you how to play if you don’t know how…” She stopped to give him a shy, yet mischievous smile. “I’ve been told I am an excellent teacher…” She saw him hesitating and took it to mean he did not want to go. She had no idea what her offer had done to his mind. Hentai thoughts abound. She snuggled a little closer to him, playing her tricks for all they were worth. Her best asset in times like these: her puppy eyes look. “Please, Blake,” she purred softly, tugging at his collar slightly. “Can we go bowling?” She batted her eyes and he swallowed hard. “I promise we can have more moments like the one we had before Father ruined it… Even better moments…”

Aurora chuckled softly. “Uh-oh, Blake. The puppy face. Of all the kids, she was the best at it… “She thought a moment. “Adais coming a close second,” she added, speaking of her and Adair’s only son. Ryan laughed as he watched his guardian struggling for some kind of control.

“I know that look,” he commented lightly. Blake shifted the weight on his feet as he tried to avoid her sweet begging face. He failed miserably at that task as well, however, when her hand trailed along the waist line of his jeans.

“Eh…” Damn! She is pulling the same trick Ryan used on me to buy that jacket for him! He thought, feeling his resolve starting to slip. He resorted to closing his eyes trying to block out her eyes and the feel of her fingers as she let them pass over his growing bulge. “I can’t see you!” Zahara’s eyes took on a very seductive look as she realized what lengths she was going to have to go to break him. She pressed herself closer against him. He tensed beneath her touch, not sure what to expect.

“Blake?” She purred as she lightly traced his jaw line with the tip of a finger from her other hand, going from his jaw down to the base of his neck. She smiled devilishly as she felt him shiver at her touch. “Please… I promise you it can be fun…” The hand near his jeans stopped over his arousal and squeezed gently. “I would make it worth your while…”

“Zahara!” Aurora shouted out in shock. Zahara rolled her eyes and turned to glare at her mother.

“I didn’t mean that!” She insisted knowing her mother could not see what her hands were doing from where she was standing. She tried not to break out laughing as she returned her attention to Blake who still had his eyes closed. She could tell he was fighting her, so she tried one last move. The only other move she knew would finally break him. She slowly stood on tip toe and her lips found his ear. Gently, she first licked and then nipped at the lobe. He shuddered then and she grinned. Her lips still near his ear she let her breath pass over the sensitive spot as she spoke to him. “You can’t ignore me forever, Blake…”

Ryan’s eyes went wide in shock as he watched Blake’s reaction. Belle laughed. Blake kept his eyes closed as he made a sad attempt to slow his breathing.

“I think Blake is actually enjoying it,” Belle said with a grin. The former Thief let out a low growl/moan. His voice was more breathy then his typical arrogant tone.

“Fine. I’ll. Go.” His words were halted. He was still trying to keep some kind of control. It scared him to know she could bend him like that. That he almost felt powerless to her touch.

“She did it… She broke him,” Adair said, amazed.

“That’s my girl,” Aurora announced with a grin.

Zahara slowly moved and her lips met his in a chaste kiss. Chaste as it was, he could not help the reaction his body had to it. “Thank you, Blake,” she whispered against his lips, sparing him the pressure of her fingers finally. She turned and her other hand slowly moved down his chest again as she began to walk to join the others. She knew he would follow. She had learned all the best tricks. The right touch. The right words. She wore a smile of triumph, even while her heart beat wildly in her chest. She knew she won this game. But there would be many other challenges ahead. She was certain she would not always win. She was also certain she did not always want to win.
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