Seduced By Darkness

Note : Well my internet is running REALLY slow and it has taken me a bit to update. Apparantly my internet company says that everything wont be back to normal until Nov. 15th, so If I am slow to update between now and then you know why. Anyhow, such wonderful feedback for the last chapter. I am happy that you are all enjoying it so much. This chapter is Rated NC17 ... Enjoy!

\"let me surround you
my sea to your shore
let me be the calm you seek\"
-- \"I Love You\" by Sarah Mclachlan

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Chapter 15 : Is this love?

Lucius ran his fingers through his long blonde hair. He had just spent the last hour fencing with his Lord. He was about 12 years older than, the now young Dark Lord, and was immensely proud of the fact that he kept up with him without any trouble. Tom was grinning at him, “I am glad that you are so excellent with a sword Lucius, it would be rather boring otherwise.” Lucius grinned back, “I quite agree, I have taught my son to fence and he is actually even better than I.” Putting his sword away Tom cocked his head and looked at him, “Is he? Do you love your son Lucius?” The question made Lucius almost drop his sword but he recovered and gracefully put it away before turning his attention back to his Lord.

“Yes my Lord.” He answered cautiously, wondering why he wanted to know such a thing. “What about your wife? I think not, at least not from the things you have told me in regards to her.” Tom said thoughtfully. “Well, I care deeply for her. She’s the mother of my son but you are right. I have told you before about her... coldness. It’s the way she’s always been, so falling in love with her would have required for me to do all the loving and I am not the sentimental type.” Tom went to the couch and sat down. “So have you ever been in love then? I understand that you love your son but it’s not the same as being in love.”

“No it isn’t. I have not really been in love, there has never been a woman that has challenged me, inflamed my lust or inspired tenderness in me all at the same time. Actually, that’s not completely true. Narcissa does those things but she doesn’t return it so those emotions happen sparingly in me.\" Tom smiled but said nothing. “My Lord, do you think that... I mean, what do you feel for your wife? Do you love her?” Lucius knew that he was on dangerous ground with that question but he was too curious not to ask it. Frowning, Tom said, “I am not sure but if I do the emotion is a bloody nuisance. Claudia is...” But his voice trailed off as he got up and sighed. “My Lord, your wife is a remarkable young woman. If I may be bold enough to say, I think that you love her beauty, innocence, passion, and kindness. It is not often that you find all those things in one person. Men like us do not usually appreciate such things in any case, so it‘s interesting that she should ensnare you so.”

Tom looked at him and raised an eyebrow, “You admire my wife don’t you Lucius?” There was no heat in his gaze so Lucius did not lie to him. “I do. I admire her strength and courage. Her physical attributes aside, I had thought that she might be this meek flower that would wilt under your scrutiny. I am thus very glad that she proved me wrong and is so intriguing but I would never disrespect you my Lord.” He said making sure that Tom understood that he could be trusted to respect her and the fact that she was married to him. “I believe you Lucius, otherwise do you think I would be speaking to you about love of all things?” They both laughed at this.

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Bellatrix was hiding in a filthy, rat infested, brothel but she had been able to secure a tiny room, and that was all that mattered. She had used the imperious curse to keep the muggle whores from bothering her. She was very proud of herself, she had just given Lloyd McaLister the best fuck of his life then convinced him to go to the castle to steal the Dark Lord’s diary. She felt that the answers to why he was so changed had to be in there. She had been so sure that after what she did that he would come back to her, that the little slut’s hold on him would be broken. The bitch had survived thanks to Lucius, of all fucking people, and then he had wanted her dead. DEAD! Her Lord, her real Lord would never had done such a thing, would never had fallen for such a sickening creature. She was the type of person that he despised. The diary was the only thing that she had left to try and get him back and save herself from his wrath. Her hope was that she had trained the stupid, young death eater, well enough and that he would be smart enough to wait for the best opportunity to steal the diary.

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“Do you want to go riding with me?” Claudia looked up to find Tom in his riding outfit. She sucked in her breath, he always looked so stunning in those indecently tight breaches. “Can I ride a horse of my own?” She asked, which brought a smile to his lips. “Yes. Her name is Night Star. I had her made ready for you in case you wanted to ride by yourself.” Claudia smiled at him and went into her room, she was dressed and changed in less than thirty minutes. “Let’s go. I love riding you know. I used to do it all the time before I started school and then in the Summers.”

“Good, so I won’t need to worry about you breaking your neck then.” He said, his eyes dancing with amusement. Ever since the night they had their fight things had been less tense between them. Although they had not really spoken about their feelings after that so it was still something that was there and needed to be discussed. However, neither of them seemed to be in any hurry to do so. As they got to the stables she noticed why her horse was named Night Star. It was a beautiful black stallion with a silver mane and a white star on its forehead. “Is it a she or a he?” She was staring at it as if mesmerized by the beautiful animal. Smiling, Tom answered her, “A she.” He got on his horse and watched as she got on hers. “So...Fancy a little race?” She gave him a wicked grin and left before he could respond.

They raced around for a couple of hours, watching the countryside until Tom pulled up for a stop and her horse did the same without a word from her. Claudia frowned noting that the horse only answered to him and it was the likely reason he took her riding. “Where are we going?” She asked apprehensively when they were entering the forest. “I want to show you something, it’s the place that I go swimming.” He said softly. Claudia thought that he was losing his mind. “But, it’s freezing out here. You mean to tell me that you go swimming in this weather somewhere inside this place? Are you completely mad?”

“Love, as much as I enjoy your concern for my mental well being, you might want to wait to question me once you see where I am taking you.” Thinning her lips she bit back her retort and waited to see this place. They arrived at a lovely lake with a small but beautiful waterfall. The grass around it was lush green, unlike the rest of the forest which was covered in snow. So enthralled was she, watching the scenery, that she gave a little surprised gasp when she felt Tom’s hands around her waist as he reached up to take her off her horse. Taking her hand he led her to the edge of the lake and her eyes widened in delight. It was like they had walked into the castle. It was warm, as if it was an early summer day. “But, how is this possible?” She asked in wonder, he answered, “Everything is enchanted, the lake, waterfall, and the surrounding area.”

He began taking off his clothes but never removed his eyes from hers, “Come and take a swim with me.” She really didn’t feel like denying him anything and she hadn’t gone swimming in months so she began removing her clothes as well. His eyes raked her body hungrily but he did not advance on her, instead he dived under the crystal clear water. She touched the edge of the water with her toe, finding it warm she also dived in. Tom’s arms came around her waist as his mouth claimed hers. She wiggled out of his embrace giggling and swam away from him. When she reached the veil of the waterfall she stopped and stared at it in awe. “It’s so beautiful here, I love the sound it makes.” She told him as he swam up to her, taking her hand he asked her to follow him. They went inside the waterfall’s veil into a sort of cave. Smooth rock and soft grass greeted her on one slope of it. “Do you trust me?” He huskily asked, she turned to face him and gave him a questioning look. “I mean not to hurt you, physically, on purpose.”

“Yes, I trust you Thomas.” She said and he smiled at her. “Turn around then.” He told her, when she did he came up behind her, one arm encircling her waist. His knee went between her legs as he pushed them wide apart. The arm around her waist crept upwards as his hand grabbed her right breast and he began massaging it and pinching her nipple. His other hand played with her clit but it quickly moved and began playing with her ass. “I need you to relax for me” He was saying to her as one finger dipped inside her. She gasped as she had not been expecting him to insert his fingers there. “Thomas..” She gasped his name. He began to nibble on her ear and his other hand kept massaging her breasts making breathing hard. Then he inserted another finger and after a few minutes a third, stretching her opening. She was surprised that it wasn’t causing her pain. “I’ve been wanting to do this to you for a long time now.” His voice sounded strained, his words erotic to her, then she felt the tip of his cock as he was entering her. She tensed a little but his hand was back on her clit and she relaxed immediately. “Oh God...Thomas…” She was gasping for breath, the intrusion felt so amazing, along with what his fingers were doing to her. Once he was fully embedded inside her he began to pump in and out of her without stopping the stroking of her clit.

Pushing herself back to feel more of him she leaned forward, her hard nipples coming in contact with the cool stone. It sent shivers through her entire body. They came together and their orgasm was quick and all consuming. They stayed together for several minutes, as they waited for their breathing to return to normal. He pushed himself out of her and turned her to face him, “Now you see Love, if you are feeling playful one night you can do that to me.” Her mouth dropped open in shock and he did nothing but grin mischievously at her. “But I can’t... I mean, I don’t have …” He leaned forward, gently kissing her lips before moving on to do the same to her ear, “There are ways, Love.” He whispered. She had no clue about what he was talking about but she didn’t care, just the thought of it made her legs weak. “Unfortunately we must go back now. Do you feel up to riding back on your own or do you want to ride with me?” He asked, but as she didn’t feel sore she told him that she wanted to ride back on her horse.

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Back at the castle, Bellatrix’s pawn was being led as if by an invisible hand to his Lord’s library. He tried to fight her control on him but it was useless. His only hope was that he could get what she wanted quickly and then leave without the Dark Lord noticing. After several minutes of looking he found what he had been searching, a trigger that opened a hidden shelve, inside it an old diary. There were no words on it and he didn’t linger. He put the diary away and then put everything back as it had been, leaving as quickly as possible. Once he was out of the castle he took out the portkey she had made him and touched it just as he saw his Lord and his wife returning to the castle.

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After coming back they changed and ate dinner in comfortable silence. Once they were done he took a blanket and sat in front of the fireplace and beckoned her to come and sit with him. Claudia walked up to him but stopped a few feet away, looking up at her Tom extended his hand to her. Looking at his outstretched hand for a few seconds she put her hand in his and then sat down between his legs. His arms and the blanket came up and around her as she leaned back and rested her head on his chest. For almost thirty minutes they remained like that, without saying anything until he broke the silence. “When you almost died it scared me and I hated that because I have hardly ever felt fear in my life. I have felt anger, hate, detachment, resentment, annoyance, whatever feelings you want to name but never fear. Fear of losing something or someone was not something I was used to. Things and people have always been replaceable in my eyes.” At his words she closed her eyes but said nothing and just listened. “I wanted you from the very first moment I saw you. My desire of you has only increased, and yet I fought what you were making me feel. I fought it because that feeling was making me act differently, it was making me care more about what you wanted, what would make you happy instead of what I needed to do.”

He shifted his weight and held tighter on to her. “I am not going to change Claudia. My beliefs are still the same as they were before you came into my life. However, I can no longer stop myself from falling in love with you because I already love you.” She turned in his arms, tears streaming down her face, “Oh Thomas, God help me, but I love you too even though I shouldn’t.” She then buried her face in his neck and cried softly. Closing his eyes he just let her cry as he gently rocked her and whispered comforting words into her ear.

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“Leave me you fool!” Bellatrix screeched at her accomplice and the boy couldn’t get away from her fast enough. She eyed the diary warily, wondering if it would help her at all. Opening it she frowned to see no words of any kind on its many pages. She took out a quill and wrote who she was and demanded that the thing tell her what had happened the night that her Lord had gotten his younger body back.

“You stupid bitch! FINALLY you come to get me out of this damnable book!”

She shrieked and jumped back stunned, “It can’t be...” Quickly sitting down she wrote, “My Lord?”

“Who else would it be you cunt! My fucking younger self stuck me in here while he took my powers, get me the fuck out of here Bella!”

An ugly, twisted smile curled her lips. “That’s why he’s been acting like this!” She wrote to her Lord not to worry that she would find someone that would give him strength so that he could get out of the diary and together they could destroy Tom Riddle, and his little whore of a wife.

“He married did he? Yes, we will kill them both. Now get to work Bella, too much time has been wasted, Harry Potter should have been dead already.”

Nodding furiously she told him not to worry and went in search for someone to sacrifice to her Lord. She felt giddy, not only would that impostor pay but she would get to fully enjoy killing and torturing the Gryffindor whore, but she also wanted to kill Lucius and his family. To hell with her sister, that bond of sisterly love was really a nuisance and she would be glad to be rid of it for good. “Ah, and Lestrange as well. No one crosses me without suffering the consequences.” She thought greedily.