Undisclosed Desires

A Sebastian Michaelis Love Story

Aurora Rush is a demon that has been under the contract of the Drakeford family for years. Her contract with them involves her service as a guardian over the Drakeford Twins in return for their parents' souls after they die in the hospital. When arriving at their mansion, she didn't expect to find yet another demon under their order, and a demon that she had known from years before. Soon, something goes wrong, and one of the twins is kidnapped during a night that her 'feelings' took control. Confusion is clear in her mind; Aurora isn't sure what she can do. Can she fight against her feelings for the other demon while fighting to save the child?

Chapter One

The Contract

Mairlynn Drakeford's throat was tearing; her eyes stung. Her chest felt as if boulders were piled upon it. She knew that she didn't have too much longer, and neither did her husband. The release from this pain, the agony, would be heaven, but there was just one thing that was holding her back.

Make that two.

Ramona and Reymond. Their twin children.

Now reaching the age of 7, their twins would be left with nothing but the house, the business, and they had no one left to take care of them. No family, no friends, just the servants of the house. Who would take care of them?

They would be shipped off to someone that would just want the money and nothing else. Someone that didn't care for them. How could Mairlynn keep that from happening?

Opening her eyes, she slowly turned her head to stare at the man in the coma beside her.

Damn that carriage! How could they not have seen them crossing the street? They had the right away and it was the middle of the day. And how could the drivers not have been caught? Foolish cops can't even get to the scene on time to arrest a couple of idiots. If this was how the world was now, Mairlynn feared what it would be like in the years to come.

But that wasn't what the problem was. She needed some way to help her children. She knew that neither she nor her husband would be leaving this hospital. But…what could she do to help Ramona and Reymond?

Thinking about this was making her head hurt. Closing her eyes, she faded away into the distant realms of sleep; nightmares of the crash and her children's parentless future running through her mind.

Mairlynn found herself in a graveyard, the moon bright in the sky and the land beneath her feet covered in a white mist. The gravestones, angels and other objects were all around her, leaving her with a chill creeping up her back.

Surprisingly, she found that she could move. That she no longer hurt; anywhere. It was as if the crash never happened.

Mairlynn instantly knew then that it was just a dream. It had to be. There was nothing that could heal her in this condition. Her days were being counted; there weren't many left. Was she here to pick out her grave?

Suddenly, a violin began to play from deeper in the graveyard. It was quickly followed by a voice.

"We are the lucky ones
We shine like a thousand suns
When all of the color runs together

I'll keep you company
In one glorious harmony
Waltzing with destiny forever"

The tune was soft, delightful, and it was drawing Mairlynn further into the graveyard, leading her towards the voice. It was feminine, glorious, and breathtaking. It fit in with the graveyard and the mist and the full moon delightfully, and it…

"Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light"

…Not only made Mairlynn want to dance, like she and her husband used to during their parties they held and were invited to, but it seemed to encase her in a warmth that told her that everything was going to be okay. That her children were going to be safe. That she was going to pass on soon with no more pain. That she was almost free.

"Time dances whirling past
I gaze through the looking glass
And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven

Sacred geometry
Where movement is poetry
Visions of you and me forever"

A faint figure was beginning to appear to Mairlynn as she got closer and closer to the voice singing to her; calling to her. It was sitting atop of one of the large, square monuments, swaying to the tune. She couldn't see where the violin was being played from, but she quickly forgot about it as the figure became clearer to her.

"Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light"

The figure was indeed a woman; or so it appeared to be. Mairlynn felt a strange aura around her, but shook it away quickly. Her height was unknown due to her sitting, but Mairlynn could tell right away that she was taller than herself. She held long, black, luscious hair and held her eyes closed as she sang. She was dressed head to foot in black. Black gloves, leather pants with a pair of boots and a black shirt loosely tied closed with strings like you would normally see on men from ages before. Her sleeves were wide and slightly frilly, but not too much, and silver lines outlined the collar. Rubies and diamonds hung on her ears and neck and on her fingers, giving Mairlynn the idea that his woman had money.

"Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Let the dark waltz begin
Oh let me wheel - let me spin
Let it take me again
Turning me into the light."

Mairlynn could only watch, amazed as the woman finished her song. It was silent after her last note drifted away and she opened her mouth too speak when the woman's eyes slowly opened. Mairlynn lost her voice as she gazed into the eyes of the woman before her; a color the mix of Ruby red and Amethyst purple. She had never seen such eyes like that before. Such beautiful eyes.

The woman, now gazing down at Mairlynn, gave a small smile.

"You came." Her voice still seemed to sing to Mairlynn. "What is it that you've come for?"

Mairlynn saw her mouth move, but didn't hear anything. "What?"

The woman's smile grew larger. "What have you sought me for? A contract?"

"A contract?" She asked. She was still ensnared by the woman's pale beauty; she seemed to glow in the moonlight.

"Yes, a contract." The woman's voice was laced with humor.

"What…what kind of contract are you speaking of?" Mairlynn asked.

"Any contract. Whatever you wish. Death to an enemy. Life to a recently lost friend. Love. Revenge. Talent. Whatever you want. But…"

"Anything?" Mairlynn's mind quickly began to put things together. "Anything…" She paused and took in the woman's last word. "But what?"

"There's something that I'll want to receive in return."

Mairlynn suddenly felt very cold and folded her arms together. "And that is?"

The woman's face broke out into a large smile, her teeth now shown as fangs. "Your soul." A slight wind blew now but the woman didn't seem touched by it as Mairlynn's dress and hair fluttered.

"My…my soul?" She gasped.

"Yes," The woman's smile had shrunk to its original size as she gazed down at Mairlynn, her chin in the palm of her black gloved hand. "I can give you anything you wish, but in return I receive your soul."

Mairlynn's heart stopped for a moment. Was this still a dream? Or had her wish to save her children come true? Whether a dream or not, she was willing to try.

"My children," She gasped out. "Will my soul cover both of them?"

The woman continued to gaze down at her in silence. Those eyes of hers seemed to pierce into Mairlynn's mind, reading it. She finally shook her head.

"I'm afraid not," Her smile grew wider again. "But if there were a second soul in the deal…" The woman left off there.

Mairlynn quickly understood what she meant and began to think. Where could she get another…It hit her. Her husband. But, would it be okay to offer that? Her husband would want to save their children, wouldn't he?

"I…might have a second soul to offer you. Would you be willing to come with me?"

The woman just gazed at Mairlynn in silence, that grin still on her face. Mairlynn tried to hold her gaze against those eyes of hers, but in the end she just had to look away. Her breath caught in her throat.

She was in the hospital room again, her bed beside her husband's. His eyes were closed, not stirring. It brought tears to Mairlynn's eyes and she turned away, only to find the lady in black right behind her. She was gazing down at the man in the bed almost hungrily. Mairlynn had been right. The woman was tall; towering over her by what seemed to be a foot.

"My husband," Mairlynn held back the pain and the tears as she spoke. "He's in a coma due to the crash we were in. The Doctors say that he won't wake up." She gazed down and caught sight of something that she hadn't before. The woman held claws. "The doctors also say that I don't have much longer to live myself." Mairlynn faced the woman behind her again fully. "Our children. There's no one to be with them. No one to take care of them." The strange woman only stared, that small grin still on her face. "That's what I want. A Guardian for my two children after my husband and I are gone. Not someone that just wants their money of the names they hold, but someone that will truly take care of them. At least until they are old enough to do it themselves." She took a breath. "With our souls…will you be able to care for our children until…" She bit back tears again. Leaving her children was painful. Even worse than leaving them with…

Who was this woman? Better yet…

WHAT was she?

"Until they're old enough to stay on their own." Mairlynn finally finished. "C-can you?"

With no answer, the woman slowly moved past Mairlynn, her heels clicking on the tile as she made her way over to the man on the bed. Reaching him, Mairlynn held her breath as the strange woman leaned over the man and…smelled him? Well, smelled his hair. Why she was doing that, Mairlynn didn't know, and she didn't think that she wanted to know.

Closing her eyes for just a split second, the woman had disappeared from the bed. Before Mairlynn could move she felt her own hair being lifted from her shoulders and heard a deep breath being taken. She froze, not knowing what to do. What was she supposed to do at a time like this? And why was she being smelled? Was this woman just trying to freak her out?

If she was, it was working.

"Your souls…" The woman whispered in her ear. "Are enough, though neither of you have long to live." Mairlynn gulped. "When you pass on, your contract will go on to the children. Though their souls will not be in jeopardy, they must bear the mark so I can protect them if anything happens."

"T-the mark?" Mairlynn shuddered. Shivers traveled down her spine as the woman answered in her other ear.
"The Mark of the contract that binds us together. It proves that I have to stay around until the mark is removed. So when you die and your soul becomes mine, the Marks will go to the children until they have met your standards of age. I will not be able to make another contract with anyone until the Mark will disappear from them." The woman pulled back. "Suitable?"

Mairlynn took a deep breath. This is what she wanted. Her children would be safe now. There was nothing more that she wanted."Yes," She nodded. "Yes. Thank you." The woman gave a large smile before gripping the woman's throat as she pulled the body back into her own. Mairlynn shivered again as the other hand trailed down her arm and grasped her wrist. She then got the sudden urge to know something. "What, what are you?"

The woman paused for a moment before placing her lips against Mairlynn's neck. Fear of being bit traveled through her body, but quickly left when the lips were removed. "Demons are not really known to well in this time, are they?" Her voice was laced with laughter.

Mairlynn thought she would have frozen, she should have felt fear, but she didn't. Instead, she felt relieved. Relieved that her children would be safe. If anyone tried to harm them or take the twins now, the demon would kill them.

"What…what is your name?"

"I don't have a name," The woman replied, rubbing Mairlynn's hand on her face.

Mairlynn felt the hand on her throat start to tighten. Her time was up. "Can I give you one?" The woman behind her froze, as if in surprise. Mairlynn gave a small smile. "Aurora, Aurora Rush, after a dear friend of mine from school."

She felt the demon's lips turn into a smirk. "Aurora. Yes. I like that name. A light display in the sky. Such beauty."

Mairlynn felt the hand tighten around her throat even more and could tell that her lights were growing dimmer. "Thank you, Aurora."

"No," The demon whispered in her ear. "Thank you, Mairlynn Drakeford."