Coming in

[Grim]

Grim had expected to be leaving shortly, and he did of course see the mage reaching for him after the guards started to march through the doors to break up all the fuss, but their departure into shadows was more sudden than he had expected. He hadn't known what to expect when travelling in such a manner, nor had he ever truly thought about it. The experience was fresh and most definately odd. Grim always liked to know what was going on, which was not a comodity he had at the time. There was nothing but shadow where they travelled, and he couldn't see through any of it, so was left helplessly wondering what those things were that were toughing him. This all was terribly uncomfortable for the thief king, though he didn't quite care about the physical sensation as unpleasant as it was too.

The fact that he had virtually no sences during the journey disturbed him, but Grim never was one to show distress. even worried, he remained perfectly calm. Of course, he was never a trusting man either, and that whole trip was a large leap of faith that he hadn't fully thought through. Grim was releived when they dropped off into a material room. he could gain his sences even in the dark. What was better was that they were in the guild. There clearly was no one else in the room, and there was little to no light there either, but he knew where they were of course. the basement of the guild could be a maze for many, but to him it was home. Not all too far from the room they were in was his. The one they were in though was completely vacant.

"That was odd." Grim stated post aprehensively. They were safe and sound back in Grim's own home, and he had with him his pants and coat full of goods. All in all, he couldn't complain about the results, as peculiar as the means had been. Grim stood, and looked down at the fallen mage who had tumbled to her knees out of the shadows. He didn't know all too much about magic, so wasn't sure what her problem was. She seemed obviously exhausted though, and it made sence that she would be tired. He reasoned that magic couldn't be all too different from other abilities in that it must create fatigue.

"So is this the price?" he asked, looking down at the mage, failing to imagine the woman getting up and walking around town or pulling that trick off again. It seemed frustrating already that he already had her back in the guild. It was lucky no one was up and around to see her arrive. He would have to keep it that way. There couldnt be outsiders in the guild, and it would make him look weak to be allowing them.

[Simone]

Simone looked up at Grim, her eyes adjusting to the darkness easy enough and more than that, she listened to his manner of speech when he did finally speak to her. She had spent the lot of her power in that jump and was now about as powerful as any child would be to an attacker, of course she wouldn’t tell him that and was relying on the hope that he knew a little about magic usage as any other normal human would.

“Yes Grim..” She started, her voice trembling slightly. “This is the price you must pay in return, I need a place to rest, and not the floor.” She almost growled, making certain he’d not say, she found one. “Some place quiet and comfortable, with a blanket and a pillow, you know the type, it’s called a bed.” She told him, hanging her head back down toward the floor. “Do this and I will leave the way I came in a couple days, so no one has to know I was even here.” She told him and drew in a fair amount of air in the breath that followed. She did not like the way she felt, and she knew she was in no condition to be making demands, though it was the payment she asked for and she knew he’d at least make good that. An ass he might have been, but he was one ass that seemed to keep his word, for the most part.

Her stomach churned, every muscle in her body ached and her head was pounding so hard it felt like her brains would soon burst from her skull at any given moment. “And a little help getting to said bed would be nice.” She told him as she remained on her hands and knees before him in the dark. Silently she cursed herself for letting herself become so carried away. Though it was fun, that much she would admit.

[Grim]

Grim considered what the woman said and grimaced at the thought. Certainly a bed to sleep on would seem a simple standard for any other place than a guild of such exclusivity as the thieves'. He considered leaving the mage laying where she was. He could lock the door behind him when he left so she couldnt smuggle her own way out until she could in fact leave as she said. It was the price she asked for the service she gave, but he was a thief after all, and a price meant little or nothing to him; depending on the circumstance. In this case though, Grim figured he may want to use this service again. If he didn't give the mage what she wanted, she obviously would not repeat the favor. A compromize would have to be made.

"My room." He said after a decent pause for thought. The decision was not an easy one; there were a lot of factors to consider in a place like the one they were in. He couldn't leave Simone in a psare room with the door locked. Too many curious cases would arise. Certainly none would sneak a peak though any one of the guild members could, since the king's orders were laws above those who were above the law, but they all would wonder. Curiousities, even unspoken were a danger to his iron fisted rule. Grim could not allow for any doubt to be had. His own room was the only place in the guild that would be off limits without question in anyone's mind. It was the only place Simone could be kept.

"You'll get your rest," Grim said plainly while he knelt down and slid one arm under Simone's torso and lifted her over his shoulder. "But you will get it at my relent." He added, certain that she knew what was meant. If he was keeping her in his bed, he would have other uses for her than the journey home. There could be no other women in his bed while she was anyways, so that was how it had to be. Wether she was too tired to participate didn't matter; he would take her as she slept if that was what it came to.

With the mage draped over his shoulder, Grim tucked her legs in under his left arm and gripped her ass firmly with the other as he headed out the door to head to his own room down the hall. With an attractive woman slung over his shoulder in such a manner, the sight would seem completely unsuspicious. Simone would look to any thieves that happened to see them just like any of the women the king dragged to his bed; be they sluts or whores, which he always took for free, or more conservative women that he either grusomely wooed or took by force.

[Simone]

She had not given him a wince or even a moan as he had plucked her off the floor, nor would she allow him that of her at any point, no matter his action, even if her head still felt a though it was going to explode. His words echoed in her mind though for a moment and she even managed to roll her eyes a bit as they came from his lips. “Typical.” She murmured after he had stated his conditions. She wanted to tell him he was honestly no different than those self absorbed rich bitches and jerks at the bar he’d so easily put down, but, she was in no position right at this time to argue with him. She would be getting what she wanted, and needed, even if it was at a price that would certainly in no way hurry her along to leaving his home. She was not however going to try and overstay her unwelcome here, which would just make the little spoiled brat throw a huge fit and she didn’t particularly care to hear it.

Simone somehow knew he’d see things this way, and though she would not be so attentive as she would have liked, should he take her in her current condition she would accept it nonetheless, as if she’d been able to stop him right now anyway, she was after all, drawn to his aggressiveness and even his way of being a total ass. She smiled behind his back as he carried her away over his broad shoulder. “Whatever his majesty wishes.” She stated simply from her position atop his shoulder in the driest manner she could muster considering her weakened state.

Yes, she was very weak and yes she was not at all going to be fine anytime soon, but she could still muster a bit of emotion from herself to get her point across.

[Grim]

Grim heard the mage's mumble, but didn't give a flying rat's ass. No matter what the woman thought, Grim was going to have his way with her as many times as he wished while she was there. He would probably make a point to use the woman more than he usually would, just to grind her gears. He knew she expected to be grinding his, so he wasn't about to leave it at that. Simone's sarcasm was expected, and it didn't bother the thief king what so ever. He had had far more beligerent women to his bed many times before.

Just before they reached the king's quarters, a pair of thieves walked past them. As they did, Grim slid his hand between Simone's legs and forced it firmly against her through her pants. "Here we are." Grim said quietly while opening the door. Once in the room, Grim closed the door behind him. The room was obviously a comfortable one. the bed was enormous, covering the space of what would be a small room. the blankets and pillows were plentiful and fluffy looking. There was every sort of luxury and ammenity imaginable in the thief king's living space, and it was all quite well lit.

"Bed time." Grim said as he leaned forward over the edge of his bed and dropped the woman onto the soft surface. All the potentially suspicious circumstances of this visit to the thieves guild were over so long as Simone kept to her word and stayed in the room.

[Simone]

Simone clenched her jaw at the landing on his bed, though soft it may have been her head ached tremendously and she didn’t think that it would be allowed to stop at any point all too soon. Of course, it would stop at some point and she would be rested at some point as well, and that of course meant that she’d be either a pissed off Shadow Mage with a decent punch behind her, or forgiving or even uncaring, she would see when it was time for her to go. Of course, she wouldn’t dream of hurting her little jerk face king, even if she was mad at him, no, she would just make sure he wasn’t happy when she did leave was all, should she feel up to it.

“Thanks love.” She told him dryly again as she lay on the bed where she’d fallen, not really wanting to move at all. She wasn’t sure his intension right at that point, was he really going to be that big of an ass right now? Or was he going to wait a little longer, she of course hoped it would be at least a little longer, though with him, she pretty much knew her chances were slim to none.

She didn’t say anything else, nor would she for the time being, she would simply lay there and do nothing, be nothing even fade in and out of consciousness, perhaps if she was lucky enough, she wouldn’t even notice he’d even fucked her until she woke up and considering her current condition, that was probably the way it was going to be as it was all she could do to even stay partially in the world of awakening at that moment.

“Night…” She said quietly and that, would be the last word he’d even hear from her until her mind allowed her to wake again, and her last thought was that she hoped she stay out for hours to come, no matter what he was doing to her.

[Grim]

Simone had passed out from here weakness too soon for Grim to make her suffer through his forceful pillaging of her body, but her unconscious state wouldn’t stop him from pirating what he planned to. The gruesome man tore the mage’s clothes and ravaged her body violently in every manner. After he was done for the moment, Grim turned and left the room, locking the door from the outside. He had other business to attend to, and though he decided his own schedule, the king of thieves would be expected to be seen out and about throughout the guild.

Throughout the day, Grim would be back to his room several times to repeat his perverted violation of the resting woman in his bed. He was both servicing his own pleasures in this, as well as ensuring that the woman would feel the results for a significant time.

[Simone]

Simone was in and out of consciousness that entire night, and come morning, was awake more so than not. At one particular point when he wasn’t with her, She rolled over and finally actually realized how many times he must have come in for a ‘visit’ and was not pleased with him at all at that point. Not upset or depressed, just displeased, no, she wasn’t one to cry over something like this, more likely to pay retribution at any given point and as she saw fit, when that would be, not even she would know but she wouldn’t forget that much was to be certain. Of course, the last time she was treated as such, her attacker was sealed in a tree to remain there for who knew how long, perhaps he died in there, she wouldn’t have cared, but that was a different matter, this one, was perhaps not so needing of a death sentence. No, this was more about being denied the act of participation and delight that would come of it as she no doubt was at least attracted to him physically, mentally, she would almost like to curb-stomp his head, almost.

“What an ass…” She growled but had already known he was and so wasn’t really all too empowered by that comment.

The Mage closed her eyes again, At least my head doesn’t feel like it’s going to explode anymore.” she thought to herself and allowed herself the slightest smile on this point though at the same time grimacing to another new throbbing that perhaps was only going to become worse and she hoped she’d be awake the next time he entered, though still too weak to stand, she figured probably not, but she could hope. At least that way, she would actually get some satisfaction over his use of her body. To this end, she smiled again, imagining his nicely attractive form and getting the chance to run her hands over those shoulders even set off a wave of warmth inside. This warm feeling had nothing to do with liking him, just lust for his incredibly sexy body.

[Grim]

Grim had been gone for a while in the morning. He had actually had to leave the guild on an errand. A couple of incompetent young thieves had gotten into a mix up downtown with the law. As king of thieves, the responsibility rested on Grim to take care of guild members when they encountered such problems. Unfortunately for the young thieves, they had gotten in pretty deep and Grim was not a trusting leader so the care he gave them was to shut them up. Had they been longer lasting or higher ranking members of his guild Grim may have been swayed to break them loose. Since the two were so young and questionable, the operation was Grim Gordon alone going in and out of the dungeon where they were kept. If the kids had lived, even been broken out, the lawmen would have known who they were. Even if they didn’t talk that time, they would be recognized and probably too inexperienced to handle things properly.

By the time Grim got back home, it was morning and his guest seemed to be awake. This was of little importance for what he was going to do to her, again, but it would at least be a pleasure. After taking the woman so many times throughout the night without any responses but the body’s reflexes, it would be good to finally have a conscious response. Whether Simone would cooperate or not didn’t matter at all, since either way he was sure she would at least do something. A struggle would even please Grim at that point, not that it threw him off any other time anyways.

Coming in to the room, Grim didn’t greet the woman or ask her how she was after her rest. He didn’t even wonder in fact, simply satisfied himself that she was finally awake and he undid his belt and pants as he walked over to the bed where she laid.

[Simone]

Simone had spent most the morning in and out of sleep; at least it wasn’t in and out of consciousness this time, no definitely sleep. She felt a bit stronger, at least physically though mentally, she would take a bit more time and assumed her presumption about the two full days was about right as by night tomorrow she should be well enough to at least get home and could even at this time manage a bit of a snack had she felt like it, though she would wait on that she still didn’t feel so hungry at the moment.

She had just woken up again as Grim entered the room and she hid the smile that would have drawn up the corners of her lips at the sight of him. She, as stated before, didn’t enjoy his company on a mental level, but physically, she anticipated what he’d manage to do to her body and that, is what made that warmth come over her again. Even though he might have thought what he was doing to her was of his own accord, it wasn’t. Of course, she would never allow him that knowledge, never allow him to know that this was what she wanted from him in the first place, to be dominated even if it was somewhat on a relenting basis for her part. Not the ravaging attacks on her body when she was sleeping, for that, he would need to be reprimanded at some point during their, what was becoming, odd sexual relationship; and punish him at some point, is what she would do, though perhaps at a much later date for now, she was in no position to do so.

The dark Mage looked at him then and gave him no words, which she knew wouldn’t make a difference to him at all, more than likely would make him all the more delighted to not have to deal with her wasted breath on his uncaring ears. She as well, would not waste her own energy at this point to in any way fight against him, no not yet, she would bide her time and simply enjoy what it was he was about to give her instead and enjoy it, she would, to its fullest extent.

[Grim]

After having had his way with the mage and then cleaning himself off quite well, Grim wandered over to the bed and climbed on, leaving Simone where she was on the floor, propped against the side of the bed. It was fine with him if she stayed there; he honestly didn’t care. It was time for him to sleep though, since he had been up all night and had grown rather tired through his nightly business and his tithing of the mage.

Picking out one of the blankets and a few of the pillows from the enormous bed, Grim got himself comfortable in around the middle of the bed and closed his eyes to sleep.

[Simone]

Simone sat against the end of the bed looking up at the ceiling for how long, she didn’t know. Finally though, she managed to push herself up and off the floor and slide onto the bed, not caring too much as to rather she disturbed his majesty or not and then she turned around and climbed under the covers that he wasn’t using and wrapped up in them, her tired body relieved by their warmth, as well the bodily warmth of Grim himself, as she had to settle herself next to his bed–hogging self.

The Mage looked at him as he slept and her lips turned up at the corners and she smiled. Though that smile was not a smile of joy or even happiness, but more a thankful smile that he was indeed sleeping and right now, that’s what she needed and so, with that, she turned over and fell to sleep herself, her mind blanking out on her before she actually fell to sleep, once more putting her into a state of unconsciousness more so than sleep. Yes, it was going to take her longer than a couple days to be away from here and at this rate, even she didn’t have a clue as to how much longer it would be.

[Grim]

Grim slept well, as tired as he had been and he woke up that afternoon with a solid morning’s hard on. Hid mind had obviously gone to work with the woman sleeping next to him. Grim turned over to look at the mage for a moment before climbing over her, pulling her blanket off, and immediately piercing her again, having his way one more time. He didn’t care that she had been sleeping and he didn’t care whether she liked it. It was a quick act though, as it was purely to satisfy his waking body.

Once he was done, Grim stood up and started to get dressed. He was hungry and would be going to get some food. Once he had his clothes on, Grim turned and looked back at Simone. “I guess you’ll be needing food won’t you?” he commented more than asked, though he said so with disdain. He would not usually have offered food in such circumstance, but he was hoping for the mage’s continued cooperation after she left and he probably wouldn’t get that if he starved her. Besides, he didn’t want to be fucking an anorexic skeleton while she was there.

[Simone]

Simone was actually hungry and as he had offered, even if it did go against the grain of who he was, she looked up at him and simply nodded. “If you ever want me to leave, I guess I will need to eat something.” She stated and nothing more, which she knew would make him just that much more happy, not that she cared that he was happy, as he definitely was not happy about having to feed her and she could only guess what he’d bring her. It was a good thing for her, that should she need to, she’d find enough strength in her magic at some point to create her own food from a few things in her pouches that had been attached to the ripped clothing she had once worn and now lay someplace either pushed under the bed or some where in that room at any rate.

She eyes him as he dressed and continued to watch him the entire time he stood there, her expression was unreadable and though she was only just waiting for him to leave as she was not pleased with him, despite her knowing who she was dealing with in the first place, knowing what she continued to get herself into, she was not happy with him at all. Of course, she didn’t show it, she showed nothing instead, this being the better of the two in this situation. Her back was killing her now, the cuts and bruises she sustained from his usage of her as a battering-ram against the wall both stung and throbbed and the blanket stuck to them as she sat up slightly and she had to peel it off, though wouldn’t even bother to cringe in front of him, she wouldn’t so much as allow him to see her do so.

[Grim]

Grim was looking fairly resentful. He wasn’t resenting Simone for having to eat of course; that was a simple fact. He was resenting how well he was treating her. He hated to conform to anyone else’s needs or desires. Having to tend to anyone else was always a terrible shame but alas; what needed to be done simply needed to be done and he did need to take care of this investment.

He didn’t say anything else to Simone; he simply finished with his clothes and left the room. It was mid afternoon and many thieves were still sleeping until dusk, though others had gone to bed at dawn and were waking as well. The thieves’ bar was mostly uninhabited at the time, since even those waking were not yet drinking. Grim was there for the pub food that was also available there, and of course some ale. It was never too early for ale.

Grim had the cook make him some steak with cheese and bread for breakfast and as he ate, he also had the man cook an extra thigh of boar and pack with it a loaf of bread in a paper bag. Grim drank three full ales with his meal; enough to feel a comfy buzz. “What’s the bag for?” the cook asked.

Grim glared up at the man as if he had stepped out of line. “Feed the dog.” He answered gruffly, then looked back down to his food, finished it off and as well his ale, then got up, took the bag, and went back to his room.

“Here.” He said and tossed the bag to Simone. It was a decent meal, not crap that he could have given her. There was no sense in going out of his way to be cruel if it didn’t suit him, and giving poorer food would not have suited him any easier than something decent.