Black Jewels Trilogy, Saetan/Hekatah
Title: Black and Red
Fandom: Black Jewels Trilogy
Pairing: Saetan Daemon SaDiablo & Hekatah SaDiablo
Theme set: Beta
Rating: PG-13, or mild R
Summary/Comments: The story of a marriage doomed to fail from their first meeting. Covers everything from pre-meeting to after their divorce. Pre-books, excepting "Zuuluman" from Dreams Made Flesh. Warning: Spoilers for Zuuluman.
#01 - Walking
Saetan knew he couldn’t walk away from his marriage; Hekatah had spun her web so carefully that no father who loved his children had a choice but to stay.
#02 - Waltz
Saetan had long believed that if you wished to seduce a woman, you did it in the dance; he should have realized that his marriage was failing when he did not wish to waltz with his wife.
#03 - Wishes
Once the Black Jeweled Warlord Prince of Dhemlan had wished for a simple peace, a happy marriage, and healthy children; he never truly gave up hope for it until he received his third son in pieces.
#04 - Wonder
Brokenly, he could only wonder how any mother could willingly take the life of her child.
#05 - Worry
Most fathers worried about their children becoming good people; Saetan worried more than most every time he allowed them to visit their mother.
#06 - Whimsy
Hekatah did nothing on a whimsy; that bitch carefully planned every terrible moment from their meeting until the remains of his third son arrived in his office.
#07 - Waste/Wasteland
“My life has become a wasteland.” Saetan spoke finally, resting his head against the back of his chair.
#08 - Whiskey and rum
Saetan preferred brandy to whisky or rum, but he found himself partaking of all three in excess upon hearing that Hekatah had conceived a third time.
#09 - War
Hekatah did not realize what she had begun by provoking the Black; Andulvar felt pity for her because he knew Saetan would feel none for any of them.
#10 - Weddings
Andulvar stood for his best friend, but even that day he knew that Saetan would find no peace with Hekatah as his wife.
#11 - Birthday
On Mephis’ eighth birthday, when he walked away from his Birthright and Saetan was acknowledged as father, the Warlord Prince of Dhemlan could believe that they were a real family.
#12 - Blessing
Saetan could not bring himself to truly hate Hekatah; she was the curse that had brought him the blessings of his sons.
#13 - Bias
“What was wrong with her?” Saetan asked with real wonder in his voice; “She wore light Jewels.” was the only reply.
#14 - Burning
“I will burn Dhemlan down around you, you pompous ass!” she bellowed after him; the cold that hit her almost immediately terrified her, but the mild look in his eyes was somehow far worse.
#15 - Breathing
“I’m still breathing,” he whispered softly to himself; that alone would have to be enough for him to carry on after Zuuluman.
#16 - Breaking
“Papa,” Peyton spoke up with his little boat in his hands “its broken… can you fix it?”
#17 - Belief
“I have nothing left to believe in,” Saetan breathed, looking to the portrait of Cassandra over his fireplace “except that the daughter of my soul will someday come.”
#18 - Balloon
“Oh Papa, can I have a balloon?” Peyton called when he spied the bobbing balloon in the crowd; Hekatah snarled “No” before Saetan had a chance to reply.
#19 - Balcony
He proposed to her on a balcony at the playhouse in Armdarh, with the applause of the audience rising around them.
#20 - Bane
The Warlord Prince of Dhemlan would never have imagined that his greatest joy would one day become the bane of his existance.
#21 - Quiet
He only wanted a quiet life, but his Jewels and his Caste demanded that he become so much more.
#22 - Quirks
At first he thought those dark looks she got on her face sometimes were merely a quirk in her mood, little did he realize that those moments were the only time he saw who his wife truly was.
#23 - Question
Saetan had prepared himself for this moment for near a week, but finally he was ready to ask Hekatah to be his wife.
#24 - Quarrel
The first time they quarreled was over something trivial, but Saetan was shocked to realize that she had no problem at all using their unborn child as leverage against him.
#25 - Quitting
Sometimes Saetan just wanted to quit caring, but he simply couldn’t reason out why how he could hate the woman who had given him Mephis and Peyton.
#26 - Jump
“Don’t worry, daddy,” Hekatah smiled “It won’t be long before Saetan will jump when I so much as suggest it.”
#27 - Jester
“Sometimes… I wonder if you’re anything but amusement to her.” Andulvar finally said, refusing to face his long-time friend.
#28 - Jousting
As any man trained to serve as Consort, Saetan SaDiablo knew well that sex could easily become a battleground as quickly as anything else.
#29 - Jewel
“Saetan SaDiablo, Warlord Prince of Dhemlan,” Hekatah’s cousin pointed out one particularly handsome man “He wears the Black Jewels.”
#30 - Just
Saetan ruled Dhemlan firmly, and justly, leaving much of the actual power in the hands of Province and District Queens; Hekatah could never understand why he should not use the power he had.
#31 - Smirk
Even Hekatah, knowing she was safe from his true retribution, felt a shiver of ice run down her spine when Saetan got that certain smirk on his face.
#32 - Sorrow
With the birth of Ravenar, Saetan was lost in such painful sorrow, without even Andulvar to offer him solace.
#33 - Stupidity
“I was so stupid to ever believe she loved me, Andulvar,” Saetan managed over the rim of the crystal tumbler “I don’t think she even loved our children.”
#34 - Serenade
The serenade of blood running over stone was his only comfort, and the only comfort of the crying baby- his third son.
#35 - Sarcasm
“I would never imagine harming you, Hekatah darling…I want to give you exactly what you’ve earned,” he said in that crooning voice that reminded everyone that he had become High Lord of Hell as a living man.
#36 - Sordid
“Bring me the baby.” Hekatah growled when she realized that Saetan would need something more to convince him to sign the agreements.
#37 - Soliloquy
“The boys are useless until they’ve had their Offering,” she mused “except as tools to Saetan’s heartstrings.”
#38 - Sojourn
Saetan suspected something immediately after Hekatah left his study to plan for her trip back to Hayll; his wife was not the type to push herself beyond her limits for anyone including herself, so traveling when she was so close to term had a completely different reasoning behind it he was sure.
#39 - Share
“We share the blame,” Andulvar admitted after his third round, “she tempted me, and I allowed myself to be tempted.”
#40 - Solitary
The study beneath the Hall had Black locks, making sure that when he desired to be alone, it was assured.
#41 - Nowhere
When he entered the nursery to see his boys after it was all done, Saetan was intensely relieved that Zuuluman was the only place that had suffered his wrath; there no longer was a Zuuluman.
#42 - Neutral
The servants knew, if Saetan didn’t, that one did not remain neutral in the Hall; you were either loyal to Prince SaDiablo or you had best find other work.
#43 - Nuance
Every nuance of meaning came through sharp and clear with her words: “You wouldn’t want anything to happen to me or our baby so close to term, would you?”
#44 - Near
“You are too near birth, Hekatah,” Saetan protested, knowing that his wife only wanted to flaunt the power she had over him.
#45 - Natural
Saetan was not a natural Black Widow, nor was it well known that he belonged to the Hourglass Coven at all, but that was something that Hekatah came to learn many years after their divorce.
#46 - Horizon
It was hard to look to the horizon, to the rising sun, when Saetan himself was so miserable with every waking breath.
#47 - Valiant
“There is no room for valiant men in this world, Prince,” Hekatah spat at him one night “only those who are powerful and have the balls to use that power.”
#48 - Virtuous
Viruous men who lived by Blood Law and Protocol were so rare that Hekatah spent almost three years slowly understanding that Saetan was one of them.
#49 - Victory
It was a victory, a small one, when the divorce papers were signed and official, but it felt so much like a defeat.
#50 - Defeat
He had not let their marriage defeat him, even if there would always be a broken bit of him that belonged to the child he had never been allowed to know
Fandom: Black Jewels Trilogy
Pairing: Saetan Daemon SaDiablo & Hekatah SaDiablo
Theme set: Beta
Rating: PG-13, or mild R
Summary/Comments: The story of a marriage doomed to fail from their first meeting. Covers everything from pre-meeting to after their divorce. Pre-books, excepting "Zuuluman" from Dreams Made Flesh. Warning: Spoilers for Zuuluman.
#01 - Walking
Saetan knew he couldn’t walk away from his marriage; Hekatah had spun her web so carefully that no father who loved his children had a choice but to stay.
#02 - Waltz
Saetan had long believed that if you wished to seduce a woman, you did it in the dance; he should have realized that his marriage was failing when he did not wish to waltz with his wife.
#03 - Wishes
Once the Black Jeweled Warlord Prince of Dhemlan had wished for a simple peace, a happy marriage, and healthy children; he never truly gave up hope for it until he received his third son in pieces.
#04 - Wonder
Brokenly, he could only wonder how any mother could willingly take the life of her child.
#05 - Worry
Most fathers worried about their children becoming good people; Saetan worried more than most every time he allowed them to visit their mother.
#06 - Whimsy
Hekatah did nothing on a whimsy; that bitch carefully planned every terrible moment from their meeting until the remains of his third son arrived in his office.
#07 - Waste/Wasteland
“My life has become a wasteland.” Saetan spoke finally, resting his head against the back of his chair.
#08 - Whiskey and rum
Saetan preferred brandy to whisky or rum, but he found himself partaking of all three in excess upon hearing that Hekatah had conceived a third time.
#09 - War
Hekatah did not realize what she had begun by provoking the Black; Andulvar felt pity for her because he knew Saetan would feel none for any of them.
#10 - Weddings
Andulvar stood for his best friend, but even that day he knew that Saetan would find no peace with Hekatah as his wife.
#11 - Birthday
On Mephis’ eighth birthday, when he walked away from his Birthright and Saetan was acknowledged as father, the Warlord Prince of Dhemlan could believe that they were a real family.
#12 - Blessing
Saetan could not bring himself to truly hate Hekatah; she was the curse that had brought him the blessings of his sons.
#13 - Bias
“What was wrong with her?” Saetan asked with real wonder in his voice; “She wore light Jewels.” was the only reply.
#14 - Burning
“I will burn Dhemlan down around you, you pompous ass!” she bellowed after him; the cold that hit her almost immediately terrified her, but the mild look in his eyes was somehow far worse.
#15 - Breathing
“I’m still breathing,” he whispered softly to himself; that alone would have to be enough for him to carry on after Zuuluman.
#16 - Breaking
“Papa,” Peyton spoke up with his little boat in his hands “its broken… can you fix it?”
#17 - Belief
“I have nothing left to believe in,” Saetan breathed, looking to the portrait of Cassandra over his fireplace “except that the daughter of my soul will someday come.”
#18 - Balloon
“Oh Papa, can I have a balloon?” Peyton called when he spied the bobbing balloon in the crowd; Hekatah snarled “No” before Saetan had a chance to reply.
#19 - Balcony
He proposed to her on a balcony at the playhouse in Armdarh, with the applause of the audience rising around them.
#20 - Bane
The Warlord Prince of Dhemlan would never have imagined that his greatest joy would one day become the bane of his existance.
#21 - Quiet
He only wanted a quiet life, but his Jewels and his Caste demanded that he become so much more.
#22 - Quirks
At first he thought those dark looks she got on her face sometimes were merely a quirk in her mood, little did he realize that those moments were the only time he saw who his wife truly was.
#23 - Question
Saetan had prepared himself for this moment for near a week, but finally he was ready to ask Hekatah to be his wife.
#24 - Quarrel
The first time they quarreled was over something trivial, but Saetan was shocked to realize that she had no problem at all using their unborn child as leverage against him.
#25 - Quitting
Sometimes Saetan just wanted to quit caring, but he simply couldn’t reason out why how he could hate the woman who had given him Mephis and Peyton.
#26 - Jump
“Don’t worry, daddy,” Hekatah smiled “It won’t be long before Saetan will jump when I so much as suggest it.”
#27 - Jester
“Sometimes… I wonder if you’re anything but amusement to her.” Andulvar finally said, refusing to face his long-time friend.
#28 - Jousting
As any man trained to serve as Consort, Saetan SaDiablo knew well that sex could easily become a battleground as quickly as anything else.
#29 - Jewel
“Saetan SaDiablo, Warlord Prince of Dhemlan,” Hekatah’s cousin pointed out one particularly handsome man “He wears the Black Jewels.”
#30 - Just
Saetan ruled Dhemlan firmly, and justly, leaving much of the actual power in the hands of Province and District Queens; Hekatah could never understand why he should not use the power he had.
#31 - Smirk
Even Hekatah, knowing she was safe from his true retribution, felt a shiver of ice run down her spine when Saetan got that certain smirk on his face.
#32 - Sorrow
With the birth of Ravenar, Saetan was lost in such painful sorrow, without even Andulvar to offer him solace.
#33 - Stupidity
“I was so stupid to ever believe she loved me, Andulvar,” Saetan managed over the rim of the crystal tumbler “I don’t think she even loved our children.”
#34 - Serenade
The serenade of blood running over stone was his only comfort, and the only comfort of the crying baby- his third son.
#35 - Sarcasm
“I would never imagine harming you, Hekatah darling…I want to give you exactly what you’ve earned,” he said in that crooning voice that reminded everyone that he had become High Lord of Hell as a living man.
#36 - Sordid
“Bring me the baby.” Hekatah growled when she realized that Saetan would need something more to convince him to sign the agreements.
#37 - Soliloquy
“The boys are useless until they’ve had their Offering,” she mused “except as tools to Saetan’s heartstrings.”
#38 - Sojourn
Saetan suspected something immediately after Hekatah left his study to plan for her trip back to Hayll; his wife was not the type to push herself beyond her limits for anyone including herself, so traveling when she was so close to term had a completely different reasoning behind it he was sure.
#39 - Share
“We share the blame,” Andulvar admitted after his third round, “she tempted me, and I allowed myself to be tempted.”
#40 - Solitary
The study beneath the Hall had Black locks, making sure that when he desired to be alone, it was assured.
#41 - Nowhere
When he entered the nursery to see his boys after it was all done, Saetan was intensely relieved that Zuuluman was the only place that had suffered his wrath; there no longer was a Zuuluman.
#42 - Neutral
The servants knew, if Saetan didn’t, that one did not remain neutral in the Hall; you were either loyal to Prince SaDiablo or you had best find other work.
#43 - Nuance
Every nuance of meaning came through sharp and clear with her words: “You wouldn’t want anything to happen to me or our baby so close to term, would you?”
#44 - Near
“You are too near birth, Hekatah,” Saetan protested, knowing that his wife only wanted to flaunt the power she had over him.
#45 - Natural
Saetan was not a natural Black Widow, nor was it well known that he belonged to the Hourglass Coven at all, but that was something that Hekatah came to learn many years after their divorce.
#46 - Horizon
It was hard to look to the horizon, to the rising sun, when Saetan himself was so miserable with every waking breath.
#47 - Valiant
“There is no room for valiant men in this world, Prince,” Hekatah spat at him one night “only those who are powerful and have the balls to use that power.”
#48 - Virtuous
Viruous men who lived by Blood Law and Protocol were so rare that Hekatah spent almost three years slowly understanding that Saetan was one of them.
#49 - Victory
It was a victory, a small one, when the divorce papers were signed and official, but it felt so much like a defeat.
#50 - Defeat
He had not let their marriage defeat him, even if there would always be a broken bit of him that belonged to the child he had never been allowed to know