Beast of the Matter chapter 27
beta-ed by moon1084
Jae
Slowly, his feet led him down a dark, cool tunnel.
As he walked, torches flared to light up by themselves, lighting his way.
He fought.
His sub-conscious and conscious mind warred within him, telling him that this wasn't right, that the voice in his head didn't belong there.
His body obeyed the voice while his sub-conscious mind tried to override it, failing.
He knew who was controlling him.
Asneath.
Just her name set his teeth on edge.
He came to a halt and did as the voice told him. Reaching in the back of his pants, retrieving his knife, he tossed it to the ground, along with the fans.
It was a voice, a soft feminine song, that lured him further into the darkness.
He came to an open door and slowly passed through it.
There she was, laying on a bed.
Jaejoong walked over to her, his body beyond his control and started taking off his clothes piece by piece, leaving only his underwear on.
His mind kept telling him that this wasn't right. That he needed to think about Yunho, and not fall under this demon’s spell.
He crawled onto the bed, and laid down beside the woman.
Asneath gazed down at the lovely person in her bed.
He was far more exquisite than she first thought, far more beautiful. And for just that reason alone, she knew she'd have to kill him. Being as she was, no one was allowed to be more alluring than her. She smiled to herself.
Her beauty had to outshine all in order for her to keep control of the males.
She leaned forward and trailed a finger over his cheek down to his chin. Then she traced the plump lips, her finger slightly pulling his lower lip out into a pout.
He laid there, not moving a muscle as she touched him.
Her hands ran down to his chest, feeling smooth muscles and soft skin.
This made her angrier, his skin was softer than hers, smoother.
"Umm, maybe I should keep you." Asneath murmured as her fingers ran the edge of his boxers, then dipping below to cup his groin.
She frowned when she felt his limp member.
"Do I not turn you on, vampire leader?" Asneath smirked as she lowered her body to kneel between the male’s thighs.
Her hands slowly removed the boxers and she came to hover over him.
"Let's see how long you can resist me, vampire."
Jaejoong shook his head, not wanting the woman to touch him.
He hissed when he felt her evil tongue sliding down his length, making it feel like it was on fire.
He cursed himself for getting hard, for groaning when the female vampire took him into her mouth.
Just when he thought he would cum, she lifted her head, her brows meeting.
"It seems we're about to have some company, my lovely."
Asneath pulled back and once again had him move.
Jaejoong stood from the bed and walked to the centre of the room.
His mind was still fighting his body, but still he had no control.
He lifted his hands and Jabari who had been guarding the other door to the room, walked over to him and secured his hands with a chain hanging from the ceiling.
The moment his hands were secure, he had control of his body and he gave a great heave on the chains holding him, but they held strong, resisting his attempts to free himself.
Jaejoong didn't, couldn't give up. Tugging on the bonds that held him prisoner, his body swayed on the chains, with his arms stretched high above him.
'You will not get free. So you might as well stop struggling.'
A sweet, but sinister voice spoke to his mind.
Jae's eye's shot around the room, trying to find the source of the voice.
His eye's landed on slender figure slowly walking towards him.
A magenta, gauzy skirt floated around the woman, the hem brushing against the dirt floor. A slit from the hem, all the way to waist revealed long legs and a good potion of thigh and groin to his gaze.
His eyes lifted to see the bare belly, still rising he saw her wearing a halter top in magenta. Gold sequins and rare stones decorated the top.
Jae looks at her face, and gasps.
While being under her spell, he never noticed her looks, but, he was noticing now.
Her black eyes where made even blacker by the kohl eyeliner and her lips redder from the lipstick staining them. Her black hair fell past her hips, straight, and shiny.
On her head she wore a string of glittering diamonds, which circled her head and trailed down her back.
As she moved, her hips swished, making her skirt swirl around her feet.
Jae bit his lip. She was beautiful, but, she did nothing for him.
Then his body reminded him of that lie, as he was still hard down below.
He shook his head.
No.
That wasn't him that was her. He had no control over his body while under her control.
He took great comfort in that thought as the woman demon walked closer to him.
Asneath walked behind him, and then he felt metal pressing against his throat.
At the same time, Yunho came rushing into the room, skidding to a stop, as he see's the vampire leader chained up and a knife to his throat.
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...where's Jaejoong?"
Yunho looked around the room full of vampires and werewolves, but, no Jaejoong was insight.
Junsu along with the rest of the vampires started looking around them, questions about Jaejoong's whereabouts’ in their minds.
Yunho separated himself from the gang, walking slowly around the room.
He sniffed the air.
The vampire’s scent was everywhere.
In some places a lighter sent, in other places stronger.
He walked over to a far wall, still sniffing for Jaejoong's sent.
He smiled as he smelled the sent stronger around the wall. His nose was literally twitching as he smelled the sweet scent of Jaejoong.
Then his smile faded.
His sent was strong here, but he wasn't there.
He turned to question the Egyptian vampires, but watched as the last of the group went through the door at the other end of the room, searching for Jaejoong.
While waiting for the vampires and werewolves to come back, he searched the wall for any clues.
Yunho knew that Jae had to have passed through here. There was no other explanation. His scent was so strong, as if he was standing right there in front of him. Not only that but, he could FEEL him.
Yunho's hands skimmed the wall again, just as he was about to give up, his fingers hit something and the wall moved about an inch.
Yunho's heart gave a jump, as he pried the door further open and stepped through the opening.
The hall was lit by torches.
Yunho looked behind him, the others had yet to come back.
He looked forward once again, and decided to go on without the others. They'd see the open door and come anyways.
Yunho quickly walked, the tunnel twisting and turning.
On the way, he felt his foot hit something and it skittered across the dirt floor.
Curoius, Yunho bent down and took a closer look.
What he found froze him. They were Jaejoong's weapons.
Yunho knew then that his lifemate was in danger.
Jaejoong would never just toss down his fans and dagger.
Yunho gathered the items, placing the knife in the back of his pants and the fans in his pocket as he took off again at a faster pace.
Up ahead he saw a light and ran the rest of the way.
As he burst through the door, he skidded to a stop.
What he saw terrified him more than anything.
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Asneath smiled as the new comer took in the situation.
She tilted her head towards Jabari, "Please disarm the man." Jabari moved swiftly to Yunho's side.
"Oh, and Yunho. One wrong move and Jaejoong here, we'll let's just say he'll have his last breath hanging here." Asneath smiled at. Yunho snarled at her while Jabri confiscated his weapons.
"Good boy. Now sit down in that chair and enjoy the show." Asneath turned her attention back to the guy in the chains.
Jaejoong was looking intently at Yunho, not looking at Asneath.
If this was going to be his last day on earth then he wanted to remember the memories of them together. To burn Yunho's image into his heart forever.
"Such a beautiful being." Asneath muttered.
"I could spend the rest of my days lusting for you." She moved to Jae's side, leaving the view open for Yunho to see. Still keeping her knife at neck level, she trailed a manicured finger down the middle of Jae's chest, her palm coming to rest on his belly.
"Too bad," She lifted her eyes, now a lime green, up to meet raging purple eyes, "I can't control you forever."
Asneath slowly walked behind Jae, her hand sliding from his belly to his side, the one holding the knife moved to the back of his neck still pressed against him. She looked around Jae's shoulder to Yunho and smirked.
Her hand fell to between her captive’s legs and meet flaccid flesh.
Her eyes narrowed, as she looked from the male vampire to the werewolf.
They had yet to break eye contact, staring at each other, not bothering to listen to her.
This enraged her; she demanded that all her captives pay attention to her and her alone.
She focused her gaze to the center of Yunho's forehead and entered.
She didn't have to go far to find what she was looking for.
Her eyes widened at what she saw.
A woodened room. Two bodies wrapped around each other. Moans and pants echoing in the steam that was rising. Then the explosion's of orgasms to the extent that she had never experienced in all her days.
Lifemate.
The one word rebounded in the wolf’s head, it being cursed as much as it was being loved.
Asneath grimaced.
She had all the answers that she needed now.
This was more than she thought at first.
She walked back to the front, purposely breaking the two's eye contact with each other.
"Well well well. This is indeed interesting. Two guys that are lifemates. Not only are you men but of different beasts."
Asneath stepped back, turning so that she could see Yunho also. A finger came up to tap her chin as she thought.
"This puts a new perspective on things, yes?"
The female vampire walked over to Yunho, splaying a hand on his shoulder and leaned down.
"Now, I wonder why the Korean Counsel would want to have you two to work together?" She rose up and walked over to Jabari.
She rose up to her toes and kissed the man on the mouth, and smiled at his immediate response to her.
She loved it when she was in control. That's why this whole Korean Counsel thing was being a pain in the ass.
"Now, surely they know that you two are lifemates. But, they couldn't do what they had planned without doing away with some laws. She turned to Jae,
"So what are those plans, lovely?"
Jae shook his head at her, "I don't know what you are talking about. The only plan was to get rid of your sorry ass."
Asneath laughed, with her head throwed back. Then she stopped and looked at the vampire, "You are in no position to be brave, dear boy."
Asneath walked back over to Jae. Moving behind him, she lets her hands slid around him and rest on his chest.
Jae sucked in a breath when he felt a scorching fire trail down form his chest to his stomach.
The vampire demon bitch just dug her fingernails into his skin and scraped down, leaving long scratch marks on his body.
She leaned forward, "I punish those who deserve it vampire leader." was hissed into his ear.
Jae turned his head and glared at her, "You are a demon possessed BITCH, Asneath VAMPIRE LEADER." He sneered the last part and watched as her face tightened.
Jae gasped at the searing pain as Asneath suddenly, knife in hand, slid the blade lightly over his lower belly.
Yunho watched as the female vampire cut into Jaejoong's pale skin. Nothing appeared at first, then a thin red line. The blood slowly seeped from the wound, red droplets clinging to Jae's quivering belly.
The cut wasn't bad, and was already starting to heal.
"Jae?" Yunho whispered out.
Jae jerked his head back to Yunho.
Yunho gasped at the hatred that showed brightly in his eyes for the woman that held him.
Yunho itched to get up and put an end to the woman, and if could, he would kill her this instant for the pain she was putting Jae through, but one wrong move and Jaejoong would cease to exist.
Asneath walked back around Jae, the movement of her body making her skirt swish. It was done to make her look sensual, but, to Jaejoong she was disgusting.
The woman's hand on him earlier had made his stomach roll. It made him feel dirty to have her touch him.
Her voice, which she thought was sexy, was grating on Jaejoong's ear. Her smell revolted him. Her body a disturbing nasty thought to him, that he didn't want in his head.
He WILL kill her for this, make no doubt about that.
"Now back to my question. What are the counsel’s plans?" Asneath moved over to Yunho, and smirked when he leaned back to get away from her.
She stood before him, her face questioning.
"Why would the counsel do away with laws that would keep two different breeds from mixing? There are women vampires also. Are they hoping to get them pregnant and have a hybrid breed?"
Asneath had turned her back on Yunho and was staring at the wall, seeming to be talking to herself. Trying to reason out the counsel's motives for letting the breeds mix.
She turned to Jae, who had been listing to her questions, "That's really the only thing I can think of." She muttered.
"But, then if you guys are lifemates, then they really didn't need to have women getting pregnant, right? Because if you to bond, then Yunho would automatically become a hybrid breed."
Her eyes swept over to Yunho, "But, that's not it either. That could have happened to any werewolf vampire bond that is made. What is it that the counsel want from you two?"
Asneath seemed to focus on the wall, her eyes seeming to look far beyond the wall, beyond the hideout, beyond Egypt.
Suddenly, she spun around. "THAT'S IT!" She exclaimed.
"Junki and Bi-Rain knew that you two hated each other, but, at the same time were attracted to each other. They planned to work off that attraction, hoping that you two could work out your differences. They didn't plan on you guys being lifemates. They only found that out when Bi-Rain read your mind, " she turned to Jae, "the night you guys found out you had to sleep together."
Jae narrowed his eyes, "How did you know about that meeting?"
Asneath laughed, "I read Junki's mind. I couldn't get into Bi-Rain's I didn't even try, but Junki was easy. He didn't even know that I had been there after I was done." Asneath smiled smugly.
The female walked over to Yunho, and trailed her hand over his shoulders.
Yunho frowned, "So if you knew where they were at then, why didn't you go forth with your plans?" the werewolf asked.
"Patience, Yunho. In time, being patient pays off, don't you think?" She muttered.
She whirled back around, "Anyways, I knew all I needed to know. If my followers hadn't turned into traitors, then we would have struck. So I had to change my plans. Very cunning of you by the way, to convert the enemy on to your side. I must say, that really shocked me. I never would have thought they would have the guts to turn their backs on me."
"Now, I have to go out and make new followers and train them, all because you guys came to my home and killed off my followers."
Asneath stepped back, looking over to Jabari, "Well, looks like I have to go, now. More company, and I'm not in the mood to fight all of your men. But before I go." She looked at Jabari, "Kill the werewolf. Whatever plans the counsel's making, they need both of them. With just one, their plan will fail." She turned to look at Yunho and Jaejoong, "I'm sorry to just up and leave like this, but I can say that you, "she looked at Jaejoong, "and I will meet again and we'll settle this then vampire." With that she gave a nod to Jabari and disappeared.
Jaejoong watched in horror as Jabari thrust the sword through Yunho's back, the blade going completely through the werewolf, the end coming out the front side of him.
"NO!!! YUNHO!!" Jaejoong screamed.
Jaejoong jerked his eyes up and jerked on the chains wrapped around his wrist. His eyes scanned the room, landing on his dagger. Glaring at it, his mind settled on the knife and it lifted and swept across the room and landed in his hand.
Try as he might, the knife just wasn't cutting through the chain. The knife clanked to the floor, and he jerked again.
This time he put all he had into it, as he looked over to Yunho in a panic.
The chain finally gave a little and Jae continued to pull and tug on the metal.
Finally, the chain fell from the hook and landed on the ground. With it loose he was able to quickly release himself from the bonds.
Jaejoong ran over to Yunho, going behind him. He quickly removed the sword.
His eyes searching for any sign of life, he let out a breath when he saw Yunho's chest lift, but, only a little. The werewolf was dying.
Jaejoong turned on the Egyptian vampire.
Flashing to the other side of the room, Jaejoong had his head cut off, before the vampire knew what hit him.
Rage like he had never felt before, overcame him.
Throwing the sword aside, Jaejoong punched the beheaded vampire in the chest, and jerked his still beating heart out in his hand. Jaejoong glared down at it and crushed it, the organ popping, blood and solid mass matter running between his fingers and spilling onto the floor.
Jae turned back to Yunho.
He walked slowly back to him.
He could save him. He knew he could save him, but, Yunho didn't want to turn.
Jae shook his head, tears pooling in his eyes. He couldn't just let him die.
He was his lifemate, his love. Jae closed his eyes pained at what he had to do.
Yunho will hate him, if he changed him, but, he didn't have any other choice.
He knew Yunho wouldn't want to die, not like this.
Jae reached out and pulled Yunho to the ground with him, cradling his head against his chest.
He had to drain what was left to turn him.
Jae shifted Yunho up in his arms and moved his head to the side.
Closing his eyes, he let his fangs extend and Jaejoong bit into Yunho's neck, draining what was left of his lifeblood.
It didn't take a couple of seconds to drain what was left, that was how close Yunho was to death.
Jae looked at his knife and it skidded over to him.
He picked it up and made a two inch cut on his chest, then he tossed the knife to the side.
Using one hand, he massaged the area around the cut to get it flowing freely, then gently he lifted Yunho's head and positioned his mouth over the cut.
His blood stained the werewolf’s lips, cheeks and chin, but he knew that Yunho was getting some in him, he could feel his cold body start to warm up.
The wound had healed completely from the nano's entering his blood.
The suddenly, Yunho started sucking the blood from Jae's wound, his eyes closed, as he sucked gently.
Jae felt tears run down his face.
He had done it.
He saved his lifemate, but, may have lost him at the same time.
He glanced up at the sound of running footsteps.
Yoochun and Junsu came to a halt when they saw Jaejoong holding Yunho to him.
Yoochun glanced from Jaejoong to Junsu, "What's going on here?"
Junsu shook his head as he walked over and knelt beside his leader. His eyes getting big from what he saw. What he was afraid was the truth.
"Jaejoong! What have you done?" Junsu gasped as he saw the blood on Yunho's face.
Yoochun ran over and grabbed Yunho away from Jaejoong, his eyes blazing, "You knew he didn't want this! Why would you do this to him!"
Jae looked at them with pleading eyes, trying to make them understand, "He was dying. I couldn't let him die." He whispered.
Yoochun groaned as he lifted his pack leader in his arms, "He would rather die than to be turned into a vampire."
Jae shook his head, "No. No, I can't believe that. He wouldn't rather die. He would want me to turn him. I know he would."
But his words fell to deaf ears. Junsu helped him get dressed, as Yoochun left with Yunho.
Jae glanced around searching for his dagger and fans. Spotting them they flew over to him, landing in his outstretched hand.
Turning to Junsu, "Let's get back to Korea." Jae said as they left the underground hideout.
a/n YES!!!! Finally it's here. Sorry for the long wait everyone. I hope you guys like this chapter.