Slave to Love Part 8
The Palace

The cell he had been thrown in was dark, damp and cold. His thin rags barely covered his body and he shivered with cold.

Duo fingered the tip of his long braid and chewed on it thoughtfully. He could get out of this, this cell wasn't any different than the cells under the Maxwell Church, which he visited so often.

The cell door swung open shredding light on Duo's battered body. Due to their Prince's order he hadn't been hurt but then they had left him cold and hungry on the wet floor and refused to talk to him or give him food.

Duo raised his head from his knees to look at the figure in the doorway.

His violet eyes met the Prince's Prussian eyes.

"Have you calmed down now?" Heero asked.

Duo's eyes narrowed at the dark haired youth and didn't say anything. His red lips pressed together and he bit his tongue.

"I'll take that as no."

Duo's large violet eyes fell to the floor and Heero let out a sigh.

"Duo?"

"I don't wanna go back." Duo whispered quietly. The same words he had said to Wufei early that night.

"To Hilde... you are dead."

Duo's head snapped up. "What?"

"Hilde believes that you are dead." Heero stepped in to the cell. "I'm taking custody over you for a few days until you are back on your feet then I suggest you leave Messina."

"Where am I meant to go?"

Heero didn't answer but stepped away from the door. "If you come with me, then I'll give you a nice comfortable bed. Or, you can stay here."

Duo pushed himself to his feet and took a careful stepped forward. "I guess I better come with you, Milord." Duo hissed.

Heero held out his hand for Duo to take but the braided boy glared at it and walked passed it. Heero sighed and followed the dirty boy out of the dungeons and into the well-lit corridors.

Duo raised his hand to shield his eyes from the suddenly bright lights.

Heero closed the cell door and strolled pass Duo.

Duo watched Heero walk forward and he hurried after him, keeping a meter behind him but keeping close. It was normal. If Hilde wasn't his mistress any more then Heero must be his new master right?

This may sound strange but according to Duo's slave mind, you never get freed unless your mistress/master sets you free and the only ways you can change masters/mistresses was if your master/mistress gave you to someone new or the slave got taken away from his first master/mistress and therefore the person that took him would be their new master/mistress and as Heero had saved Duo from Hilde that would make Heero Duo's new master!

So Duo followed Heero silently through the many corridors of the Grand Palace.

"Heero?"

The Prince stopped and turned at the sound of Relena's voice. Behind him Duo can to a stop.

"Relena." Heero bowed at the Sanq Princess as she approached, her own slave a few feet behind.

"You're back!" She hugged Heero.

Duo glared at her, how dare she touch Heero? He felt a stab of jealousy hit him and he blinked in surprise.

"What? Duo?"

Duo blinked even more as he looked into Heero's dazzling eyes.

"What?"

"You were just standing there. Are you ok?" Relena asked, her blue eyes full of concern as she stared at Duo.

"Sorry, My Lady." Duo bowed his head and kept it down.

It was Relena, this time, that blinked in surprise at Duo. She turned to Heero.

"Well?"

"I'll talk to you later." Heero told her and he reached out and placed a hand on Duo's shoulder, taking notice of the way Duo flinched at the contract. "Princess. Dorothy." Heero gave a small bow to the two girls and pulled Duo away down the corridor.

"I didn't know you believed in slavery?"

Duo jumped, he pulled away from Heero and backed into a wall.

Quatre blushed.

"What? Slavery?"

"Yes. I just heard of Wufei but Heero..." Quatre pulled Heero away. "You took a slave from his Mistress."

"So?"

"That means you are his new Master."

Heero grunted. "No I'm not."

"That boy believes you are and it is written in the law."

Quatre looked over at Duo whose head was bowed. Heero followed his gaze.

"Can you tell me what has happened to him Quatre?"

"I don't like looking at people's memories without their permission."

"You said so yourself Quatre, I'm his Master. I own his rights. What's happened to him?"

Quatre lowered his gaze. He knew this would happen. Heero was forcing his power over Duo on Quatre. "Very well." Quatre's sky blue eyes slide shut.

Heero watched Quatre. His friend winced and Heero took hold of Quatre's elbow to steady his friend.

"Well?"

*   *   *

Heero was pissed off!

Big Time!

And when Heero was pissed off you don't want to get on his bad side. It could be the last thing you do!

He had escorted Duo to his chambers, he had given Duo his chambers and left the braided slave there. Heero had a few things to do. He needed to talk to his father about how to go about freeing a slave and he still needed to talk to Relena but right now he was planning on finding Wufei and having a one on one with Wufei to relieve stress.

However everyone seemed to had made themselves disappear!

I wonder why?!

Even Relena made sure she didn't get in Heero's way when he was pissed off, if she did it would be the last thing she ever did.

So Heero stormed along corridor after corridor until he found himself back outside his chambers. He raised a hand and placed it against the wooden door.

"Duo?" He whispered his name and gently opened the door.

"My lord."

Duo was sitting up in bed, the sheets drawn up around him and his long chestnut hair fell over his shoulders like a comfort blanket.

Heero felt his angry melt away at the sight of the frighten boy on his bed.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"I.... I didn't mean to upset you. I..."

"No, you've done nothing wrong." Heero said cussing himself for sounding like such a cold bastard.

Tears began to fall silently down Duo's cheeks.

"Duo?"

Recalling what Quatre had told him Heero headed slowly over to the whimpering slave on his bed and knelt down next to him.

"Shh." He took Duo in his arms. "She is never going to hurt you again. I won't let her."

Rubbing Duo's back gently Heero managed to get Duo to fall asleep.

If one of the Lords of the Count had walked in right then they wouldn't of recognised the boy leaning against the pillows on his bed holding a sleeping sobbing boy in his arms. Heero was sometimes cold and hard and hardly any one saw him like the way he was now.

Heero let a smile creep on to his face as Duo finally calmed down in his sleep and stopped sobbing. The boy snuggled closer to Heero's chest, almost wanting the contract.

"Why Hilde? Why destroy such an angel?" Heero asked as Duo began to snore. Heero laughed and eased himself from Duo's grip. "Sleep well."

TBC...

 

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