The Thorn of Secrets
Author's Notes ** I wanted to try something different in my sims3 game play and have discovered that once being terrified of supernatural EP (those Zombies just creep me out), now I'm in love wi...
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“Luther I see you have come at my call”, Vladimir said in a calm tone.
“Yes my brother, my Emperor what is it you wish of me”
“Luther you know how important this battle is don’t you, you know how important it is to have our best sources working to the best of their capacity don’t you?”. Said Vladimir as he studied his brothers body language.
“Yes my brother I do” Luther replied confused at his brothers question.
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“Then why Is it when ever I turn my back you betray my orders?” Vladimir said as his tone changed.
“Me? I do not understand my brother?” Luther trying to add innocence to his response.
“Let me put it to you simply Luther, LEAVE Jagger and his boy toy alone, he has the ability to get a job done and he does it best, how or what he does in his private matters, does NOT concern you.” Vladimir replied with his authoritarian stern voice.
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“But brother he is shaming…”
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“SHAMING… Shaming... shall we talk who shamed the family name shall we my brother… You were the first to disgrace this family… were you NOT?! Father was broken with your stupid innuendoes, was he not?” Vladimir continued
“Luther, I have no time for petty childish games and you know this, get off his tail and leave him be. IF he is interested in this mortal in more than desiring to feed or kill him, it is not your concern. You’re concern is gathering and ensuring all the soldiers understand their jobs, not to question one of our best in his unorthodox manner. He is entitled to some fun and a release and if he so desires to have sexual fantasies with this mortal, this is not your business”.
“I will not tolerate you stepping in his way UNDERSTOOD! NEED I remind you our goal is to go after Roman and find out who his son is, the ‘beast’ that we need to find, need I remind you that this war is about us getting CONTROL over the wolves and yet you worry about a little mortal Jagger has taken a sexual fancy to.” Vladimir was growing a little irate at his brothers stupid attitude.
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“Yes brother.. but…..” Luther kept pressing.
“LUTHER… Remember, I know who you are! Father didn’t choose me as leader over you for my pretty looks, but for my knowledge power and wisdom, if you show ANY sign to weakening our Empire I will gladly end it right here and now. DO I make myself C L E A R. Leave Jag alone … understood.” Vladimir said as his tone changed to a sharp deep threat.
“But brother that mortal…”
“What Luther… fails the vampire radar…” Vladimir added.
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“SO WHAT!!! He is a MORTAL!! A stupid human being… nothing more!”
“You forget that Alexis also failed the radar as does Jagger….. You are forgetting, we are after the Wolfbanes and their blood, do you forget what our task is? Have you started to go senile in your own old age…” Vladimir had enough of Luthers id*io*t attitude.
“Forgive me my brother, my Emperor please forgive me! Luther knew he couldn’t win an argument with Vladimir, he also knew Vladimir was a smart shrewd man with a higher intelligence and he knew he had no hope in trying to prove something that he himself knew he was doing wrong.
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“So I have your word you will NOT interfere with Jagger and his work, including pleasures anymore! Get on with your own job, every man to their job, prepares us for the Great War that will be unleashed. It is a war I intend to win brother with or without you by my side. However Jagger is OFF LIMITS One more outburst from you and I will personally see to your death, understood!” Vladimir tightened his tone to a serious manner.
“Yes my emperor” Luther replied with a hard swallow.
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“It’s not a big ask is it now?” Vladimir could sense Luther was scared but he knew his brothers ways also.
“No my King it is not” Luther replied angry yet his hands tied knowing he must listen to his brother but he cannot help himself in his own jealous selfish way. He hated his brother for what he had done, but he also knew he was powerless to hurt him, so his next best target was Jagger. It ripped through his core he yearned to torment Jagger, to hurt his brother more, to settle the betrayal once and for all.
Vladimir was no fool he sensed his brothers two faces abilities
“Luther before you leave, remember Jagger is more my blood than yours! Don’t forget it. Anything happens to him, you will feel the greatest pain you have ever felt. Do I make myself CLEAR!” Vladimir added with a slow final tone of warning.
“Yes my Emperor…Perfectly” Luther replied knowing Vladimir had put his foot down and was deadly serious
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“Good now I will have your presence on the night of Mortias birthday until then any scandals from you while Jagger is here I will personally end it without warning.” Vladimir said as he turned to Katya, who was waiting for his attention.
“Yes my Emperor” Luther said feeling defeated yet bitter
“Now leave me be I have important business to attend to” Vladimir said as he gazed into Katya’s eyes
Luther left with his tail between his legs in rage within himself he knew he couldn’t do anything while he was under Vladimir’s nose but he burned to hurt Jagger more he was burning for the day he would kill him.
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Jagger turned up to the Emperors castle and Vixen wasted no time to try her power on him.
“Oh my love you have come to join us to celebrate our sons birthday” Vixen said as she tried to grab Jagger to kiss him.
“Vixen I'm not your love and certainly not here for your amusement”. Jagger snapped at Vixen as he shoved himself away from her.
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“Don’t touch me or talk to me I can’t stand the sight of you as it is” Jagger said in a hard tone, disgusted to even smell her presence in front of him.
Jagger walked off to find Vladimir on his way through the palace he saw Seth has been amusing Vixen in ways he knew he would be. He locked down his core, set his walls higher than ever. He knew no magic could get through his core once he centered himself. He knew this was one reason many dark arts minions failed to hurt him.
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As he walked through the library he saw Vladimir who wasted no time to welcome him.
“Ahh you have arrived, welcome home” said Vladimir to Jagger as they embraced
“My King as you have requested I will be joining you for the week to assist in preparation for the ceremonies”. Jagger replied to Vladimir as he felt warmed by his embrace.
Jagger did have a huge respect for Vladimir and always felt humbled seeing him, he felt his closest connection to his mother through Vladimir for some reason that he never understood why.
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“My son you are free to do as you wish, you know my kingdom is your very own, feel free to amuse yourself with anything you desire until I need your assistance”, Vladimir said with joy seeing Jagger was back at home.
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“Until then you are free to do as you please and know that no one will get in your way” Vladimir assured Jagger
“Thank you and I am of your service my King”. Jagger replied knowing Vladimir had his back.
He couldn’t help wonder why Vladimir respected him so much, and he burned to know, Jagger was wound up, that feeling that had been eating at him before he left Michael hadn’t vanished he thought it would once he got to the palace yet he was fighting to tame the demon that was growing in his core. He dismissed it and decided to go down to the academy to meditate and try to keep his core centered.
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When he arrived he watched Mortias practicing martial arts and started to miss his sons, remembering what a brilliant fighter Saber was, he saw that Mortias was not strong at all as Saber but he closed his mind on his children, he knew he was in territory that he couldn’t fully trust.
Mortias wasted no time to run up to Jagger.
“Father will you spar with me” Mortias asked excited to show off his abilities.
“As you wish” Jagger replied yet keeping himself distant.
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Jagger not remotely interested in partaking in any social events, he didn’t know Mortias very well and he could see there was a evil core in Mortias’s center. He didn’t like this and kept his own core in lock down. He knew there would come a day that they would fight for real and he would in fact have to kill him or be killed himself. Jagger put his mind to a place he always went when he was present among enemies, leaving no signs that could be used against him. He knew this place very well as it was his only means of survival, a place he had known since he was a child when his mother taught him how to embrace it.
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As Jagger wasn’t in the mood for a fight and he knew if he pulled out all the stops Mortias would have an advantage so he toned down his own abilities and let Mortias beat him. Jagger being an 8th ranked Black belt Dan was no match for Mortias, he studied him enough to see where his weak points were and to his observation he could see that Mortias had a lot of learning before he would even have half his strength. He knew he had Saber who was a prime fighter and after experiencing Saber’s aura he knew Mortias was very far from ever reaching that capacity. It humbled his heart. He missed his children, his real children. He has always wanted to be apart of a family, to enjoy watching them grow up and come home to the joys as any parent could, yet all his life he had to fight for what he believed in and never could enjoy this. It burned but it was something he had come to accept and shut it down from ever creeping up in his thoughts.
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Have I done well Father? Asked Mortias wanting his approval.
“Yes you’re good fighter” Jagger replied not giving away any emotions and desiring to get away from him.
Jagger excused himself and left back to the palace to be alone. The throbbing in his core was rising and he was confused as to why it continued to burn. He needed to be alone, the pain was something he had never in his whole existence experienced and it was leaving him very unsettled. He was not one to not know something and when he didn’t now he would get answers, but this feeling wasn’t giving him any clues as to where he needed to seek the answers. This left him severely on edge. His head was throbbing as hard as his core was.
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Back at the castle as the preparations was taking place for Mortias’s birthday, Jagger left to be alone in the one part of the palace he knew he could be, he also knew that Vladimir was the only one who knew where he would be to call upon him when needed. Jagger knew Katya was at the Palace also playing fiddle to the Emperor, he knew she was there for his protection and felt no need to feel on edge, his edge was the burning in his core that he struggled to extinguish, yet he wasn’t sure what was eating at his so much.
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“Why did I know I would find you down here” Katya said as she found Jagger down in the secret chambers
“Kat… you know of this place?” Jagger asked not surprised yet curious.
“Oh Jag you forget I'm a powerful sorceress and yes your mother use to let me read the secret books when I was learning my sorcery, while you were learning your own craft.” Katya added
“I know I can get away and be alone here Kat I just need to be alone and I know Vladimir knows this is where I will be.”
“At least you can get away from Vixen too.” Katya stated
“Yes and everyone else.” Said Jagger
“Jag you know why I'm here..”
“Yes Montana sent you,” Jagger replied
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“YES I…”
Jag knew she had to sleep with the Emperor and he also knew that Katya played that side of things really well, she was one to love no one but bed with everyone when needed.
“Kat I know, ….. it’s fine. I know your ….. warped ways”. Jagger said in an uplifting manner not to insult her.
“Of course… makes me the best at what I do” Katya added with a sweet innocence to her aura
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“Jag you look restless, are you ok?” Katya could see something wasn’t normal about Jaggers presence
“Kat something is eating at me, in my core I cannot shift it. It’s been eating at me for some time now.” Jagger replied not wanting to go into too much detail.
You don’t feel peace here do you?
“Kat I feel my mother the strongest here… her smell is still present here. It’s where I can…” Jagger stopped.
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“Jag… I know… but let me lighten your spirit now…” Katya added as she cast a uplifting spell on Jagger.
“To lighten your soul my friend, I cannot remove that pain in your core but I can help lift your spirits , for the cloud you have looming over you is starting to show.” She stated as she finished with her spell.
“Kat this will be the longest week of my life.” Jagger added as his own heart weighed down on him.
“I know Jag, I'm here if you need me, I don’t want to impose my dear friend but I am at your service even if you need a ….. release…. “ Katya knew Jagger was loyal but her body was on offer if he needed it.
“Thank you Kat you know I'm stronger than that… besides.. My loyalty is to one person and it is how it shall remain.” Jagger said
“Yes my Knight I do know how Loyal you are... Know I am on offer to you also… No pressure it is my job to ensure you are at ease and looked after in anyway I can.”
“Kat knowing you’re here is enough..” Jagger replied humbled at her honesty.
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“My dear Jag, Summon me in your thoughts and we will meet again, I better go and keep the Emperor happy or he will suspect something” Katya added as she embraced him and could feel his very heavy soul yet couldn’t read him further to help him anymore than she has.
“Grace upon you my darling Knight” Katya added as she turned to walk away.
“And to you my sorceress” replied Jagger as they parted ways so no one can find them.
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Mortias birthday was a big celebration, Vladimir didn’t do anything by halves and he sure would make the best outing for his Grandson. Celebrities and well noted figures from all areas came to celebrate, Vladimir was a well respected and popular man and everyone always made an effort to join in on his celebrations. The palace was crawling with many faces and names from Midnight Hollow to watch as Mortias aged up from a teenager to a Young Adult. The Celebrations continued throughout the night.
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Jagger moved away from the crowd to sit alone as he didn’t want to hang around all the guests and commotion, he wasn’t in the mood to be social at all, something he rarely ever felt, the burning inside his core continued to torment him and as he was not a man who enjoyed feelings like this, it unsettled him deeply not knowing why or what it was eating at him. Before he had a chance to go to his mother’s secret quarters, Vladimir wasted no time to talk to him.
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“Son, I will need you tomorrow to assist in preparations for the ceremony of the blood of the full moon, this is needed for the preparation for the 13th warrior to rise, we need to prepare for the great Wolfbane ‘beast’ will bare a name and we need to find and summon him.” Vladimir could see Jagger wasn’t happy and it bothered him but he knew he needed his assistance to get to the next part for the war he was about to unleash.
“Yes my King I am here to assist you and be at your service as promised”, Jagger knew he was mainly here for that night, not for Mortias’s birthday. He knew Vladimir was a patient yet impatient man and where there was pleasure business wouldn’t be far behind.
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“You remember the chants my son, all the verses.” Vladimir asked yet knew Jagger would, he knew what a fine specimen Jagger had grown into, he never doubted it.
“Yes I can never forget the secret book of “Via Vitae Aeternae” I have it memorized as you had my mother teach me.” Jagger confirmed.
“Excellent… my dear son, now take your key and get some rest my son, I have ensured no one will be bothering you, when you are up here as I will need your assistance before the moon rises.” Vladimir replied happily.
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“Yes my king as you wish I will be down at my ….” Jagger struggled to get the words out
“Son, I have kept your mothers secret rooms not only for you but in honor of her, I too go and visit time to time, her memory is strong for all who loved her.” Vladimir replied with his own pain in his heart.
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Vladimir knew he had to tell Jagger the very thing that would crush him, a lie he has carried upon his soul since before Jagger was born, as he watched Jagger he felt heavy in his own heart.
He knew the day would come when Jagger would be very hurt and once again betrayed. He also knew this could be the very day Jagger would turn on him and even kill him, he knew the only one who would have the power to kill him was Jagger. He also knew he would never hold it against him, he had made a promise to Alexis, his one and only true love.
Over the years he burned to tell Jagger and never found the chance. Vladimir felt heavy in his own heart, watching Jagger brought back strong memories of Alexis making his own heart very heavy with pain.
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Jagger returned back to his mothers secret quarters where he knew he could be alone. He laid on the very bed his mother use to read and could smell her scent still, it had faded over the long years but it was till very present.
As he lay on the bed all he could do was think about Michael, his core was burning, twisting upon itself in many knots; he still couldn’t shake that dead feeling. He finally fell asleep on the very spot his mother use to sleep.
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