Tavin heard an anguished cry from inside the cabin. He knew instantly that it was Morgan. Just the thought of something or someone harming her was enough to make him crazy. He dropped the bottle of red wine and the purple orchids on the ground. He ran into the small cabin to find her. His only thought was to make sure that she was alright. When he walked into the bedroom his whole world fell upside down. Morgan was standing there with tears running down her face. Behind her stood a perfect glamour of him, it faded revealing Kain for only an instant. He smiled at Tavin and disappeared into a cloud of sulfuric smoke. It left Tavin unsure if he should kill him now or later.
With one look of Morgan’s face he reluctantly chose later. She needed him right now. Kain’s long and painful death would come soon enough. He grabbed a blanket from the bed and draped it over her shoulders. He wrapped it tightly around her naked body as he pulled her up against his chest. She was still shaken and horrified. Her thoughts were a jumbled mess. He couldn’t grasp what had exactly happened. Did she catch him before he had actually touched her? Or Tavin shuddered to think, after?
If he made love to her pretending to be me, I will snap his fucking neck!
“Do you think that you can tell me what happened?”
He could feel her body tense up and her heart accelerate. At that moment he knew exactly what had happened. Kain had ravished her body, toyed with her mind for his own satisfaction. All to get to me, he thought.
That thought alone was enough to bring him to his knees. It was his fault that Kain had did this to her. It was his fault that she now hurt and feared his rejection because of Kain. All of this just to show him that he could. Morgan could feel his rage. She saw it when he finally tilted her face up to his. She saw the pain, the anger and the all too obvious guilt written all over his face.
How could he even for one moment believe that this was his fault? It was hers and hers alone. She should have known that something wasn’t right from the start.
He gently stroked the side of her tear stricken face, “this is not your fault love. It is mine. He used you to get to me. We have played this game for far too long. I knew what he was capable of. I just didn’t honestly think that he would... involve you like this. I should have. He’s told me himself that he would have you. And I all but handed you over to him. I will never forgive myself.”
“You can’t and won’t hold any blame for this Tavin! It was my fault. I should have known.”
She buried her head in his chest and cried like she had never cried before. In that moment Tavin knew that Kain would pay. Pay dearly for each and every tear that Morgan shed. Her pain would not be in vain. The next time that he saw him would be the last time.
