• she stood under the mistletoe watching her one christmas wish walk towards her with the grace of a god. he looked amazing in his pajama's and she laughed softly to herself as her voices whispered softly in her head.
    ~Dahlia, he looks great!~one of her voices,she named Jill, said

    her boyfriend did a 360 for her to show off the gift she gave him and she smiled,her face burning with pride and love.

    jill laughed and a second voice,tai, said ~your mother raised you to be beautiful enough to get a man...and taught you to be beautiful enough to keep him...put her lessons to good use with this one,Fox..cause you and i both know he can walk away any minute~

    Fox froze.fear shot thru her as her mind processed what tai had said and turned them into images.a second passed as her mind made the frozen images turn into moving ones. she got that burning in her eyes that told her...warned her that she was about to cry.she turned her head away from Markov and took a deep breath.his hand pressed against her left shoulder.

    "Hun,you okay?"he asked. her heart raced. every time he asked her if she was okay her heart would pound inside her.it reminded her that he trully cared just in the way he said it.
    "Fox?"he said quietly and she nodded and laughed softly,

    "Dont worry,Mark...im okay..just amazed at how amazing you look in your new outfit."

    Markov wrapped his arms around her and laughed softly in her ear."you did good,kid."

    she elbowed his stomach playfully."im not a kid!"

    "you are to me.your so much younger than me its scary."he sighed and pressed his face into her hair and inhaled."your hair smells like grapes."he laughed.

    "yeah i know! smells good huh?"she said ignoring his comment about her age compared to his.

    he was only 4 years older than her. trully she didnt care but she knew it bugged him to no end and he wished she was his age or he was hers so they wouldnt have to worry about their families opinions.

    "you always smell good,baby."he whispered in her ear and inhaled her scent again,this time finding the smell of perfume hidden on her neck.he sniffed again,this time recognizing the smell as her signature scent,"i just wish you would let me smell the real you and not this material artificial sh*t."

    she looked up at him and smiled."shower with me tomorrow and maybe youll find out how the real me smells before the perfume and scented lotions."

    Markov took a step back.and she knew exactly why. she wasnt of age yet and noone had ever seen her naked outside of the women in her immediate family (her mother and sister). it was months before she would turn 18 and he knew the risks if her parents found out he had been with her.

    "Mark?"

    "fox..you know i cant..."

    "Mark...please.."she whined softly and held her hand out to him.her voices argued against her idea.

    "i want to..but you know i cant...if we get caught your dad will either kill me or have me arrested for stagitory rape!"

    "it will be consented if anything goes beyond simplistic touching."she put her hand over his heart and it was racing so fast and pounding so hard against her palm. he was reacting to her words and she could feel his thoughts as if he had spoken aloud.

    ~he wants you,Dahlia!!~ Jill said proudly.

    ~but he wont take you...you need to be patient,young one...let him come to you~tai sighed.

    her own mental voice forced them away and she imagined herself in bed with him. her heart leaped at the thought and she smiles.

    "fox?"

    she shook her head."sorry...what?"

    "i said 'you know i cant...i want you so bad but you know i cant!' "

    "they wont find out,mark...i wont tell anyone and you dont have to either...and by time they find out ill be of age and they cant say sh*t about it!"

    Mark went over and sat next to the tree.a few seconds passed and he reached into it and pulled out a box just bigger than his palm. she sat infront of him,her voices all chatting excitedly about the possibilities of what it could be. he looked at her to make sure she was watching then opened it to reveal something similar to a neclace but more like a collar. he pulled it out and held it so she could see a round tag with his name on one side and hers on the other. it was a collar. she wasnt sure if she should be offended or happy so she just tied her hair back and let him put it on her.

    "to prove your mine and noone elses."he said protectively.she felt pride swell inside her heart and she looked at him happily

    "why would i want to belong to anyone else when i already have perfection owning me."

    he kissed her cheek then her lips and pulled her into his lap."my pet."he said shyly.

    her voices fell silent

    she looked up,directly into his eyes. "master..."


    an hour passed and she fell asleep in his lap. soon after her parents came home from their vacation. markov was long gone and she was asleep on the couch



    the next day markov came over to her house around 5pm and knocked on the door. noone answered and he peaked in thru the window.
    the house was empty and their were no lights on.
    he called her cell and it said it was disconnected.
    he emailed her but she never replied.

    3 weeks passed with no word from her or her family. the friday of that week he had the sudden need to read the city newspaper. he went out and got one and before he could get back to his car he froze. her face was on the cover of the paper with her mom,dad,and sister. it said:
    Family of four,killed after moving to new home.

    his eyes filled with tears when he saw the picture was so new she had her collar on. he went to his car and sat down.reading the rest of the artical.her name jumping out at him

    ::The youngest of the family,Dahlia (Fox) Katsunir was killed first when the murderer Mason Johnston realized the neclace she wore was worth more than the car she was in ((a brand new mustang,which he set on fire after killing them)). she was stabbed 4 times in her heart and choked by her own accessory. it is believed the man tracked down this family after he found out the girl recieved the neclace from her boyfriend,name unknown. Mason,age 18, went on a murderous rampage,killing the Katsunir family as well as 8 others who had no know relationship with any of the 4 members of the family.

    thru the tears he stared at the picture. he could see the pride in her eyes and her fingers touching the bottom of her collar. he blinked away fresh tears and looked again. her eyes had fear in them. and pain. she knew she was going to die and she wished she didnt have to. Markov looked up.the full moon still shined over him though it was well past 10 am. he ran a hand thru his hair. it was her. she was watching over him now. she would protect him.

    he placed the paper in the passenger seat of his car and turned in his seat to start it. "why didnt you tell me,baby? i couldve easily helped you!" he yelled to the moon that was visible thru the wind shield. he rested his head against the steering wheel."why,fox?"



    three nights later a strange man picked up a newpaper from the same place as markov had and stared at the cover artical in wonder.
    ::Boy found dead in home.

    the artical continued to say it was believed he was the one who was dating Dahlia Katsunir upon her death and his death was ruled a suicide.

    the man cried with joy and his drivers liscence fell from his pocket. a stranger walked by and picked it up,taking a glance to see the name. "here,mr.Johnston. you dropped this."