The one within the body

"It was you, the night-time visit, was it? That is why you turned off the lights! You pretended to be Sarcos to try me out!"Sienna called in desperation." Where is Sarcos's soul? Where? Tell me, what you did to him?" the panic set in her eyes. Her heart was in a raging fire as she tried to free herself desperately.

Sharchan and Tyrell stood up in surprise. They stared at Sarcos. It was not Sarcos! It was just his body, with the dangerous king Thurssa inside. Thurssa-Sarcos held Sienna in his embrace hard as an iron ring and looked at them with his deep abyss eyes." Wait here, for now, my dear kings, I need to talk with my darhling queen in private first." he talk to them satirically in Sarcos's smooth voice.

"No!" said Sharchan."You are not Sarcos, we don't trust you with our mate!"He took out his sword. Tyrell took his sword out too."We challenge you to fight for the queen." Tyrell said.

"Me too!"Ziran joined them with his sword out. Leander stared. He was not sure what to do. His king was someone else.

Thurssa-Sarcos smiled victoriously. "I have his body, so I have his strength and his queen. Have no worries, I will not hurt my darhling, I give you my word of a king. But I will fight you in the arena later on just for fun. I like to see what this body can do. Come darhling." he said and carry mindlessly crazy Sienna inside.

Sharchan, Tyrell and Ziran followed carefully behind him, then they slipped into one of the Sarcos's secret tunnels so they will be able to hear and see, what is going on.

Thurssa-Sarcos was carrying Sienna thru the corridors. She stopped resisting him and started to think fast."What I'm supposed to do?"She decided to play it sweet, and look for Sarcos's soul first. She knew Thurssa kind of liked her, so she might be able to go along with him, till she finds out what happened to Sarcos."Stop here, my king!", said Sienna gently, "You just passed my room, let's go in and talk."

Thurssa-Sarcos nodded and let Sienna down. She opened the door of her turquoise-coloured room." Come in please, "she invited him inside. She took him to the cushion seating area and sat on the purple cushion elegantly. She showed him to sit opposite her. She stared at Sarcos's eyes curiously. She felt her heart beating in her neck and cold shivers passing her body. "How it is possible his eyes look like Thurssa's one. Well, it must be the window to the soul thing." Sienna was sitting a bit stiff thinking.

Thurssa-Sarcos leaned closer to her."Relax my darhling."He said gently to her and touch her cheeks."You are my queen, I'm not going to hurt you."

Sienna shook her head."Please tell me everything, I'm so confused right now."

Sharchan and Tyrell watched them in secret, waiting in the tunnels and staring thru the double mirror."How does this happen to strong Sarcos? To lose his body to someone?"Sharchan was thinking hard. He needed to check the old books in his grotto and find a way to get Sarcos back for Sienna's sake.

Thurssa-Sarcos pulled Sienna down into his embrace and sat her on his knees. She stared into his eyes still a bit shocked, but she tried to compose herself. It was Thurssa, she spent four days with him, she will be able to survive some more. "He is not a spider anymore, so he might behave better." she hoped.

Thurssa-Sarcos held Sienna's hand." I never hoped I will hold your soft hand again. And be able to stroke your golden hair." he ran his other hand on her hair and smiled gently.

"How does this happen? "Siena whispered still not believing her eyes.

Thurssa-Sarcos looked at her gently," I will tell you everything, so we can make a new understanding. "he reached into his clothes and took out a black packet with Sienna's curled-up hair. He opened it as the biggest treasure and showed it to her. "Your golden hair saved me."Thurssa-Sarcos smiled."My soul went into the golden hair of yours which got stuck on me, so Sarcos burned only my spider body and changed it to a blue rock."

"How could a hair survive that fire?"Sienna asked with wide-open eyes. She felt betrayed by her own hair now.

"Not any hair, your hair." Thurssa- Sarcos smiled, "Sarcos will never hurt you, you are protected by his mark, and so are your hair as well."He smiled."Now we can be together again. You like Sarcos's body more than the other one no? I do not care for spiders actually. I come from a different tribe. I'm immortal as you see and I just used a spider body to live inside. I invaded it when young Thurssa broke the weak crystal I was encased in. I was set free and I took over his body. His troubled soul was stuck in that spider, and that's why I had a hard time controlling it. So he is dead now and I'm here. With you." he smiled victoriously.

"But how did you subdue Sarcos's body? "Sienna asked curiously," Is he not immortal too?"

"He missed you so much he wandered the castle, spotted the golden hair and held it in his hand long enough for me to push him out easily. I'm older than him so he got no chance to resist me."

"But, where is he now? "Sienna wondered.

"I'm not sure. Maybe he just left. I could not hear or feel any scorpion in me. I also can't change to a scorpion form at all."He said and shook his shoulders. Sienna looked at him."You mean he left, like he died?"

"Looks like, I can't sense him at all, "Thurssa noted.

Sienna's eyes teared up. She looked deep into dark his eyes."Are you a vampire? Will you try to make that immortal's stash again?" she asked.

Thurssa-Sarcos shook his head."I don't need to be anymore, in this body I can hunt like everyone else. The Spider Royalty was cursed by unsated lust for female food. It was my inner spider with Thurssa's soul, it ran in the blood of that body. I tried to fight it for your sake and stall the spider much as I could, but then Sarcos killed it. I'm grateful to him, this body is so much better." he noted appreciatively.

Sienna calmed down a little bit." If he can not sense the scorpion, he doesn't rule over this body completely. It can mean Sarcos left or he concealed himself. I need to stay close to him, to search for any signals if the scorpion is still there with Sarcos. Sarcos is too powerful to be defeated this easily."She thought and smiled sweetly.

Thurssa -Sarcos saw that she is more relaxed and looked at Sienna with hungry eyes." But the best present from Sarcos is, that you already bear my mark, so I can mate with you freely."

He ran his hands on her shoulders and felt a wave of energy. Sienna's body did not flinch at Sarcos's touch. Her body was used to him and always craved him. It was just her mind, which was confused and sensing danger.

Sienna thought about it and blushed. She looked into dark Thurssa-Sarcos's eyes, but there was no more flaming scorpion. It was only darkness in there.

Sienna decided to agree straight away. She did not want to make him angry or suspicious. She liked Thurssa a bit already when he was kind. She was upset he took over Sarcos's body, but she had a mission to do. She had to find out where is Sarcos's soul and protect his body too. She needed to keep him close and busy, so he does not mess up Sarcos's kingdom or hurt others. Specially Sharchan and Tyrell.

Sienna looked at him seriously. "Well, you have my mate's body, and your soul is not repulsive to me. I actually kind of like you, if you don't bear the spider in you. I will treat you as my mate then." she said sweetly.

"Is it that simple? Thurssa-Sarcoss asked.

Sienna nodded."In a relationship is simple good. Do you swear to protect me as Sarcos did? "She looked at him seriously.

"With my life."Thurrsa-Sarcos nodded like in a dream. The queen who kept resisting him is finally his.

Sienna smiled at him and buried her head into the strong Sarcos's chest. He still smelled intoxicating like him. Her plan was coming together in her mind as she touched his strong muscles. "I need to keep Sarcos's body close and busy because he is stronger than Tyrell and Sharchan!"She was not sure how Thurssa will treat her mates.She lifted her head cutely."Time to strike a deal!"She thought.

"Will you keep all the Sarcos's deals, please?"She asked him gently.

"Yes, I can. I will be living like him for the start." he nodded.

"Will you treat Sharchan and Tyrell the same as Sarcos, as you brothers?"Sienna asked carefully.

Thurssa-Sarcos nodded."I will see."

"Please, go along with them, so I can live happily with you."Sienna looked at him cutely and touched his chest. Well, it was Sarcos's hard chest.

Thurssa-Sarcoss nodded."I will try."

"So, will we live in Sand City then, no, if you are not the spider anymore?" she said hopefully.

Thurssa-Sarcoss nodded."I'm happy to leave the Silver City to Samuel. He will be a good king. I'm grateful to him, he saved you."

Sienna nodded with a sweet smile."Thank you so much."She touched his cheek gently, trying to get used to his dark eyes again." Where are you Sarcos?" she thought. How is she supposed to call his soul back? This body can't get hurt or Sarcos will be not able to come back at all. But how to order an invisible soul around?Thurssa's soul, but wait, he is not Thurssa, Thurssa the spider is dead. Who he really is?" she thought.

Suddenly Sienna remembered then if you want to order someone, you need to know his real name. "That is the start! "She thought and smiled gently at him. "Well, is true you are my mate now, but I can't call you Sarcos or Thurssa, so how I'm supposed to call you, my king? "She smiled sweetly and touched Sarcos's hard biceps. She just could not resist.

He furrowed his brows and a bitter-sweet smile came to his lips."You want to enslave me? "he asked her.

"Me? You are afraid of me? I have no magic in me and Sharchan and Tyrell as well. They don't care if you are Sarcos or not till you don't hurt me," she said sweetly.

"I'm just asking, so I know what to moan when we mate, "she asked sweetly. "Because you are not real Thurssa or real Sarcos. I like to know who you are?" She ran her hands around his neck raising the hot tension in the air.

Thurrsa-Sarcos looked at her curiously."Is this body so attractive to you?"

"Even more with your poetic mind," Sienna licked her lips and smiled seductively.