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**Kira_Wolf_Cub** · May 17th, 2007, 02:16 AM

Alice started to cry hard when he didn't say anything to her. She buried her face deeper into her arms.

"AW! OOOOOH! I'm sorriEEEee..." Her shoulder shock with each breath she took, there was a little comfort in the touch on her back, even if it was to keep her in place. "OUCH! OUCH! AWIEEEE!"

**Peeker** · May 17th, 2007, 02:17 AM

Enough. I can't do it anymore.

The vampire scooped the girl up into a tight hug. "When you run away, it means I can't help you. It means I can't catch you, and I can't help you. Alright?"

He held her tight. Alice understood. He knew that.

**Peeker** · May 17th, 2007, 03:06 AM

(...once again, the server beats Kira to the punch. small log, and my response...)

Alice clung to him like a life line. She kept sobbing into his clothing, half-understandable promises of never repeating her attempt to escape him. It took a good hour before she calmed enough to stop crying and cringing to him, although she didn't pull away from him. She gave a small sniff and rubbed her bottom.

"It still hurts..." She sniffed and looked at the ribbon she had left on the piano. 'This is all your fault.' It was a childish thought, but she just wanted to blame it on something small and pointless. The ribbon seemed the safest bet.

She tried focusing on it again, keeping her thought calmer then before. The ribbon rose slowly and wrapped around her a bit before tying itself. It wasn't tight enough and the bow was sloppy, but it was there.

"What do you know..." she sniffed and snuggled closer to her Sire. "I finally did it..."

"Good girl." He hugged Alice tight. She had made no motion to get down from his arms, and to be honest, Aleksandr didn't want her to leave. He'd grown fond of his little Alice, regardless of her age or her appearance. "...and you'll have to keep doing it, too. I'll stay with you until you get it perfect... but before you start, do you need anything?" He put a hand over her sore bottom. "No magic this time, Alice, but if you want blood, we will drink - and if you need anything else, speak it. I am here to help, after all."

Alice shook her head. She didn't want anything and her stomach was still full from the meal they’d had not so long ago.

"No," She leaned in closer to him and shook her head. "I'm not hungry..."

She sniffed for a second and then looked at him a little sad.

"Why won't you use any magic? You did before..."

"Because this was different. I was proud of you for facing up to the fact that you'd been bad, and coming to me for your spanking. There was a reward in what you did... This... That was a punishment, Alice. I do not reward bad behavior. This sting, you'll need to feel, and remember."

He stroked her hair again. "I know you do. But you need to. Okay?"

Alice gave a small whine of pain and didn't argue with him further on the matter. She rubbed her eyes dry again before she started idly play with one of the ends of the ribbon.

"Soo, what do we work on now?" She undid the ribbon and held it in her hands loosely. "I don't wanna work on magic anymore..."

“Sorry, dear, but your lesson still stands. I’m going to sit right here-“ He sat down on the piano bench, leaving Alice in his lap, still held tight. “-and you’re going to keep on working. You’d be surprised at how much progress you’ve made.”

**Kira_Wolf_Cub** · May 17th, 2007, 04:07 PM

Alice groaned and looked at the ribbon. Looked like the night wasn't going to be over until she had the trick under wraps. She continued practicing controlling the ribbon until she finally could get the ribbon to wrap about her firmly. She had problems with getting the bow to tie neatly or hold.

"At lest it's wrapping right..." she mumbled. She was happy that she had managed to get that part right. The thirteenth try her had wrapped the ribbon too tightly around her chest making it painful. "... how am I suppose to get the bow right?"

She had the ribbon wrap backward on her so that the bow was in front of her, trying to tie it there. She didn't have the know how on tying it elegantly even with her hands.

"Great I can't even do if without magic..."

**Peeker** · May 18th, 2007, 01:50 AM

Alek smiled. "Well, that's where experience comes in, I suppose." He called the ribbon over to him with a wiggle of his fingers, and laid it in front of her.

"If a bow is the biggest of our problems, then tonight will be a success." He showed the girl how to tie it a few times, until she was getting the hang of it. "If you even need me to do just that, I'm sure it won't be a problem. I'd like to escort you down whenever you need to meet Lord Razziel anyway - he'll appreciate the decorum."

**Kira_Wolf_Cub** · May 18th, 2007, 01:55 AM

Alice nodded, thankful for his praise. she had to admit the idea of meeting Razziel made her nervous, but she would have to face that problem when she got to it. Alice continued to practice by hand to tight the bow. It wasn't too much of an improvement but it was getting better.

"Good to know..." She asnwered, relieved that she wouldn't face the Lord alone. The fact that he was Aleksander's elder made her even more nervous but she also knew that Razziel wasn't above Aleks in political power. pushing her chestnut hair out of the way, Alice suddenly remembered Mikeal's letter. "Ummm, Aleks about that puppy...."

She looked at him, wondering if he remembered.

**Peeker** · May 18th, 2007, 01:58 AM

He smiled. "After today? I think I'd trust you with a puppy... maybe even a hellhound's pup... but can it wait until after Lord Razziel leaves?" Alek shook his head. "When you write Mikeal back, you may ask him, if he pleases, to set aside the gentlest of his pups for you - and to write to me as well, when he gets the chance." The man remained sitting, but braced for impact. Girls and puppies usually resulted in an ecstatic hug of some kind, he found.

**Kira_Wolf_Cub** · May 18th, 2007, 02:02 AM

Alice grinned instantly and flung her arms around his neck. It had taken some inner debaiting but she found the idea of a pet would be nice for the days, or rather nights, when Aleks would be too busy to keep her company. Not that she didn't have things to do, but it was nice to have something that wasn't related to lessons or chores.

"Thank you!" She squealed with a huge grin of her face. "I can't wait to write him... does it have to be after Raz's visit?"

**Peeker** · May 18th, 2007, 02:05 AM

And there was the hug. Right on time. Alek hugged back, a smile plain as day on his face.

"Yes, dear. ...and if it gets in the way of your studies, you'll be sitting on a sore bum more often, and you may lose your new friend sooner than you think.... and of course, he's your responsibility. You'll feed him, you'll bathe him, and you'll clean up after him - which is something else the Manipulation spell is good for, come to think of it..." A smile, a long exhale of breath, and the vampire stood. "You've had a busy day, my Alice. Three spankings, a magic lesson, and now a puppy. The rest of the night is yours."

Alek stood, and went back to the piano. He was in far too good a mood to worry about working right now. His heart was singing - he felt young again. ...and it was thanks to the little fledgling he'd been found worthy to care for.

And he was glad.

**Kira_Wolf_Cub** · May 18th, 2007, 02:10 AM

Alice laughed happily, dancing about a bit from the sheer joy of things. She then quickly ran back to her room and wrote the letter for Mikeal as quickly as possible. She like him, being one of the few friends she had in the vampire rings, which wasn't saying too much as she hadn't really meet too many. The night she was given to Aleksander she was soo worn out and comfused, se barely remembered being bitten.

"Done!" Alice yelled as she returned to the ballroom with the letter in hand. She nearly tackled him to the ground in her excitement. "Can you send it for me?"