For help you to set the story, it's a sequel of "The Real Aouda" a story wrote by Ginny Powell. It's happen after "The Real Aouda, or Around the World in 83 Days" I spare you of Phileas run after Aouda, Phileas say than he love her, Phileas ask for her hand...

THANKS: To my dictionary Harrap's French-English, really, I don't know what a do without it.

They all go out for a good evening, a good restaurant, a plentiful meal, a wine of an excellent quality and dancing music. He invites his partner to dance. She gracefully agrees and they go to dancing floor where other couples have preceded them. He opens his arm for her and she settles in it. He bows towards her and murmur to her ear.

(Phileas)- Can I hope you'll agree shared my room to night?

Angry by such request made in public and knowing how many glass of wine he had drunk since the start of the evening, she contain of look on his face whit a badly look.

(Aouda)- I doubt than it's good looking for a part of a gentleman to hold such talk in public. We'll talk about it when we'll are alone and you'll was sober.

She tries to leave the dancing floor, leaving him behind her, but he pick up her arm on her run.

(Phileas)- And I doubt than it is good looking at the part of a lady...

He take her in his arms to press her a bit more than previously to continue (not suitable for Victorian age you'll say me).

(Phileas)- ... leave the dance before it was finish.

She stare at him but stay dancing whit him, under the gaze of the others couples. The dance finish they go back to their follows and take each other their seat after he helps the lady to sit. The rest to the evening was long for them. In the Aurora, the back trip was worse, owe sit one near to other without looking one on other neither said a word one to other. The door open, they all coming in and the butler see to them.

(McIver)- Ladies and gentlemen good evening.

The butler takes up the overcoats. Then Phileas takes up his lady's coat, before take off his, while ordeal to his servant for the rest of evening.

(Phileas)- Thank for wait for us, McIver. Show the guests' room to the ladies and gentlemen. You can leave for the night after this. (McIver)- Thank sir. This way please.

The guest and the lady follow the servant while he go in his study without ceremony. Leave the door open, turn on the lamp and pour a glass of brandy than drink in one gulp. He serve a other glass, butcher the decanter and go to the window, a hand deeply in his pocket pant, the other hand hold the glass. The darkness out side allows his picture to reflect in the window. He finishes his glass and goes back to his desk where he pours again a glass. He lifts the glass of warm liquid to his lips when a feminine form appears to the door. He turns his look on her and drinks a sip of brandy.

(Aouda)- I seen you get up again.

She went to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

(Aouda)- I come for thank you for this wonderful evening. I go sleep, good night.

She put a kiss on his cheek then she lightly takes away.

(She) You should make it too.

(Phileas)- I'm not tired. And I'm not drunk neither.

His voice was cold. She thinks it was not good and she rather brings closer the door.

(Aouda)- I see but it'll not need a long time for coming. Try not staying too long gets up.

She try to leave when she hear his speak, almost yelp.

(Phileas)- Damn it! What's the matter?

She takes few steps back, but she stays a good distance of him.

(Aouda)- We all have a long day and we can talk about it tomorrow by relax head.

He raises in a jump and she hears glass broke same below the tone of his voice.

(Phileas)- Bloody Hell! What's this? You stay angry whit me because what I say to you the other day? Why do you agree my proposition then? You think more attentively of the situation. The option I suggest to you not suit you? What's this? I too old for you, that's it? Or so too rich? No! To less than, you think I'm a like that red tunic? That men than set your natal country up side down under the orders of Victoria Regina her royal majesty of England. My family was under service of her majesty since generations, it's not for improving the picture! No, it's can't the reason, you're a part of this service!

He takes few steps forward her. They forcefully fight a time before, but for the first time since she know him, she seen him in this state of anger. He stops maybe for better study an effect of his words on her. Her only reflex was a new try to run away.

(Aouda)- We'll meet tomorrow, good night.

On this few words say weakly, she leave the room and climb few step of the staircase before hear him roar behind her.

(Phileas)- Arrrrrr!

It stay few step to climb for find her on de second floor and few step for her find the security of her room, a room destine for the guests in visit. But she turns for looking on him. His show was anger and hurt.

(Phileas)- Damn it! You feel now enough on your ease for life under my roof! Enough on your ease for agree what a pay for your! On your ease for soon share my name! But when it come to coming in my room, you're limited believe you not enough on your ease or you made me believe than you rather wait!

She effectively not on her ease but it's not cause by idea coming in his room or not. It's vas cause by the fact he yelp in the staircase of his house and despite of this wee hour, all the occupants, as well guests of the house hearing him as well than her. She turns over and thinks to climb the stay step in speed for take refuge in her room. But than she turns she hears him climb behind her. She speeds up, but she hears him, does it. She have the time slam the door close and lock up for hear him roar a second time behind the door. She fears than he bash in the door, but she feels save when she hears his heavy and speedy step in the hall and the staircase. She takes a breath and sits down on a chair beside the bed. Few minutes later, she hear his step, this time more slow. He stops on the door. He must a little bit cold his character and wands make his apologies, she thinks. She gets ready for get up and leave him coming in when she thinks a second time. If he wand made his apologies, he'd have to ask for opening the door by himself. She fixes the door whit her eyes for many seconds and she seen it open whit a violent push. He stands here and coming in with an ice pick in a hand. She stands up in a dry move in fear than he wand, in fact, only a thing now, her live. He takes many steps forward her in throwing his weapon on the nightstand beside the bed. He uses the same tone of voice.

(Phileas)- I'm your soon to be husband! I'm not made my idea to wedding for get a cold bed the night! I wand more than a little peck on the cheek before go to sleep! I wand more than that and you'll give me more, than you will it or not!

She think than he wand rape her and hurt her or then he wand just frighten her with an ice pick for constrain her in her co-operation. For the first time, since she knows him, she fears of him. He gripes her by the waist and squeezes her again him with more force than need. He searches to put his lips on hers and she does not try stopping him. He kisses her whit full force, in a violent and erotically fashioning. The kiss was an eternity for her. When he take out her, he hurry for go out of the room. The kiss leave her without breath, without nerves and whit a deeply need for much more. He have quit the room in a slam of door in leave behind him the taste of brandy he have drink, the odour of colognes he was wear and the ice pick than he use for picking the lock. She takes the last thing and throws this on the door in a move of anger. Tomorrow, yes tomorrow, she thinks, he'll have to answer for his behaviour.

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