The Everlasting Rose

This chapter has voilence in it, so if you don\'t like it, sorry. But please review afterwards!!
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Chapter 8- Forbidden
Ray grinned as he walked down the desolate, cold hallway. He couldn’t imagine why Mariah had been so scared of Lee or Dian. They were just simple people. Dian was a prim woman, whom was afraid to even touch him. And Lee had never grown up in the back-alley as Ray had, so what could possibly be a threat?
Ray shivered and looked frantically at the gold watch Mariah had given him. She had told him to meet her on the top deck at five o’clock. It was now one, and Ray had no idea what to do with the rest of his day. He counted the seconds till he could see her again.
“Ray!” He heard somebody call from down the hall.
The voice echoed throughout the hall. Ray could feel his limbs tighten from the fearful voice.
“Kai?” He asked, praying that was the source.
Kai quickly raced from the darkness. His eyes blood-shot and his arms were bruised badly.
“Kai, what happened?” Ray asked in horror, his eyes growing larger at the sight of the blood.
“Ambush.” Kai muttered feebly, as he fell to his knees.
Just as Kai did so, Ray heard the thuds of other feet making their way quickly down the hall.
“They are coming to get you!” Kai moaned, from his position on the floor.
Ray felt a sensation of fear run cold through his body. He stared at the darkness of the tunnel. He could feel his limbs freeze at the glimpse of three shadows dash toward him. He stared and desperately trying to move from his position, but his legs wouldn’t listen or budge.
Kai glared at Ray and shouted angrily. “Run!”
Ray glanced down at Kai in fear. Where was he to go to hide?
“GO!” Rat heard Kai shout again from the floor.
The figures neared and still Ray stood feebly waiting for, what it seemed like, his death. Ray stared at Kai and saw the wounds scattered across his body. He thought quickly to himself, “If they did that to Kai, and Kai is stronger than me, what could happen to me?”
Ray glanced around and prayed unwillingly that the creatures would stop and run in the opposite direction. He prayed that he was invisible, or that they weren’t looking for him. But he knew all too well that all these fantasies were false.
Ray looked down at Kai one last time. Kai growled and tilted his head in a manner of saying run you fool, but despite Kai’s forceful warning, Ray again didn’t budge.
Instead Ray watched the men reach him and laugh at him. They were large in size and were muscular. Each of the three men was dressed in a servant suit.
One man had large bushy eyebrows and a burly mustache. His arms were hairy and robust, along with his hands.
Another was about Ray’s age. He was slimmer and handsome looking. His eyes were large and appeared innocent and his hair was in waves.
The last was tall and Ray recognized him to be one of the men whom accused him of trying to rape Mariah. He was a serious man with long legs and arms. His face was covered in what looked to be dirt, but was actually his brown freckles.
“Hello,” The burly man stated fiendishly, “What a beautiful afternoon. Don’t you think?”
As he said this, the trio trudged closer to Ray, their eyes growing larger and more frightening.
“Yes,” Ray stated, as he backed as far away as he possibly could. Ray glanced down at Kai, whom had now slipped from his conscious and lie face down to the ground.
“Oh, boy” said the slim one to his burly companion. “I can’t wait to take this one down.”
Ray could feel his limbs tighten and a fist form in his right hand. There was no way he was going to be brought down so easily. If they wanted a fight, he was ready for them.
“Now, wait.” Exclaimed the burly man, as he grabbed the shoulder of the slim boy, “He has to understand what he has done for this.”
Ray glared at them and with all of his strength shouted. “I have done nothing wrong!”
The men stared at him; each one of them possessed a grim, smug smile.
“Well, I guess turning a young girl away from her own fiancé isn’t wrong, then.” Spat the young man.
Ray’s eyes widened with confusion. “Lee!” He thought. “Lee did this!”
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Mariah stared at her figure in the mirror as she enchantingly brushed her long hair. It was as if she were in a trance. She was staring at herself without actually acknowledging herself. All her mind was set on was Ray. She found herself humming spasmodic love songs in the middle of the day, without actually realizing it.
She stared intensively at the mirror at didn’t even notice Lee walk into her quaint room until he said. “Mariah, may I have a word?”
Mariah bounced from her position and nodded. Her amber eyes followed Lee’s movement around the room through her mirror.
“Mariah, I am beginning to think you do not want this marriage to proceed.” Lee began, looking up at Mariah every now and then to see her reaction. “and I truthfully, do not want to be apart of a relationship that isn’t going to work.”
Mariah watched Lee and nodded at the words. Lee could feel a sense of anger swell inside him. She didn’t even look startled by the words.
“And Mariah, I believe this whole mishap, is because of you and that peasant.” Lee snorted.
Mariah stood up at the words, whirled around, and stared at Lee angrily.
“He is not a peasant!” Mariah shouted; the forcefulness in her voice even startled herself.
She stared as Lee walked toward her, his fist raised high in the air.
“I KNEW IT!” Mariah heard him shout through her crying.
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Ray growled and bit the slim man in the arm. He could taste the blood ooze into his mouth. He shouted savagely and let the arm go. He quickly slammed the slim man’s head into the wall. He could hear the barbaric screams of the boy and the shouts of anger from the other two men.
“BASTARD!” He heard the slim man shout, as Ray lashed out at his face.
But despite Ray’s ability to fight, the three men overpowered him. The burly man grabbed Ray’s back and flung him into the wall. Burly laughed and shoved his fist into Ray’s side violently. Ray watched and yelped in pain as his own blood began to trickle from the wound.
The tall man savagely took a swing at Ray’s jaw and cracked his own fingers as he punched. Ray groaned in pain and fell to the floor. His vision was slurred and his side ached miserably.
“C’mon.” The slim boy stated, as he walked away. “I think he knows now not to mess with the upper people.”
Ray moaned and turned on his good side. He clenched his wound gingerly and curled himself in a feeble ball. He gritted his teeth as he pulled from his pocket the gold watch Mariah had given him. He stared at it, and held it in his gripped fist.
He thought ironically, how they thought this would keep him away from her. Nothing could stop love it was an emotion. And as Ray slipped into unconsciousness, all he could think about was their loss and his ironic victory.

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Mariah screamed in horror as Lee smacked her across her cheek. She stared at him in anguish.
“How dare you go with him!” Lee shouted ferociously. “You little BITCH!”
At this he smacked her again.
“Why don’t you love me?”
Mariah could feel tears swell in her eyes as she heard his shouts. She was scared of him, no matter how Ray was coaxed her to believing otherwise. She was truly frightened of the man.
Lee softened at the innocent look on Mariah’s face, but as he did so a crazy sensation glinted in his eyes. He looked mad, with his hair stuck up in odd ways and his eyes widened.
“I’m sorry.” He began to breathe deeply. Mariah’s sobs could be heard in the back round. “It’s just, I love you so much.”
Mariah sat down on the bed and shook her head at the words. Tears spilled onto the covers of the bed and into her lap. She coved her eyes with her clenched fists.
“Mariah,” Lee cooed. “You do understand.”
Mariah silenced and didn’t answer. Instead she looked up at the figure sitting by her and stared.
“Mariah,” Lee stated, his eyes staring at her breasts. “Please, stay with me tonight.”
Mariah’s pupils dilated as Lee grabbed her breasts and began lick the bare part of her chest.
Without thinking twice, Mariah shoved him away from her and ran from the room. Tears appeared back in her eyes. She could hear the furious shouts of Lee from the room. And she noticed her mother try to grab her arm. Mariah pushed her aside without much effort and refused to stop.
She found herself running down to the steerage section of the ship. She could feel her body heave heavy sighs. How was she going to go back and how could she face Lee again?
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Okay the next chapter has a lot of R rated material in it. Please review!!