"Some are in their cages, my Lord." Victoria said in a meek unassuming voice, you would of never of guessed that she was a zombie. And indeed most of her appearance looked normal, though there were parts of her that betrayed what she really was. She was a tough one when he first turned her. She fought him and wanted to find a cure, but she soon gave into the addicting power of the change. She was powerful at first, but Nixus was noticing that she was getting weaker. He wasn't sure why, as all his other pets grew stronger with age. 

But he didn't fret about it as he now had a good selection of young women to replace her with. Plus he was sure that the others wouldn't be a failure like her. Sure he loved her once, but he was growing bored and wanted something new. "Thank you Victoria. Now make sure Draned doesn't take his frustration out on any of my new pets. I would hate to have to deal with his attitude later." Nixus said in a cold and uncaring tone. 

He would check on his pets soon and give them their first assignment, it would be a simple one. Though he knew that all his new pets had huge ego's and attitudes. He was going to have to break some of them, but one at a time. He sighed, thinking who he would make his favorite toy first. He would look them over then decide.

He could feel the darkness of the room move and shift, as if someone stole into his room.[i]Oh what silliness! Do they think I would not feel them or know they are close?[/i] he thought as he knew when each one arrived or came back to his château. He waited for his pet to make the first move. [i]This should be interesting.[/i]

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[h2]Mariah Amor[/h2]

The minutes seemed to pass slowly and it felt like hours, and Mariah saw no one for what seemed like forever. This dungeon was odd as she could see some cells were made of glass, others the normal iron, while others were of gold, silver, copper, and some she had no idea what they were made of. 

But she did notice was that it was chilly and that she was growing tired. She had no idea why she was becoming tired as she was well rested before she came here. 

As her thoughts drifted to wanting to lay down she heard the footsteps of someone large coming down the dungeon stairs. She turned slightly to face the new comer. Her head slightly tilted to the side as she looked at the man, she wondered who he was as she didn't recognize him. He was possibly from another part of the kingdom, as she was sure she knew most of the nobles from where she was from.

When he spoke, Mariah couldn't help but notice how deep his voice was. She always had a weakness for men with deep voices. [i]Now is not the time to be thinking about stuff like that![/i] She scolded herself as she smiled politely and bowed slightly. "Hello, yes I heard the call as well." She said once the large man was a few feet away from her. 

She was afraid to ask, what horror he could turn into as it wasn’t a polite thing to ask. Or at least she thought so, but she was unsure. "I'm Lady Mariah Amor. I would say a pleasure to meet you, but considering why we are here......" She trailed off as she blushed and looked down at her hands before looking up again with sad eyes.

She was suddenly distracted when the young woman who led her down here, was escorting another young woman to a dark corner cage, though she didn't lock the other girl inside. The woman came back down shortly after escorting a young man who Mariah knew. He was complaining the entire time but made no move to leave his escort. And some called her stupid, if stupid had a picture it would be of young Kipling at that moment. For some reason he was locked up in a glass cage

She couldn't help but smirk as he tried to escape, but to no avail. She turned back to the large man, but didn't know what else to say as the cold was getting to her. She needed to warm up and soon before she dozes off.