A Confession of Mistakes (TAG: Odette)

Odette glanced over her shoulder at him, "Don't apologize Phoebus, we're both to blame for this little mess." She said with a sad smile. "I don't want things to change between us, you're someone I've always looked up too and admired." Odette added with a gentle expression on her features as she thought about how she had first met him. "I think I would have liked being with you, Jasmine is a very lucky woman." She said eventually as she studied him taking in the image that he presented.

Odette turned to look at him as he held up her red dress and felt her heart speed up again, "Sure that would be very helpful." She said and moved to take the dress from him. Her hand lingered over his briefly before she took the dress from him, "Turn around." She said teasingly, even though it was pretty much pointless since he was seeing her in nothing more then her chemise at this point. She waited for him to turn around before she pulled her dress on, it still clung to her in some areas but it was dry for the most part. Her hands adjusted the dress before she started working on her hair and pulling it into a loose braid. "You can face me now." She said, her attention still focused on her hair.

Odette looked up as she felt eyes on her and smiled a little bit when she saw Phoebus's eyes on her, "Here." She said and turned her back to him as she moved her hair out of the way so it wouldn't get caught in between the laces. Her eyes lingered over his bare chest once again and she cleared her throat, much more of this and she wouldn't be able to help herself. He was far too tempting to leave looking like that, she bit down on her bottom lip again as she struggled not to think about him.

Odette felt her face heat up as she felt his hands linger on her waist and let out a shaky breath, "That's good, thank you." She said and turned to face him with a soft smile on her face. Her mind started to race and she realized that this probably would be the last time she'd ever have an encounter like this, "I'm sorry." She whispered before she crossed the space between them and kissed him on the lips.

He returned her kiss for a moment and then he had pulled away, Odette felt something in her shatter then and she watched numbly as he left her and moved to change. The pricking of tears at the corner of her vision made her turn away and she stumbled over to Dale who seemed to sense that she was upset. He nickered and nudged her hand with his head, causing a teary smile to show on Odette's face. Before she could change her mind, she untied Dale and swung up into the saddle "I'll meet you back at the castle." She said to Phoebus in a cold tone as she tried her best to hide her anguish. All she wanted to do was go home and drink herself into a good drunken haze and see if that could numb the pain from his rejection of her. Without waiting for a reply, she urged Dale off into the woods and down the same path that they had entered to get to the campsite.

Odette had already gotten pretty far but then she noticed a caravan tipped over in the middle of the road, Dale snorted in worry and backed up. "Easy boy, let me check it out." Odette said quietly as she stroked Dale's mane before she dismounted and moved towards the caravan with some caution, "Hello is anyone out there?" She called, never seeing the man behind her until he had pulled her against his chest with his hand over her mouth muting any cries she made. "Oh look what our little trap caught fellas." The man holding her said, and then three other men emerged from the shadows, Odette struggled in the man's grip. Dale reared and let out a loud neigh before he turned and raced back down the way Odette had come, "Think anyone else was with her?" Asked another one of the brutes as he watched the horse run off. The man holding her shook his head, "This little thing? Doubt it." He said mockingly as he ran a hand down the side of Odette's body. Odette tensed in sudden fear not daring to move as she saw the other two men suddenly look much more creepy. "Come on Twiggy we'll have fun with her back at the camp." One of the other men said and Odette jerked as they started dragging her away from the path. Trying to make it difficult for them, Odette dug her heels into the ground and thrashed around. "Well she's really spirited ain't she?" Asked another of the men with a laugh and the man holding her, threw her down hard enough for her to cry out. She looked up as the man who had been holding her earlier bent down to her level, "May as well have our fun with her here." He said and tore at Odette's clothing while the other two held her down. Fear filled Odette as she realized what was about to happen, an angry sob tore out of her throat as she tried to get away from the man's hands which were sliding down her body at an alarming rate.