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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 21, 2020 21:22:54 GMT 10
"No, nor do I care anymore, I tried to be nice to her and got it thrown in my face... Call me bitter, or selfish, whatever you like, but I have little patience for anything or anyone who lives within the palace... As for what we hunt, a rough season is coming, it is best to collect and savour now to make it easier to travel on..." She said, sighing
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"Yes, I would love to have a child..." He said, his eyes becoming slightly misty as his emotions got the better of him, before looking away, "I had one once... Humans caught him and my lady..." He closed his eyes, ducking his head, the ghostly echoes of their cries still haunting him
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Post by witch on Nov 21, 2020 21:31:05 GMT 10
At this he nodded. "Then I guess I got my answer. I'll see you later" He stated before running off back into the forest. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I can't say I know what it's like or why it happened but... I know how it feels to lose family needlessly. I wish the slaughter of dragons and unicorns didn't happen but I also wish that didn't steal treasures or maidens. I wish that vampires didn't need human blood to survive but wishing doesn't change anything does it? But if I'm so selfish why are you even here talking to me? Why do you care what happens to me, or...or a child I may or may not have?"
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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 21, 2020 21:33:57 GMT 10
She went to object, sighing as he left, staring bewildered slightly at where he had stood, shaking her head as she went to follow but stopped, unsure of what she should do.
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"You remind me of her, my lady... I know she would want me to keep you safe, as much as I can, which is what I am doing, what I intend to do till you send me away," He said, repressing the urge to touch her cheek
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Post by witch on Nov 21, 2020 21:43:38 GMT 10
He had gone back to the deer, a buck as he had made sure but took NO greater pride in. He had thanked the creature for the life he himself had taken and even sorry knowing that HE to didn't really NEED to hint but the wolf side of him not giving him full release. He even remembered how his kind where hunted both in this realm and the humans, the bullet hole in his shoulder being yet another reminder. __________________________________________________________________________________________
"And if I send you away? If I don't want to be yet another replacement for someone?" She questioned her eyes slowly flickering between awake and asleep.
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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 21, 2020 21:47:50 GMT 10
Tara walked along the edge of the camp, brow creased as she watched and listened for any movement, she had offered to cover a shift with the guards, her bow in hand ready if needed. She wanted to see Lucian again, his sudden exit had her concered, had she offeneded him somehow? She sighed softly, walking on
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"Then I shall obey, protecing you from a distance," he said simply, "you would never replace her, you are beside her..."
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Post by witch on Nov 21, 2020 21:57:40 GMT 10
He went about cutting up the animal, stretching out it's skin and removing organs that he knew he would use later to soften and colour the skin but that would take time, for now he had other things to do, like taking some of the meat to families who really needed it, who had fallen on hard times. was that truly a weakness? He paused to wonder before shaking it off, not caring if it was. Tara had didn't views that was all and no matter what he wouldn't change then or she his. ___________________________________________________________________
"Beside her?" She questioned, "What does that even mean?"
But before an answer came something jolted her awake, darkness closing in.
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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 21, 2020 21:59:47 GMT 10
She walked within the shadows, following him unseen or sensed, seemingly. Was he avoiding her? Was he stupid enough to take her words wrong? She shook her head, watching him closely, smiling softly at what she saw
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Post by witch on Nov 21, 2020 22:06:34 GMT 10
He gently knocked on doors, smiled and played a few short games with the kids he came across, spending even more time with those left on the streets with no homes to speak of the thought of it making him sick though they seemed happy enough.
"This should last you for a few days" He grinned "Remember to cook it first this time okay. Remember what I taught you about fires?" ______________________________________________________________
It took her a moment to become fully awake, take in the world around her and wonder were she was. She was no longer by the waters edge but somehow back at.... the castle? How on Earth had she gotten there?
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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 21, 2020 22:11:41 GMT 10
They nodded, giving their thanks before walking away as Tara approached him from behind, smiling softly at him.
"I thought I had offended you, yet here you are working by my words," she said, pulling the hood of her cloak down
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Post by witch on Nov 21, 2020 22:24:35 GMT 10
"And just what do you mean by that?" He questioned a slight edge to his voice going back to the work at hand. "I thought you said you had no time for anyone who was weak or lived in the castle" ________________________________________________________________
Somewhat defeated Feaya made her way inside and up to her room, wondering if she should change or sit for awhile in front of the dancing fire. She was very much alone in the castle but thought over the strangers words to her, was he watching her now or... had he simply been a dream and if so why had she dreamed him to have ben married, only to have lost them? It just didn't make sense.
Again her hands went to her belly.
"I just hope that if I do have a child to the king, he won't take them away from me."
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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 21, 2020 22:30:36 GMT 10
"I said within the palace, this is outside, I swear wolfie you don't think fully sometimes... I care about everyone out here, you know that, just because I don't have time for the human, does not change that..." She said, sighing heavily, shaking her head.
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Post by witch on Nov 21, 2020 22:41:43 GMT 10
"I live within the palace thanks to you. YOU live in there and it's all that you said. Just... forget it okay" He pulled out the last of the meat working his way into the darkness of the run-down area of town. It was here that he found a small child, mother and father gone after a terrible accident, the child had been very badly hurt, going blind after a forceful knock to the head, though that had been the lest of the child's worries. ___________________________________________________________________
"Talking to yourself again I see" A voice came from the doorway making her slowly turn toward them whilst shrugging a shoulder.
"Sometimes I'm all I have to talk to, so why not?"
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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 22, 2020 4:56:07 GMT 10
"You bloody... Lucian," she took after him, brow creased, mentally cursing herself for being so stupid. To her, he had always been outside the palace, part of her happiness and freedom... She stopped by his side, seeing the small child, deciding that clarification could wait for now. "We are speaking later," she said simply, slowly approaching the child, kneeling down. "Hello little one," she said softly
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Post by witch on Nov 22, 2020 11:31:28 GMT 10
"She doesn't talk to strangers" he told her. "Aside from me the human is the only one she talks to, this whole food thing was her idea. She saw the hardship's of people in her own realm and tried to help out when she could, that was were she ran into the vampire that night." _______________________________________
She turned back toward the fire watching the flames dance, uncaring to the person in the room with her, until finally asking.
"You just going to stand there or tell me why you entered?"
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Post by ladyofmusic on Nov 22, 2020 20:57:36 GMT 10
"That's when he first gained her scent, then his curiosity took over, the impact of the curse at seeing a fertile female, and his general lust from his being... That bastard, he knew this and didn't... I would never have tricked such trust and loyalty knowingly... Oh Eru!" Tara said, her temper rising as she spoke, walking in a circle, befor stopping and hanging her head. "I am a monster like he and his son... It makes sense now..."
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