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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 20:36:37 GMT -5
Brone listened. Tobais made Serena drink his blood every once and a while? He must have cut himself with something, because if Serena bit him he would have turned a vampire long ago. Tobais knew he was making her sick. This begged the question did Serena actually love him? Or was she simply unknowingly manipulated by him? How far did his powers reach? She truly did look sick and he took her hand when she reached for him .
"I saw you fight, I know you love me," Brone said, but he was not looking at her. "I've never heard of a witch being turned vampire after they were already dead... I never heard of a power to control like that... your Tobais is powerful..." Brone said knitting his eyebrows together. He would be harder to kill, would Serena even let her old love be killed? But he hardly seemed the same, and again--did she ever love him?
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 20:53:15 GMT -5
But Serena wasn't consoled. She had no part in his resurrection or turn, or however this happened. But she knew, she could tell that he wasn't completely convinced. "Look at me... please..." she whispered, laying back down, too dizzy now to stay upright. Her heart was starting to break. Brone had to believe her. "I used to love him... He's not the man I knew... He's not mine... He's drunk with his new power... Please look at me..." There was so much going on in his mind, probably more than she wanted to know. She knew him too well not to know he was doubtful of her and her relationship with Toby. But why won't he look at her?
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 21:01:10 GMT -5
Brone finally turned to look at her, and or a moment he said nothing his brain clouded by so many unclear and very important thoughts. How could Tobais control? Was there a way to stop him? Who had changed him? Why had he been changed? Who would have had a reason besides Serena? Why did her eyes look so sad? She was sincere. Brone could see it in her eyes that she meant every word, he hated to doubt her, but this made no sense to him. he was used to knowing things, and he hated not to know.
Brone bent down and kissed Serena on the lips, almost tasting the magic that Tobias had left behind there. Then he looked at her. Of all the questions he had been thinking the one that left his lips were: "Did you ever love him? Or had he been controlling you that whole time?" Brone knew that he wasn't the same man, that Serena loved him now. But he had to ask. he hated to question her memories, her past, but it was a simple thing for Tobias to control her heart.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 21:24:11 GMT -5
Serena could have cried when he finally leaned down and kissed her. Her free hand reached up and trailed down his cheek, hoping that he was beginning to forgive her. Somehow she felt that she set their relationship back a few weeks for her unintentional betrayal. Now she had to know what was going through his mind, what was making him continue to doubt her like this. Her mind flashed back to her time with Tobias, how whenever she got sick, he would actually risk his life to carry her back home, putting her on her back doorstep. Did her father get to him then? Her brothers?
Her mind snapped back to the present with his question and she couldn't answer him immediately. That scared her. Did she love him? Yes... "Yes I did. I know I did. I felt as strongly for him as I do for you. There was always something telling me that it felt right, even though I knew if my father found out, he would kill me."
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 21:32:51 GMT -5
"But every time you saw him you felt this same foggy feeling?" Brone prompted. Less interested in her recent betrayal--she had no choice. The witch was controlling her. "Same as now? And we both know he controlled you tonight." Serena never would have left him in the woods. Serena never would have kissed him, old love or not. He still had the image tattooed to the inside of his eyelids, he was afraid to close his eyes. Brone was not sure what their love had been like before, he hadn't been there, but there was time to figure that out later. Brone would ask Tobais.
He cupped her cheek and smiled faintly. Was her love with Tobais right? How long ago had he been in the plot? Did he know how it would end? Why? Who? Brone hated so many questions, and he knew the more preoccupied he looked, the more Serena would want to know his thoughts and the harder it got to say them in words.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 21:52:49 GMT -5
Once again she didn't answer him immediately. She didn't want to think that her love for Tobias wasn't real. It would explain why when she first met him, she was drawn to him instantly. Why after only a few days she was telling him she loved him. But she knew she had to have felt it. She was willing to give up her comfy life for that man. To betray everything she had ever known and run away with him, marry him...
That's when the tears came to her eyes and even with his smile, she still closed her eyes to keep them at bay. Seems as if she was constantly having her world turned upside down. First Tobias was killed, then she finds out that her father was responsible, now, just when she thought her life was turning around, Toby comes back from the dead and she finds out the entire thing may have been a lie? "Yes... Every time I saw him, the fog would return... I barely remembered getting home before dawn each night. There were a few times he had to hide me during the day... because there was no way to get me back in time... He would use his shadows... And he would have me drink his blood from a cup so I didn't get too hungry..." She shook her head, curling up tighter on the bed.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 21:59:37 GMT -5
Brone heard the pain in her words and he pulled her from her bed, resting her face to his chest, holding her close to him. There was no way to know if the love was real, or if it had just been a cloud. Not without asking the man who would have done the controlling. Brone knew he should ask no more question, Serena would have to think and sleep, rest. "Well, he cannot get to you in here, unless he can control the guards. Wether or not it is foolish, please, stay with me... I.... I don't want him stealing you in the night." He asked her quietly, not even a hint at a command. Brone did however, lay her head back on the pillow. If he had to change her clothes or tuck her in, it was no trouble. He stood and took off his cloak, hanging it in the closest. He took off his shoes, getting ready to sleep himself, but he knew he would get very little sleep.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 22:34:02 GMT -5
The tears fell silently and Serena just clung to Brone, burying her face in his chest. She wanted it to be real, she wanted her love for Tobias to have been true, to know that it really had been worth what she had gone through because she loved him. She had to have loved him. There was no other way for her to... When he spoke again, she started to just listen, not wanting to deal with anything regarding Tobias.
But she did look up at him when he asked her to stay with him, drawn to the fact he really did ask her. Yes, there were plenty of times he would ask something of her that really was a command, but she just brushed it off as just one of his quirks. He was a crown prince, born and raised where people naturally did whatever he told them to do. "I'll stay..." she whispered, closing her eyes again when he laid her back down. Until the magic was out of her system, she was too disoriented to do much else but lay there.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 22:41:04 GMT -5
Brone hoped she wanted to stay, not that she felt she had too. But she looked terrible to him, a lost and tired look on her face. Brone took off his clothes, putting them away. He moved slowly, weighed down by all his thoughts as he pulled on a white undershirt and dark pants for sleeping. He might as well sleep with something on. He then moved to Serena and slipped off her shoes, tucking her body under the sheets. Then he lay down behind her, curling up to her body. "It'll be okay Serena," But he felt like he was almost assuring himself. "We'll figure it all out, for now though, try to rest." But Brone knew he would get no sleep, he hoped that Serena would be able to drift off into sleep and have a clear head in the morning, they really had to figure out what was to come.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 22:52:45 GMT -5
It wasn't until he laid down beside her that she could feel any comfort. Her time with Tobias might have been a lie, but the love she felt for Brone was definitely real, and it couldn't be manipulated. She would just have to learn how to use that to fend off Tobias. "Hold me..." she murmured as she closed her eyes, trying to let her body relax enough to just fade off into sleep. But past memories plagued her mind, everything that she had done with Tobias, everything she thought she had felt. It was as if her mind was trying to figure out which memories were real and which ones were covered by that damn fog. It was a wonder that she even found the ability to fall into a, thankfully, dreamless sleep some time later.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 22:57:55 GMT -5
Brone heard her words and slung an arm around her, so she could feel him close by. They lay there in silent darkness, the candle's out. He had made sure not to light them, he wanted the darkness completely. A thousand questions haunted him, he could not imagine what this was like for the woman in his arms. But she fell asleep before he did, he felt her chest move with tired steady breath. He closed his eyes and tried to focus only on her body next to him, her warmth. He lulled himself to sleep.
It started fitfully, he dreamt of fog and the man's eyes looking at Serena as if she was some sort of prize, as if she was a pawn, a toy. Brone pulled her a little closer in his sleep. But finally, his mind was quiet, maybe because she was so at peace, and he too, drifted off into a content sleep.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 23:20:39 GMT -5
Serena woke up some time after the sun had risen, able to tell it was still high in the sky by the way the light came through the windows at the top of the room. Her body was aching from the effects of the magic in her system. It would take awhile for it to completely clear her body, but what was hurting her most was her stomach, which was strange, even to her. Turning around slightly, she gazed at Brone's sleeping face, smiling softly. She really did love him...
Materializing out of the bed, she walked into his bathroom in time to cough. When she pulled her hand away, her brow furrowed to see her fingers stained with her black blood. That... wasn't good... She quickly washed her hand off in a basin so that Brone wouldn't see. It must be from the magic overload. Sighing, she leaned against the wall, taking a deep breath. She hated being sick...
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 23:26:28 GMT -5
ooc- when you first said her stomach hurt i was thinking--- oh shit, she's pregnant-- lol but i guess not
Brone felt her get up and he groaned, his eyes still closed. But he sat up with a wide yawn. His teeth glinting in the faint light. But he couldn't see Serena. But he heard her breathing, she must have been in the bathroom. He couldn't see her from here. "Serena?" he said finally, unable to get himself out of bed. Brone felt so tired and knew that with the morning thre was a need to talk, unless she was still feeling strange. Then, Tobais used more power than he would have thought into catching his--prey.
"You alright?" He asked softly, he knew she could hear him. Brone wanted to hold her close again, almost sensing her distress even though he could not see her at all. The water was no longer running and she was quiet. He was worried about her.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 23:41:02 GMT -5
ooc: don't drop that idea just yet hehe. not saying anything until the next step in my diabolical plan
She took a moment to breathe, not answering him immediately. "I'm in here. One minute." She didn't remember being this queasy after a day with Tobias, but then again, it was three years in the past. She was going to turn twenty-one soon, she just remembered. Which means that Tobias died...yesterday three years ago. Saddest birthday of her life. After a moment she came out and walked slowly back to the bed, moving close to Brone and resting her head on his shoulder.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 23:52:55 GMT -5
ooc- i'm right aren't I? preggers she is
Brone waited and then she spoke. He sighed but she hardly sounded fine to him, but at least she was still there and not like dead on the floor or something. She came back to him though and rested her head on his shoulder. Brone tucked his arm around her. She didn't look much better than she had the night before. "You don't look so good. Are you still feeling ill?" He asked her quietly, rubbing her back gently. Why wasn't she better? What had the witch done to her? He was going to kill him, for messing up their peace, for hurting Serena. The pain and discomfort on her face, the way she looked so tired killed Brone. He figured it was Tobais's fault. Who else could be to blame? But what was wrong with her? Surely they could find some medicine that would help.
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