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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 1:26:39 GMT -5
Shadow sat up and pressed his forhead to her's, telling her how to wipe the spell from the others if it was on them.
"Start with Melody. You'll know if somethings done to her. If not, go onto the twins. I will take care of Jaenelle. We'll have to figure out how to get her here..." the werewolf mused softly, kissing her.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 1:36:13 GMT -5
Eryn nodded slowly, looking at the werewolf in desperation when she heard the hybrids coming to check on them. Once they saw that they were awake, the endgame would begin and she wasn't sure if she could make it through.
"I'm scared," she murmured softly, steeling herself to begin the rejection of her lover and try and absorb herself into the pretend without losing the reality of the situation.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 1:44:28 GMT -5
Shadow pulled her close and kissed her deeply one last time.
"I'm right here," he tapped her heart, "Never forget. And the silent conversations."
He hugged the shifter tight, "I love you. With all my heart. Never forget."
Reluctantly, he let go.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 2:06:10 GMT -5
Eryn nodded slowly, sinking that ine piece of truth into the pretend and holding onto it tightly as she felt the sorceror's magic taking over her mind again. The shifter instantly backed away from the werewolf, snarling at him darkly, fangs bared as her eyes glinted oddly in the dungeon's half-light.
"Rissien?" Her voice drifted through the darkness, unsure and sounding so very young. "Rissien where are you? Why am I here?"
The hybrids appeared and she threw herself at the bars, scratching at them ineffectively. "Where's Rissien?" She cried. "Why'd he put me in here with that creature?"
One of the hybrids went to fetch Kyrii, who was playing with the children, and the King-to-be as Eryn huddled in a corner, as from Shadow as possible, shaking half with fear of the werewolf, created from the pretend, and hakf from fear of her coming fate at the vampire's hands.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 2:11:50 GMT -5
Shadow 'watched' her before shuffling to the back of his cell and laying down, putting his back to the world.
It was coming together. Now, if Arsen stayed put, everything would turn out fine.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 2:25:24 GMT -5
Rissien and Kyrii descended into the dungeons to go and inspect the girl when they heard that she was awake and asking for Rissien.
"Even the great Shadow cannot undo what we have wrought," Kyrii gloated as she stood in front of the cell and looked at the girl reaching her hand beseechngly through the bars for one touch from her son.
(*)
Jaenelle looked at the mess that Kyrii and the kids had made and wanted to snarl, but she was too tired from all the bloodletting earlier to even up a faint grimace. As she began to clean, a sound broke the motony and she looked up to smile ever so slightly.
"Prince Larial," she greeted quietly, " what brings you here?"
(*)
The hybrids staked out Arsen's house faithfully, trying to discern the vampire's next move and possibly luring him into Kyrii's trap.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 2:35:19 GMT -5
The werewolf did not respond and laid in the dirt and grime of the cell.
He was a good actor.
(*)
Arsen held Lucivar tight and stood when he sensed the wolves. Without a word, he carried his son to the library and set him in a chair. The boy watched curiously as his father loaded ammo and weopanry onto his person.
"Pray you don't need this," Arsen told his son, handing him a pistol and a dozen clips.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 8:35:17 GMT -5
Lucivar looked at his father, slight alarm slipping into his features but mixing with wonder and excitement. The gun fit into his hand as if he had been born to hold it. His eyes looked up at his father warily.
"Where are you going, Papa?"
(*)
Eryn felt herself falling into the pretend mindset and, though she rationally knew that Shadow loved her, she could also feel how much her other mindset hated and feared him. Part of her need to be away from him wasn't faked and that scared her, but she just channeled that fear into her performance.
"Rissien, please let me out. Please."
Her hands grasped at him desperately.
(*)
Larial looked at Jaenelle curiously, but shook his head when he found merely a pale reflection of the fiery woman he'd been told stories about.
"It's nothing."
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 12:05:51 GMT -5
Arsen shook his head, "Make sure you put it somewhere safe. The safety is on."
He lifted the boy up and put him on his back.
"Hold onto me tight now," Arsen said before dashing out of the house after Shadow's scent.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 21:24:27 GMT -5
Jaenelle looked up at Larial curiously, shaking her head slowly.
"It's never nothing with you, darling," she told him, pushing him backwards into a chair so that they could talk while she cleaned. "You always have something on your mind."
Larial looked up at this female who had seemed so wise and knowing, and, despite all of his mother's machinations, still retained that quality that made her special to the First.
"Just wondering what things would be like if the world was a different place."
~~
Rissien reached out and touched Eryn carefully, grasping the ends of her fingers with his strong hand. The shifter had instantly pulled it into the cage and was brushing her head over it, licking his fingers and nipping them gently. The vampire clenched his fingers tighter around hers before extracting his fingers and wiping them on his trousers.
The shifter cringed away as Kyrii came forward and then had one of the hybrids open the cage. The girl scuttled away from them, back towards where Shadow was and, throwing a covert, longing glance at him as more tears slipped down her cheeks, she allowed the hybrids to catch her. As they dragged her out of the cell, she cried out softly, wanting at least one last look at Shadow's face, but then she was on her knees before Kyrii.
"Rissien," she murmured calmly, looking at her son as he stepped forward. "Bite her."
Eryn shivered.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 21:38:13 GMT -5
Shadow flinched at the order and slowly pushed himself up, turning to look at them. Blood in place of tears were streaming down his face. His hand fisted slowly and he stumbled to his feet.
His body was still pretty battered and he shook where he stood, taking a slow step forward, "... Don't..."
(I just realized. Rissen and Eryn are brother and sister o.o)
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 21:52:50 GMT -5
(OMG, They're half brother and sister! Twisted!!!!)
Jaenelle laughed, not understanding the full extent of Larial's question and merely taking it at face value.
"Oh, so if you were going to be the King and Rissien was you?" she teased gently.
Larial shook his head, knowing that she didn't get it, but wanting her to try and understand at least a little.
"No, I mean what if you were.... not beholden to Kyrii."
Jae turned to look at him, seemingly baffled.
"What do you mean?"
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Eryn wanted to sob, trying not to show how much pain she was in and how scared she was of the vampire's fangs that were flashing in his mouth. She backed away slowly towards the bars, wanting the werewolf and whining softly in the back of her throat.
"Rissien, please no. No more biting, please," she begged softly, but the King-to-be kept steadily coming forward until he knelt down next to her and pulled her head to the side, looking at Shadow over it.
He reached out to the werewolf mentally and grinned. I will take great pleasure in this, especially since she's not yours anymore- she's mine.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 22:02:32 GMT -5
Shadow howled and lanced atthe bars, slamming his side into them and falling into the dirt. He'd cracked a few ribs, but stood, ramming at the bars again.
"No!" Once again he slammed into the bars, cracking follwoing the sound of the bars creaking and bending. He kept it up a while longer before he collapsed in the dirt, exhausted.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 22:20:33 GMT -5
Rissien and the hybrids watched the progress of the werewolf, but knew that he had no chance in hell of breaking free. Holding back for a few minutes and letting him have his chance made this torture all the more sweet for them though.
When Shadow's efforts stilled, Eryn's hands slipped back between the bars, wanting Shadow's hand in hers as Rissien bent down and then his fangs ripped back into her neck, into the wound track that he'd created earlier by ripping her flesh out. As the fangs dug into her neck, the shifter cried out as the vampire forced himself into her mind.
And then, images of her and Rissien together, lying on his bed, kissing and doing so much....more. Of them as children, growing up and slowly learning of love together, making fun of Larial, watching the birth of the other children. The vampire pulled away, sighing in pleasure with Eryn lying limp and sated by the pheromones in his arms. Her golden eyes looked at Shadow balefully, equal parts blame and love coursing through the expressive orbs before she closed them and leaned her head against the vampire's chest, shunting the werewolf away.
"She's mine," Rissien growled out and Kyrii smirked.
~~
"What if you....had a life outside of this place? A mate and children?" Larial asked desperately, wanting to alieve some of his guilt and see that she didn't remember anything.
All his expectations were shattered though when her gaze got dreamy and wistful.
"I might be more happy."
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 22:29:28 GMT -5
Shadow dind't move from the dirt, his breathing erradic and deep. Once again, his mind slipped and he couldn't feel the pain.
He felt like he was floating in black nothing. The werewolf gave n amused chuckle.
There was something he had to do... he had been trying to do something....
(*)
Arsen ran with his son on his back and out of the house, following Shadow's scent. he was amazed the werewolf had gone so far.
He was having some rouble keeping the scent.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 27, 2010 22:38:41 GMT -5
Eryn looked to Shadow as Rissien picked her up and wanted to cry out as she realized that something was most definitely wrong, but she couldn't say anything and it almost killed her. Kyrii noticed first and she reached down and shot a jolt of healing magic through him.
"He'll survive," is all she said before they walked away.
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They hybrids circled Arsen and his son as they continued to follow the pureblood's trail.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 27, 2010 22:45:55 GMT -5
At the magic shadow groaned, curling upin the bloodied dirt. Even submerged in pain, it was better than where he was.
...Wasn't it?
He couldn't think straight, his body throbbing. he gave a low howl in pain.
(*)
Arsen sensed the hybrids, but didn't stop. He held Lucivar tight and continued on, drawing his gun and having it ready.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 28, 2010 8:42:34 GMT -5
Eryn started sobbing softly, not looking over at Shadow because she knew that it would give her away in an instant. Instead, Rissien began comforting her, kissing her forehead and cuddling her close to his chest.
"You're fine, baby. I'm sorry you ended up in there," he murmured quietly.
They started moving out of the dungeons- away from Shadow- and Eryn choked on another sob.
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The hybrids continued circling, not attacking, just watching Arsen and lending their presence to the gravity of the situation.
~~
Larial looked at Jaenelle disconsolately, not sure what to say to her.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 28, 2010 10:19:11 GMT -5
Shadow clawed at the dirt, dragging his broken body away from the front of his cell. Once again, he curled up in a corner.
The werewolf sighed shakily, squirming as his ribs healed.
(*)
As Arsen grew irratated, he fired off a warning round im the direction of the hybrids. The feeling sent a rush through the First.
It had been quite some time since his guns were put to use.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 28, 2010 10:41:57 GMT -5
Lucivar dug his fingers into Arsen's shoulders tighter at the sound of the gun ringing out clearly through the night. His eyes grew round and he felt his own fingers itching to pick up the gun and fire off a shot. He couldn't help it- Arsen's blood ran in his veins and his affinity for guns finally shone through.
"Papa, will you teach me to do that?"
(*)
Eryn buried her face into Rissien's chest as they ascended, feeling echoes of Shadow's pain, and remembering the mission that he'd given her. She needed to free the children from the spell so that they could escape and she had to do it soon; Shadow couldn't take much more of this kind of treatment and her tenuous grasp on sanity would soon slip. Now Arsen just had to keep his nose clean for a little while and they'd be free.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 28, 2010 11:07:16 GMT -5
Arsen nodded, "I can do that."
The vampire slowed to stop and set Lucivar down beside him. Easily, he slid Lucivar's gun into the boy's hand and crouched hehind him, helping him aim.
"... Now!" he ordered when he caught the prescence of a hybrid going by.
(*)
The werewolf continued to lay in the grim of the cell.
Slowly, the werewolf's mind was starting to resurface.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 28, 2010 15:13:17 GMT -5
Lucivar squeezed the trigger exactly when his father told him too and reveled in the anguished howl that floated to him as the bullet ended its flight lodged in the skull of one of the hybrids. The little boy grinned excitedly and turned to look at his father, nearly delirious with excitement.
"Did you see that? Huh, did ya, Papa?" The gun fit into his hand as if he'd been born to shoot.
(*)
The hybrids snapped and snarled at the loss of a comrade, but they merely widened their circle instead of retreating.
(*)
Eryn calmed as they walked out of the dungeons and into a more familiar part of the house. She lay her head against Rissien's shoulder and willed sleep to come and close her weary eyes, but they instantly shot open when she heard a half-remembered voice.
"Jaenelle?" She asked weakly as they walked into the family room and saw a boy who looked very similar to Rissien and the First's mate.
Then three children barreled into the living room, grabbing at their big brothers and supposed mother.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 28, 2010 15:37:24 GMT -5
Arsen gave a soft smiled and ruffled Lucivar's hair before pulling around his guns again. he twirled them around his fingers in delight before he started firing, unleashing bullets into the wolf pack around them.
A grin took his face as he heard dying howls and snarls.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 28, 2010 15:48:56 GMT -5
"Mistress Eryn?" Jaenelle asked politely, making sure that the kids didn't jostle Rissien too much as he went to go settle the shifter girl on the couch.
Rissien shook his head and the vampiress backed off, but that allowed the twins to rush forward, grabbing at Rissien's hands and urging him to play with them.
"What's wrong with Eryn?" They asked simultaneously as one tugged on his left hand and the other grabbed his leg. "Why's she look like she's sick?"
Eryn sat there, stunned, the kids seemed so different; the twins were acting like a set if boy and girl clones that absolutely worshipped their older brothers and, while half her mind insisted that this was perfectly normal, the other half was creeped out.
(*)
Lucivar watched his father in awe, wanting to be able to shoot off that many shots as easily as his father could.
The hybrids howled as Arsen's shots began to create casualties, instantly retreating beyond shooting range and beginning to head back towards Guardian.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 28, 2010 15:52:41 GMT -5
When the hybrids retreated, Arsen sighed and put his guns away. He stood a moment and contemplated.
"... What do you think, Lucivar? Should we go after them? Or wait until they come back?" The First wanted another opinion, and Lucivar would be the only who could give one.
The wolves had taken off in the direction of Shadow's scent, and as much as he wanted to find his family, he didn't want to put his son in danger.
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 28, 2010 16:13:40 GMT -5
"They're going towards Mama and Shadow, aren't they?" the little boy asked. "Cause, if they are, we should follow them!"
(*)
Eryn sat there slightly stunned as she looked at her family- everything was so warped.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 28, 2010 16:19:35 GMT -5
Arsen looked down at his son, "... What if we get attacked? I don't want you getting hurt. They'll probably separate us..."
Arsen nealt down and pulled his son into his arms, holding him tight, "... I can't loose you too, Lucivar."
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 28, 2010 22:40:52 GMT -5
Lucivar wrapped his arms around Arsen and leaned his forehead against his Papa's.
"You won't lose me...and we need Mama, Callie, Josh, Melody, Aunt Eryn and Uncle Shadow back," the little boy mumbled softly, closing his eyes. "Our family can't be just us. We need them."
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Callie jumped into Eryn's lap and started bouncing up and down while Josh slipped onto the couch next to her and instantly had grabbed her arm and was lifting it towards his mouth. Rissien slapped him and the boy growled, dropping the stunned shifter's arm to the couch.
"Insatiable as always," Rissien teased, half-glaring at his younger brother; the shifter was his.
Kyrii clucked her tongue, moving forward and picking up Melody in the process, glaring at Larial.
"What were you and the Jaenelle talking about, darling?"
Jaenelle shot a look at Larial and then continued cleaning, carefully hoisting Callie up off of Eryn's lap and kissing the side of the little girl's head absentmindedly. That made Kyrii growl.
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Post by †Arisen† on Jul 28, 2010 22:44:13 GMT -5
Arsen nodded and squeezed him a bit tighter, "... Shadow went after them... he must have a plan. I don't want to wreck it..."
The First sighed and stood, lifting his son onto his back, "...What can be done?"
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Post by callingxforxblood on Jul 28, 2010 22:55:52 GMT -5
"Follow and support!" the little boy suggested excitedly, squeezing his father tighter. He felt the absence of his brother and sisters acutely and really wanted them back.
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Larial shrugged noncommittally and Kyrii glared at him, but finally moved away. Her gaze turned to Jaenelle and she glared at the woman. The other vampiress took it well, submitting to having Callie taken away, but not really seeming as if she was really broken up about it. After all, the kids only used her as a feeder most of the time, but sometimes....she felt a strong tug towards them, like they belonged to her.
Kyrii handed Callie back to Eryn and the shifter quickly wrapped her arms around the little girl, even letting her go as far as to sink her small fangs into her neck, though it was a violation of herself. The shifter began weaving the release magic that Shadow had taught her as the little girl ineptly fumbled into her mind.
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