May 18, 2009 20:53
A kiss, and then more. Oh, Stephen was so beautiful and she had missed him, but she knew she couldn't continue their embrace, not when her own feelings were so mixed up, not when they weren't even married.
She was angry, angry at him for leaving and angry at herself for not being able to figure out how she felt. There was too much to think about, with Rose's marriage to Simon on the way and so much talk of love and the like. Besides, Stephen was hardly around anymore, now the muse of that wretched Leda and perhaps something more than that. Distressed, she burst into her family's castle and ran up the the stairs of one of the towers. Throwing open the door, she expected to find the room she shared with Rose. Instead, of course, she found the Mansion.
Cassandra Mortmain just stared in bewildered silence before rubbing her eyes. She opened them again, only to find the same, unfamiliar sight. This place was too nice to be her own run-down castle. This place couldn't have been Scoatney either.
ooc: Cass from I Capture the Castle.
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