Redemption
She'd taken a few moments to sing her unfinished hymn for Alejandro. And then the sheriff of Richard's court had been by the house, asking about the jacket.
She hadn't really noticed what he'd said. Her own song was making her think.
Touch in me
All love and passion,
Pain and pleasure -
Touch in me...
Grief and comfort,
Love and passion,
Pain and pleasure...
Sing me a lullaby,
A love song,
A requiem;
Love me,
Comfort me,
Bring me to God...
She wanted to see him. She wanted to meet him, this vampire that she’d called ‘creature’ far too many times. She believed - she needed to believe that he didn’t deserve that moniker. She wanted to talk to him.
They said - Lana had - that it was possible he’d not known what it was he was doing. It was possible he’d been manipulated, just like he had done with them, into doing the horrible things he’d done.
At the best of times it was hard to understand how one being could inflict such pain and suffering on so many others. It was even more difficult to understand why. What kind of thing would inspire a man to such a cold, all encompassing hatred that he would slaughter children in the pursuit of his vengeance? What kind of end could drive a man to destroy minds, hearts - even souls? Especially, si, especially if he was truly a Salubri, and doing those very things should have gone against what she couldn’t doubt were things that were at the very core of his being.
They couldn’t know, though. They couldn’t know the truth, and most of them were still bent on destroying him in one way or another.
But Kevin could give him redemption. If he learned whatever it was his sire had done, he could help Mikhael. He deserved that much. She had to know if what Lana had suggested was true. If it was true - any of it, really - he might very well want to atone for what he had done. If he wanted it, Kevin would give him the chance, and she would help Kevin do it. Bring me to God...
No one knew how to find him, though. She’d never met him, and she didn’t know the place that Alejandro believed he might be. She couldn’t actually ask anyone about how to find him - they would know she was up to something, and if they didn’t try to stop her themselves, they would try to find someone who could.
She wasn’t worried about herself. This was another chance she had to take. In her heart, she didn’t believe that he would try to hurt her - there wasn’t much left to hurt her with, anyway. If she was wrong, then perhaps she would be dead - but if she was right, it was more than worth it. And there was only one way to find out, that she could think of.
But how did she find a vampire she’d never met?
She hadn't really noticed what he'd said. Her own song was making her think.
Touch in me
All love and passion,
Pain and pleasure -
Touch in me...
Grief and comfort,
Love and passion,
Pain and pleasure...
Sing me a lullaby,
A love song,
A requiem;
Love me,
Comfort me,
Bring me to God...
She wanted to see him. She wanted to meet him, this vampire that she’d called ‘creature’ far too many times. She believed - she needed to believe that he didn’t deserve that moniker. She wanted to talk to him.
They said - Lana had - that it was possible he’d not known what it was he was doing. It was possible he’d been manipulated, just like he had done with them, into doing the horrible things he’d done.
At the best of times it was hard to understand how one being could inflict such pain and suffering on so many others. It was even more difficult to understand why. What kind of thing would inspire a man to such a cold, all encompassing hatred that he would slaughter children in the pursuit of his vengeance? What kind of end could drive a man to destroy minds, hearts - even souls? Especially, si, especially if he was truly a Salubri, and doing those very things should have gone against what she couldn’t doubt were things that were at the very core of his being.
They couldn’t know, though. They couldn’t know the truth, and most of them were still bent on destroying him in one way or another.
But Kevin could give him redemption. If he learned whatever it was his sire had done, he could help Mikhael. He deserved that much. She had to know if what Lana had suggested was true. If it was true - any of it, really - he might very well want to atone for what he had done. If he wanted it, Kevin would give him the chance, and she would help Kevin do it. Bring me to God...
No one knew how to find him, though. She’d never met him, and she didn’t know the place that Alejandro believed he might be. She couldn’t actually ask anyone about how to find him - they would know she was up to something, and if they didn’t try to stop her themselves, they would try to find someone who could.
She wasn’t worried about herself. This was another chance she had to take. In her heart, she didn’t believe that he would try to hurt her - there wasn’t much left to hurt her with, anyway. If she was wrong, then perhaps she would be dead - but if she was right, it was more than worth it. And there was only one way to find out, that she could think of.
But how did she find a vampire she’d never met?