For thatwasanorder: Blood shed
When she arrives in Jackson, the estate is in chaos. Her taxi drives unhindered to the open door, and Mina pays the driver with a growing sense of worry. (Her Dracul blood has, from time to time, given her an instinct for danger -- and now she's running directly towards it.)
Inside the mansion, there's a noise like a wounded animal.
"Lady, you sure you want to be gettin' out here?" The driver squints suspiciously at the former plantation and Mina holds up a hand to forestall any objections.
"I will be fine," she assures him, taking her suitcases and setting them just outside the door. "I cannot vouch for your safety, however. I think you should leave."
The man looks about to argue with her when that wail echoes from within the house again, growing louder, more desperate. Slowly crossing the threshold, Mina doesn't look back: the sound of the engine tells her that the taxi driver has departed, and that's her responsibility to the man lifted.
Again, the cry of despair, and this time, she's inside the mansion and can tell roughly where it's coming from. "Russell?" she calls out, striving for a calm, even tone... but her voice quavers a little on the final vowel and she curses silently. "Russell, where are you?"
Inside the mansion, there's a noise like a wounded animal.
"Lady, you sure you want to be gettin' out here?" The driver squints suspiciously at the former plantation and Mina holds up a hand to forestall any objections.
"I will be fine," she assures him, taking her suitcases and setting them just outside the door. "I cannot vouch for your safety, however. I think you should leave."
The man looks about to argue with her when that wail echoes from within the house again, growing louder, more desperate. Slowly crossing the threshold, Mina doesn't look back: the sound of the engine tells her that the taxi driver has departed, and that's her responsibility to the man lifted.
Again, the cry of despair, and this time, she's inside the mansion and can tell roughly where it's coming from. "Russell?" she calls out, striving for a calm, even tone... but her voice quavers a little on the final vowel and she curses silently. "Russell, where are you?"