To say Gisela was upset would be an understatement. It was more than just sad. More than anger. She couldn’t even really pin down all the things she was feeling. Soldiers and servants alike took one look at her and scattered. She wanted to cry. She wanted to hurt something. Or someone. She wanted to scream ( Read more... )

Gisela was finally free of the infirmary. Most of the patients who had suffered Julia's attack had gone home to the their families. Those who hadn't were being looked after by nurses, but would be just fine given rest and time. She, was just plain tired. Julia's maryoku was draining, and made her feel wretched, and all she really wanted a bath and ( Read more... )

His sleep was deep and dreamless. It was only in the last moments that he saw faces materialized out of fog, memories faded in and out. He walked halls both strange and familiar. Wolf. Shinou. Anissina, Jennifer. Grumpy Gwendal. That horrible guard. The tall redhead. Gunter. Yuuri. Young Yuuri. He felt heavy, like his whole body was underwater ( Read more... )

There seemed to be something afoot in the castle. Jennifer had heard some odd noises earlier, and ever since then it seemed that people were running about like crazy everywhere. Undaunted by the size and unfamiliarity of the castle and its halls, she set out to follow the commotion to what she hoped was the source. It wasn't much of a challenge, ( Read more... )

After bidding good-bye to Gwendal and Yozak, Gisela led Bert down the hall away from the commander's drenched office. Bert was going to need a change of clothes. Maybe a couple, if he lost control of his new water powers again ( Read more... )

Gise was in bed very comfortably and woke to the sweet smell of flowers from the gardens of the castle.  She opened her eyes and stretched her arms up and her legs out as she yawned.  She vigorously threw the sheets to the side and pulled herself to sit on the side of the bed.  She got up and walked to the window and threw open the curtains and ( Read more... )

The walk back to the resident wing where her room, and Bert’s room, were located seemed to take an eternity. She was aware Bert was not happy - the look on his face as they left the infirmary was proof enough. It was also hard to miss how close he hovered. But she wasn’t going to confront him about it now. A pair of guards trailed after them, close ( Read more... )

Something was wrong. He was aware of this before he opened his eyes, before he was fully awake. Light was the first thing that registered. His cell-room was dark - always pitch black except for a line of light under the door - until he lit the lamp on the desk. But he could see light, even through his closed lids. The air was cool, not stale, and ( Read more... )

Gisela woke with a huge yawn. She groaned and tried to wiggle down under the blankets some more, but something felt wrong, and she felt that maybe she should be awake. So she crawled to sitting up and scrubbed her eyes open and looked blearily around the room ( Read more... )

  The sun was shining bright on that early morning in Baton Rouge.  The Louisiana heat and humidity was already getting to Gisela as she was rushing to get to her first day of classes at Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine.  "Mon Dieu, I'm late, I'm soo late, sacré bleu!" She continued running as the sweat poured down her brow ( Read more... )