SERE Part 2
~don't turn away ~ don't give in to the pain~
They were supposed to go to a what!!! Surely she had not heard correctly, a joint meeting between the Camarilla and the Sabbat to discuss what was to be done with those idiots in San Antonio?
~don't try to hide
though they're screaming your name~
Her family was in an uproar, some determined to go, some determined to go far, far away. She personally liked Vivienne's idea of a beach and drinks in coconuts.
Regina's head snapped around when she heard her husband announce his intention to attend if Richard did so. "You are not going anywhere without me"
They were not pleased, but could not argue with the 'the family stay's together' rule.
~don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them~
The concert was the first thing for that evening. The room was beautiful, her family was beautiful, and the music would make angels cry. She started the evening off with 'Cabaret' a fitting song for a night that would most likely end in death and bloodshed.
Alejandro and Layla sang "you are my home' tears fell from her roman's eyes as she quietly sang the words to him...he was...her home, her love..her everything...
Regina returned to the stage for "my immortal" a song of loss and heartbreak..
Then Alejandro took the stage, his voice soard as he began the opening bars of "into the fire", he was joined by Aramis, and at her urging by Richard...then she and Layla came in on the descant, the five voices weaving and soaring...or were they just children whistling to scare away the darkness.
~don't turn out the light
never sleep never die~
It was time for the meeting, the venetian would rather be anywhere BUT in that room. She had not told her family about her encounter with the sabbat...she probably should have, but it was too late now.
They entered the room and her heart stopped, she started shaking, all she could do was keep her memories behind tight shields so as not to upset her loves....
~fallen angels at my feet
whispered voices at my ear~
Sabbat...cainites...the nightmare of the camarilla. The were evil, oh, she well knew how evil. Had they not proved that to her when she was in their hands? She had been much younger then, with the arrogance that comes from youth, and the belief in immortality. They had attacked her chosen city, and she had fought against them. But she was not a fighter, she was a courtesian, and they sensed her weakness. When she fell, they did not leave her there, but took her with them...
She had learned of pain when she was taken to punish Layla so long ago...but this...this went beyond pain, beyond agony...beyond sanity.
Regina shook her head, and returned to the present, still afraid, but bolstered by her family surrounding her and her husband's presence in her head.
~death before my eyes
lying next to me i fear~
Then...he was gone. That beloved presence, that had not left her mind since they had rediscovered each other...was gone. She could only think of one reason such would happen, and her body went rigid in shock.
She felt Richard's strong presence beside her...Vivienne, Layla, Aramis...then a new voice in her mind, Isobel had brought the web back up that linked them together..but no Villarel...no Vil...
The justicar approached their table and asked her what was wrong...from somewere she heard a voice explaining a death...she did not recognize it as her own voice...she did not hear his answer, so lost in her grief.
they were moving, she was helped into a vehicle, and she felt Richard's arms around her...
they traveled for a time...then stopped, Richard laid her down on a bed somewhere and she simply curled into a ball...
~she beckons me shall i give in
upon my end shall i begin
forsaking all i've fallen for i rise to meet the end
"can't you just use the door" She heard Alejandro's voice, speaking words that were so familiar..."Not when I need to see my wife" his voice rumbled across the room and she froze....he was here? she flew across the room only to be stopped by his commanded "do not touch me"
he spoke of his clan, and danger, and of being unclean...a mouth opened up on his shoulder and he burned it away...and all he talked about was leaving her.
"Villarel Belsarious don't you dare leave me" Regina's voice was low...and it shook, but the intention was there...he could not leave her...she did not think she could bear it...
to be continued...
They were supposed to go to a what!!! Surely she had not heard correctly, a joint meeting between the Camarilla and the Sabbat to discuss what was to be done with those idiots in San Antonio?
~don't try to hide
though they're screaming your name~
Her family was in an uproar, some determined to go, some determined to go far, far away. She personally liked Vivienne's idea of a beach and drinks in coconuts.
Regina's head snapped around when she heard her husband announce his intention to attend if Richard did so. "You are not going anywhere without me"
They were not pleased, but could not argue with the 'the family stay's together' rule.
~don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them~
The concert was the first thing for that evening. The room was beautiful, her family was beautiful, and the music would make angels cry. She started the evening off with 'Cabaret' a fitting song for a night that would most likely end in death and bloodshed.
Alejandro and Layla sang "you are my home' tears fell from her roman's eyes as she quietly sang the words to him...he was...her home, her love..her everything...
Regina returned to the stage for "my immortal" a song of loss and heartbreak..
Then Alejandro took the stage, his voice soard as he began the opening bars of "into the fire", he was joined by Aramis, and at her urging by Richard...then she and Layla came in on the descant, the five voices weaving and soaring...or were they just children whistling to scare away the darkness.
~don't turn out the light
never sleep never die~
It was time for the meeting, the venetian would rather be anywhere BUT in that room. She had not told her family about her encounter with the sabbat...she probably should have, but it was too late now.
They entered the room and her heart stopped, she started shaking, all she could do was keep her memories behind tight shields so as not to upset her loves....
~fallen angels at my feet
whispered voices at my ear~
Sabbat...cainites...the nightmare of the camarilla. The were evil, oh, she well knew how evil. Had they not proved that to her when she was in their hands? She had been much younger then, with the arrogance that comes from youth, and the belief in immortality. They had attacked her chosen city, and she had fought against them. But she was not a fighter, she was a courtesian, and they sensed her weakness. When she fell, they did not leave her there, but took her with them...
She had learned of pain when she was taken to punish Layla so long ago...but this...this went beyond pain, beyond agony...beyond sanity.
Regina shook her head, and returned to the present, still afraid, but bolstered by her family surrounding her and her husband's presence in her head.
~death before my eyes
lying next to me i fear~
Then...he was gone. That beloved presence, that had not left her mind since they had rediscovered each other...was gone. She could only think of one reason such would happen, and her body went rigid in shock.
She felt Richard's strong presence beside her...Vivienne, Layla, Aramis...then a new voice in her mind, Isobel had brought the web back up that linked them together..but no Villarel...no Vil...
The justicar approached their table and asked her what was wrong...from somewere she heard a voice explaining a death...she did not recognize it as her own voice...she did not hear his answer, so lost in her grief.
they were moving, she was helped into a vehicle, and she felt Richard's arms around her...
they traveled for a time...then stopped, Richard laid her down on a bed somewhere and she simply curled into a ball...
~she beckons me shall i give in
upon my end shall i begin
forsaking all i've fallen for i rise to meet the end
"can't you just use the door" She heard Alejandro's voice, speaking words that were so familiar..."Not when I need to see my wife" his voice rumbled across the room and she froze....he was here? she flew across the room only to be stopped by his commanded "do not touch me"
he spoke of his clan, and danger, and of being unclean...a mouth opened up on his shoulder and he burned it away...and all he talked about was leaving her.
"Villarel Belsarious don't you dare leave me" Regina's voice was low...and it shook, but the intention was there...he could not leave her...she did not think she could bear it...
to be continued...