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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:10:41 GMT -8
Asher was in the library, as always when he was not out making contracts or hunting. His selection for the day was blood rites and rituals. A subject he knew well and yet there was so much more to learn, always more to understand. He read the last few pages and closed the book, laying it beside him with the other tapped wells of information. He leaned back on his palms, stretched his legs forward and sighed softly. While the study was nice, he was once again growing lonely, and once again only one named came to mind that could dispel the feeling without being present. "Silly demon....that is what I am..." He knew better than to fall for someone, it meant his death twice...and yet here he was doing it again...and he didn't even known if she would ever return the feeling.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:11:16 GMT -8
Alani She had spent the better part of the day working outside, cleaning the yard up and had been planting some flowers. This was their home she wanted everyone to feel like it was. As the day was finally winding down, she moved inside, a simple black silk gown clinging to her pale flesh those long locks of midnight black left to hang loosely. Bare feet carried her to the one place she knew there would be someone, those icy hues lingering upon him as she stepped within "Good evening Asher." A soft smile played upon pale pink lips as she stood but a foot away from him.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:11:48 GMT -8
rolled his nck laziky, tilting his head forward to see who had approached. That bell like tone of hers rang in his ears long before he caught sight of her. "And good evening to you as well. How are you doing?" As he spoke softly he shifted to come to his feet, it was a bit awkward to achieve without knocking down the stack of books he had amassed. Once uptight he flashed a soft smile, watching her with with those crystalline blue pools of his.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:12:18 GMT -8
Alani Those hues lifted to meet his as he stood up and turned to face her. His question had her canting her head slightly as she gave him a genuine smile "I am doing alright, been cleaning and fixing up the front yard. How are you?"
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:12:34 GMT -8
Took a step closer to her, dropping the gap to only a few inches. Her question tipped the scale and allowed him to say what was on his mind. "I am....conflicted. I want to say something and yet...the words won't form." He brought his right hand up, attempting to touch her cheek. "Something I want to ask, and yet...i fear the answer." The truth of it was she was afraid of another error that would again lay him low.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:13:00 GMT -8
Bestel had spent most of her time watching the borders of the sanctuary making sure there were no enemies anywhere. when she finished she walked to her house the one she had been fixing up. she sighed and licked her paws before heading back to the main house to see what everyone was up to. she smiled as she walked in and rubbed against alani and asher "your both mine now and thats that." she said
Bestel was a black and white wolf beautiful almost yin and yang one part of her was white the other half of her was black she was a nice size atleast 8 feet in length and almost 200 pounds
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:13:41 GMT -8
Alani As he stepped closer closing the distance between them to only mere inches those hues transfixed even as the fear seemed to consume her. As he began she tried to keep herself calm and as he touched her cheek the panic began to set in. It wasn't because she didn't find herself drawn to him, or that she was just plain not caring. No her past the betrayal and then the fact that the last time she had opened up she was left alone and truly hurt. Slowly words began to form "Ask Asher, I will be honest the best way I can." Her entire form froze the moment Bestel joined them, the tension was there even as she was slowly getting use to the other woman. Her icy hues stayed locked on Asher as she waited for his response.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:13:57 GMT -8
Could not believe henhsd not felt the presence of the wolf, he must be getting old to miss such a thing. He could also feel Alani tense, he all but knew it was because of him. ~She doesn't like it..stop~ The abyss demanded, and he...obeyed. His hand left her cheek, his gaze remained though there was a new sadness within. He changed what he wanted to say, to spare them both a discomfort he knew would arise. "When did we get a wolf?" As he spoke he reached down to run his fingers through bestels fur.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:14:14 GMT -8
Bestel giggled as he ran his fingers through her fur and sat at his feet "oh i have been here for a long time." she said "i just patrol the borders and stay in a home over there the one getting fixed up." she said pointing her nose out the door to her house. She was speaking through her wolfs mouth so she could be understood. she was a unique werewolf maybe the only one of her kind she did not know. she had two transformations one bipedal and one quadrapedal. though she only used her four legged form unless she was in battle
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:14:41 GMT -8
Alani As he back pedaled and pulled away a soft sigh escaped her "Asher, please just say what you want to say!" Her gaze lingered upon him for a moment longer before shifting to Bestel "Hello Bestel!" It was taking her sometime to get use to the wolf it took everything in her to be in the same room as her.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:14:55 GMT -8
Shifted hisnhaze between bestel and Alani. He continued to scratch along Bestels back as he considered telling Alani the truth. He understood her, more than he thought he would, but could he really do what he wished, could he care for another as more than a friend? He wrestled with the idea daily. "It isn't that I don't want to say it. I don't know if I can make what i want to say become the truth." Torn, the past and the present, fear and hope. He again bounced the concept in his mind, finally deciding it wasn't fair to keep a secret that she clearly knew something about. "Since we first met..i found you appealing. And back in the crater..when I realized i had nothing left in the world...you were there. It seems you have kept me from a fall I could not survive...and..." The rest was hard to say.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:15:11 GMT -8
Bestel just listened as they spoke until she was spoken to "hello alani it is nice to see you again. you cant stand this form very well can you?" she said "it is hard to smell with you in the room as well you stink." she said giggling again as she let asher pet her still she was having quite a fun time
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:15:38 GMT -8
Alani She watched him closely studying him as he would begin to say what he was thinking. She moved as he paused taking a step closer though she looked to Bestel "Do not tease me Bestel, you know my history it is not to be made into a joke." Anger something she showed only rarely as she turned back to him "Asher what is it you want from me, the last time I trusted someone and allowed them in they walked away from me. How do I know you won't do the same?"
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:15:55 GMT -8
wondered why bestel would bring up someone's past in such a way, but clearly Alani had it handled. Her question was valid, and he could offer no comfort that would mean anything, it was all words. "I can't say anything or give you something that will guarantee I am always around. Words fleeting, actions can be false, even magical bonds break...so.." He stopped petting bestel as he stepped back. "I am sorry. I shouldn't have done this without thought." He truly felt bad, both shared a history of pain and loss, he had never considered that she was not ready to move beyond it.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:16:15 GMT -8
Bestel watched as he stepped back. she changed to her human form and stood up she wore a pink dress and a bone sword on her hip. the dress and sword were magical and transfigured with her and back she looked to alani "well actually you have never really told me of your history." she said standing to her full height which was 5'4 "we should talk sometime." she said then looked to asher "never thought that would happen did ya." she said chuckling
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:16:36 GMT -8
Alani She shook her head softly as he spoke confirming her worries but something in his voice and his hues caught her attention. Lips parted and she sighed as she moved forward "Asher you don't need to apologize, but you do need to realize something I have been through things you don't even fully know or understand just as you have yourself." She paused looking to Bestel a soft nod given "She's right you both deserve to know, especially if you want to try to be more then just friends Asher." She moved to a chair and sat motioning for them to join her, there it was a little hope.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:16:55 GMT -8
Had to wonder if his own history was so transparent, did she know it all already, was there no secret he had? Yet in that moment it wasn't about him, it was about her opening up. He took the opportunity and moved to sit down in a chair across from her, he made himself comfortable, preparing for a lengthy personal journey through her history. Bastels comment was heard, and yet he chose not to reach to it. Clearly the child didn't understand the affairs of adults, the complexity of community and approaching subject with tact...maybe he could help her with those one day.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:17:14 GMT -8
Bestel skipped to her chair and sat down. she was not right in the head she was clearly crazy and didnt approach any subject with tact or anything else she was straightforward and honest. she didnt care about it either it wasnt about her learning she wouldnt learn about it. "if you are so forward with your past then i will tell you of mine." she said looking to her "but i will wait till you finish. for it is rude just to interrupt." she said as she was small and the biggest she would get her feet swayed off the ground
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:17:37 GMT -8
Alani Her gaze shifted between the two of them she knew Bestel she even understood her in a way even if she wasn't fond of her. Taking in a deep breath she began "When I first became part of what this Sanctuary use to be I was different more trusting. I had let another get close to me something that even now I regret." Her gaze tore away from them both and looked down "I was foolish, one day I was given to a pack of Lycans by the very one I had loved. There I was their little play toy I was beaten to the point that I am no longer who I use to be." She paused letting them take in everything.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:18:23 GMT -8
Bestel nodded she now understood why she was so cautious around her and her dislike of her kind. bestel was different then most when she made a friend they became family and alani would eventually become her family. bestel nodded her head and sighed a bit. she felt bad for alani it was like her first pack they were bad worse than bestel was and that was bad.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:18:51 GMT -8
Sarah Sarah was always there even if she didn't make her presence known . Always watching always observing. Her eyes narrowed in Asher . He was falling in love with her mistress. She knew that her mistress was so patient with her for a reason m but as soon as she was there she was gone magain. She knew every nook and cranny of this place and it helped her to prod about unnoticed .
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:22:36 GMT -8
(Kita) was curled up in the library, reading the same book she was reading last night. She had more of the stew she had made yesterday, just warmed it up. She was eating very slowly, being very careful not to make any messes. Her furred ears moving to every sound
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:23:14 GMT -8
Alani As they stayed silent her gaze moved from them to where Sarah was she always knew where the woman was at. A soft smile touched her lips before she was turning back "When I escaped, in which I did all on my own I returned to find them just living life and acting like nothing ever happened. Those who were suppose to be family and protect didn't, that is why this place means so much to me. I don't want anyone to ever feel the way I did or to come to harm under my watch." There was a sadness to her words but there was also strength slowly she turned from one to the other "I will get use to you being around Bestel, I know you are better then the ones who took me."
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:23:31 GMT -8
found that again he could relate in a manner. What he was having trouble with was the fact they responded to differently. She hide behind walls, and he moved forward. Was he doing it wrong? Should he be more like her, more reserved? He had no answers, only a mountain of questions that would take a day or two to work through. Instead he waited, listening. He though he felt sarah, knew she was around but swore she was close. He shrugged as His attention returned to Alani. "Is there more?"
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:24:27 GMT -8
Bestel nodded to her "thank you for aknowledging that i am better than them for you and everyone in this sanctuary is now my family and i will die to protect you." she said smiling to her "no matter what you are alani you will have me as a friend." she said. she smelled sarah close but then noticed she left again. sarah and bestel did not really get along yet. "Well would you like to know about me and how i became this." she said
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Post by Zepher on Aug 26, 2018 21:24:54 GMT -8
Kita closed the book she was reading after marking her page. She set it down, picked up her empty bowl and moved from the library. Moving slowly. She heard voices of Asher, Alani and Bestel talking in another room. she could hear most anything with her ears. She wouldn't interrupt but when she passed by the room she did glance in for a moment before moving to turn to head towards the kitchen
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Post by Zepher on Aug 27, 2018 17:45:14 GMT -8
A new day and new to session
Sat in the library once again, this time he had closed the door when he and Alani entered. While he enjoyed the company is the others in the house, the ones who had become like "family" to him, Mommy and Daddy needed to speak privately for just a little while.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 27, 2018 17:45:38 GMT -8
Alani: Icy hues had lifted as she had heard the door shut, those very hues shifting back to him. After the previous conversation just earlier she knew her and Bestel needed to sit and talk on their own. Now though she knew Asher wanted to speak his piece and she was willing to hear it and they would go from there. Now though she kept silent she had shared more then she shared in a long time they knew a good amount of her history.
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Post by Zepher on Aug 27, 2018 17:45:49 GMT -8
Leaned back against the door, his back pressed firmly to the thick wooden surface. Those clear Crystal blue orbs of his could be nowhere else but on Alani. "I am thankful you shared some of yourself with us. What has been done to us all is unfortunant. We have suffered indignities and humiliations that no one should. But..." His voice fell to silence as he moved from the door, going out of sight behind a book case. "You aren't the only one who suffered. You asked me what guarantees I could offer you. And I told you I could offer none. That is the truth. " He finally emerged from the opposite side o lf the book case. "What guarantees could you offer me? One fiancee and one wife, both killed me in their own way. Can you guarantee that as my lover and wife, you would not do the same?"
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Post by Zepher on Aug 27, 2018 17:46:18 GMT -8
Alani:Her gaze locked on his crystal blue orbs, and as he spoke she listened. She watched his every movement following him as he moved behind a book case and continued. If she were being honest with herself she wasn't looking for guarantees, her fears laid with the fact that she didn't want to open herself up to another only to feel the betrayal all over again. His last words had her drawing a breath and she rose from her chair circling to come to stand a few feet away from him "There are no guarantees Asher, either way we look at it, but is there ever any guarantees. All a relationship of any sort is, is putting faith in another and having trust. It is either worth the risk or it is not." She studied him, standing there pieces of the wall she had built fell. The Sanctuary over the last year had taken up so much time in building it, she had gained only to lose once more. That wall she had built, the same very walls that were built to protect the Sanctuary was beginning to crumble not only because of him but the family she had gained. Grey's was different then what use to be and she found herself finding a new family.
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