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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 1:50:07 GMT -5
Frost arrives at 9pm in the airport in Paris, France. He's wearing a fishnet shirt with black leather jeans and knee-high boots. He knows this place like the back of his hand so he sets off to the Circus of The Damned where Asher would be lounging. Seeing as the Master of the City always stays at that location because it's the biggest place there is. He walked through the doors to the circus and smelled cotton candy, popcorn, and faintly, blood. He went to the very back of the building where there was a set of stairs leading down into a pitch dark hallway. He knocked on the door three times and a man opened up a eye hole and peered out at him.
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 2:01:11 GMT -5
Back at ADSGMP, Julianna had wasted no time disposing of Asher's vampire lackey before rapidly changing into more battle-appropriate clothing, just in case. Tossing aside the skirt and halter top she'd been wearing before, she threw on some soft black leather pants, black boots with a fairly thick heel, and a black tank top. She'd stolen the fastest broom she could find in a hurry and an aerial map. She'd then flown nonstop to Paris, and once there, headed directly for the Circus of the Damned, hoping against hope to intercept Frost.
Julianna had been incredibly lucky, and arrived just as the back door's eye hole had slid open. Moving with preternatural speed, she got between Frost and the door. Slapping a hand over the hole to cover it, she whirled to face Frost, eyes furious. "You have to get out of here. Now," she snarled.
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 2:09:41 GMT -5
"No, I want answers, and I know your not going to give them to me because of the fact that your hiding something from me..." He hated what he was about to do but he kissed her, catching her off gaurd and pushed through her mental barriers, overpowering her mind. He moved her aside and told the man to let him through.
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 2:17:00 GMT -5
Though she was furious and sickened that he'd used mental powers against her after all she'd endured with the vampires here, she retained just enough self control to decide to yell at him for that later. Now, she grabbed on to his wrist, squeezing tightly. Her power and strength had increased while she was away, and now she could have held her own when it came to arm-wrestling vampires. "You don't understand," she said urgently. "They will kill you. They'll kill her!"
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 2:19:14 GMT -5
He turned to her and said, "No! I'm tired of everything!" He slammed her back against the wall and screamed into her face, "I'm tired of all the hiding, of all the lies. I'm tired of you not talking to me. I want answers and I will do anything to get them. Don't get in my way..." He let go of her and rushed through the open doorway.
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 2:25:48 GMT -5
Her beast rising with her fury, Julianna raced after him. When she drew even with him, she grabbed him by the shoulder, spinning him to face her, and then slammed him against the wall of the hallway. A show of her new strength and a silent threat. Putting her face close to his, she spoke in a whisper as blistering cold as arctic wind. Her words were made all the more intense by the fact that she didn't yell them at him, that she was past yelling. "Just know this. If you get my daughter killed, I will never forgive you."
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 2:33:24 GMT -5
He stopped and looked at her. "You've changed..." He stopped for a moment and said, "If you tell me the truth about everything, I will back off, but if not, then know that I will go in after him. You forget that I DID work beside him once. Since you don't seem to have anything for me anymore, what have I got to lose by giving myself over to be a guard for him?" He knew what he said wasn't true, he would never work beneath Asher, but he wanted to hurt her, like she hurt him. He wanted to scare her and try to force any emotion from her that would tell him if she still felt anything for him.
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 2:38:25 GMT -5
Julianna flinched as though slapped, then glanced around hurriedly, releasing Frost as she went over to a side door leading from the hallway they were in. She scented the air just outside the door, and finding no recent scents, opened it and checked inside. There was nobody, so she beckoned Frost inside after her.
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 2:42:18 GMT -5
He follwed her with a harsh look in his eye. But underneath that look was a tiredness that had never been there before. He was begining to look for the worse since he still hadn't fed. He sat down in an office chair and said, "Talk.."
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 2:51:05 GMT -5
Julianna paced back and forth to have something to do, to use her pent-up adrenaline for something, unable to sit still. "Asher doesn't want you as a guard. He wants you dead. Permanently dead." She hesitated, took a few deep breaths, and slowly began to talk. "Months ago, I went with the pride to Africa. There had been rumors that there were lone werelions there, that either needed help or could give us help. I was still looking to foist the pride off on someone else." She gave a short, bitter laugh. "The rumors had been fed to us through a traitor. We were ambushed. The traitor died in the ensuing struggle. Saved me the trouble, I suppose." She clenched her fists tight enough that her nails drew blood from her palms. "I couldn't protect them. I couldn't fight off all the vampires. Asher's. We were brought here." She paused, loathe to face the memories that came after that.
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 3:13:00 GMT -5
He swiveled in the chair and said, "Go on..."
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 3:16:57 GMT -5
"They immediately separated us all. We were penned, like animals. They fed on the pride. I had to listen to their screams long before they ever came for me, wondering each time if it was Janelle." She shuddered with anger. "She shouldn't have had to go through this. She's been through too much already. She didn't deserve this." She took a few deep breaths to calm herself before plunging along with her tale. She kept her voice flat, devoid of any emotion. "They kept me weak. They didn't leave enough recovery time before they'd feed again. I managed to kill a few of them, but there were always so many more. Finally Asher told me personally that for every one of his I killed, he would kill one of mine." She swallowed hard, hesitated, and when she spoke again it was clear she'd skipped over something. "I only saw Janelle a few times. She seemed okay, but I couldn't really tell from a distance. You know how many places there are to bite. Finally, Asher came to me with a proposition. He would release me, he would release the pride. If I agreed to kill you." She stared at the wall, wearing her cold, disinterested mask as she said the rest. "He would keep Janelle prisoner, as incentive. If I said no, he would kill her. If I failed to kill you, he would kill her. He gave me his word she wouldn't be harmed.."
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 3:44:55 GMT -5
He looked at her and said, "And yet she was, you were foolish to think he'd keep his word completely. Vampires can be very tricky and play lots of word games...." He paused and said, "Well, what is your choice? What are you going to do?" He kept his voice smooth and emotionless.
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 3:56:14 GMT -5
"What choice did I have but to believe him?" Julianna snapped. She began pacing the room again as she said, "I tried. I tried to forget, to kill my emotions and just do it. I tried to make you hate me, to make it easier. I only half succeeded there."
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 4:02:54 GMT -5
Hearing that did little to ease any of the tension he had in his heart. Just hearing that Asher had turned her against him angered him. He wasn't aware that he was gripping the steel desk so hard that his hand went though the entire desk. His hand was cut badly from the metal but it did not bleed, due to him barely having any blood left in his body. He throws the desk threw the plaster and brick wall, leaving a hole about the size of a horse in the wall. He leans against the wall and slowly slides down it, burrying his face in his hands, and screaming a single scream in frustration and agony.
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 4:09:29 GMT -5
Julianna halted her pacing and stared at Frost. Her heart ached to hear that sound come from him, and she closed her eyes against it, stubbornly refusing to shed the tears that welled up unbidden. She crossed her arms, hugging herself and digging her nails into her arms to prevent herself from going to him. She didn't think she would be welcome in his arms after all of this.
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 4:18:18 GMT -5
"How..." Frost said through choked, dry sobs, "How could you even think of doing that if it was true when you told me you loved me?" He screamed again and then said lowly, "But what choice did I have but to believe that the one I loved, loved me in return? I tried to hate you, to make the pain of it easier to bear with hatred and anger....." Even though this was almost the same speech by Julianna just a moment ago, he meant every word of it. Although, he added, "But I couldn't do it. I couldn't douse my love for you. My hatred only turned away from you and to the unknown that took you away from me." He paused and then continued, "We built it up, to watch it fall.... like we meant nothing at all. I gave and gave the best of me, but couldn't give you what you need. You walked away, you stole my life, just to find what you were looking for; and no matter how I try.... I can't hate you anymore." He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, shaking because he had no more tears left to cry.
[Dude, i love that song... it makes me cry, lol. Do you know which one i'm talking about?]
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 4:29:35 GMT -5
[Lol, no, I don't.. But I get the feeling I should.]
Julianna twisted in his arms to face him, her arms immediately going around his waist. She breathed his scent in deeply from the crook of his neck, and it came out in a shuddering breath as a couple of tears escaped her rigid control, sliding down her cheeks and onto his shirt. When she spoke it was in a whisper so soft that only his vampiric hearing could catch it. She had never been good at expressing her emotions, and it wasn't about to get any easier. "I did mean it. I do mean it. I lied before. My feelings toward you never changed. I love you with all my heart. But Janelle is my heart. She's my blood, even if we're not biologically related. I couldn't just let them kill her. But I couldn't lie to myself enough to make myself kill you."
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Post by wingsofsage on Jul 30, 2008 4:36:46 GMT -5
Frost tightened his grip around her. If Julianna had been human, he would have been crushing her. He took a shuddering breath in and let it out, breathing in the muskiness of her lioness scent. He lifted her chin up to wipe away her tears and kissed her like he had never done so before. He kissed her fully and completely, so throughly that they ended up against a wall. He stopped kissing her so she could catch her breath and to ask, "Well, what are we going to do?"
[I'll get the name of it and send it to you sometime. But it was perfect for right then, lol.]
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Post by starcrossed on Jul 30, 2008 4:42:10 GMT -5
Julianna kissed him back wholeheartedly, pressing as close to him as she could possibly get. Her arms went around his neck and she kissed him as desperately as though she were dying of thirst and he was the last drop of water on Earth. When the kiss finally broke she was panting and leaned her forehead against his. "I don't know. It seems like a hopeless situation to end all hopeless situations. For all I know Janelle could already be... After the doorman saw you still alive."
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