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 Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:59 pm
She took to it very well, avoiding it only slightly. He hadn't expected her to do so well. It wasn't that his faith in her was lacking, but that simply most didn't approve or condone what he did. But she didn't reject him or shun him for it, she was as accepting as her word. Lucian felt bad about doubting her. She had never given him any reason to.
He nodded as she averted his head, "Thank you." It was barely audible, in response to her kindness and understanding. He ripped the flesh easily, peeling away the muscle and chewing slowly. He could feel the pockets of blood, squirting into his mouth and fulfilling more of his sanguinary needs.
The sensation was satisfying as he crunched down on the meat. Pheasant was one of his favorites. He watched out of the corner of her eyes, a light red filling her cheeks. He could sense the movement of the blood to her cheeks in this proximity. She was...blushing?
He averted his gaze, finding himself blushing too. He didn't particularly understand it and yet--it made sense in some way he wasn't even sure of. He finished off his meal in silence, before approaching her.
"Thank you, Ves'tacha. Your faith in me, and my promise to you..." He felt himself getting suddenly very red. "Thank you for trusting me," he finished simply.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:18 pm
Ves'tacha simply nodded. She didn't intent the gesture to be curt, but it was. Realizing this, she shook her head slightly. "You are who you are. This is a part of you. You have never given me any reason not to trust you, and every reason to have faith in your word."
Finally Ves'tacha looks up and meets Lucian's gaze, "I find I am not concerned with your diet. You are not evil. You are honorable. That is what I judge to be of value. You have earned my trust. I only wish I was stronger, that you didn't feel you arn't accepted."
She takes the barest moment to glance back at his 'meal.' She manages not to blanch at the sight, seeing only the remains. It doesn't bother her as much as she thought it would. "Are you done? Or do you need to hunt some more?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:57 am
Lucian could feel the heat in his face. She was accepting. She was not blanching from him, she found him "honourable" and trustworthy. He'd never been viewed like that by anyone except his family.
Just to know that she cared to think about him was somewhat...meaningful. To know that she saw some good in him helped him to hope that she was right. He'd never thought of himself as good or bad, just...as is. But to know that she actually thought he was good--that meant a lot more.
"Thank you," he barely whispered. "It's all I need for now. But I'll have to eat a bit more regularly from now on." He found his eyes boring into her. "But thank you, accepting me...how I am. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given." He could feel the heat in his cheeks flaming outward. "Thank you Goddess Ves'tacha."
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:36 am
A laugh startled from her breaks the quiet of the forest. Her blush deepens as the sounds of small forest animals stop in response. But she can't seem to help herself, now that a strange tension had been released, Ves'tacha can't stop giggling.
"Goddess . . . Hah! I'm . . . no . . . tee hee . . . no . . . Goddess . . ." It was all she was able to manage as she struggled to breath around the giggles, tears streaming from her eyes.
But for all that she couldn't talk, she could move, and she did. Ves'tacha took a few unsteady steps to Lucian's side. What would have been a nuzzle was more of a lean with the giggling robbing her of breath and vision and control.
But the warmth of his body, his musky scent . . . Ves'tacha's mirth calmed as she stood with her head against his neck. Now she was definitely flushing with more than embarrassment.
Holding herself still, eyes closed from mirthful tears, Ves'tacha took a deep, steadying breath. "I'm not a Goddess, beloved Lucian. You shouldn't place me so high, I will surely fall." Her words tremble slightly and her heart pounds as she realizes what she just called him. And then she realizes she just might have meant it. A fluttering of butterflies in her stomach keep tempo with her racing heart as she wonders how he will respond.
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:19 pm
He could feel her laughter, her breath hot on his neck. He hadn't expected to feel this way ever again...to feel something for someone. The breathy sighs as she leaned in close, and was that the thrumming of a racing heart that he felt up against him?
He leaned in and nuzzled her gently with his eyes closed, taking in the scent of her that was so familiar to him now. He could feel the heat in her cheeks, and the words that tumbled from her lips both thrilled him and elated him. Beloved...
"Then you wouldn't be the only one falling Ves'tacha. Surely, you know...I've been falling for you for awhile." He tried to catch her eyes, his heart beating so loudly he was afraid he'd miss any words she said.
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:24 am
Ves'tacha grew still for a long moment, her breath caught in her chest. Finally, blinking, she moved to look up at Lucian. Then she shook her head, almost violent in the motion as she takes a step back, away.
She turns slightly away, her face still visible in profile. "No, no, oh no." The words barely louder than a murmur.
"Oh Lucian, no. I . . . Better to just care and dally than . . . I told you. Oh, I told you . . ." She shakes her head, her whole body trembling. The tears in her eyes this time aren't tears of mirth.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:39 am
The words were like a knell to him. It hit him like both ice and fire at once. She did not...or would not feel the same, he should have...he should have accepted that. he should have known. She had warned him. She had told him not to be attached.
He moved slightly away, his heart aching physically in his chest. She had warned him about this and he hadn't listened...It was his fault. "I'm sorry. You're right...I mean, we made a deal. I'm sorry that...We can forget it happened at all." They could try at least, but he had ruined it hadn't he? He'd really ruined it...Why couldn't he just have kept his mouth shut?
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 11:03 am
Ves'tacha sees Lucian's pain and her heart aches within her. Trembling she shakes her head, "No, oh . . . I . . . " She stops herself from taking a step towards him.
Turning even farther away, she stumbles to her knees and then lays down. "I am so sorry. I am so, so . . . I tried. Oh, Lucian, how I tried. But you're just so strong and . . . It was okay, though. I could . . . As long as it was just me, it was okay. I could be strong, my heart would break, but it would mend."
"But you . . . I never thought you . . . If I had known, I would have left, before I could ever hurt you. I . . . I can't be tied down. I can't . . . I can't stay in one place. It would be a little death, every day. No matter how much I love, I . . . I can't do that." Ves'tacha shakes her head again. "I knew better than to fall in love. But you were safe, you understood. You knew I would leave and . . . and I could leave. I could be strong until you couldn't see me, then I could cry and keep walking."
"But now . . . now I can't even . . . it would only be worse, when I leave, to know I left you broken again. I can't . . . I can't hurt you like that. You don't . . . you can't fall for me. Please . . . Please, I . . . I can't hurt you, Lucian. I can't." Her voice thick with tears she tries to hide, Ves'tacha works to keep her tone from pleading. But she doesn't know how sucessful she is.
She had long since lost her heart to the gentle stallion. His quiet honor held tightly behind a shy demenor. She wanted nothing more than to make him feel as truely special as she knew him to be. But Ves'tacha knew that she could only bring him pain and suffering. She couldn't be the love of his life, he deserved so very much better. He deserved someone who could settle down with him to raise foals and graze in pastoral fields in sweet bliss. And she was Roma. She knew that she could never be that mare.
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:01 am
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:33 pm
Lucian watched her fall to the ground, and he could hear the water in her voice. She was trying to be strong--she had warned him that she was not the settling type, and he...oh, he had never intended to be the eternal wanderer. But...wouldn't it be worth a try for her?
The words caught in his ears then his heart, she cared for him this was not just pain for making him fall for her. She shared it, she really, truly...cared. But they were not the same. This was a gift though, a chance--and they'd be foolish not to try it.
"Ves'tacha," he kneeled beside her nosing her face gently. "Oh beloved, can't we just....try? I couldn't leave you now. Can't we just...see if it works out? I'll wander with you, give me this chance dear goddess. Just this one chance, please?"
He stared into her eyes, waiting for her answer.
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:34 am
Ves'tacha looks up at Lucian, her eyes blinking rapidly to try and chase away tears so she can see, but her vision remains blurred. She softly shakes her head then leans it against him, breathing in his musk.
"Can you be happy wandering? You have a family, those who love you and wait for you. Can you truly leave them to wander with me? I can stop for a visit, for a short time, maybe even a few months, but . . . I have tried before, and my hooves itch so fiercely when I do.
"You have that foundation, it is who you are. Just as settling down would be a little death for me . . . would not being away from your family so much be the same for you?
"I . . . " Ves'tacha sighs, drinking in another breath of him. Her voice so very small it wouldn't be audible if they weren't so close. "I want to believe that we could try. I do. But . . . would the pain be greater if we tried and failed? Could we even be friends then? I don't want to lose you as a friend."
But her body seemed to have a mind of it's own as she extended her neck slightly to lip at Lucian's shoulder. Gentle and hesitant and full of longing. But she pulled away. She couldn't influence him like this, it wasn't fair. Not that she was trying, it was just that he was so very close and she had let fear hold her back for so long. Now she knew how he felt and she fairly burned to be closer to him.
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:24 am
He listened to her fevered words, felt her hesitant but wanting lips. "I think the greater tragedy would be not to try at all. The journeys we don't take are the ones we regret, you taught me that. And even if it ends in a way that we don't want, I could never hate you...I could never forget you. I could never stop being your friend, we just wouldn't be what we could be."
He pushed his face into her neck, "Maybe I'm crazy to want to risk it. There are chances. And I will grow lonely for my family, but if I don't go with you and try this I will wither away and think of long nights where I could have been with you, even if they were only meant to last a little while. I cannot let my fear that this will fail keep me from trying. I will sacrifice and so will you, and we can try this. Try to see if sacrifice is enough, and however it turns out we remain friends no matter how difficult at first. We will cling to that, and know that we made the right decsion."
His heart thudded loudly in his chest, he hoped that Ves'tacha would agree. He hoped that she would take this chance. "What is a journey without the risk?" He breathed a little on the back of her neck, a soft and gentle whisper like the wind.
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:52 am
Ves'tacha sighs as she lets herself accept the possibility. "I . . . " Her skin quivers as though discouraging a fly, "I want to try."
"Oh, Lucian. I want so badly to try." Ves'tacha's eyes close as she lets a couple hot tears fall to the ground beneath her. She leans against his solid warmth. "Oh, my beautiful, strong, wonderful Lucian. How could I not fall for you?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:18 pm
Lucian leaned against her easily, planting his muzzle next to her ear as he whispered. "Thank you for giving this a chance," because a chance was all they needed really. Just a chance...
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