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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 2:03:47 GMT
Narcisse watched Rothbart leave but didn't say anything, he waited until he was gone before he shoved the stones in his pocket. He didn't even care that his entire hand was burned, all he cared about was taking Mira home. His hand moved and he scooped Mira into his arms, he concentrated and took them back into his room. He laid her out on the bed, and then snapped his fingers to clothe her in warm pajama's. Rothbart had already healed her, but Narcisse took her hand and sent a calming wave through her entire body to help soothe her by the time she'd wake up. If he had only been a little faster he might have saved her before it had been too late. He hadn't wanted this to happen to them on their wedding day...tears fell down his face as he stared down at his wife. "I'm so sorry Mira." He whispered as he smoothed her hair back from her face with his unburned hand. He had failed her and their child...yet again he hadn't been fast enough. He didn't deserve to be her husband...she deserved someone who would have been there right when she needed them.
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Post by Naveen on Mar 12, 2016 2:19:25 GMT
Mira stirred as she felt a hand caressing her hair and a small groan came past her lips. Her eyes flicked open but she saw nothing...she was blind again. A shaky breath came past her lips and she leaned into his touch. "Narcisse? Oh I had the weirdest dream...We got married...and then everything turned crazy. Some man took me and..." Her words slowly came to a stop when she realized how tense Narcisse was and it suddenly hit her. It hadn't been a dream. Mira felt her eyes widen and her hand slowly lifted and hovered over her stomach, as if she was afraid to touch it. She took a deep breath and lowered her hand, expecting to feel her bump but...she didn't. Her breath shuttered realizing that every part of what she thought had been a dream was indeed real. Tears sprang to her eyes and her skin turned pale as she started to shake. "Oh gods....no..." A tear fell down her cheek as she covered her mouth with her hand and closed her eyes. "I'm so sorry....I'm so sorry, I should have been more careful." Her words shook as she fought back her tears. It felt like her heart had been ripped out and torn to shreds. She wasn't strong enough to lose a child...not like that...not at all. She had failed him...this was all her fault.
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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 2:35:08 GMT
Narcisse shuddered in relief when Mira opened her eyes, at least she was fine. Though the moment she realized what had happened he started to cry. "It's not your fault Mira...if anyone is to blame it's me." He said firmly. "I should have gotten there sooner...it's my fault that you lost our child." He said his voice full of sorrow. "You weren't being reckless at all...that fucker deserved what happened to him." He said darkly, his burned arm ached and he winced but he made sure not to alert her. He didn't want Mira to worry any longer, she needed her rest and she needed to mourn. His own heart ached, but he needed to be strong for her...he needed to be her anchor. He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead, "I am so sorry Mira." He said quietly, he wouldn't blame her if she pulled away from him. He'd caused enough heartache for her to last a lifetime and this was just one more thing he'd done wrong.
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Post by Naveen on Mar 12, 2016 2:44:10 GMT
Mira took a deep breath, trying to calm herself but she was quickly failing. "No..it's not your fault Narcisse...I..I should have seen this coming. I could feel something bad coming but I hoped...I prayed that it wasn't this." She took a shaky breath and as he leaned down to press a kiss against her forehead, she leaned into him and wrapped her arms around him. Mira buried her face in his neck as she tried to hold back her tears but the more she held onto him, the more she failed. Her fingers clutched his clothes as she started to sob being unable to hold it back any longer. "I shouldn't have left the stones behind...if I kept them with me..." She clung to him even tighter, wishing that she had the magic to go back in time but she knew it was impossible. After a moment, she pulled back slightly and leaned her forehead against his. "Are you..are you alright?" Mira whispered, slowly moving her hands down his chest to see if she could feel any wound. He probably wanted to mourn just as badly as she did and she felt selfish being the only one that could. He was trying to stay strong for her...it only made her love him more.
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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 2:58:44 GMT
Narcisse clung to her as she started crying and let her hold onto him. It killed him to see her like this, she deserved so much better. She was shaking and he kept pressing kisses against her forehead as she sobbed into him. At her words he shook his head vehemently, "Rothbart shouldn't have given them to you in the first place." He said his voice low and angry. "He knew the risks and he clearly didn't care, he's lucky I didn't kill him for what he did." He added although now he was wishing he had killed him off. The stones in his pocket would have done the job he had no doubt in his mind about it. At her question he frowned, "I'm fine." He said eventually. He hated lying to her but he didn't want Mira trying to heal him, not after everything she'd been through. "I'm more concerned about you...did they...did they rape you?" He asked quietly, remembering how her wedding dress had been torn off. He hoped that she hadn't been touched by those animals, the thought alone made his blood boil.
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Post by Naveen on Mar 12, 2016 3:47:01 GMT
Mira shook her head and gently squeezed his hand. She knew that holding onto those stones was a bad idea but then again, she knew that if she didn't, Rothbart would have taken it out on Narcisse. They had been doing well not to anger him...she should have taken the risk. If she did...maybe their child would still be alive. Though when he answered her question, she didn't quite believe him and kept moving her hands over him. As her hand moved along his arm, she heard him try and stifle a sound and she frowned. She pushed herself up on her arms and leaned forward. "Hold still..." Mira gently lifted his shirt over his head so his chest was bare before her and gingerly slid her fingers down his arm again. She could feel burn marks against his skin that led all the way to his hand and she frowned. Without waiting for him to explain, she closed her eyes and focused her magic, healing each burn until they were gone. She wouldn't push him to explain it...she didn't want to. If he was going to explain what had caused it, then she would listen. As he asked her another question, Mira shook her head and let out a nervous laugh. "No...thank the gods. Although some of them wanted to but...their leader wouldn't let them. He just wanted the stones and was dead set that I still had them." She frowned and looked down at her hands, her fingers fumbling together as she tried to forget the last day. The only thing she wanted to remember was getting married. It was the only good thing to happen that whole entire day and she didn't want to forget it.
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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 4:07:05 GMT
Narcisse bit down on his bottom lip when Mira kept running her hands over him. She could tell he wasn't being honest and when she ran a hand over his arm, he wasn't able to hide his groan. He sighed as she started pulling on his shirt and he let her help him pull it off so now he was shirtless. His body shivered as her fingertips ran along the burns on his arm, before he could object she was healing him. "Mira...you just lost our baby...I..I'm fine." He said and then pulled her against him. He moved to lie next to her so she could curl up beside him. His arm wrapped around her as he pulled her against him, needing to feel her in his arms. "Well Rothbart's not getting the stones...he doesn't deserve them not after what he did. Besides...he knows I can use them and that gives me an advantage. Mira, I could free you with those stones...hell I could even take care of Rothbart for good. Then we won't have to worry about being tied to him any longer...we could both be free of him. We could live freely...start up a home somewhere, and just relax. We could go exploring, like we've always talked about when we were kids." He said lightly, pressing a kiss on her forehead.
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Post by Naveen on Mar 12, 2016 4:44:54 GMT
Mira shook his head at his words and felt the urge to cry again and bit her bottom lip. "I know...but I..I don't like it when you're hurt.." She frowned and leaned into him as he laid next to her. It still hurt to hear but there was nothing she could do about it now...Though when he suddenly mentioned the stones, her eyes widened and she pushed herself up, leaning on her elbow as she looked down towards him, her hand lightly resting on his chest. "Narcisse...we..we've talked about this. I don't want to be free without you. And even if we can get free from him and he's still alive...he'll go after our parents, you know that. We are saving them from him. He tortured mother her whole life and father too...I can't put them through that again." She sighed and shook her head. "Besides...I...without Rothbart's help Narcisse, I can't see...I hate taking lives and drinking blood but..it's so amazing finally being able to see. I mean..I saw our child. Even though it was still inside me, I could finally see that something was real. I don't know if I can let that go..." Mira frowned, realizing that she probably sounded insane and pulled away from him, pulling her knees up to her chest. She wrapped her arms around her legs and leaned her chin against her knees. "I know it sounds selfish and stupid..."
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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 4:58:08 GMT
Narcisse bit down on his bottom lip, "Mira...I could kill him and everyone could be safe from him. You..mom, even Naveen...and I have an idea for the other thing." He said eventually. He sat up and summoned a blade to his hand and a vial. Before she could protest he slit the palm of his hand and held it over the vial. Blood leaked from his hand and dripped into the vial. A few moments later he had filed the vial and he handed it to Mira with his uninjured hand. "I can give you my blood...it'll work for you right?" He asked quietly as he healed his hand with a little wince. He didn't want Mira to have to rely on Rothbart any more then she had too. "We don't need him any longer...we can be free and so can our parents." He said seriously hoping that she could tell just how honest he was in that moment. "I am not going to let him hurt you or anyone else that I love ever again." He meant it, hell he should have done this months ago but he hadn't and it was his fault their child hadn't survived.
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Post by Naveen on Mar 12, 2016 5:22:50 GMT
Mira closed her eyes and lightly nodded, knowing that he was right. But hadn't her mother and father killed him before? They killed Ruby and she came back..what was to stop Rothbart from doing the same? Though as he mentioned the other thing she mentioned, Mira heard Narcisse cut himself and she whipped around to look at him with wide eyes. "What do you think you're doing?" She was even more surprised as he explained and handed her the vial. "Oh Narcisse, no, no I can't...I can't do that to you just for my selfish reasons!" Mira protested but a small part of her actually wanted to know. Would Narcisse's blood work? Could she not have to reply on Rothbart to bring her blood or wait for a hustle to catch a soul? Although, she couldn't bring herself to do it. Her fingers closed around the vial as she contemplated and sighed. "I don't want you to have to hurt yourself just for me..." She whispered, leaning forward as she lightly kissed his lips.
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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 5:34:05 GMT
Narcisse glanced up at her, "It wouldn't be selfish if I gave it to you of my own free will." He pointed out as he made sure she held onto the vial. "Now it's just a vial of blood, it's nothing that serious." He said lightly enough before he leaned forward and kissed her back. "I'd rather you drank my blood then killed someone, besides I can always heal myself." He added gently and moved to help her drink his blood. He wasn't sure if it would work, but if it did then he'd feel better about everything and besides it wasn't that much of a sacrifice. He'd willingly give her his blood if it meant she didn't have to go back to Rothbart.
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Post by Naveen on Mar 12, 2016 5:43:00 GMT
Mira paused at his words, still hesitating to take the vial before Narcisse made sure that she did. It still didn't feel right but if he was trying to get her not to reply on Rothbart, she had to try. As he helped her drink it, she instantly tasted the iron as it hit her tongue though his taste was...different. All the other blood she had tasted was bitter, disgusting but his...it was sweet. It took a moment to kick in but suddenly her eyes sparkled amber and Mira winced as the light shot into her eyes. Her vision slowly started to clear and Mira felt a small smile come to her lips as he came into focus. "It..it's working.." She could already feel more tears spring to her eyes and she kissed him again, the taste of his blood probably still lingering on her tongue. "Thank you..."
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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 6:01:28 GMT
Narcisse watched as her eyes slowly started to turn amber and relaxed at the sight of them. "You're welcome." He said smiling as she leaned forward and kissed him. The taste of his blood lingered on her lips and he found he didn't mind the taste all that much. He leaned down and kept his lips on her before he reluctantly pulled back. The last thing he wanted to do was push her into doing anything she wasn't prepared for. She had lost their child after all and even though they had gotten married he didn't want to pressure her into doing anything. "I love you Mira." He said gently as he pressed another gentle kiss on her lips. He'd let Mira be the one to decide what they did for the evening.
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Post by Naveen on Mar 12, 2016 6:17:31 GMT
Mira felt her body lean into him as they kissed, the need to have him slowly rising inside of her. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders as they kissed, slowly leaning back so his body hovered over hers. "I love you Narcisse." He was being careful and she appreciated that but...she just wanted to forget. Forget that she had lost a child and everything else. Rothbart had made it like she had never been pregnant and it stung, knowing that he could get rid of her child so easily but she didn't care anymore...she was so tired of caring. Her hands slowly traveled to his pants, gently slipping them off of his body as she helped him undress her. They moved slow that night and Mira didn't let him release inside of her. She wasn't ready to carry another child...not yet.
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It had been three weeks since Mira lost the baby and she still had nightmares about it. Narcisse had told her that they would pass but it broke her heart each time she had to see her baby die in her dreams. It was torture. He had caught her crying a few times so whenever she had a nightmare, she had been more careful. Rothbart had hardly spoken to her since that night...probably because of Narcisse's threat but she didn't really mind. She was doing well learning how to function with Narcisse's help instead of his. She sat in the little reading nook that was tucked next to the window, her fingers lightly brushing the pages of the book even though she really wasn't reading it. Her depression would kick every now and then but she did her best to hide it from Narcisse. She didn't want him to worry...besides, they were both trying to find out more about the stones so they knew whether or not they could truly take down Rothbart and finally be free of him.
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Post by Nita on Mar 12, 2016 6:32:17 GMT
Narcisse walked in to their room bringing a tray with some lunch on it and a vial of his blood. Mira would need to fill up on it if she wanted to sustain her eyesight. He frowned when he noticed that she was on the same page that she had been on when he had left. He set the tray down next to her and crouched by her side, "You feeling up to eating?" He asked after a moment as he studied her carefully. Mira had been a lot more depressed then usual, she tried hiding it but he could see it in her eyes. It was the same look he saw in the mirror...one that he tried to push down for her. She needed him and he wasn't going to let her down, not again not after everything they had been through together. "I got you some more blood, which I know is irresistible." He said as lightly as he could manage. He wanted to see her smile, her real smile..not the fake one he'd seen her wear far too often. He pressed a kiss on her hand on and stood up to grab the tray from off the table. "I know I'm not a fantastic cook, but I hope you like the sandwiches I made." He added over his shoulder.
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