Re: Raconteur City: The Past is Prologue (Scarlett, The Tempest, Zuriel, OPEN)
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The Tempest ? As the car approached the castle, Temepest looked over at Scarlett. The woman leaned over and kissed the other woman's lips gently, a soft smile turning her lips upwards as her hand touched Scarlett's cheek. "You look beautiful," she said. "There is no need to be nervous. He will love you," Tempest, offering Scarlett what she thought was reassurance.? ? Today was the day Tempest was taking Scarlett to meet her mentor. The very man behind the reason why she was who she was today--Angus Wolfram. Angus was her mentor. Her teacher. Her...Master. He was her sire and had been instrumental in her fall. He had been the one to pick up the pieces when everyone else abandoned her. He had been the one to help her find purpose when the world she knew collapsed. He had been the reason for her awakening. The reason why her eyes were now open to the truth that so many others...even her brother, tried to hide from her. He was the catalyst for her walking away from the false worlds of holiness and hypocrisy. And once she put those lies behind her, she walked away and never looked back. ? As the car pulled up into the large circular drive and parked, the driver quickly got out and opened the door for them. Tempest slid out first, then held her hand out for Scarlett to take. "Remember to keep your eyes down unless he asks you to look at him. Stay close and a step behind me. But when he speaks to you, speak. At some point during the evening, I will have to break away from you. When I do, please feel free to mingle. If anyone bothers you, anyone at all, you come find me. Do you understand?" She said, stroking the woman's cheek.? Scarlett MacAleister
It was the summer of 1986 and Scarlett and Tempest were in Scotland, at the Castle Wolfram overlooking the coast looking out into the darkness at the rough waters of the North Sea. Funny, at one time during World War II she had guessed Wolfram might be in this castle -- one of many she'd considered around Scotland, but when she's tried to check it out, she learned no one had resided here for 50 years at that time. Now standing here with Tempest going to see the man who killed her fianc¨¦, Scarlett surmised the elder vampire possibly moved around from property to property over the years to avoid detection from those who may seek to harm him. She heard Tempest's warning and nodded, her fear showing as Tempest prepared to take her inside. As her friend and lover stroked her cheek, Scarlett sighed and offered a faint smile at Tempest. "I understand," she told her. "If anyone bothers me? You do know I can take care of myself?" Scarlett adjusted the leather miniskirt she wore and removed the oversized sunglass she wore, sticking them into her purse as they stepped away from the car and walked toward the entrance.
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