Trials of Darkness | By : yume1122 Category: +M to R > Nightwalker: Midnight Detective Views: 1690 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Alright. I regret to inform you,
dear readers, that this is that last of the fully typed chapters. I have some
bits and pieces I was hoping to insert later in the story & I know where
the next chapter should probably
begin, but I haven’t gotten around to it in …. Oh, about a year & a half
now. So it may take a LARGE amount of enthusiasm to make me continue this any
time soon. (aka, pimp this
to your friends if u know they’d like it) ^_~
Authors note: This chapter takes place just after Riho’s had “breakfast.” If you’re not reading straight
through, you may want to re-visit that chapter (9, I think) to be remember her “symptoms.”
^_^
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I rejoined Cain in the sitting room after dressing. Taku had
returned just as I was tying the cape about my shoulders and offered to do my
hair. So I entered the blonde’s presence looking regal, hair swept back in
braids to a wedding crown from which the majority of the bright red fell
smoothly.
He looked
up from where he’d been gazing out a pair of open French doors. “Ahhh. Lovely.”
His eyes shone; and I couldn’t help blushing. He came forward and took my
fingertips in his, bowing to kiss them and winking. I giggled at his show of
charm and allowed him to lead me to the doors. They led to a spacious balcony
that overlooked the surrounding forest. He drew me out to the rail and stood close
behind me.
“Now. To
remedy the appalling lack of basic training.” I was unsure what he meant and
was about to mention this, but he cut me off, wrapping long, slender fingers
around my upper arms. “Look into the night. Tell me what you see.”
I shrugged.
“The trees, the stars….there’s a bird circling over there.” I nodded in the
direction of the distant drifting creature.
Cain
growled low, and reprimanded, “Look farther. You state that which a human could see.” He spit the word
“human” as if it were an evil charm.
I obeyed,
taking a deep breath and extending my vision within the shadows of the forest.
I gasped. “They’re feeding!” At least three breeds were tearing something to
shreds with their claws and fangs.
Cain’s grip tightened around my
arms. I could feel his satisfaction through the hold. “Yes. What else?”
“The sky is lighter in that
direction.” I nodded towards the horizon before us.
“Good. It is the closest human
city, forty miles away. And what of your ‘bird’?” he sneered.
I looked back to the circling
creature, and gasped again, drawing back into Cain. “It’s a breed!” The huge
bat like wings suddenly folded against the beast’s human-like body as it sped
into a descent towards the trees, claws glinting against its dark flesh.
Cain laughed at my fear and wrapped
his arms around me. “Yes. And which direction is ‘over there’?”
I frowned. “I don’t know.”
“Yes! You do,” he hissed in my ear.
“Let yourself feel the sun’s pull,” he purred, leaning closer. I closed my eyes
and did as instructed. At first, I felt nothing. Then, as I tried to remember
the feel of the daylight beyond protective walls, I felt a tightening and a
pull in my chest.
My eyes flew open. “The sun just
set a few hours ago, so that must be west.” I pointed toward the pull. “Which would
mean….that’s northeast.” I pointed toward where the flying breed had been. “And
that’s northwest.” I nodded toward the dimly lit patch on the horizon.
“Very good,” Cain purred in my ear,
dipping his head to drift lips across my neck. I shuddered and relaxed into his
grasp.
He turned me in his arms so
that he was holding me flush against
him, and I could look up into his haunting golden eyes. “These are your natural
senses. You should see and feel this way all the time.” He paused a moment,
considering me. Abruptly, he asked, “Do you know how to dance?”
I blinked up at him, stuttering for
a moment. “… N-no. I never had a reason to learn.”
He tisked. “One does not need reason to learn the finer things in life.”
He suddenly took up my hand lightly in his, and pressed his other against my
back beneath the cape, guiding me to follow his sudden steps. “As I was saying,
these are your true senses. It is foolish to ignore them, as it is to ignore a
fine lady in a fine dress.” He smiled charmingly, and I couldn’t help but blush
and smile back. “Your hearing is as finely tuned, but I will show you that
later, as those mongrels are not very pleasant to listen to.” Suddenly, I was
pushed into a turn, and I realized that, as I’d been trying to focus on what
the beautiful blonde had been saying, I hadn’t noticed myself being gracefully
led across the room in a waltz. I grinned and laughed, allowing Cain to guide
me through the rest of the night in style and finery.
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Again, if u REEEEEEAAALLY want
more, convince me. There’s nothing like a good, intelligent critique to inspire
a writer – especially when there’s more than one of them. ^_~
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