where? a hallway in the vatican
when? post plot drop three
notes: temporary feral!isabella wants a snack
The thirst is overwhelming, clouding her every thought even as she struggles to take a deep breath, even as she struggles to stop herself from reaching out and taking the blood she so desires. Isabella should have left as soon as the chaos started, as soon as her control began slipping past her fingers but — . She had felt Elmira’s dead, felt the suffering that it brought to her sire, felt the mourning that followed, heard the Queen’s screams. She can’t leave, not while those she is supposed to protect are still within the Vatican, not when she has a duty. But — . She needs blood, and she needs blood quick. Her throat burns, her gums ache, and she needs to feed. Needs to feed desperately, and from a human, despite what her instincts are screaming at her to do. She had barely stopped herself from attacking another vampire, and she refuses to fall that low, when it had been a leech that had hurt Jamie, when it had been the leech that had killed Elmira.
She is standing on an empty hallway out of the way, her hands gripping one of the statues as it breaks underneath her hands as she struggles to think.
A sound breaks through the silence, a heartbeat, and her head snaps up to find the thrall of the bar. Her fraying self-control snaps at the sound of rushing blood, at the smell.
She is crowding the thrall against the wall before she realizes, teeth bared as she pushes him against the wall and sinks her teeth on his throat.
