DevilishDemise - March 11th, 2013
Darius: -Another restless night. My hard muscular body twists in the rumpled bed sheets, large fists pounding into the lumpy pillows tucked beneath my head.
I’d been attempting to settle comfortably enough to finally ease into some semblance of slumber for hours now. Most nights I was kept up with the memories of @fieryinnocence haunting me.
Her presence here in this dimension seemed like an illusion. I can’t be certain if she was real with the way she vanished without a trace and it was driving me to near madness.
One moment she was here, her honeysuckle scent filling the halls and expansive library, awakening this long dormant castle and bringing this cursed beast of a man alive again; And the next her absence reminded me of the stark reality of my existence.
The truth of how the life and path of a beast was usually a solitary journey. A rush of air slips past my firm lips, my hard heels sliding across the black silk sheets, long limbs spreading out at my sides in frustration.
I had searched the castle grounds frantically for @fieryinnocence with no success. The only things that kept me from tumbling over that sharp edge of sanity were the little signs that proved the golden beauty was not a mere figment of my mind.
I gruff out sleepily giving up the nightly fight right as the gloomy bed chamber brightens from the first streaks of dawn. I step chillingly free from the mused bed, my pale hard bare feet flattening against the cool marble as I gritted a tired groan free from my dry lips.
I slowly make my way to the bathing chamber, my next step halted when I sense something prickling just under the ball of my foot. I step back, voice cracked and hoarse when my dark drowsy eyes spotting #Darwin creeping across the floor.-
How the hell did you get out, Darwin?
–I gave a shake of my head, strands of my shaggy overgrown hair shifting forward as I crouched down to scoop the hissing chameleon up into my large palm.
His tail instinctively curls around my pinky, my body stands to full height before returning him to his living dome. He was one of the signs that I knew @fieryinnocence was real. He was an unexpected gift after I discovered him in the garden. A distorted chuckle of amusement frees from deep in my throat and I knew the Beast enjoyed the tiny creature’s displays.
I turn away after locking him up and continue on to the bath chamber. My thick, rough fingers scratch lazily over my taunt lower stomach just over that light trail of dark hair leading low before my thumbs hook into the waistband of my sleep pants to drop at my ankles.
I reach into the shower to start the taps flowing, the steam rising around the enclosure to fill the room. I stepped inside the water rushing over hard lines as I rested my head against the marble tiles in utter weariness. Fuck I had missed you.
I wished there was a way to get to you, my magick still somehow being bound to this plain. I tighten my hand into a fist, to whisper just that out harshly, water slicking down the edge of my scruffy features.-
–I sighed out feeling hopeless, the curve of my vertebrae shivering when a prickle of magick brisk over my slick skin. My vision goes hazy, almost milky and I crumble down as the hot water pelts over me.
Next I feel as if I’m floating, my body slowly fading away until eyelids slam tight at a bright white illumination. I crack them open slowly and I’m surrounded by a bright white vastness.
I straighten up quickly to my feet, and stagger forward only to be met with a clear barrier flickering with images of @fieryinnocence lying in bed, a small ball of fur nestled beside her fanned out fair locks decorating her floral pillow.
I let out a shuddering sigh of relief at seeing @fieryinnocence is fine and I’m bewitched by her exquisiteness again. She was so much more than a physical beauty; her inner loveliness emanated from deep within, and had attracted me from first meet.
I see her delicate fingers stroke over the crook of her neck absently caressing my mark and a tremble rushes through me, my heart pounds once hard against my rib cage.
Her voice sounds in my mind as if she is close and I reach forward to reassure her only to have the walls of images turn liquid and ripple out in waves to distort the picture.
A snarl turns up my harsh lips, metallic scales starting to shift across my hairy forearms as the Beast stirs.
I scan the image quickly for clues and recognize the room @fieryinnocence is resting in. It was her home in Georgia. I call out quietly in a distorted whisper-
I’ll find my way to you soon, my darling.
–I see her lids flicker wildly, a small grimace turning her resting features and I hope silently that she was able to hear me through our link as I heard her. I turn away with one last look, my tall form slowly dissipating in a fade to materialize back in the shower stall.
I thrust off the wet shower floor to my full height and forcefully shut off the taps before I yank a fresh towel off the rack, the cotton fibers roughly soaking up the moisture dripping down the length of my tense body. I dress in haste, another familiar figure now filling the back of my mind. I discard the damp towel, my bare body striding out the steamy room and over to the bureau to pull free clean attire for the day.
After strapping up my heavy soled boots I stride out with purpose making my way down to the East wing, the wing I ordered long ago sealed up to the staff and my nostrils flare catching the faint scent of spices.
My dark brows furrow, and with a wave of my hand the air shifts to unlock the lock easily before the door swings open. I pass through my first resting my eyes taking in the dust settled around the tops of furniture, everything looking untouched.
I had shared this room with #Angel nearly a year ago. My reason for being here after so long was to search out the enchanted traveling trinket I had gifted her.
#Angel had left the pendant before she vacated this realm for good, and I had in mind to use it to cross back to the mortal realm.
My thoughts are cut short when the lid of the jewelry box lifts, the red velvet inlay revealing the pendant gone. Remembering the spices I rushed out of the dank chamber, my steps heavy as I made my way down to the kitchen.
I’ve startled her, the crashing dish shattering hard against the floor is evident of that. #Clara had been skittish for weeks now, my senses picking up on the subtle changes in her demeanor around me.-
You can’t keep me here, Clara.
–She backs up slowly, her pulse picking up and my vision starts to bleed black to narrow the split of her shirt that revealed on the chain running around her neck.-
“Sire. I- I would never.”
–She stumbles on her words, voice shaky as I reach my nails elongated as a curved black coarse claw lifts the gold link from under her pristine shirt. #Clara flinches back as I tug it sharply to break the chain off her collar.-
“Forgive me, I meant no harm, Sire. I swear it.” –Her hand rose to rub along the burn that was sure to have come from me lashing it away. I shake my head, my magick starting to stir more now that the enchanted piece is in my hold, and peg #Clara with a hard look as I grit out harshly.-
Never disobey me again, Clara.
–I swallow thickly, my Adams apple bobbing as my lids slam in an attempt to regain control before I shift completely.-
Clean out the east wing and air out the old chamber before I return. We’ll speak more once I revisit Caspius.
-She straightens her blouse, bowing her head nervously.-
–I turn away with a gruff dismissal before looking down at the beast and maiden artesian piece, my mind focusing on my beauty right as my magick rushes around me in a whirl. My hands dissolve like grains on the wind, carrying me away from the dark realm and into the mortal world-
