Every night with the full moon I would wait for him alone, in the living room, reading or sewing, although my favorite hobby was always asking the tarot cards. He came in slowly, very slowly. As it had left me. But it wasn't Ethan himself, it was the beast inside him, taking over his body absolutely. I then let my body be his, slowly, very slowly, under the darkness of the placid lady who looked at us from heaven. I gave the Lupus Dei my hand, while I felt his strong breathe on my skin, making my hair stand on end. Ethan had warned me many times "Don't let Lupus Dei kiss you, because his kiss will be fatal." But in his body the Lupus Dei still preserves Ethan's signature, that last bulwark of his masculinity that in contact with his animal nature grows and grows, like a storm .I cannot escape, oh this devilsh spell. His golden eyes have my name written on them, as the word "Vanessa" is born from inside her body supported by his animal howl. I have resisted Dracula, and even the evil power of Lucifer, but I could never resist my Lupus Dei, because he is not only from God, he is also mine. He gave him to me, so I'll let him beat him and if I have to die to be in the arms of love, not in the hell that this earth became, the world, which has ceased to be a paradise for me, for everyone. The time of darkness is just beginning, and you know it.
Vanessa Ives & Lupus Dei ~Penny Dreadful
