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Post by Jenny on Nov 4, 2011 2:00:15 GMT -5
He nodded. "It must be an elder brother, for I am the youngest yet. But even so, it was a greater power. There must be more than one at work. No single demon that comes from hellfire could hold that much magic in mortal form."
"Hmm, I suppose I've been working too hard at it," he had to admit, lightly biting his thumb. "It's consumed most of my time as of late, these deals with the devil, so to speak." Cerberus raised his brow a little. "If you are content, so should I be perhaps. For now. I don't think I've paid you enough attention, love."
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Post by KD on Nov 4, 2011 2:04:03 GMT -5
"Bates doesn't hold you. If you wanted to go to him, he would let you...." There was rather too much lightness in Karine's words, her voice was entirely too casual to really be casual. In truth, she didn't like the idea of Orpheus leaving at all.
"It's in your nature," she replied easily. She moved forward and twined herself around him. "Though I admit to feeling a bit neglected..."
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Post by Jenny on Nov 4, 2011 2:11:15 GMT -5
"Somehow I think we'll cross paths very soon." Orpheus nodded a little to himself. "I will not seek him out, as long as he leaves me alone."
"I will have to remedy that," Cerebrus put his arms around her.
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Post by KD on Nov 4, 2011 2:14:10 GMT -5
Karine relaxed visibly at that.
The succubus laughed, leaning into his hold, her voice lowering into a purr. "Yes, darling, you should..."
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Post by Jenny on Nov 4, 2011 2:16:25 GMT -5
Orpheus grinned and put an arm around her, hugging her to him for a moment. "Don't worry, you're not going to lose me that easily, just on an assumption. I have no loyalty to my brothers, they are all selfish, egotistical bastards."
Cerebrus chuckled and took her hand and tugged her towards the winding stairs that led to the bedchambers. The fortress was massive, all the comforts of home, and with a luxuriousness that came with prosperity.
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Post by KD on Nov 4, 2011 2:27:11 GMT -5
Karine hugged him back after a moment of hesitation. Surprisingly, she didn't attempt to deny that she would miss him. Probably because that would have been a blatant lie. "Why aren't you? You came from the same place? You're no more egotistical than me or Adrian...and you don't come anywhere near close to Bates. And you're not selfish at all."
She twined an arm around him comfortably, leaning against him. She, of course, had more than a bit of a hand in crafting the fortress so. As she'd told him, luxury was in and they were both rather tired of the whole writhing bodies and screaming souls scenery.
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Post by Jenny on Nov 4, 2011 2:33:58 GMT -5
"To my brothers, physically I am their twin. But I think that's where it stops. I seem to have developed a sense of morality, whereas every other brother I have come across are grasping and devious. Something must have been different in my makeup, I don't know. I don't feel empty because I am not the strongest among my family, on the other hand I am satisfied." He flexed and unflexed his hands. "These two hands are enough for me."
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Post by KD on Nov 4, 2011 2:36:47 GMT -5
"If I had had that kind of insight when I'd still been human, I never would have gotten into this mess," she murmured, gazing out over the city.
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Post by Jenny on Nov 4, 2011 2:39:45 GMT -5
"With Bates, you mean?" He frowned a little.
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Post by KD on Nov 4, 2011 16:14:17 GMT -5
"Yeah. He draws the lost to him, did you see. And the damned."
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Post by Jenny on Nov 4, 2011 18:03:04 GMT -5
"So you were lost," he tilted his head curiously. "Before Bates, I mean. And why did he choose you?"
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Post by KD on Nov 4, 2011 23:59:12 GMT -5
"My parents never really had time for me," she murmured. "My brother and sisters all had the kind of talents that made them worthy of the family name, in their eyes. But me...nothing. Had trouble with school, had trouble making friends. So I went the opposite way once I figured out nothing I would ever do would be enough. Tried to horrify them in every way possible. Drugs, drinking, sex, you name it. As to why Bates chose me out of every other loser in that opium den, you'll have to ask him. Not that he'll answer."
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Post by Jenny on Nov 5, 2011 15:22:26 GMT -5
Orpheus frowned lightly, but not in disapproval. "That's not a way for anyone to live. I'm sorry life was so hard on you. And now? Do you regret your past?"
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Post by KD on Nov 5, 2011 15:38:47 GMT -5
"I wish I'd had a chance to actually grow up and make something of myself by my own merits, yes."
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Post by Jenny on Nov 5, 2011 18:17:42 GMT -5
He smiled softly. "I know you can never be without Bates, I see that now. But surely you can be a bit selfish and be the woman you have wanted to be."
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