Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 17:19:31 GMT -5
The air between us was still warm with desire, but I didn’t mind. I just hoped he wouldn’t become uncomfortable.
“What’s your favorite animal?” I asked, hoping to steer the conversation to a place he was secure in.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 17:25:19 GMT -5
"Horses." I said said smiling. "I've always liked them every since I was young." The answer came easily and I was happy for the change in conversation. "What about you?"
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 17:29:05 GMT -5
“I like them all, but I am partial to tigers. I’ve never seen one myself, but I’ve read about them and seen enough paintings to be fascinated by them,” I answered, smiling.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 17:31:48 GMT -5
"I've never seen a picture before." I said thinking how exotic she really was. "What do they look like?"
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 17:36:57 GMT -5
“Just like a big cat, but not the sleek type of cat, like the ones that are muscular and more solid. The ones I’ve seen pictures of are mostly orange with ragged black stripes on their backs and sides and white stomachs. My mother has a book she brought with her from home that has several pictures of them, mostly just ink sketches but there is one fully colored picture. If I can I’ll try and borrow it to show you next week,” I told him.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 17:38:29 GMT -5
I smiled. "Sounds beautiful." I said trying to imagine it. "Seems suiting for you some how, that a exotic Jasmine would like an exotic animal. And here I am, plain and boring." I chuckled a little.
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 17:44:06 GMT -5
I started to bring my hand up to caress his cheek, but I caught myself and instead laced my fingers together in my lap as I smiled. “You are neither plain, nor boring. At least to me. We’ve already established how charming you are, remember,” I said.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 18:26:53 GMT -5
I chuckled softly, I had seen her hand move and wondered where it's destination had been had she not stopped herself. I felt a pang in my chest that I couldn't me more reciprocating, that my mind was so stubborn and adamant. I smiled either way. "Well at least some one thinks so, and thats good enough for me." I jested.
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 20:19:48 GMT -5
“I’m glad you believe me, for it’s the truth,” I said, smiling. I shifted just slightly, sitting up a little more so I could look at the neighborhood we were in. “Does your niece live with you?”
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 20:30:28 GMT -5
"I live with my niece technically." I said with a bit of a chuckle. "Its her house, her servants, I'm just there to watch her." I said softly thinking on how young Lillianne was. "When she reaches her majority its hers anyway."
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 20:32:41 GMT -5
I turned my head to look at him again. “How old is she?” I asked.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 20:36:33 GMT -5
"Sixteen." I said softly. "It was her mother's, my sister's, wish that I come stay with her. That I watch over her and make sure she has a proper introduction into court life." I chuckled. "Which why she would pick me for that I don't know. I'm the last person that you'd see at court functions." I shook my head and looked to the carriage floor. "I suppose it was my sister's way of getting me to spend more time at court as well."
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 20:38:59 GMT -5
I had to clench my hands together to stop from reaching out and taking his hand. “Or perhaps she just knew that you would be the best person to care for your niece, and that was what mattered most,” I said softly. “It takes a good man to put the welfare of his family above what he wants.”
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 20:42:21 GMT -5
I bit the inside of my cheek and glanced away from her trying to gather myself and not cry at the myriad of feelings over whelming, after a moment I sniffed in my tears and looked back at her. "May hap." Was all I could manage to say before forcing a smile.
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 20:47:49 GMT -5
To hells with it. I reached over and very gently laid my hand on top of his as I smiled softly. “It’s true, just as it takes a good man not to realize the truth of it.”
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 21:02:10 GMT -5
Her touch was the same burning as I had felt before, but this time I didn't pull away, I just stared at her hand on mine and blinked. A few tears fell and I sniffed the rest back. "Its hard." I said softly looking at her as another tear feel down my cheek. "I lost my parents when I was her age and now she's going through the same thing. I feel like I'm a child again, facing all the things I did when they died. Except I have to watch her do it."
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 21:08:40 GMT -5
My heart ached at the anguish in his eyes and his words. I wanted to wrap my arms around him and comfort him, but instead all I did was curl my fingers so that I was actually holding his hand.
“In a way though that makes you the best person to be with her right now. You actually know what she is going through, as compared to someone who could only pretend to understand the depths of her grief. And she can look at you and see that there is a future past this, that she will be able to have a life, to survive,” I said softly.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 21:12:14 GMT -5
I nodded, looking at her hand on mine, the tears coming more and I tried to sniff them back. "Oh but I handled my own parents death in a horrible fashion." I said looking up at her. "I ran away, I blamed this City. I separated myself from the only person that ever cared for me, who loved me, and I ran away from her." I was talking about Nicole of course, but I wasn't sure that Isra would get that. "I'm afraid she'll want to do the same, and in truth I wouldn't blame her. Its the only thing that managed to get me through it."
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 21:17:02 GMT -5
“If that’s her choice, then you’ll be more able to see it coming and help prepare her for what will occur down that path. There is no better guide than someone who’s walked a path before.” My grip on his hand tightened just slightly. “Or maybe she’ll want to stay and together you two can heal, her from her new wounds and you from your old and new. You are a good man Azriel, I feel it in my heart, you are the right person to help your niece whatever road she chooses.”
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 21:24:49 GMT -5
Her words cut into my heart, carving away at the scars that had lingered there for years. In my mind I kept seeing the vision of me leaning in and stealing a kiss, of partaking in flesh to heal my pain. The image of her rising and falling above me as we made love burned into my skull, but all I could do was look at her hand holding mine. "Thank you." I said softly before looking up at her. "You're words mean more to me then I think you will ever know." I said softly. "Naamah has a great servant in you." I sniffed in the last of my tears and smiled at her. "My mother was Namarrese you know." I added. "She always said that it she evened out my father, that it was Naamah's blood in her veins that made her see past my father's name and his sullen way to warm his heart and make him fall in love with her." I smiled thinking on the things she used to say to me.
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Isra Varousse
Adept
Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 21:27:55 GMT -5
I smiled, an absolute rush of happiness coursing through me at the honesty of his smile. “You mother sounds as if she was a very wise woman,” I said.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 21:32:42 GMT -5
I smiled. "She was, my sister took after her very much so. But then again she had more time with her then I." I bit my lip a little then looked up to realize that we were too near the town house for my liking.
"Do you feel like a ride?" I asked knitting my brow a little. "I don't feel like going home, and we have the carriage for a bit more. We could tour around the borough for a bit if you'd like."
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Isra Varousse
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Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 21:34:44 GMT -5
“I’d like that very much,” I said, smiling. I loosened my grip on his hand a little, but I didn’t draw my hand away. It was where he could draw away if he wanted without it being a big deal, but I hoped he wouldn’t.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 21:41:56 GMT -5
I let myself give in a bit turned my hand so hers was in mine then let my thumb caress over her hand. "I didn't mean to unload that all on you." I said staring at her hand for a moment and knitting my brow. "Thank you for listening, I really didn't expect to find you, some one like you..." I trailed off, trying to push away more thoughts like her naked and begging me to take her. Seeing her splayed on my bed, her hair adorning my sheets, her dark body contrasting against the white linen. I looked up at her trying to hide the desire I was fighting. "It was a welcome surprise."
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Isra Varousse
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Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 21:45:47 GMT -5
My smile, which had grown when he turned his palm to mine, grew even more at his words.
“I am glad I could be here to listen, and perhaps offer a few words to help,” I told him. “Though I know from experience that sometimes just having someone to listen can be as great a comfort as anything. Should you ever need that, I hope you’ll think of me and know I’ll be willing to help in any way I can.”
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 21:47:49 GMT -5
I smiled at her. "I know I just met you Isra, but I consider you quite the friend." I said as my thumb drifted over her skin. "Like I said, I don't really have friends here, so the thought of being able to talk to you..." I shrugged a little. "Makes my burdens seem...less."
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Isra Varousse
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Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 21:51:29 GMT -5
“You have at least one friend here,” I replied, smiling. “For I am certainly one, and I consider you my friend as well.” His thumb caressing my skin was making my flesh tingle in a most wonderful way, a way I tried not to focus on.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 21:55:38 GMT -5
"And for that I am eternally grateful." I said softly. "Driver." I called out turning my head. "We have some time and we'd like to see more of the City, take us on the most scenic tour you can."
"Oh course messire." He said over his shoulder and I turned my attention to Isra.
"There." I said smiling. "Tell me about Bhodistan." I added trying not to think about my unnecessary thoughts, though for the life of my I couldn't stop holding her hand. Mostly because of the comfort in it then anything else.
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Isra Varousse
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Jasmine House
Fully marqued adept, companion of Prince Pierre de Somerville
Posts: 2,361
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Post by Isra Varousse on Aug 9, 2008 21:58:33 GMT -5
“Everything I know is from stories my mother told us, me and my sisters, and from things I’ve read. Though I’d like to visit someday, just to see it for myself. it’s supposed to incredibly exotic and warm,” I said as I leaned back a little in the seat, stretching my legs out in front of me.
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Post by Azriel Shahrizai on Aug 9, 2008 22:05:21 GMT -5
"Tell me what you've read, what you're mother's told you." I was sitting on my side and I leaned to the side more so I could rest my head but stayed sitting facing her.
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