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writing_shadows((This one is pretty recent and deals with the aftermath of events at the Southern Regional
In the safety of her haven she finally allowed herself to be stunned by the news, to try and absorb just what it meant. Her childe had been possessed by the Strix back in April, that she had been talking to and corresponding with a Strix since then. All her and Michael’s careful levels of protection set up, all that work and her own childe had been one of them. The thought chilled her blood more than she would care to let anyone else see.
What galled her most is that she just had not seen it. Sure, he had been exceptionally arrogant at people, his actions as Chancellor of the Hertfordshire Republic had upset a number of people but while she had been irritated by some of that she had not been surprised. His arrogance was one tool she had used to get him after all, playing on the ego of a man used to getting his own way and having things handed to him on a platter and turning it all on its head.
She had assumed that his actions were just those not untypical of a newly Embraced man with a sizable ego. After finding himself back at the bottom of the social order of things it would not have been surprising that he had pushed people too far, that he had acted unwisely in some regards not having the knowledge and experience of Kindred society to temper his mortal reactions to people’s behaviour. She had thought she had taught him better than that but... experience had taught her that some lessons also needed to be practically demonstrated for the best impact.
Now she saw too much in all of his actions of the past months. His letters seeking information on the methods to combat the Strix and her own actions in regards to Edinburgh. The reports she had on his behaviour at his local Court and the upset and antagonism he had stirred up there. It made her wonder how much of that was just the Strix entity’s doing, and how much of it was the thing using what he was capable of to create strife for its own ends.
In some ways she found that she hoped it would be the latter, at least then it might be that she had found someone worthy of her blood after all.
In the safety of her haven she finally allowed herself to be stunned by the news, to try and absorb just what it meant. Her childe had been possessed by the Strix back in April, that she had been talking to and corresponding with a Strix since then. All her and Michael’s careful levels of protection set up, all that work and her own childe had been one of them. The thought chilled her blood more than she would care to let anyone else see.
What galled her most is that she just had not seen it. Sure, he had been exceptionally arrogant at people, his actions as Chancellor of the Hertfordshire Republic had upset a number of people but while she had been irritated by some of that she had not been surprised. His arrogance was one tool she had used to get him after all, playing on the ego of a man used to getting his own way and having things handed to him on a platter and turning it all on its head.
She had assumed that his actions were just those not untypical of a newly Embraced man with a sizable ego. After finding himself back at the bottom of the social order of things it would not have been surprising that he had pushed people too far, that he had acted unwisely in some regards not having the knowledge and experience of Kindred society to temper his mortal reactions to people’s behaviour. She had thought she had taught him better than that but... experience had taught her that some lessons also needed to be practically demonstrated for the best impact.
Now she saw too much in all of his actions of the past months. His letters seeking information on the methods to combat the Strix and her own actions in regards to Edinburgh. The reports she had on his behaviour at his local Court and the upset and antagonism he had stirred up there. It made her wonder how much of that was just the Strix entity’s doing, and how much of it was the thing using what he was capable of to create strife for its own ends.
In some ways she found that she hoped it would be the latter, at least then it might be that she had found someone worthy of her blood after all.
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