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Thirty-One - Vanadine
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Shadows Of The Heart Thirty-Two - Carine
She could feel Marrin trying to pull her through the door but her hand refused to enter. It had connected with the wood and stopped utterly. As if she was trying to shove her way through, Carine pressed her hand against the wood.Nothing. Her hand turned white where she shoved against the unforgiving wood, despair spurring her on.I’ve got to get out of here. I have to!Roughly dragging Marrin back through the door, Carine grabbed her hand, squeezing it tightly until the girl winced.“It’s because I wasn’t touching your skin!” Carine declared. “I was touching your clothes so it didn’t work!”“And it will not work now,” Marrin said sadly. “You are hurting me,” she added in a small voice.Yet Carine did not care or even hear her fully, obsession with her plan working overriding everything else.Now I can leave! Now I can get out!She shoved Marrin through the door again and waited until she was almost entirely gone, her hand the only thing left in Carine’s room. She watched with eager a
Shadows Of The Heart Thirty-Three - Vanadine
A wave of hot pressure exploded from the thin a few seconds after he kicked the suitcase into it. The wave knocked Vanadine back a few feet, scorching his face with the intense heat. He landed on his ass and stared at the thin, his eyes picking out the strange wobble in the air as it shimmered in place.Hope it’s still okay. Vanadine thought as he threw himself at the phenomenon, hoping the other end was still intact.At the end of his endless fall through the thin, Vanadine’s feet hit the ground in Elaris and he rolled once before standing and turning to see the devastation Tommy’s bomb had wrought.The grass had been ripped and burned away in a semicircle from the edge of the thin leaving bare, blackened earth. After that the stems that did remain were flattened and singed. A three foot deep crater had been blasted from the ground where the bomb had gone off, throwing soil and grass up and out in all directions. The blast had carved a ragged circle in the landscape with the exceptio
Shadows Of The Heart Thirty-Four - Carine
The scream tore from her throat as she leaped from the bed, stabbing at it with the poker she gripped so tightly her knuckles were white. Nothing happened, no one cried out and there was no blood. Adnanter was not there.Breathing hard and chest tight with overwhelming panic, Carine stepped back, falling against the cold stone wall and sliding down its rough surface. As her ass hit the floor, tears started streaming down her face and she clasped the poker to her as if it was her only lifeline.A dream. It was just a dream. She tried to tell herself as tremors shook her body.The lingering effects of the horrific dream were causing physical effects and Carine tried to calm herself as she sat there.It was him at first. She thought. Vanadine had come to me. It was his hands, his touch and his kisses. I know it, I felt it. So why would my mind conjure that fucking monster?It made no sense and the more she thought about it the more confusing and frustrated she became. She shivered, partl
Shadows Of The Heart Thirty-Five - Vanadine
“Cash, now!” The large elf before him grunted.The trio had surrounded him on a desolate stretch of street, the light from the few surrounding buildings and the stars overhead the only illumination. With Vanadine’s superior vision, however, he was able to see perfectly. Sadly, he knew, so could his attackers.“I haven’t got time for this,” Vanadine stated flatly.“Then pay and leave,” the elf said.The same height as Vanadine and almost as bulky, the elf looked fairly well fed and cared for, his clothing was relatively clean and looked after, patched here and there but serviceable. Long, straight hair fell from his head, around his shoulders and down his back. He had managed to find and wear a few pieces of armour, scabby looking pieces of hard leather that had not managed to save his face from what must have been a savage cut. Ragged and raw, the scar ran from just below his right eye, down his cheek and curled beneath his jaw. His eyes glinted from beneath his brows, their colour lo
Shadows Of The Heart Thirty-Six - Carine
“In such a case,” Adnanter stated quietly, answering her threat to kill an unborn hybrid if they forced one on her. “You will be bound in the darkness, force fed and the child ripped from you at term.”The chill that had gripped Carine at his entrance doubled at these words and every soothing, calming effect the bath had had was gone in an instant. Tremors shook her body as the water in the towel chilled, bringing her temperature down. Yet the cold from Adnanter’s words was far more chilling.“There is no need for your time here to be unpleasant, Carine,” the elf went on. “It can be as painful or as comfortable as you decide. Comply with us, submit to me and I assure you will never be touched by anyone but me.”“Give in!?” Carine spat, hate fuelling her words. “Submit to you? I’d rather a hundred others rape me than feel the dead flesh that covers your bones!” She vomited the words at him before her brain was able to stop her and she saw a flash of anger cross his face as he stared at
Shadows Of The Heart Thirty-Seven - Vanadine
Panic grabbed Vanadine’s chest as his left hand fell from the pavement. He hung by his right for a few seconds before his fingers gave out and he was scrabbling for purchase, fingers ripping at the soil and rock as he picked up speed falling down the almost vertical surface. All thoughts fell from his mind as his brain focussed entirely on stopping him from certain death. There was nothing to grab, nothing to catch hold of and he felt the phantom of death hovering at his shoulder. The drop would be over soon, the impact sudden and his death brief, leaving his broken body for the scavengers.Somehow Vanadine managed to retain enough sense to drag the machete clear and plunge it into the side of the crater. His shoulders wrenched painfully as his fall was halted abruptly, both hands wrapped around the handle. Vanadine hung there panting hard and trying to will his terror and panic away. He opened his eyes and waited for his vision to adjust to the almost complete blackness. Little light
Shadows Of The Heart Chapter Thirty-Eight - Carine
Her body hit the wall with a loud slap, pain exploding from where her face and breasts slammed into the stone.But no pain from where the poker’s speared through me?Carine had no idea what dying was like but had heard people had been stabbed and not felt much as the adrenaline numbed the shock. Even so, she thought there would be some kind of pain or discomfort, difficulty breathing or weakness from blood loss. Yet Carine felt none of these, just pain from where she had run into a solid wall and the chill from the stone she was pressed against.She allowed her eyes to flutter open, looking down to see her chest was intact, nothing had pierced her and the poker was gone. Shock spiked inside her and a squeak left her mouth when she saw Marrin with one arm buried in the wall.“What?” She asked dumbly.“I stopped you,” Marrin said in a dark tone.“Fucking why?!” Carine demanded in misery and anguish.She slid down the wall to land in a naked puddle, uncaring at her condition.That’s beco
Shadows Of The Heart Thirty-Nine - Vanadine
Heart racing, Vanadine sought the source of the growl, eventually picking out a shape in the gloom. The shadow of the citadel hid a great deal but enough light penetrated to allow him to see the creature that was stalking him. The syphia was one of the largest Vanadine had ever seen, roughly equivalent in height to a pony on Earth. Muscles rippled beneath its sleek, black and white fur and teeth peeled back from inch long fangs that would meet and cross in a scissoring action, rending flesh with ease. Eyes the colour of midnight skies regarded him with dispassionate hatred.Slowly, Vanadine drew the machete, letting it hang from his side in his right hand. With his left he prepared the magic that would bring fire if needed, channelling the power of Elaris up through his body and into his flesh. His skin tingled with the pressure of it and he knew from experience he would have to release it soon or risk it hurting him.Stay calm, non-threatening and it might let you go. His mind said.
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Shadows Of The Heart Fifty-One - Vanadine
They had moved under cover of darkness, walking silently along quiet passageways and hiding in empty rooms when the occasional night worker headed their way. Vanadine was unaware of their destination as Horann led them while Marrin made sure any room they entered was unoccupied. The four of them had been forced to turn back several times in order to avoid servants or guards performing their tasks.Eventually Vanadine followed Horann down into the lowest level before they would be back in the carved tunnels, heading towards an area that was part corridor, part living space. A single, old elf lay on a straw mattress, several personal items surrounding him. A chair and table had been placed against the wall, a single lamp burning low to provide light.Horann turned and gestured for them to wait and Vanadine watched as she crept over to the sleeping elf and casually strangled him into unconsciousness. He glanced at Carine to gauge her reaction but she did not seem bothered by the act at a
Shadows Of The Heart Chapter Fifty - Carine
She could feel the rough texture of his skin as she held his hands to her temples. Her breathing and heartbeat quickened in anticipation and fright.Is this going to hurt? Am I going to die?If you do it’s better that it’s Vanadine who will be the one to end you and not those fuckers on the Council.Carine swallowed as Vanadine began speaking strange words, his eyes closing as he prepared to drain her life force.What the fuck am I doing? She thought desperately.Thought was impossible then as a deep sucking sensation tugged at her brain. It felt pleasant to begin with but as the process continued it started to become uncomfortable and then downright horrific. Her vision faded, as if a mist had formed around her, deepening into a fog as she stared at Vanadine. His eyes were closed, his face relaxed as he sucked the life from her as if he had not a care in the world. A thought flickered across her mind...mistake...Yet it was lost in the maelstrom of exhaustion and overwhelming weakne
Shadows Of The Heart Forty-Nine - Vanadine
The two halves of him, only recently united, seemed to split once more.There’s no way you can even consider this. One part said. This is Carine we’re talking about here. What’s it going to do to you if you kill her?Yeah, but if you don’t do it and she dies anyway, how’s that going to make you feel? Knowing there was something you could have done and didn’t out of fear?The thoughts swirled inside his head as he recalled the first and only time he had used this power.***The fight had been brutal. Horann had picked a better known establishment this time, the Gilded Knave being frequented by slightly more affluent patrons than the dives she usually picked.It had been a shock to Vanadine when the fight broke out as she had led him to believe they were simply there for drinks and a meal. Horann had drifted over to the bar, elves watching her ass as she swayed through the crowd. Vanadine had continued his simple meal until he had heard the shouting..When he saw some of the elves pulli
Shadows Of The Heart Forty-Eight - Carine
Oh, fucking what now? She moaned in her mind as she heard the words Horann said.“There is increased activity among the guards, they are searching the citadel. It will only be a matter of time before they descend down here.”“They must know you have escaped,” Marrin said in a timid voice.“That was my assumption,” Horann agreed.“So what are we going to do?” Carine asked, nervously. “Vanadine can’t go anywhere and there’s no way we can fight off guards.”“Unless you have an army,” Horann said.“Actually…” Carine said after a few minutes thought.A groan came from Vanadine as he struggled up to sit against the wall, panting, pale and with a sheen of sweat covering him.“Van…” Carine began.With a massive effort of will and an obvious amount of pain, she watched in anguish as he got his legs under himself and tried to stand. Carine rushed to his side and placed one of his arms over her shoulder, helping him take some of the weight. He stood there, panting with his eyes squeezed shut, a
Shadows Of The Heart Forty-Seven - Vanadine
Guilt ate at him as he relayed his tale to Carine. She was overjoyed to hear Laura was all right but concern clouded her face when she heard about Tony, Tommy and the bomb.“You could have been killed,” she said without malice or accusation.“There was no other way to get through the thin without getting caught,” he said sadly. “I hate that I had to kill so many but there wasn’t much time to get to you before…” He looked away, unwilling to see her face when he asked his next question. “Did anyone..?”“No, babe,” Carine said. “Adnanter would have if Marrin hadn’t helped me escape but no, it was all threats.”“You said he saw you naked,” Vanadine said with anger and misery swelling in his chest.“Yeah but I didn’t think there was any kind of attraction there,” Carine said, pressing herself more tightly against him. “It would be a means to an end with him. He looked at me like I was less than, if that makes sense. Like an animal, cattle. He would have used me but I doubt there would have
Shadows Of The Heart Forty-Six - Carine
His scream caused her actual pain as it ripped at her ears, making her squat against the wall and sob, rocking. Halfway through, his second scream cut off abruptly, leaving a ringing in her ears. Carine stood and peered into the room but was unable to see much past the twisted form of Horann who was still burning him.“It’s enough!” She cried.“It is not,” Horann said, blowing on the end of the stick again before pressing it against his flesh. “I must get all the infected flesh or we will be back in the same situation in a few days.While she could see the sense in that it did not mitigate the fact Horann was essentially mutilating the man she loved and a mixture of hate and acceptance gripped her.She cause this in the first place! She thought.Did she? Or was it the three council fuckers? Are they the ones you should be hating?She was spared the sight and sound of the process but the smell was another thing entirely. A deep, cloying odour filled her nostrils, a combination of burni
Shadows Of The Heart Forty-Five - Vanadine
The voices were incessant. Hitting the edge of his consciousness but not fully audible. Two were hauntingly familiar, the third alien to his ears. He was laid on something hard and rough, something light covering him and warmth coming from his left. He slept.“Carine!” He screamed, jerking awake.The room was almost completely dark and he was alone. Pain began, throbbing from his belly outward to consume his mind and a low groan rumbled from his chest.Am I drunk? Have I been drugged? He wondered as he lay there, unable to move.Weakness unlike anything he had felt before gripped him, making muscles ache with the smallest of movements. Confused and scared, Vanadine lay alone in the darkness until sleep took him again.When he next woke he felt the presence of someone else near him.Friend or enemy? He wondered.Even if it’s an enemy, you’re too weak to do anything about it.He supposed that was right and so simply cracked one eye open. The firelight cast long shadows but was able to s
Shadows Of The Heart Forty-Four - Carine
Hot tears fell from her eyes as she looked into the small room. There was a sweet but heavy smell in the air and Carine knew it was infection from treating dogs with a similar smell at work.Jesus! Work. It feels like years since I was there.Vanadine lay against one wall, looking shrunken and small. The clothing that remained was torn and filthy, covered in blood, sweat and pus. A red, puckered wound rose from his abdomen, the flesh angry and raised, with a dirty, yellow discharge issuing from it. His features looked smaller, thinner and even his muscles looked more defined where his body had used every reserve it had to try and keep him alive.“What the fuck happened to him?” She asked of no one in particular.“I have been unable to speak to him much,” Horann replied. “The wound in his belly is from our fight in the Council chamber but these others were given to him by an animal outside. Other than that I am unsure what has befallen him.”“It looks as if he’s dying,” Carine moaned a
Shadows Of The Heart Forty-Three - Vanadine
Gentle rocking woke him, the action making his belly ache where the infection had made it swollen and hot. Knives of pain made it feel as if his skin was ripping and a low moan escaped his lips as he slipped to one side, laying on the cool granite.“Vanadine?”He opened his eyes a fraction, staring up into her twisted features.“Horann?” He asked thickly. “I should have detected your scent.”“You do not appear to be well enough for such,” Horann growled back.“Where’s the girl?” He asked.“Girl? I have seen no girl,” Horann said, sniffing the air. “There is a faint scent but long gone.”“No,” Vanadine said, his mind puzzled. “Just here.”“You are ill, Vanadine,” Horann said. “I can smell the infection from here,” she added.“Yeah, thanks for that,” Vanadine said with a grin.“We were trying to kill each other at the time,” Horann said, moving alongside him to sniff at his body.“This is deep,” she said. “The wound needs cleaning and draining. “This was not me,” she said, looking at th
