Hello, my lovely readers. Dante 101 asked me if I could write a one-shot series on Lucien and Aurora. And here is my first attempt. On with the show…
Chapter 1: He is Not Icarus
Lucien Castle was not a bloody Romeo. He was not looking for Juliet. He had loved and he had lost. And he never intended to endure the kind of agony that offering your heart up to a woman who preferred the company of another man who she had never laid eyes on before.
And still… Aurora de Martel. She was the fire. The glow on the horizon. He had drunk his fill from the most intoxicating beauties that the world had to offer. But none of them could quench his thirst for her. But, alas, she was never to be his. She was to be the woman who sent him into the ashes, never to raise him again. No. Never would he allow himself to feel that desire for one woman.
And still… He was not Icarus. He knew not to fly too close to her orbit, to be obliterated by her flames. Oh, but if only for one… but, no, no. No, not he. Not Lucien. He had lived too long. He had seen too much. No, it was not for him to go out in a fiery death. To go out in one last blaze of glory. To die on her pyre.
And still… to taste her gold and reddened flames. To feel the heat of her kiss. To be seared by the glow of her gaze. Just one time…
And still… No, he was not Icarus.
And still…
Yes, I know, it's more poetry than prose. Most of the stories will be pure prose but my muse wanted poetry. Hope you enjoyed it!
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Peace,
Jessica