Takes place during the scene in VHD: Bloodlust when Leila first sees D catching the arrow. One of the most visually pleasing scenes in the whole movie. Love the look on her face and wanted to explore what she might have been thinking.
My God…he's beautiful.
I had never seen anything like him. He was just…mesmerizing. Enchanting. Intoxicating.
I knew I was staring like a fool, blue eyes wide and full lips parted. Knew, but could not seem to stop.
Even from this great distance, even knowing what he was. He was simply the most amazing sight I'd ever witnessed. Time seemed to slow, to allow me the opportunity to take him in, to experience him as completely as I could in this moment.
He sat straight on his cyber stallion and even though his dark clothing blended into the inky darkness, I knew he'd be exquisitely tall. His body would be lean and lithe behind his cloak, powerful in ways I'd never imagined.
I mean, who catches a silver arrow flying that fast? Then breaks it in two with little more than a tightened grasp? An unwanted, but not in the least unpleasant shiver danced down my spine at the thought of those large, eloquent hands and what they were so obviously capable of.
And although his true appearance was mostly obscured by a combination of dark and distance, coupled with a wide brimmed hat and his long, fluid hair, I was overcome with an unshakable sense that to see him, to really look, would be so devastating, so sensual, that a woman would never be able to fully recover from it. And with this realization, I felt the touch of Destiny's fingertips brush my consciousness and knew…I knew…that this encounter was not a matter of simple chance.
It was Fate.