"Did he force you to come here?" Asriel asked as Marisa watched Edward on the stage. Her emotions filled her gaze with a sight of sadness, and it felt as if it was her own world.
"Pardon?" Marisa said as she looked into his fierce blue eyes. She loved to look at his handsome look, his passionate face made her irresistible to his smile. She started to have some strange thoughts about him since they met. She couldn't figure out why she had such strong feelings for him.
"Did Mr. Coulter force you to come here and listen to his speech?" He repeated himself for the pleasure of her looking at him, and blushing. Marisa knew deep inside she liked him, but she was already married to another man, a politician. She thought for a moment, a clever thought entered her mind as she looked at him again. She would tell him a little of the truth and may lie. She smiled at that thought.
"Well," she said as she folded her tea bag over her spoon. She took her tea and drank a few small sips, and continued. "I have known him for many months." She looked directly at him in a passionate way. He watched her, she smelled like a swift breeze of flowers, her face was beautiful. She had beautiful curls of blond. She smiled so confidently like she knew what she would do.
It suddenly grew very dark, now Edward was going to show his Photogram slide shows. There was all sorts of armor bears, witches, and many special people with their daemon's. He had encountered so many creatures that he was heavy on the gossip about meeting them.
The reason that Marisa grew instantly bored was due to the fact that she heard it non stop in their conversations, that is all he ever would bring up, he had also shown her hundreds of times. Deep in her heart she knew he didn't love her; she didn't love him she only married him for his wealth and power. All her life she was raised by gyptians and was a part of the orphanage for a while. She wanted to experience love, and she wasn't getting it from her husband. All her dreams almost came true until she met Asriel. When Marisa thought of those things racing in her mind her daemon became discontent and a rage began. Marisa started to cry into the darkness, no one could see her, nor care if she would try to keep her secrets in but she couldn't. She didn't try hard enough.
Asriel moaned and his daemon purred beside him, Marisa laughed a little bit. He smiled and looked at her face; it was wet. "What's wrong?" He said as he whipped her tears from her eyes. She smiled at him, in a way she hadn't done before. A warm feeling rushed into her breast, a feeling of love. Was she falling in love with him?
"Come here," he said as he got up, and took her into another room away from the speech. "you can tell me." he said warmly.
"Everything is fine Asriel." she said as she loved hearing the sound of his warm and passionate voice. "Mr. Coulter isn't just any man I met only once," she said with sadness. "I'm his.." She didn't get to finish because he was touching her face with much love in the warmth of his hands, the smooth touch of his palm made it irresistible for their daemon's to want a little from them. His eyes locked with hers so greedily for love and strong passion for each other that their heads were moving slowly toward each other's own embrace. Their daemon's were circling each other's movements. All of a sudden they heard clapping the presentation was over. "Marisa," Asriel said as he looked at her. She started to cry again and he could see the tears coming off her face. She looked at him for the longest moment, it seemed like forever, but she turned away from him. "Marisa where are you going?" He said following her. Sadness filled her gaze upon him with a bit of anger for being married. She said nothing and kept walking, then pacing her way to the stage where her husband was. Marisa could see that everyone had gotten up and was talking to Edward. She was going to sit down at the table and drink the rest of her tea until her husband came next to her.
"Darling are you alright?" Edward asked as he got out a handkerchief from his pocket. His daemon was licking the monkey's face, which made him flinch.
"I thought you were amazing darling, I am happy for you." she lied she knew why she was crying. It was simple, she was in love with another man and the one she was with would never wipe her tears away. He would never take her into a private room and calm her down. He would never ever kiss her in public, he wouldn't even sleep in the same bed as her at night. Then she thought of Asriel again, a warm feeling came to mind. Just the smooth hand made her feel comfortable and secure. His soft words wanted him to hold her into his arms. She was falling in love with Asriel. She wasn't going to show her husband that.
"Thank you Marisa." Edward said as he kissed her cheek. Then Asriel went up to Mr. Coulter.
"Well hello there Lord Asriel." Edward said as he shacked his hand.
"Hello Mr. Coulter, how have you been?"
"Just tired." he laughed.
Asriel looked at Marisa, she looked at him. "This is my wife Marisa." said Edward. Asriel looked at Marisa, this time she could see the sadness with in his blue eyes. "Nice to meet you Mrs. Coulter." He said shaking her hand like a gentleman.
"You too." she said softly. She looked at Asriel and thought he hates me now doesn't he? Yeah I think so for being married. Her daemon looked at her and agreed.
Marisa could see Asriel and Edward talking to one another. She felt weak and stiff for she wished she would just want them to get done. She saw them both get done talking about thirty minutes later. She saw Asriel walking to a ledge by himself. Looking into the sky. Marisa got up with out a word and Carlo Boreal had gotten in her way.
"Well hello Mrs. Coulter, you look lovely." he said with his snake daemon flickering her tongue.
"Well thank you Carlo." she said with an angry voice. She hated that man, she had wished that he didn't exist. She moved past him and went towards the window next to Asriel.
"Asriel," she said walking towards him with a heavy heart. He didn't move a muscle. "I'm sorry I lied to you I wanted to tell you but..." she heisted.
"I see." he said angerly this time.
"See what?" she asked.
"Do you love him?" he said not whiling to look at her.
"Pardon?" she said she took that rudely.
"I said-"
"I heard you, but I don't know." she went to the ledge and looked into the sky. "I don't know if I do." he looked at her for so long it felt as if he was in his own world. Just the two of them. "No one has ever understood me." she laughed a little trying to hide her feelings. "Edward doesn't care how I feel, I am just a pretty girl for him I guess." she laughed a little but started to cry.
"I will do everything in my power to understand you Marisa." he said softly, putting his arms out for her. She just looked at him for the longest moment.
"You aren't like any other man I'd ever known."
He smiled, so did she. She embraced him so tightly that their daeomns would start to play. He whipped her tears away so quickly that she looked at him. A understanding flew into the minds of their daemons. Their eyes were locked to each other's and they kissed.