Her eyes snapped open suddenly. I noticed with a hint of satisfaction that her pupils were still red. "Kahleen, I see that you have awoken" I said giving her a small smile. Her head swung towards me. Her eyes widened suddenly and confusion filled her features before finally comprehension dawned on her angelic features. Such a contrast to the hatred I had previously seen lurking in her cold eyes.
"Lord Raul. Have you been waiting there this whole time for me to awaken?" She asked with satisfaction. Of course I had not been waiting the whole time I am a Lord and have many pressing maters.
"Of course I have not been waiting for you this whole time Kahleen. I simply have a way of knowing when something is about to happen and I just knew that you would open your eyes at this moment that is why I walked in mere seconds before you opened your eyes. How much do you remember? "
"Everything I remember everything and so much more." She got a spark of sadness before it was brushed from her features. "I remember what you said…and how I reacted I remember the Con Dar….It has not occurred in many generations. I never expected it to happen to me now of all times." She cast her eyes down ward.
"I seldom out of the loop however on this occurrence your words have flown over my head…and your actions….I have never heard or seen of such a thing. What my dear Kahleen is the Con Dar?" General curiosity flickered in my eyes.
"It's often called the blood rage. When someone I love is threatened its possible for a powerful confessor to enter it. As for what it is well… you saw what I did. In the Con Dar my powers are… so much more of everything. I confessed all of your people with ease with out touching them. But its not who I am a wild beast that is chained inside of me waiting to be released." She cast her eyes downward guiltily. So sad she was magnificent in the Con Dar. So Beautiful and free. So she went into Con Dar to protect Richard…and yet she confessed him…in the blood rage did she see it as protection. Such a waste of beauty on a useless small brained seeker.
"So it was for Richard then. Such a waste. You deserve so much more than him. Do you remember what you did to him my sweet soft Kahleen?" I lifted my hand and stroked her cheek reminiscent of yesterday. Her lips curved up and her eyes mocked me. Curious. She always has me curious.
"That is what I thought as well. At first but than I thought about what was said and what was done. A confessor never confesses those she loves. Unless she succumbs to her passions and takes him as a mate and that is never done. I do not love Richard. He stands for an ideal I no longer can accept. I looked into your eyes Darken. It's my power you know. I looked into your eyes and I felt, I knew that you were being truthful. How many people have died because of this fruitless quest the seeker and I have embarked on. Why are you so evil. So ruthless. What I thought I knew came from stories that I have heard about you and your leadership. What right do I have to condemn you before judging you. While you talked I looked into your eyes and I know that it was true everything that you said. I feel bad for you in a way." She stared me down looking only into my eyes. It was starting to click into place and yet if she did not love Richard than who could her love belong to? Kahleen and Richard were the only was being threatened…The two women hanging on the wall but surely not them. For a moment I felt that I must have been stupid. She transforms when someone she loves was threatened if it had been Richard that had caused her to enter such a magnificent form she would have entered much sooner. Richard, the one whose soul she stole he was not the one. He threatened the one she loved. He threatened me. How blind I was on that night…How blind I am now. A slick smile laces its way across my face. Her eyes glisten knowingly, she is aware of my comprehension.
"Ahh Dear sweet Kahleen. It is I who forced you into that magnificent state of being." I can not help but pause floored. I am honest as I say. "This pleases me. You should rest" I wave my hand and she falls into the unconscious world. I have never had anyone love me. My own father laughed at the thought of my death. This beautiful kind truth seeking confessor, it is overwhelming to know that a creature unselfishly loves you fully and truly. And it was absolutely clear that she did. The Con Dar does not lie…and neither apparently does the mother seeker. The question is how do I feel about this. I think that question answers it all… not how can I use this to better my kingdom as I use everyone else but how do I feel. Pure innocent love. I think I rather like the sound of that… of course I wont allow it to stay innocent for long. I have hungered for her body for far to long already to be denied it any longer than conceivable. Soon when she has regained her strength I will make her my queen. I leaned down ever so slowly and gently brush my lips against her tender soft inviting mouth. Gave her one more smoldering look and turned away from her bed and left with only one glance back.