The Goliathus Chronicles
Chapter 31- The Confrontation
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Dinarius sat on his bed, feeling utterly useless. Sure, he would just stay here in this room, hiding from that woman Patricia Jenner for her own sake. For her sake. Well, what about his? If he had to hide from her, didn't that make him something like a monster? Something too frightening for that poor woman to have to deal with? She had gone through hell losing her brother, surely, he knew that and understood, he could even sympathize. But that was Goliathus' doing, not his own. Why should he have to deal with all of this? It was a matter between them. Standing up then from his bed, he went to the door and opened it, heading right out without further thought on the matter. He was going to go out in the open and she would just have to deal with it, one way or the other.
The hell with them. The hell with ALL of those humans. I'm not gonna stay in here hiding what I am or having to feel ashamed of it. Why the fuck should I?
Dinarius huffed, his anger welling but still staying controlled.
I would agree with you, Dinarius. We have always been so greatly misunderstood. Feared and hated by the humans we are supposed to protect. I would know how you are feeling right now.
Dinarius looked to the source of the voice and knew who he would see. Goliathus was leaning against the wall, close to the bars of the Atrium, and staring at him intently.
Beyond that wall to the session room is Patricia Jenner, and fate has forced this reunion now. I am already sensing the all too familiar emotions, her loathing and her fear, spreading through her like a terrible disease. She sees me still as a monster, no matter what she has learned, and even though the very spirit of her brother told her otherwise, she still doubts the truth. So...here I am, stuck in this dilemma I do not wish to be in, and having no choice but to relive those moments all over again. I want her forgiveness, but I also want nothing to do with her. She is both good and bad, and somewhere still inside, that demon is waiting for an opportunity to find its hold again. That bad part is what I worry about...that somehow she would only trigger its return, the more I sense her hatred enveloping me.
Dinarius listened closely, and sighed sadly. I understand Goliathus. I do. But remember one thing, that demon is a foreign invader...like that disease you mentioned...and you and you alone can fight it like Ami has always tried to tell you. I believe that the only reason such emotions bring it back is because you let that happen.
Goliathus tilted his head, intrigued. He clearly wanted the other to elaborate.
What I mean is...sometimes I think you enjoy being a killer more than you want to admit to even yourself. You like the sense of power, you crave it and need it. This in itself is not really the demon, Goliathus, it's just you. It only takes advantage of what you give to it, do you understand? You need to stop feeding that blasted entity, and eventually, it will starve, its energy will weaken, and you will cast it out. This is how I see it.
For once Dinarius was truly surprised, to see the others eyes lose their intense gaze, as he looked back towards the session room as if he could see Patricia straight through it. He nodded just slightly, barely noticeable, but said nothing more and walked towards the room slowly.
Good luck with her. You'll need it.
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"I think we did well, what do you think?" Solarus was sitting in the middle of his bed and picking at the talons on his feet, while he watched his sister rummage through her closet, hoping to find more arrows.
"Of course we did well, Sollie. We helped find the talisman, didn't we?" She sighed as she tossed aside another empty box.
"Yeah we did! And I don't understand why we have to stay here while they go after those vampires. What if they get hurt? They'll need our help!"
"Well..." Navi finally gave up, slamming her closet door in frustration. "They do have Starcrow and his Ring...and Uncle Dinarius. And to be honest, I don't know what good I'll be if all of my arrows are gone. Daddy hasn't had a chance to make more for me yet."
Solarus considered this, blinking and staring at the floor for a few moments. "Well you know how to make them, don't you?"
"Kind of. But he knows how to make them strong. I wouldn't even know where to start."
Frowning her brother gew silent, his little mind whirring. She sat on her own bed...more like flopped on it in a heap...and stared up at the ceiling. For a while, it was so quiet, and she was so exhausted, that she nearly fell asleep. But suddenly her brother gave a little yell, standing up on the bed, and she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"Solarus! What the-"
"The spells, duh! You could use a spell to make more arrows. We carried as many scrolls as we could, there has got to be one that could help us." He grinned wide at his own idea. "I bet they would be even stronger than the other ones!"
Navi raised an eyebrow, wondering about the idea. But she remembered all too well what her father had said, that dark magic was dangerous, and the price for using it was sacrifice.
"It would steal our energy, Solarus. Starcrow can use the dark magic because he was designed for it. What if it drains our energy?"
"But you did it before, when you said that spell that helped dad start to remember! Nothing bad happened then." He got off the bed and went to the bedroom door, opening it slowly and peering outside.
"I know we're not supposed to let that lady see us yet, but Nana is busy in the kitchen, we could sneak out just long enough to look through the scrolls dad put in the Atrium. We'll make a bunch of arrows, and maybe even some daggers for me, and then we can follow them without them knowing when they go after Marcus-"
Navius shook her head fiercely. "That sounds like a really bad idea, Solarus..."
"But we have to try! You know as well as I do it's unfair for us to just sit here and do nothing!"
"I know but you can't even fly yet, not really! And carrying you gets awfully tiring-"
"I'm sure we can find a spell for that too, like the one Starcrow used to levitate me!" Solarus kept interrupting, determined and stubborn as ever. His sister only sighed again, folding her arms, but regardless, she started to creep towards the Atrium.
Her brother, close on her heels, smirked in his small victory.
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Ami leaned back in her couch, not tearing her gaze from Patricia who was pacing back and forth. "I've told you eveything I can tell you, Trisha. I really don't know what to say anymore."
Julie, who had been pretty quiet through the whole thing, finally spoke up.
"Look girl I know it's hard but...even I came to like Goliathus, I learned the truth and realized it just wasn't his fault...not really. You've got to believe us when we tell you that he's not the same creature he was before."
Trisha stopped in her tracks with a startled laugh. "Creature. You keep saying that."
"Because I won't call him a monster. It just isn't true."
"No. No, I guess some winged being going around ripping the body parts off of humans, vampires, or whatever, isn't a monster." The sarcasm in her voice was cleary evident, causing Julie to look at Ami as if to say she had run out of ideas.
"Actually it would be called a predator. Have you ever seen those nature documentaries?" Ami's voice had grown considerably low, she was forcing herself to remain composed.
"Yeah, of course I have. What's your point?"
"Well I've seen some pretty horrific things on those, how sometimes lions will begin to eat their prey while it's still alive. The animal is still bleating and writhing around, but the lions ignore it, and continue to feast. But you see it's not because their evil or cruel. They're just predators, and it's the law and nature of things."
Trisha sat back down in her seat, shaking her head at Ami. "That's a poor analogy, considering the predator you speak of has an intelligence on the level of humans, and he does enjoy the suffering of others!"
"No, no he doesn't. He thought he did. But that was the demon. The demon corrupted him, and he always put up a front, pretending the screams of his victims didn't bother him, but it did."
"You keep talking about a demon, but I don't know that I even believe that...or even a God for that matter. All I know is that your heradus out there, that freak of nature, killed my baby brother...and made him suffer...so despite what Darry says, I will never forgive him."
Ami frowned, blinking sadly at her. Julie went to say something, but the words died in her throat. At this point, she doubted anything she could say would make one iota of difference.
Jezelle entered the room then, looking at all of them silently for a long few moments before speaking softly in her southern accent. "Goliathus, he's close behind me. He wants to talk to her."
Every muscle in Trisha's body tensed, and she slowly stood, edging farther away towards the back wall. Her fear was so obvious it filled the room like smoke, choking. She found it difficult to breathe.
"Trish there's nothin' more I can do, nor Ami...or even Julie. You're gonna have to do this on your own."
"No...no! Don't you leave me in this room alone with him!" She shouted the words, her eyes growing moist.
Ami got up slowly, saying nothing and heading towards Jezelle, brushing past her. Julie hesitated for a moment, then got up, and followed without another word.
"He ain't gonna hurt you, Trish. You'll see, he even looks different."
"Did you hear what I said? Don't you dare!"
Jezelle could register her pounding heart, see the color drain from her face as sweat trickled down the curves of her neck.
But her face grew tight, and she took a few steps towards her. "I told you, Ms. Jenner, that you're gonna have to be a strong woman. I know you are, but right now you're letting fear overtake your good sense, and you know better. No one said it was gonna be easy Trish, no one! But there is no other way for you to overcome this then to face it head on...you hear me, child?"
Trisha found it impossible to answer, as she sank down to the ground, holding her knees tightly to her chest.
Jezelle had nothing more to say. She turned and walked out, leaving Trisha to face the open doorway and the confrontation she had dreaded for over twenty-three years.
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Dinarius had heard every word...and he felt that he should just walk into that room with Goliathus and force her to deal with him as well. In some ways he pitied that poor soul, but he was starting to understand part of why Goliathus had such little respect for humans, save the ones he actually cared about. Humans were so irritating and unjust. They wanted so much from their world, and tried to play as gods, controlling everything and expecting everything. But when they lost that control...they often blamed everyone and everything but themselves.
Maniel said he was sorry, he offered to take away his son's memories of the torture. Why hadn't he?
Goliathus you should have let him. He deserved it, and yet once again, you still felt that you deserved it...when you did nothing wrong.
He did aim that thought openly at Goliathus, but he didn't respond to it. He crossed the threshold, and Dinarius decided in that moment, that he was going to go in there...if only to defend one of his own kind.
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For Trisha, it was like a surreal nightmare when the tall and looming figure she so dreaded filled the doorway, pausing as he saw her hunched against the wall as if she could wrap herself into it and disappear. She wanted to cry, but no tears came. She wanted to scream, but no sound would form in her throat. Her frantic heartbeat registered loudly in her ears and still she felt as if she might pass out.
This isn't happening. This whole thing is a dream. Oh gawd, oh gawd...please tell me this isn't happening!
She saw him take a few more steps closer, but he went no further then that, finally sitting down on the couch.
And then, another followed. Quite different in appearance, but the fluffy white mane down his back and intense blue eyes were impossible not to notice. She remembered the descriptions Jezelle had told her...this was Dinarius.
That name, so close to her brother's. It was both odd and disturbing.
Her body wouldn't move, she tried, but nothing happened. The fear was disabling her, and she hated every moment of it.
Gone. Trisha just wanted him gone, then she would blink, open her eyes, and convince herself it really had been a dream, and nothing more.
"Huh..." Dinarius broke the silence, not seeming to notice or even care about her fear of them. "You look a lot like a scared rabbit, trapped in a burrow. It's amusing."
Dinarius.
"What? Don't you find it funny? I do." His bitter attitude had surprised Goliathus, but only briefly. After all, he had experienced that horrible entity, and he doubted he would ever be the same. Still, he gave him a warning stare, and the other fell silent, crossing his arms.
Trisha narrowed her eyes, incredulous. Was he mocking her? It was bad enough she even had to be in the same room with them, and now this other freak was mocking her?
"I have thought often about what I would say to you, but now, it has all become as a blank canvas. You have questions for me...Patricia... so ask them." His deep, raspy voice filled the room, and for a moment Trisha was filled with wonder.
He speaks?
She bit her bottom lip hard, struggling with both the overwhelming fear and raging anger. Finally, she managed to get to her feet.
"I do have one question for you. It's been on my mind for years...endless days and endless months, always asking myself the same question, over and over."
Goliathus only nodded, and her face darkened.
"Why didn't you take me instead?"
He sighed deeply, troubled more by the fact that it seemed all she had been told had not registered in her mind, it had simply hit a wall that she had built up around herself, holding onto the only emotion that she knew.
"Because the demon told me to ignore you. And back then, I had little defense against it."
" Liar! I don't believe in fucking demons!" She screamed out, grabbing a nearby book she found on a lamp table and hurling it at him. He saw it coming as if in slow motion and easily dodged, but her face had gone red with fury. "The only demon around here, if they do exist, is you!" She seemed to have tuned out Dinarius for the moment, who didn't react to her outburst.
Time is funny that way... Goliathus said, aiming his mental words at Dinarius, ...the past comes back around as if a circle, and once again, events unfold in a similar fashion.
Hits a little too close to home, huh? Dinarius frowned, feeling sympathy for him. Her voice is annoying. If she screams again I'm going to put a gag in her mouth.
Tempting thought, Dinarius. But she is afraid, and it is clouding her judgement. I do not want to deal with this either, but I know it must be done.
Yeah? Well how the hell are you supposed to make her less afraid of you, Goliathus? Even I think you're scary.
You're not helping-
Sorry, sorry. But really? This seems impossible if you ask me.
I must try. I must do as Ami has told me, and be patient.
"I am not a demon, but think of me as you will. All I can tell you is that I am sorry, and I have felt great regret over the death of your brother. But he has forgiven me. If you cannot, then I will have to accept that and move on. Your fear however, is unwarranted. I am not here to harm you, and neither is Dinarius."
"Well except if you scream again I might be forced to-"
"Dinarius is a protector," Goliathus quickly interjected, "And like me, he is a hunter of vampires."
Trisha said nothing, staring at him with fury still in her eyes but she had calmed down a little. She somehow managed to tear her terrified gaze away from Goliathus and look at the other heradus, who still regarded her with an unimpressed air about him.
"You...what about you? Ever kill any humans?"
He blinked, and knew he would be lying now if he said no. It was a painful, bitter truth that he wished he could just erase. Oh how I will make you suffer Drakkon. You just wait.
"Yes, I am afraid so. But it was the same demon who cursed Goliathus, the vampires managed to turn it onto me. They wanted to corrupt me in the same way, hoping they could get me to go after Ami, the children, Goliathus...whomever didn't matter. But this is the kind of force we're dealing with here. Those vampires are bad news, and you have to believe us when we tell you that everything Jezelle and Ami said was the truth." He spoke in a low voice, but Trisha hung on his every word.
"Children?" she asked. Amazingly, she slowly sat down on the couch, but sitting much farther away from Goliathus.
They did explain all of this to her, right?
Yes. But she is not letting it sink in.
Christ. We have to keep repeating ourselves like a broken record?
Goliathus ignored him and nodded slowly to Trisha. "Do you wish to see them?"
"Seriously? How is that even...possible?" She clung to one of the couch pillows, holding it tightly as if it were some kind of shield.
"I am not sure. It was not supposed to be possible. But then again, Ami is not like other humans. She never has been."
"Look you'll see how innocent they are. And maybe that will help you fear us just a little less."
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Ami had gone to Goliathus' art ledge, slowly climbing up the ladder. Now she was running her hands over the paintbrushes on the easel, and the assorted parts for weapons on the table nearby, in various stages of completion. All of this, she admired, and her love for him was so strong that to know the woman downstairs kept spewing the words "monster" and "demon" at him was bringing tears to her eyes. It made her think of that troubling day when Goliathus had bared his very soul and told her everything...every last excruciating detail of his torture. After that was over, she had felt so much sadness for him that she had felt very much like Maniel did now...wanting to take it all away.
Oh how she wished she could. But in the end, the only real thing she could for him was to love him.
To just accept him for what he was, and nothing more.
After all, that was the only thing he had ever wanted.
The empathic bond between them had grown powerful over the years, she could feel his hurt and anger at Trisha, she didn't understand him, and she didn't even seem to want to try. And yet, he kept his composure. He was trying to remain calm and controlled, because Ami wanted that of him, and he knew it was the right thing to do.
Oh how far you've come along...sometimes Goliathus, I think you are stronger than I am.
Shuffling noises suddenly caught her attention, and she peered over the ledge to see her children going through the scrolls they had managed to grab from the Great Room, trying to be discreet.
What are you two doing?
Solarus quicky looked up, doing his best to appear innocent. 'We were uh...just curious to know what these scrolls said."
Ami raised an eyebrow, looking back and forth between them. "Seriously? This is your mother you're dealing with. What are you two up to?" She climbed down.
Navi looked at her brother for a while then slowly spoke. "I don't have any more arrows...so, I was hoping there would be a spell that maybe could make more of them. I just asked Solarus to help me look."
"Your father will make more for you, just not now. And Navi, you are not going with us. Either of you."
"But mom!" Solarus whined, but she knelt down before them, putting her hands on their shoulders. "Believe me I understand. You want to help and it's only natural to want to protect the ones you love. But those vampires are just too dangerous, and you'll have to leave it to the, eh, shall we say, experts."
Navi struggled back the tears, but she was clearly not convinced. "If they're so dangerous what says you'll come back? What if they even manage to kill daddy or Uncle Dinarius? What then?"
Ami brought her close, hugging her tightly. "Oh Navi there is no other alternative. But you have to have more faith in your father then that. He's been around for a very long time, and I have confidence he's going to succeed."
"How long?" Solarus asked, his eyes widening.
Ami blinked at him, grinning slightly. "Well...he's...well over a thousand years by this point."
The two looked at each other, stunned. "Is it the dark magic? Is that how he could live so long?"
"Yes...that's pretty much the reason."
"Us too?"
She nodded.
"And you momma? We'll always be together forever?"
A silence fell. Ami remembered clearly what Goliathus had told her, but none of them knew what would happen, or if it was even guarunteed to work. Together forever...
"Humans are different. We age. We don't have the dark magic, but..." she would tell them, why should it be kept secret? "...your grandfather told us there might be a way. Now listen, I don't want you to disobey and end up following us anyway. Promise me. Promise me you won't do that."
Though crestfallen, Solarus nodded slowly. "Can we still go through the scrolls? At least there might be something useful in there dad could use..."
"Yeah sure, why not? Just don't read any of them out loud. If you find something, just let him know."
"Ok momma...I sure hope grandpa can make you like one of us."
"Yeah, you could fly like we do, and then we could all go hunt vampires someday!"
Ami couldn't help but giggle, she grabbed them both now into a tight hug, then got back to her feet. She looked back to the session room, noticing it had grown quieter.
"One more thing, what's with that lady momma? Why does she say such mean things to daddy?" Navius sighed, looking towards the room herself. "I don't like her much."
Ami found herself not knowing how to respond. Could she tell them about their father's past? Now? They were so young...and she didn't want their strong image of their father to be marred by such a horrible story.
"Well...Trisha is just...she-"
"She's going to at least...try." Dinarius stepped out of the room, shaking his head. "I mean, she's leaving...she doesn't want to stick around here and I can't blame her, but I think she's going to go sleep on this for a while, so to speak."
At that moment Trisha hurried out of the room as well and walked straight up to Ami, Julie close behind.
"I can't deal with this anymore, I have to leave, but-" her words caught as she looked at the two children standing on either side of her.
Ami smiled, trying once more to assure her. "This is Navius...and Solarus."
Trisha didn't smile, she stared at them for a while and then back up to Ami. "The first one could have been labeled a mistake. I can't blame you for that. But the second one..."
Dinarius's eyes narrowed, he felt a strong desire to go in front of them and growl fiercely, hoping to cause the scared little rabbit to go running out of their lives. He looked back as if to find support from Goliathus, but the other was still in the room.
"What are you saying?" Ami said, her voice even but clearly a warning.
"I'm saying why would you bring more of these monsters into the world?" Trisha shook her head, stepping back now. "I'm out of here, and I don't plan on ever coming back."
"But Patricia, you-"
"No, no, don't try and say anything more. I'm going to think on things, Miss Ami Quinton, but that's all I'm going to promise you for now."
With that, Trisha left in a hurry, starting up her blue Chevy and kicking up angry clouds and dust as she sped down the pathway and out of sight.
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"She called your children monsters! They've done nothing wrong, they're completely innocent. I, for one, am glad she's gone. If we never see her again it would be a blessing." Dinarius sat sprawled out on the couch, his one leg hanging over and tapping his claws on the floor.
Ami hadn't said much since Trisha left. It had tore through her heart like a knife to have heard what Trisha said, and in front of her children no less. Their reaction was mixed, Navius looked hurt and sad, but Solarus had only stared back at her defiantly.
Goliathus however, was livid. It was one thing to go about calling him a monster...but his children?
She will not forgive me. And now, perhaps I do not care.
Ami was sitting beside him, leaning against his shoulder.
I know, I know.
She is far too much like Moren. A female version. If she had been there, in that dungeon, she would have joined them. She wishes to do it now, to hurt me and cause suffering.
Goliathus...her brother's loss was too much for her. You have to undestand the grand scale of things...humans go around not knowing creatures like you exist, and then, in one night not only does she learn that but she is torn from her brother. You do understand how that could mentally disable someone?
You were brought to madness by that torture. I told you this was not going to be easy. But we will have to deal with her again.
Although...for the time being, even I'm in no hurry for that to happen.
No child, not even a half heradus one, should have to endure being called a monster. He growled, feeling slight pangs of the demonic influence, screaming out for him to listen and go hunt her down, to kill her. But the talisman glowed, and the thought was lost.
I agree...I wanted in that moment to hate her too, but she is frightened and we just have to give her time.
Ami looked over at Dinarius. "Right? Give her time."
"Peh. Whatever."
"Dinarius, you're starting to worry me. Please, don't let that awful anger and hatred start to rule you, too." Her warm eyes pleaded with him, and he sighed, powerless to resist. "Yeah, yeah. I know, I do. She's going to be difficult but we just have to exude as much patience as we can." Ami smiled at him.
"Can we go and get my bat back now?" he reached back to scratch at the spot Puvo once clung to, frowning. "I feel so incomplete without him there."
Ami nodded, but she looked at Goliathus and then back to him. "Yes that's our next major plan...but there is something we need to do first."
"Hm?" he blinked, curious.
"We're going to start a little...experiment. You see, Maniel told Goliathus that there could be a way to make me immortal, but the outcome is unknown. Still, I've thought about this long and hard, and as a human, at least a mortal one, I'm quite useless. I can't be more than a burden, with you two always trying to shield me from harm. I've decided...that I'm going to take this risk. If it works, then I can assist you in fighting the vampires...and better protect my children as well."
Dinarius had grown quite still, his eyes had widened into saucers. "Not...not the infusion...tell me that's not what Maniel is implying."
They both looked at Dinarius, questioning. "What do you know? Infusion? Is that the kind of spell it is?"
"Infusion...it's the same way Maniel created the familiars, and the heradus as well. Yes in a way it's a spell, but only partly...you see he would infuse the mixed blood of the various animals into them and hope it would take. And very often...it would fail."
"How did it fail? Why?" Ami asked, her hope diminishing.
"You saw all the skeletons in the Laybrinth, right? They are the bones of all the animals that died in the process. Why? Because as you now know dark magic takes energy, steals it away. Trying to overcome that part of it is very difficult to do. As he told you, he and the other mages eventually died from using it, as they were bravely sacrificing their own energy in order to make the creations succeed."
So then without them, it cannot be done? Why would my father bother to suggest it then?
"No it can be done, but it will more than likely kill Ami before the transformation is complete. That's what I'm telling you."
Goliathus turned to Ami, sadness heavy in his eyes. I cannot do this if it would only mean your death... I would rather have you for only a few more decades than to lose you in only a few days.
But this is the chance I want to take, Goliathus. It's not just for me, but our children too.
I cannot...lose you...
Ami put her arms around him and kissed him deeply, causing Dinarius to look away, a slight scowl on his face. He sometimes wondered why his eyes weren't green, so great was his jealousy.
He didn't want to lose Ami either, but sometimes he found himself wishing Goliathus would just disappear, so that he could have her all to himself.
"Dinarius..."
He slowly looked back towards them.
"How long would it take, if it did work?"
He sighed deeply, shaking his head at her. "If it did, Ami, it would take only days, a week maybe. It's a powerful, strong, and painful process, but it works quickly." He huffed. "But I suggest you listen to Goliathus, and get this nonsense out of your head. We don't want to lose you."
"But Maniel is the one who told us about it!"
"He's a man obsessed with dark magic. Of course he would suggest it, of course he would believe in it. But that doesn't mean you should do it."
Ami...
I am doing this Goliathus. Please, you asked me before, and I accepted. Now you're changing your mind? I have a good feeling about it, I'll be fine, I know I will.
But if you die...I will not keep my sanity. I know that I will not, and I barely cling to it to begin with.
"He's making a good point..." Dinarus got to his feet. "...but whatever you decide, leave me out of it. If you want to throw away your life then go ahead."
"Dinarius!"
He ignored her, walking out of the room, and heading towards the scent of warming meat that was not permeating the room from the kitchen. Jezelle was in there with the children, preparing food for them.
Trembling with frustration Ami got up and went to go after him, but Goliathus stood immediately and gently grabbed hold of her arm.
He desires you greatly, Ami. It is why he acts this way. I am starting to believe that perhaps he is even making the whole process worse than it really is. Why would my father only condemn you to death? I have a hard time believing this.
But you even seemed to believe him.
I did, but then, I felt his jealousy at your kiss, and that has awakened a knew understanding of Dinarius in my mind. He simply wants you for himself, and does not feel that I even deserve you.
He's lying then? He'd just lie to me like that?
No, not entirely at least. I do believe infusion is risky, and perhaps it has killed many animals. But then again, those were animals and the only human ever to go through infusion, was my mother. That is how she ended up giving birth to me. And...she did survive the ordeal. Still, l fear what it would do to you, but I realize I have no right to go against your wishes.
She smiled warmly at him, hugging him again and running her fingertips lazily down his back. He growled lightly, amazed at the intrusion of desire that broke right through his other emotions.
Ami smirked, pulling away and gazing into his grey eyes.
"Find a syringe. Start it now. Let's not waste anymore time."
Perhaps if we made love first, we would both be much more relaxed, and the process would go more smoothly.
Ami laughed outright, poking him in the chest. That's some awfully interesting logic.
It is the logic of hormones, I would presume.
Laughing again, she curled a finger at him and bid him to follow as she headed over to the Atrium.
Grinning wickedly, he followed her.
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End of Chapter 31.
Don't worry I'm not cheatin' ya. A bit of adult material will be in the next chapter. XD This was in fact the most difficult chapter of all, because it was the long awaited confrontation between Trisha and Goliathus. I hope I did well.