An: This might seem abrupt to some of you but chances are I'll start a sequel in a month or so picking up from where this left off when season 2 starts. Even if I don't you can be sure I'll write for Carmilla again in the future.
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Normally Laura didn't exactly mind the sight of a wet clothed Carmilla, but the appeal was quickly lost when she started dripping all over the carpet.
Quickly bundling her inside she detected a whiff of something that was most definitely blood.
With an exasperated sigh she set about helping her out of her clothes and into something a bit more dry.
"So what exactly were you doing out in the rain all day?"
At her look Carmilla turned her head a little, not quite meeting her eyes.
Over the years they'd been together she'd learned to read her like a book. The sort of half sheepishness she exuded was a dead giveaway; she had the look of a kid who'd been caught with their hand in the cookie jar about her.
"I don't suppose this has anything to do with the local werewolf sightings?"
Carmilla's silent refusal to fully meet her eyes was a good a confession as any.
Later as they lay in bed Laura held on extra tight.
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The return home had been enjoyable. They'd spent most of the last several years travelling, lingering anywhere from months to years at a time. Their time spent in London had been a bit anomalous.
While Ireland had been beautiful if possessed of somewhat unpredictable weather, Britain had not been particularly interesting, too developed for the most with little of interest after the greater part of a year spent there.
If not for Carmilla's friend they would likely not have lingered as long as they had, and indeed they'd no doubt return again sometime soon in the future.
Perhaps it was selfish but she wanted as little to do with their conflict as possible. It wasn't that she didn't want to help, the idealism of her youth had survived into adulthood mostly intact, but she'd had enough of senseless bloodshed to last her a very long time.
And time was something she was going to have a lot of.
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An: Thank you my wonderful readers for staying with this to the end. Hopefully I'll see you all again when next I take up writing stories for Carmilla once more. We'll just have to see what season two brings. Until then adieu.