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Post by Drako Lathen on Jul 24, 2006 0:50:19 GMT -5
::He nodded as he pushed himself off of the bed and followed her. He picked a chair and sat down, looking to her with a smile:: I see this last year has been damn good to you, you're even more beautiful than before. I've missed you all so much, I can't even begin to explain. ::He finally stopped talking and let out a soft laugh:: I'm sorry...I'll stop. Tell me, how have you been?
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Post by r a i n e on Jul 24, 2006 0:54:20 GMT -5
As soon as he said that she looked more beautiful, she outright laughed.
Raine was beatiful in that haunting, nagging "damn, what happened to that poor woman?" kind of way. Life had been terrible to her and it was truly surprising that she was not covered in wrinkles and sagging over already!
"No year has been good to me, Drako." She smirked at herself, finding it oh so ironic. "However, this year has been more quiet than most. ...Have you met my son?"
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Post by Drako Lathen on Jul 24, 2006 0:56:58 GMT -5
I haven't, no. And the sooner you stop thinking like that, the better. Whatever you believe in...Just know that you have the love of at least one man. Death could not keep me from you, nor will anything else. ::He let it all out, harldy caring about what she would think:: I've waiting so long to say this, and I won't hold it back now...
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Post by r a i n e on Jul 24, 2006 1:04:15 GMT -5
"Drako..." Having not yet seated herself, she began to pace a little uncomfortably, her fingers moving subconsciously to Archelo's ring on her finger, the diamond band with the crsyal of his myst...
"...I do not know what to say." Yes, our darling Duchess was always terrible in times such as this. She watched him intently for a moment then diverted her eyes, almost ashamed.
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Post by Drako Lathen on Jul 24, 2006 1:07:59 GMT -5
::He nodded, looking to the ring:: Yes, he's a good man. Act on it if you wish Raine, but even if you don't, I'll still be here for you. Forgive me for being so straight forward, but I felt like I had to get it off of my chest. I know that it was possible for something to happen between us before I...Before everything happened. And I remember the words you said before I crossed...
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Post by r a i n e on Jul 24, 2006 1:13:32 GMT -5
Feeling her eyes tearing, she turned her back to him, still turning that ring on her finger.
"Drako...Please do not misunderstand. I do care oh so deeply for you, but I..."
What else could she say? What else could she do? Archelo Alexander completed her in ways she did not imagine a man could complete a woman. He was her soulmate, and the mere thought of being unfaithful to him, even in death, tore her apart.
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Post by Drako Lathen on Jul 24, 2006 1:17:57 GMT -5
Believe me Raine, I know. I just wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't tell you. As I said...Do what you wish with it, just know that you have, and forever will have my love. ::He knew of this moment, the moment when he would feel the pain from her words. He knew it would happen, exactly how it would go....Yet it still stung when it happened. He would keep his composure though, for that was all he had left:: Now about your son...::He had to change to subject, he wouldn't be able to hold for long if he didn't::
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Post by r a i n e on Jul 24, 2006 1:27:34 GMT -5
Without another word, she walked back to the door of her bedroom, where "AJ" lay in his crib. He was getting too big for it now, and the sound of his mother entering woke him from his previously lightened slumber.
Despite the tears that had just been welling in her eyes, her face softened at the sight of her darling baby boy. Raising his arms to her, his face lit up and Raine leaned over to scoop him up.
"This is my darling Archelo. AJ, as his Uncle Nicho calls him." Her eyes were on her baby boy, her youngets child, his mouth wide with a yawn. He was a chubby baby, unlike his brother and sisters had been.
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Post by Drako Lathen on Jul 24, 2006 1:31:49 GMT -5
::He pushed himself up from the chair and walked to her, looking down to the baby:: He's beautiful. ::A smile crossed his face now, feeling her happiness as she held her baby. He looked to her then:: You're a damn good mother Raine, I hope you know that.
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Post by r a i n e on Jul 24, 2006 1:39:35 GMT -5
"Huh." She gave a short, soft chuckle. "My children are the lights of my life."
Archelo lay his head upon her shoulder, popping his thumb into his mouth as he cuddled into his mother.
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