Recent content by Irina

  1. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina teetered on her feet and place a hand against her partners arm to stop herself from collapsing. "By the Saint I forgot how hard that dance was," she groaned. It felt as though her heart were actually in the soles of her feet from the way they pulsed and throbbed. Sweat glistened on her...
  2. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina slid her hand into his and raised a brow at his choice of dance. Alamins march was not easy. Certainly not what common soldiers knew how to do and many nobles either; it was usually reserved for those who wanted to show off or for those who danced for a profession. Still she was never...
  3. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina's hand trembled slightly as she lowered the glass back down to the table. There might have been music, chatter and general noise filling the room but it did nothing to drown out the whispers. Whenever she glanced in their direction the group dispersed suddenly like startled birds. This...
  4. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Vlas' words cut through the flames that burned across her memory. Ghosts filled her gaze as she raised her eyes to look at him and nodded. She was on the precipice of breaking and was holding it together by the skin of her teeth. "Someone needs to find his body," she said numbly though to...
  5. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina could only stare at the ash. Another person dead. Another person who she had known was loyal to her, gone. Her circle was growing smaller and smaller and soon she would be alone. The dopplegangers words echoed in her ears and all the ones he didn't say but she was meant to hear inbetween...
  6. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    "No!" Deapite her cry Irina jerked back from the fire with a curse. Her eyes were as wild as a frightened horses and the way she held herself spoke of a much larger fear of the element than was publicly known. The screams didn't seem to bother her nearly as bad. She was torn between feeling...
  7. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina would have swung for the beast herself had Vlas not stepped in front of her. She blew out a breath angrily causing the curls about her face to dance. However, she managed to hold her tongue and reluctantly took a step back allowing the Hunter to do what she had asked him to do; fight for...
  8. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina was covered in cuts and bruises from the brief wrestling match amongst the pine needles but other than looking ruffled she was fine. She angrily pushed herself to her feet and shoved her hair off her face. The creature howled in rage was the darts hit him and the flesh around each wound...
  9. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina moved but the changeling was fast and whilst he wasn't in the right position to stab her he did still ram into her side and send them both toppling to the floor. The creature snarled in triumph and raised the dagger up above her chest as if to strike when her hands came up to grab it...
  10. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    "Are you insane, Irina!?" He grabbed her wrist and yanked her off the path. A ripple of surprise crossed her features replaced by stoic icy cold anger. "Let me go." "You listen here you little child, your father would have never let him in here in the first place. He would have handed him over...
  11. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina hadn't noticed Vlas slipping anything into the punch so when Lord Melchett began coughing up his lungs complaining of smoke in the room and asked if she fancied a walk outside, she was oblivious to the danger she was putting herself in. The gardens weren't entirely empty; couples had...
  12. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    "Sit." The Princess didn't have the energy to protest. Now the shock and threat had passed her adrenaline was wearing off and all she felt was tired. Igor gave her a bemused look and went as if to say something before deciding wisely against it. Instead he fixed he had a servant go fetch her...
  13. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina's face was the perfect tapestry of an inferno of rage. She didn't take her eyes off of the man until he was beyond the doors and her guards had firmly shut it behind him, but even then the anger remained. Had that been a hint he had been behind the fire too? Or was she seeing shadows where...
  14. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Irina's eyes widened a small fraction as the implications of this revelation hit her, and apparently the rest of the room. Silence stretched out from them like a ripple and even those who hadn't heard fell quiet in order to see what was happening. Mikhail hadn't let go of her hand and in fact...
  15. Irina

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    His lip curled in disgust when he didn't get the rise out of Vlas that he wanted and he went to say something again when Irina plucked the leash of the leopard from his hands. "How lovely," her voice had once more taken on that fake, almost docile tone she adopted around courtiers and other...