Snippet #1303521

Selinia

Selinia watched the little fight of words between her cousin and these two suitors. It seemed like this foolish stand-in for a suitor would even go this far and show off his talents. Well, if he would kill Gabriel in the process, Selinia would be more than grateful. Her eyes wandered from one to another of them, enjoying the tension between them as Alan confessed to manipulate the show above them. Far more interesting for her seemed to be the man, Gabriel called Lord Zakia. He seemed to respect him in someway and from what she heard they were equal opponents on the field. Of course this would mean that he still would be far inferior to Selinia, just like her two cousin. None in the entire family could equal her, but they were just a pest, should she have to worry about all of them. Her eyes blurred for a moment, so she blinked, after she opened her eyes, it seemed gone. She still felt... unwell, but it could also be that disgusting appearance of a cousin next to her. This false smile of hers, hopefully she would choke on her own foul blood someday. Her head felt slightly dizzy as she listened to the flattering words of Zakia. She spoke to him, responding to his quite entertaining chatter.

"We will ..." She had to shake her head for a moment "...see about th(at)...."

She lowered her head quickly as she had to cough, some blood spilled out of her throat on the empty plate in front of her. Before she could say another thing, another way of coughs hit her. Even though she tried to cover her mouth with her sleeve, you could see small strains of blood all around it. She looked at it in surprise, she didn't seem to have expected that in any way. She tried to stand up. She knew what would help her know... fresh blood. She could her the blood rushing in her ears as her pulse went wild. She threw herself on the closest maid, the one that had replaced her handmaiden for this banquet. Desperately she bite down into her neck forcefully, nearly ripping the flesh out, as she drank from the blood. As soon as she tried to swallow it, another wave of coughs caught her and she spit the maid's own blood all over the deep wound in her neck. Finally she couldn't take it anymore, as Selinia passed out directly behind her seat.