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Post by eileen on Feb 22, 2012 22:21:29 GMT -5
Eileen looked around to make sure no one was hiding in any corners, then looked up the stairs to the boy's prefect bedchamber. "He's here... I can feel him," she said as she felt that old familiar prickly feeling on her neck. Cameron's continuous use of the imperius curse on her had put a permanent scar on her- a type of connection where she could feel his wand's power closeby. "Stay out of site, you can eavesdrop if you want, but make sure he doesn't see you," she said as she walked up the stairs to the door.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 22:23:41 GMT -5
"Mmmhmmm." Serene agreed and found herself wandering back to a corner where she remembered hiding last year with Shawn. She felt a small smile creep to her lips, but then dropped it, realizing that this was not something she should be happy about. It seemed like everything was spinning out of control, "Good luck, Harlow." Serene whispered before she tucked herself out of sight, but not out of ear-range.
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Post by eileen on Feb 22, 2012 22:39:40 GMT -5
Not bothering to knock first, she opened the door wide open.
Cameron shot up from his bed at the sudden intrusion.
"Eileen!" he exclaimed realizing it was her and then dropped his guard. "What is it? Why are you here? I didn't call for you."
Eileen walked to him seductively crossing one leg over the other as she walked, leaving the door wide open intentionally.
"You haven't called for me in a while," she said with a sly smile. "Why is that Cameron? Don't need me anymore? Don't need to control me anymore now that you have your precious Charity back?"
Cameron pushed her away as he sat back on the bed, "It's none of your business. And Langston hasn't of need of you."
"Is he here?" she asked, "In the castle?"
Cameron peered at her through narrowed eyes, closing the book he was reading and setting it on the night stand beside his bed. "Why do you want to know?"
Eileen shrugged and sat down beside him. "I want to make a deal with him," she said then laughed under her breath. "Do you really think I enjoy being your little play toy and his servant in this sick little game you two are playing? He threatened to kill my parents." Her fingers rubbed against each other as she bit the inside of her cheek. "I know that there's still some good in you left, Cameron," she said. "I just want him to leave my parents out of this."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 22:49:18 GMT -5
Serene listened closely. She felt her skin prickle when Eileen mentioned Shawn's name and then frowned at Cameron's reaction. He wasn't giving anything away. She felt a sudden tickle in her nose and felt her eyes grow wide. No no no no no no! Not now... She tried to think herself out of the sneeze that now seemed eminent. She held her nose, hoping if she couldn't stop it all the way, she would at least make it as quiet as possible.
Then she sneezed, barely making a noise. She felt her body relax a little bit. That could have been much worse.
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Post by eileen on Feb 22, 2012 22:59:17 GMT -5
Cameron's ears pricked and he stood up suddenly.
Coughing slightly, Eileen looked up at him. "Something wrong?" Sitting back down, Cameron shook his head. "Thought I heard something."
Dammit, Serene! Eileen thought and the shrugged. "If you're not going to tell me where he is, at least tell him that I'm looking for him. I might have something he wants, in exchange for my parent's safety."
Cameron laughed loudly, "You really think he's going to let you go that easily? Whatever it is you did to piss him off, you burried yourself so far in the grave you can't even see daylight... What did you do?"
Eileen's eyebrows raised. She though this entire time that Cameron knew the reason, but it turned out he didn't. So why was he participating in this? Eileen opened her mouth to ask but was interrupted by the window opening suddenly from a gust of wind.
"What is it Harlow?" Shawn said roughly as he jumped off his broom from the window.
Eileen's heart raced. She hadn't seen him since he'd tried to kill her and erased all of her memories. He'd only spoken to her through the shadows or through Cameron. But his face looked ragged and older looking as if he'd aged 10 years.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 23:07:44 GMT -5
Serene had all but tuned the pair of them out, considering their conversation to be irrelevant when she heard him. The voice that she thought she would never hear again. She wanted to scream out loud. Run to him. Do something. But her legs were locked at an awkward angle and she felt like she couldn't breath. Shawn Langston was a few yards away from her and she couldn't reach him. She felt like she was going to throw up. And then a small squeak escaped her lips. It was all she could manage.
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Post by eileen on Feb 22, 2012 23:16:14 GMT -5
Cameron definitely heard something that time, he was sure of it. He hissed at Eileen before transforming into a snake and slithering quickly towards the sound. Spotting a warm body nearby, he coiled around her as he transformed back into his human form.
"Who are you!?" Cameron demanded to know of the girl he was holding by the arms and pushing forward towards the light.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 23:20:20 GMT -5
Serene swore loudly and felt her legs buckle and Cameron pushed her forwards. She went toppling to her knees onto the hard ground, "You already know who I am, Cameron." She growled and looked up at him, "We met earlier this week....in the library...." She could feel the air going in and out of her lungs, but it felt like she wasn't breathing at all. Cameron knew her as Artemis Foale...A made up, fictional human being who didnt need to get mixed up in all of this.
She raised her chin slightly so that the light hit her face.
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Post by eileen on Feb 22, 2012 23:29:44 GMT -5
"Artemis?" Cameron said in confusion.
Eileen ran towards the door, towards them but her hair was yanked back and she fell flat on back looking up at Shawn. Shawn stood over her with a smirk on his face as his boots collided with her face. "You aren't going anywhere," Shawn said picking her up by her arms and throwing her on the bed.
"Get the girl over here!" Shawn boomed over to Cameron. As he was ordered, Cameron didn't hesitate to drag Artemis by the hair and pull her up to the room. Throwing her down on the floor, he closed the door behind him.
"Her name's Artemis, looks like she's been spying on us," Cameron said to Shawn as he looked down at her lying face down on the floor where he had thrown her.
Shawn looked down at the girl, not even seeing her face and not knowing that she was his thought to be murdered wife.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 23:34:33 GMT -5
"You have no right to do this! Get off of me! GET OFF!" Serene yelled as Cameron dragged her by her hair. She struggled with him, throwing her weight from side to side, but he wouldn't budge and threw her onto the ground. She tried to remain as still as possible, but his booming voice was right above her. Shawn's voice. She felt her stomach give a lurch.
"I wasn't spying." She muttered to no one in particular and tilted her head so that she could see his boots. She felt like a small child again, at the feet of the Dark Lord. She tried to breath in and out again but it kept getting stuck every time that she thought of the face that was above her.
"You can stop calling me Artemis, Cameron." She managed to say and touched the back of her head lightly, "Serene DuBois will do just fine."
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Post by eileen on Feb 23, 2012 19:36:59 GMT -5
Shawn recognized her voice from the first moment he heard it. His heart hammered against his chest, threatening to explode if he diddn't see her face soon to clarify it was truly her. At the sound of Serene's name, he bent down and touched the girl's face, rather roughly at first then gently as he tilted up her chin. He couldn't forget that face in a million years. She was the love of his life, his wife.
"Serene..." he breathed her name not believing it was truly her. So many questions floated in his mind, but he didn't ask any of them. Instead, he embraced her tightly afraid that she would dissappear into thin air.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2012 23:23:47 GMT -5
Serene felt like she was having an outer body experience as he looked at her face with wide eyes. She felt so at ease when he moved her face to get a better look at her and then suddenly she was in Shawn's arms. All of her muscles seemed to relax. The six months of searching for him were over. He had come back to her. She whimpered slightly, trying not to let him hear, but she felt like she couldn't breathe.
She felt her eyes start to brim with tears, "Oh my god...." She said and hugged him tightly. She pulled away for a moment and reached up to his face. So many lines....He looked so aged to her. Like he hadn't slept in years. She bit her lip to stop it from quivering as she looked at him.
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Post by eileen on Feb 24, 2012 10:11:40 GMT -5
Shawn pulled her up with him as they stood in the middle of Cameron's room. Eileen knew that they needed time, one thought the other was dead after all. But she couldn't leave. She needed Shawn to stop what he was doing to her, to call off his goons from her parents house.
"What the fu.ck is going on here!?" Cameron said in complete and utter confusion. "You two know each other?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2012 11:27:06 GMT -5
"Serene DuBois-Langston." Serene said and cast a small look at Cameron, identifying herself, "Chose the pseudonym Artemis Foale after a muggle book I picked up on the street. Thought no one would recognize me if I came here looking for Shawn, but I couldn't be too careful." But just like that, she was staring at Shawn again, completely enveloped in his eyes, "Shawn's wife. Or....former wife." She shook her head, confused about where they stood. She reached up and brushed a tear from her cheek and then cast another long glance at Eileen.
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Post by eileen on Feb 24, 2012 13:44:59 GMT -5
"Do you get it Cameron or does she need to explain it again?" Eileen said impatiently. Cameron was about to say something but from Shawn's expression, he kept his mouth shut. Apparantly he wasn't needed at the time, so he took to sitting in the chair giving Eileen dark looks. Eileen only rolled her eyes before looking at Shawn and Serene. "Look, I didn't kill your wife as you can see. I was set up, okay Shawn? Like I've told you a million times. I was under the imperius curse. Now will you let my family go?" Eileen asked pleadingly. Shawn only looked at her with disgust before pulling his wand out, his arms letting go of Serene.
"Shall I kill her or would you like to?" Shawn asked Serene, not daring to take his eyes of Eileen in case she decided to make a run for it.
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