Ashwynn sat on the patio of the Limsian apartment she was renting. It was a small place, and far below her normal standards, but so much of her life seemed to be below standards these days. Even her choice in husbands she sometimes remarked.
She sipped her wine as her black robe danced in the wind.
This was far from how she thought life would turn out for her. From adopted daughter of one of the most powerful men within the Garlean military, to a refugee on the run living just above the squalor line.
Ashwynn spat and took a long sip of her red wine. She paused and turned her eyes back to the rising sun and the shimmering ocean before her.
"Disgusting." she muttered about her lot in life. Askier was one thread that seemed to keep her from crashing into the ocean of life that sought to overwhelm her. He was a conundrum alright, one she wanted to strangle. but one she loved dearly, even if she seemed icy at him at the moment. What woman wouldn't? Being forced to live several miles away?
Ashwynn sighed.
"He's trying." she muttered softly.
"Then he is failing." came a falt voice. A voice Ashwynn knew remarkably well.
Slowly, she turned her head and let her blue eyes set themselves on the sickly, frail figure of the miqo'te whom had once served her father fanatically.
"Jin'li."
Ashwynn's tone was far from jovial, or pleased. She had heard from her husband and his allies of this little beasts actions, his monstious murders, and how he had commited them all at the orders of her father.
"Lady Adonis, this one is pleased to see you again, alive for a short time longer." Jin'li bowed but Ashwynn replied by pulling a small gunblade from beneath her robe and aiming it at the male. She fired, the weapon slamming a bullet into Jin'li's stomach.
Jin'li staggered backwards several feet but did not make a sound of display emotion on his face. Blood , black, oozed out a few drops fell to the floor. Jin'li blined and then slowly began limping forward, the sword in his hand clicking as he went.
"I see your father gave you a gunblade similiar to the one he gave me." Jin'li remarked, studying the short, silver weapon in Ashwynn's hand. "That was very rude of you to shoot me."
Ashwynn made to squeeze the trigger again but Jin'li shocked her as he darted foward and knocked her pointed weapon aside with the sword hand and seized her throat with the other. Jin'li's grip was terrifyingly strong and cold as ice. Jin'li looked at her as Ashwynn clawed at his face, her mind desperatly trying to let oxygen enter her lungs once more.
"You are the brood of Master Adonis. That will not save you. This one shall use you to break another. Rejoice, Lady Adonis. The chain of love that binds you to Master Mergrey will drag you both into death together forever."
Jin'li squeezed harded, his face devoid of any emotion. It was the last thing Ashwynn Adonis saw before she blacked out.
She sipped her wine as her black robe danced in the wind.
This was far from how she thought life would turn out for her. From adopted daughter of one of the most powerful men within the Garlean military, to a refugee on the run living just above the squalor line.
Ashwynn spat and took a long sip of her red wine. She paused and turned her eyes back to the rising sun and the shimmering ocean before her.
"Disgusting." she muttered about her lot in life. Askier was one thread that seemed to keep her from crashing into the ocean of life that sought to overwhelm her. He was a conundrum alright, one she wanted to strangle. but one she loved dearly, even if she seemed icy at him at the moment. What woman wouldn't? Being forced to live several miles away?
Ashwynn sighed.
"He's trying." she muttered softly.
"Then he is failing." came a falt voice. A voice Ashwynn knew remarkably well.
Slowly, she turned her head and let her blue eyes set themselves on the sickly, frail figure of the miqo'te whom had once served her father fanatically.
"Jin'li."
Ashwynn's tone was far from jovial, or pleased. She had heard from her husband and his allies of this little beasts actions, his monstious murders, and how he had commited them all at the orders of her father.
"Lady Adonis, this one is pleased to see you again, alive for a short time longer." Jin'li bowed but Ashwynn replied by pulling a small gunblade from beneath her robe and aiming it at the male. She fired, the weapon slamming a bullet into Jin'li's stomach.
Jin'li staggered backwards several feet but did not make a sound of display emotion on his face. Blood , black, oozed out a few drops fell to the floor. Jin'li blined and then slowly began limping forward, the sword in his hand clicking as he went.
"I see your father gave you a gunblade similiar to the one he gave me." Jin'li remarked, studying the short, silver weapon in Ashwynn's hand. "That was very rude of you to shoot me."
Ashwynn made to squeeze the trigger again but Jin'li shocked her as he darted foward and knocked her pointed weapon aside with the sword hand and seized her throat with the other. Jin'li's grip was terrifyingly strong and cold as ice. Jin'li looked at her as Ashwynn clawed at his face, her mind desperatly trying to let oxygen enter her lungs once more.
"You are the brood of Master Adonis. That will not save you. This one shall use you to break another. Rejoice, Lady Adonis. The chain of love that binds you to Master Mergrey will drag you both into death together forever."
Jin'li squeezed harded, his face devoid of any emotion. It was the last thing Ashwynn Adonis saw before she blacked out.
