Name pronounciations:
Quinchaveous Donovan Hale - "Quinch-a-ve-us Don-ov-an Hale"
Sephiria - "Se-feer-eea"
Lucetta - "Loo-chet-a"
Zuko - "Zoo-ko"
Sephiria is a transcendent vampire, and Quinchaveous is the lord of the prestigious Hale Manor. They have known each other for seven years by this point and been through a lot together, along with their mutual friend Lucetta who is an angel-turned-vampire. [Long story.]
Sephiria has loved Quinchaveous for a long time, as well as Lucetta, romantically and as a friend. This is also a detailed account of her first time.
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Within the vast Moldavian mansion, decorated in all manner of vines and flowers, were the whispers and the memories of a particular vampire that had only recently taken residence there. This vampire, named Sephiria, lounged comfortably in her quarters with a book and quill in her hand as she scribbled away in Romanian about a number of things. She enjoyed writing, but tonight it wasn't for the sake of enjoyment. Rather, for distraction from the impending moon that was to occur in only three nights from now. The blood moon, in her family, usually meant every adult able and willing stayed with their partners indoors and spent that night in each others' arms; she had not yet done so willingly with anyone, and so while she got the urges she usually had simply distracted herself as she did tonight. Upon her form, surprisingly, was a scarlet one sleeve gown that was extremely familiar to those in Hale Manor due to her excessive wear of it. It was a nightgown made by her own hand, much like most of her clothing.
She was a rather talented seamstress when she wished to be - in fact she had been working on something for Lucetta and Quincy however she was lacking ideas on what to make. Her hair was brushed back in a familiar manner and she'd allowed her dear friend to stay in the castle for as long as he wished to, even giving him the study she never used.
Inside there were thousands upon thousands of books, all written in her handwriting and bound by hand as well. Reading them all would be a chore, indeed, but if one was curious enough the details within them were something to behold. She'd given him the largest bedchamber as well, the one that was across the hall from her own and the one she never set foot in normally. The bedrooms in her home were of a red and black color scheme and elaborately decorated, and she had a habit of leaving her own door open as she read or did something menial. She had no use for secrecy. The half moon shone into her room, clashing with the yellow-orange illumination that the lit candles brought. They highlighted her face, her skin, giving her an almost human complexion. She'd just come from the bath and smelled sweetly of long-extinct roses that her family once grew, due to the perfumes she'd crafted in their scent. She set the quill away and stood, sighing in relaxation as she wondered just what he could be up to.
The confines of the chamber were vast and scarlet, beautifully decorated and one could tell that the former ruler of Romania had put a lot into crafting such an atmosphere. The lord of Hale Manor, Quinchaveous Donovan Hale, had said so himself many times. Quincy now sat along the window sill of the large pane window in the lovely room his dear friend loaned him during his stay. He had just finished a shower, so his thick dark hair was pulled up into a high ponytail. Since he had gotten his shirt wet, he left it to the side to dry and simply decided to go about without it. Pale skin gleamed in the moonlight, though in no way shone like diamonds like the popular current movies had bastardized. Well built and lean, he was an attractive man and almost any woman that came near knew it.
However, he truly was a quiet man. He usually kept to his study, however his time with the former queen and his other dear friend, Lucetta, had made him get out more and more. It wasn't in a bad way, of course - he simply wished to spend more time with them. His blood colored eyes focused on the moon in all her glory as he reflected on the troublesome times he had been having. Once again, his lover, Zuko, seemed to have gone missing for reasons he would never understand. However, this time he was conflicted. Should he wait for her? Somehow, he felt that the answer his heart decided was not the one he would wish. Despite his grief, he forced a smile upon his face.
"How could I allow her to slip through my fingers once more...?" His question was directed to himself, in which he answered with a chuckle. He rested his head back against the wall and allowed his eyes to close as he willed his tall form to relax.
As he'd gone deep in thought, the woman had shut the book and set it down as well as her mind wandered toward a similar path; she'd known that Zuko had seemed to disappear again, but she hadn't wished to upset him by speaking of it. It was one of the many reasons she'd let him be, that and at that point in time it would be highly likely she'd have little control over her instincts. He was the one she loved, after all. She wondered why it was that things seemed to not go well for him and it saddened her greatly, for all she wished was his happiness as she'd told him on many an occasion. She decided now to pay him a visit, for there was no one in the house but the two vampires. Her petite bare feet glided soundlessly across the tile floor as she slowly made her way toward the bedchamber he resided in for the time being, stopping just before the door before giving a gentle knock.
"May I come in?" She asked, her voice softer than it was normally in Hale. It was almost as if she was timid in her own home, but that was to be expected considering it was grandiose and quite new to her still.
Upon hearing the knock on the door, his eyes flew open. He looked in that direction, a smile upon his face.
"Of course, come in. This is your home." He chuckled a bit, pondering her strange habits of over-politeness even within her own residence.
"It may be my home," she mused, a chuckle of her own in her voice as she opened the door and took a step inside, "But you have a right to privacy, you know." Her scent easily filled the room though it wasn't overbearing, and her eyes seemed to glint a bit in the moon's light. Going from the yellowish light of her room to the silvery light in his made for a drastic change in appearance, her hair shifting to white and flowing down her back. Her eyes returned to the bluish, red rimmed color they were the night she made her first kill in the Hale Manor, taking on the look that he told her he admired. She turned and shut the door quietly, chuckling a bit as she took a couple steps toward him before pausing. One could easily tell that the woman was still not used to seeing him in the state he was in, and the scent drove her senses into hyperactivity.
Instantly she flushed and lowered her head, more out of respect so she didn't just stare in silence.
"Oh, please. I have nothing to hide from you..." With his head angled in a way that he could easily see her, he proceeded to rest it back against the wall as he thought back to the previous night, when he'd caught Lucetta and the other woman in some rather sexy shenanigans.
"I would prefer it if you do not knock...in your own home." Her scent seemed to catch him off guard,
shown by how wide his eyes got when he inhaled it.