She's a killer [QUEEN] (thematriarch) wrote in dp_past, @ 2009-02-24 03:19:00 |
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Entry tags: | ☥ blackthorne royals, ☥ borean pack, ☥ drake coven, ♀ nicolette drake |
The Change of Power
Who: Nicolette Drake, Isabella Blackthorne, Damon Blackthorne, Lucien Drake, Lyzander Blackthorne, & Claude Drake.
NPCs: The Borean Wolves
When: 200 Years Ago: Three months after THIS.
Where: Nocturn
What: The Drakes and Blackthornes are meeting in order to discuss the change of power. This meeting is to ensure that the new king is filled in on what is going on with the last queen's administration.
Rating & Warnings: PG
For three months, Princess Nicolette had remained hidden within her little area of the palace. She was in mourning and, while not everyone believed her innocent, she looked quite the part. Even though she knew she should be dressed beautifully and carefully for the meeting with Marcus Blackthorne and his family, she did not care for it. Her ladies dressed her carefully though she did not try to help them. Instead, she kept quiet and only spoke after someone had succeeded in grabbing her attention. Very few did really. It seemed that she had turned inward and was trying to hide the emotions that were welling up inside. Part of her was pleased with the thought that all her rivals for power were destroyed, but that came at the cost of losing her cherished family. She wasn't sure which was easier to swallow. Lucien seemed just as broken up, if not more, by the death of their parents. She thought that she could allow him to take the lead, but that simply was not possible. Nicolette was the Matriarch now and she would be expected to take the head of the table... the place where her mother had sat so long ago. Yes, the system was imperfect, but its simplicity allowed for it to work so well that no one dared question it. At the moment, Nicolette did not wish to question it. Instead, she wished to crawl into her dark little corner and wait for her mind to accept what she now knew to be true. They would be leaving for Sanguis as soon as the meeting in Nocturn was finished and she would be established as the city's new Regent not long afterward as it seemed that the cousin who currently held the city was going to turn it over to her. How convenient... She couldn't help, but think that her husband had arranged for that, but she did not mind. It would keep her busy and, hopefully, take her away from the despair. "Madame," one of her ladies was sliding their hand into her's in order to lead her forward. Were they there already? Had the carriage stopped? Why was it so bright? She was muddled and confused briefly. Perhaps it was the lack of restful sleep that had her so clouded? She wasn't supposed to be up during the daylight hours. She preferred the night as the day made her feel so weak and vulnerable. Someone helped Nicolette from the carriage and led her to sacred area that had been set aside specifically for these meetings. She hadn't even been born the first time her mother had been here and now here she stood, waiting to see what she needed to do in order to appease the demons and head home. "I cannot do this," the woman muttered as she turned away from the area and pressed a pale hand to her cheek. In the sunlight, she looked even paler than normal, but that could be because she hadn't fed well recently. "I cannot... I will not..." |