you're gone & i've got to stay Who: Audrey Leradine What: Narrative Where: The Coulombe Estate When: Last Night (backdated) Rating: R (attempted suicide/ trigger warning??) Status: Complete
The estate had devoured her.
It was rare for Lady Alys to step outside the mansion gates, let alone the mansion doors. Her communicator had mostly ignored, tossed to some corner of her room. Messages had poured in from concerned friends. Although acknowledged, there was no real urge to write back.
No, not now.
Reclining in the tub, she hung her arms outside the porcelain watching her thighs bob out of the bath water. Reaching for her wine, she took another drink, sinking lower into the water. That had been when she noticed the shift in the water. The blonde’s head tilted slightly at the sudden realization of the power she had.
She could do it.
She could just—
Pushing herself underwater, she was calm at first. But when her lungs struggled, begging for air her resolve had begun to fade. Arms began to shake, elbows buckling. She could do it. She could just—
With a deep breath she had resurfaced, fingers turning white at her grip as she clung for life.