The Drow Queen of Glaley [Very NSFW]

[Coquette Blacquin]

"There's... one other of importance you should know about," says Cindy, hesitantly. "The one that beat the everloving shit out of Tenachka. He's what my therapist calls an Imprint, someone patterned after a real person instead of a piece of me. He is patterned after an odious person I once knew named Xyrrm."

[Zevran]

Zevran hisses softly, shifting so Coquette's head is basically in his lap, with one leg going to each side of her body. Reaching down, he changes from stroking her hair to rubbing her shoulders. 

[Estelle Emerison]

"..from that description and Zevran's reaction, I gather he was..." Estelle hesitates, trying to find the right words. "Of significant negative impact on you?"

[Coquette Blacquin]

"He nearly murdered me," she whispers, looking through Estelle at her past. "I fought as hard and as long as I could, but he broke my back and almost killed me. I managed to crawl away when the Guard came, hiding in a sewer until the blasted wand finally managed enough healing that I could walk. Then I went home, seeking my bed, hoping the Guard had done what I could not. But I was late, and I was sloppy, and I was caught. And I was sold. My cover was that I was dallying with women, so I was sold to a beast of a woman to be wed, and never saw my father and mother again." 

[Zevran]

"More the pity, he's already been killed," Zevran mutters darkly, his tone very much 'I wanted to do that.'

[Claudia Emerison]

"Sweet sparkling shitstorm," Claudia blurts out at the say time. "Your life has been-- Umm. I mean."

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Sorry," she says, ducking her head a little. 

[Claudia Emerison]

"Huh? What, no, you didn't-- that wasn't like I'm scolding you or anything like that, Coq-- uh, Cindy?"

[Coquette Blacquin]

"I got my two wonderful daughters out of it," she says, quietly. "I wouldn't trade them for anything."

[Estelle Emerison]

Zevran's hands still for a split second, but it's Estelle that speaks first. "Tell us about them?

[Coquette Blacquin]

"They're wonderful. Primera is so brave, and bold -- she takes on the world like I once did, unafraid of anything. Segunda is more cautious, but she adores animals, especially cats. And sweets, she inherited my sweet tooth."

[Zevran]

"The Sun and the Moon." Zevran smiles faintly. "Glowing golden and bright, warm and cheery, as she blazes through the day with no subtlety but so much energy. And behind her, faithfully following, comes the Moon. Cooler, softer but just as bright for the quiet she comes with."

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Yes," agrees Cindy. "I would do anything for them. We all would, except maybe Him."

[Estelle Emerison]

"They sound wonderful," Estelle whispers, unashamed of the tears misting her eyes.

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Grandmother says that... that we'll get them soon."