Imprints in Stone [AU]

[Tethras Clan]

Then what bothered her before? I called her monster and that bothered her and... Eyes widening, Zevran whistles softly. "You are one to speak of tainted blood," he probes.

[GamesMaster]

Her eyes narrow. "My blood is pure elven, not a drop of human."

[Tethras Clan]

Hmmm. She does not seem to be lying exactly but- oh. Oh I am blind and a fool both. "Silver hair," he murmurs. "Very nearly white in fact."

[GamesMaster]

"Silver as moon light," she corrects. Elves always call their hair and eyes colors from nature; moonlight would be traditional, and yet...

[Tethras Clan]

"Cruel, overbearing, concerned about social status and decorum over compassion or family, worried about curves, nearly white hair... why, all of those things remind me of something," Zevran says lazily, hoping Isabela and the others are ready in case this turns into a fight. Strange they have not cut in... but wait, that ghost of the 'nice' mother... Hmmm. 

[GamesMaster]

"No-one will believe you," she says coldly. "Nor will they find your body."

[Tethras Clan]

"Awww, lookit the scared little trophy wife trying to scare me," Zevran says sweetly, squeezing Isabela's hand in warning.

[Isabela]

Isabela glances at him oddly, wondering what the heck is going on.

[Coquette Blacquin]

The masked figure, on the other hand, steps up, ready to enter the fray.

[GamesMaster]

Melindre simple gives a cold, terrible smile. "Believe what you will."

[Tethras Clan]

"So you are drow... and you hate your daughter for it. And... sold her to a monster to ensure she was... What? Obscured by a bigger monster? Almost a clever plan, if monster she ever was outside your delusions." 

[Coquette Blacquin]

Before her mother can reply, Coquette intervenes: "I am. I know I am."

[Tethras Clan]

"Nonsense," Zevran says crisply. "I do not yet know you very well, but what I have seen so far is far from a monster's mind."

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Are you certain?" Asks the masked figure, raising the rapier, which is now drenched in blood.

[Tethras Clan]

Acting on instinct, Zevran spreads her own hands, which are also stained red. "I was a slave for nearly a decade. I was used to do many evil things. Even now that I am free, those skills are... not always wrong to use."