06-16-2020, 08:51 PM
It was the oddest thing. Rena felt at home with these women. In a way, it was the first time she'd felt at home since. Well, maybe since she'd lived with her sister Nina. And before that, when momma and papa were alive. The outside world was always...alien. Oh, she wanted in. Of course she did. And she had made it in. The beautiful clothes on her body, the jewels that brushed her collarbone, that bedecked her fingers or hung from her wrists said as much.
At least that was what she told herself. And believed, mostly. Caught up in the party, in the glamour and richness, the flashing of cameras and the mingling with famous artists and models and musicians, a world of Champaign and caviar. She wanted it to be home. Even convinced herself it was.
But here, with these women, there was a different kind of kinship. She wasn't sure what it was, exactly, that made Ilesha and Juls feel like old friends. She didn't like it, honestly. It felt too exposed. And yet there it was. A sense that they were the same.
She opened her mouth to ask about the app when a feeling of strength and power seemed to call to her. Not from either woman. From beyond the door. She clicked her mouth shut, eyebrows raised, before saying 'You feel that? Who...?" She trailed off as she stood and went to the door, hand on the knob, looking between it and the women. After a moment, she turned it and opened, the noise of the music flowing in along with a breeze. Through the dark halls she followed the call until there, across the main hall of the Kallisti stood a woman of striking features and piercing eyes, radiating the power like a queen.
Her breath caught.
At least that was what she told herself. And believed, mostly. Caught up in the party, in the glamour and richness, the flashing of cameras and the mingling with famous artists and models and musicians, a world of Champaign and caviar. She wanted it to be home. Even convinced herself it was.
But here, with these women, there was a different kind of kinship. She wasn't sure what it was, exactly, that made Ilesha and Juls feel like old friends. She didn't like it, honestly. It felt too exposed. And yet there it was. A sense that they were the same.
She opened her mouth to ask about the app when a feeling of strength and power seemed to call to her. Not from either woman. From beyond the door. She clicked her mouth shut, eyebrows raised, before saying 'You feel that? Who...?" She trailed off as she stood and went to the door, hand on the knob, looking between it and the women. After a moment, she turned it and opened, the noise of the music flowing in along with a breeze. Through the dark halls she followed the call until there, across the main hall of the Kallisti stood a woman of striking features and piercing eyes, radiating the power like a queen.
Her breath caught.