She'd just been thinking of setting aside her books and preparing herself for bed, when the activity and shout had come through the castle doors; she's in the lab near the telescope, whimsically pausing to take a look up through and admire the constellations in the blue velvet sky (and thinking, equally whimsically, about the next time she'll be able to preoccupy Adrian with some task for a few hours while she gets Vlad alone for a date long overdue), when the sound of her son's voice breaks her concentration, and, well.
After Târgoviște, she'll never hesitate to respond to the sound of her son's voice when it takes that tone, ever again.
She drops everything, grasping her long skirt and yanking it up a few inches to get it out of the way of her feet as she runs to the hall, looking for him, ready to meet him as he rushes the corridor.]
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She'd just been thinking of setting aside her books and preparing herself for bed, when the activity and shout had come through the castle doors; she's in the lab near the telescope, whimsically pausing to take a look up through and admire the constellations in the blue velvet sky (and thinking, equally whimsically, about the next time she'll be able to preoccupy Adrian with some task for a few hours while she gets Vlad alone for a date long overdue), when the sound of her son's voice breaks her concentration, and, well.
After Târgoviște, she'll never hesitate to respond to the sound of her son's voice when it takes that tone, ever again.
She drops everything, grasping her long skirt and yanking it up a few inches to get it out of the way of her feet as she runs to the hall, looking for him, ready to meet him as he rushes the corridor.]
What is it? What's going on?