vampire academy (private for fox winter, and shadowknight)

[fox winter]

Imogen melted into his kiss, and felt the warmth in him. She had wanted to feel his arms around her for so long and the feeling did not disappoint her. She felt a strong feeling of warmth replacing the pain that she had known earlier, but soon there was more. Strange visions and filled her, and bizarre feelings that she knew were not her own. Her own mind brought forth things that she didn't particularly like to think about. Classes that taught her to be aloof at all times. To be fair, and impartial but distant so that she was always an authority figure and never a friend. To be larger than life in the eyes of those beneath her station so that she doesn't lose an authoritative edge.

She thought of her instructors harsh punishments for her mistakes as they tried to mold her into a shape that would grow into a good ruler. Working the steps of posture and movement exercises until her feet bled, and reading books and lessons on law, politics, psychology, strategy, and etiquette until her body collapsed into slumber. All the while she saw what the other two saw and understood things that she had always known but never really processed.

When the kiss ended she pulled her nose back, and rested her head on his chest. She sighed quietly still greedily holding him tight. She let out a long breath feeling strangely cathartic. She slowly let go of him and patted him. "I'm sorry" she said quietly.