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Theodora followed the strange girl to a mansion that was surrounded by mist. A gasp escaped from her mouth and her eyes grew large as memories of feasts and meetings flooded her head. She stopped just inside the doorway, forgetting for the moment that was supposed to be hiding. Her eyes scanned the empty room, she could hear the laughs bouncing off the stone walls and the voices growing louder as more people arrived and they had to talk over each other. When the women noticed her, it was too late for Theodora to run and hide. She grew rigid as the woman touched her shoulders. "H-how do you know my name?" Her voice quivered with fear and confusion. She looked up and searched the room with her grey eyes. "Why do I know this place.... why do I know you? I'm so scared... I attacked a boy...." Her eyes became distant as she recalled the events of the night. "I wondered into this familiar town and turned every corner looking for... for a man... I don't remember his name...Then I found... you." The terrified girl focused on the woman kneeling in front of her. "You were dead... you were DEAD!! How are you here!? HOW ARE YOU HERE?!?!" Tears started streaming from her eyes and she collapsed into a ball on the floor, sobbing and rocking back and forth.
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She was a bit frightened herself by the sudden stir of terror in Theodora, shaken by the girl's tortured sobs and whimpers as Theodora fell to the dusty floor below, curling into a quivering shape and practically rolling around on the floor. "Theodora! Theodora!" Erza called to the young lass, a pang of deep concern resounding through her loud voice, which gently died into a soft whisper as she knelt down to console the girl. "Theodora, shhhh...." Rather hesitant, the woman's hand moved to the girl's locks of dark, flowing hair, brushing them away from Theodora's face glistened with tears. "It's okay, love. I.....I'm not sure by what means I have cheated death, nor am I certain how you had come to find me. Perchance....it was merely the will of the Fates." Continuously her steady hand caressed the young girl's face. [i]Theodora....my sweet......how I have missed you...... How I have longed to feel your radiance upon my skin......to see your glimmering eyes......[/i] "I know you are afraid, Theodora....but now....you are safe with me." [i]But....as for your master? Wherever he may tread, death shall tarry. I will be certain this night he breathes his final breath and asphyxiates on blood as I slit his throat. Then......then Theodora.....instead of his servant.......she will be mine. Yes.....mine to hold....mine to forever adore. I shall have her and all that greedy wretch Galard has pillaged from me.....[/i]