<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=59739.msg2887172#msg2887172">Quote from: Lyell on 29-03-2010, 21:48:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Allen did marvel at the effort that had gone into making the rooms more accomidating, but he couldn't shake the sensation that it had all been done to appease Tanya. More importantly however, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with Elaine. She wasn't 'exploring,' feeling out the room or even talking. Surely she'd been through a lot for one day but for such a dramatic change to take place... Allen listenend, and heard nothing. ~What's wrong, Elaine?~ Even though the answer was obvious, she was still a woman. Talking might help her to feel better.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><br/>ROOM FOR ALLEN & ELAINE<br/><br/>But she was just sliding, crawling from wall to wall, soft little moans escaping from her trembling lips while fat teardrops made their way from the corners of her eyes to that pretty chin. And she was shaking her head slowly, forming almost silent 'no'-s, a word even a person so separated from the rest of the world knew. She folded her feelers around herself in a protective gesture, just like she was using them as a cover to hide behind of, not to be seen anymore, not to become a target for those armed men that took his brother's dignity!...<br/>Well, for her Blaine was a true hero. Invulnerable. Allmighty. A giant. And all this was demolished within a fragment of a second or less.<br/><em>Nonsense</em>.<br/>It was simply too much to comprehend.<br/>Then her mind screamed out, her powerful yet so fragile frame collapsing on the floor, rocking herself back and forward - only this time she was not longing for Rathlyn but for<em>Zara</em>. Their alliance only grew stronger while Allen was fighting for Blaine's life and now she needed her, another woman who was, besides, the closest to her beloved sibling.<br/>