[for armand]

[glacianbitch]

She had a lovely day yesterday with Etienne and Armand, but she's...she can sense his distress even from a distance, and the fact that he's here again so soon...her first thought is that something's happened to his adopted family, but she would have felt something from Jaenelle or Lucivar. Chris? --no, that's not possible. Chris is safely back at

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[sweariwontdie]

Armand stumbles into the main room, mostly trying to keep from crying. He doesn't want to take a tearful face back to see Etienne. He swallows and considers searching the kitchen for liquor. He moves as far as the center of the room and just stands there, his face in his hands.

[glacianbitch]

---from the stairs, then, and her worries are not eased at all. Perhaps she missed something? Someone else she doesn't know - she still won't think it's Chris, perhaps because that's just...not imaginable. "---Armand?"

Her voice is almost, but not quite, small.

[sweariwontdie]

He raises his head and drops his hands in one motion. He glances around almost as if he wishes to hide, but there's no hiding his tear-streaked face and raw grief. "Karla..." He can barely speak. He holds pleading hands out to her.

[glacianbitch]

--oh no. She rushes down the stairs and takes his hands, tries to pull him near to her for a proper hug. "--Armand - Mother Night. What happened? I'm sorry-"