Grim Curiosity [Open]

To be completely honest, she doesn’t think much of the bookish Ascendant; he’s boring, weak, and thoroughly wasting all the good things about their changes. It’s not the books that are boring, no, in another life, Wessex might have been some sort of warrior-scholar, eager to devour information and put it to good use. Life might be hard everywhere, but as the elder, the one who’s supposed to protect, who shows aptitude with weapons and a distinct lack of morality except when it comes to protecting one’s own… well, what other roles are there? Her sister’s death didn’t change Wessex’s role in life. It just meant she had nothing left to lose except her own life. And that? Initially the older woman thought it was rather worthless, having very few ‘friends’ - she never would have called them that. Rory’s anger, however, tells a different story. It doesn’t change much, but it does chance something. Rory will never be Magrethe. Anyway. Back to Wessex’s disdain of Samuel. For awhile he’d been the only Ascendant - and she only knew he was one once she’s turned and could smell it on him. Now, that same smell creeps towards her over a frozen field and she crinkles her face into a ‘what the fuck?’ kind of expression. Did he lose something? If he’s going to hunt, the least he can do is use his superspeed. Be the predator he’s supposed to be. But then it’s never occurred to her that he might actually be looking for blood out there... WESSEX She whispered back, I am the storm