Resident Evilove (Lady Alcina Dimitrescu - Resident Evil)

Chapter 18 - Consequences

Two days had now passed. In the great ruined cathedral, now the meeting place of the council of lords, Mother Miranda had ordered a new assembly through her messenger crows. But this time, this meeting turned out to be a special case, and this, the three lords, Karl Heisenberg, Donna Beneviento and Salvatore Moreau could notice it after their arrival. Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, although a member of the lords and therefore of the council, had strangely not been invited, her bench remaining empty. And despite this absence, Miranda began this new meeting. Not afraid to express what he thinks, Heisenberg was the first to comment on this point.

_ "Hey, where are the tall grasshopper in dress and her human pet? Yet it's not usual to start an assembly without the presence of all the lords."

_ "The reason for this assembly concerns her directly, as well as this young mortal man." Miranda replied firmly to everyone, standing as usual towards the altar. "I was able to learn from a reliable source that the two seemed to have gotten closer, and that now, they had started a love relationship."

Faced with this revelation, a silence of a few seconds fell. Then, Heisenberg leaned back against the back of his bench, bursting into a laugh that echoed throughout the cathedral. Miranda sighed in annoyance, expecting such a reaction from the most unruly of her lords.

_ "Him and her? Together? Ha ha, damn, I can't believe it!" Heisenberg laughed openly.

_ "But ... it's not logical! He is not one of us!" Moreau growled, confused and trying to understand.

Donna, meanwhile, seated in her chair, remained motionless behind her black veil, still holding her doll in her lap. This silence on her part did not surprise the others, for she had always been the most silent and discreet of lords. Tired of Heisenberg's hilarity, Miranda ordered silence, which he did despite a deliberately provocative smile he continued to show.

_ "Either way, this relationship may not be a good one for us." Miranda explained in a deeper voice. "Just like me, you know that this human is the last surviving descendant of our fallen sister, Alice Derune and what that implies for the ceremony to come."

The three Lords looked at each other, understanding what their leader meant by that.

_ "Do you think ... that Lady Dimitrescu would want to prevent us from using the young mortal for the ceremony?" Donna said speaking with the help of her doll.

_ "But... she has always been faithful to you, mother. Why shouldn't she do it now?" Moreau asked Miranda.

_ "Very simple, you slime-spitting moron ..." Heisenberg sneered, lighting a cigarette. "Love can change everyone's minds. Some, out of love, can betray their best friends and switch sides ... and as she apparently looks very happy with him, nothing says she doesn't will not choose him rather than you, mother."

Miranda said nothing, but had heard Heisenberg's words, which stuck in her memory. Indeed, she was aware of it, love was a feeling capable of bringing about drastic changes, especially when it came to allegiances. This unforeseen relationship between the lovers Dimitrescu and Derune would force her to advance her plans. The ceremony should take place earlier than planned, but that didn't seem to bother Miranda. On the contrary, she said to herself. She returned her attention to the three lords again.

_ "Well ... given the circumstances, I have no other choice ... Heisenberg. Beneviento. Moreau. You have been good and loyal servants. Know that the sacrifice you are about to make will not be not in vain, I can assure you, and your place will be assured alongside our great black god."

With these rather disturbing words from Miranda, dozens of Lycans began to come out of their hiding places all over the cathedral, and gradually unfolding in a movement of encirclement and showing a rather hostile behavior, showing their teeth and growling. At the appearance of the creatures, Donna Beneviento and Karl Heisenberg looked rather puzzled, looking around, but Heisenberg in particular, not being a fool, didn't like it at all and pulled his hammer into his hand.