Ill Met By Moonlight

Chapter 23: Actions

(A/N: I apologize for not updating for a while. I caught a cold but I'm starting to recover.)

Donna clutched onto Angie's form as she approached the church, still confused and shaken up about what had happened earlier between her and Lex. One second, they were hugging and then the next, she had been roughly pushed away. When Lex pushed her, her back hit the arm of the couch and it still ached. She didn't understand why Lex had pushed her away. Did she do something wrong?

''Donna,'' came an elegant voice to her left. She looked over to see her dear older sister and next to her, her younger brother. The two siblings went to the Dollmaker, giving her a hug while Angie squirmed in her arms.

''Hey there, Don.'' Karl was the first to pull away.

''Are you okay?'' Alcina asked, reaching under her sister's veil to caress her cheek.

''Yes, Alcina. I'm alright.'' she lied. Her raven haired sister cocked an eyebrow at her. Donna sighed. ''I'm not actually...''

''What happened? Did Miroslava hurt you.'' Alcina lifted her veil, inspecting her face for bruises or any other injuries.

''Lex... she pushed me. I don't know why... I think- I think I did something wrong...'' Donna admitted, clinging onto Angie even more. The doll responded by caressing the Dollmaker's hand in an attempt to comfort her.

''That foolish, dead servant... I'll slice her to ribbons until there's nothing left to bury!'' Alcina growled, gripping onto Donna's shoulder tightly. But as soon as she felt her younger sister flinch, her grip loosened.

''Please don't hurt my Lex...'' Donna muttered. Her older sister looked at her in utter bewilderment while her brother took a drag of his cigar. 

''What? Why? She laid her filthy hands on you and harmed you. And what do you mean by 'my-''

''Alcina, please stop. Just... Just stop...'' with that, Donna stepped away and went inside the church; leaving Alcina and Karl outside. 

Inside the church was Salvatore and her niece, Bela. The blonde Dimitrescu had a small smile on her bloody face as soon as she saw her aunt. Donna gave her niece a hidden smile and went to sit down, just wanting to finish up with this meeting and go home even if she was nervous about returning to Lex.

''Hey, Donna.'' the Dollmaker looked up at the eldest Dimitrescu daughter. ''Last night was... intense.''

''Please, Bela, I don't feel like talking about last night.'' Donna raised her hand, gesturing to the girl to emphasize her unwillingness to speak of last night. Her throat still ached a little from the yelling she had done yesterday.

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Donna watched as Lex left the room silently after wishing Alcina a pleasant dinner. The Dollmaker immediately turned to her older sister, a look of disbelief on her face with tears still streaming down her cheek.

''Are you serious?'' Donna said, looking right at Alcina, who didn't say a word. ''Even after what I told you?'' her sister just remained silent which only made Donna angry. ''Oh for the love of Mother Miranda... say something!''

''I...'' Alcina looked away and muttered under her breath, ''I'm sorry.''

''Sorry? That's all you have to say is 'sorry'?'' Donna let out a small laugh. ''I can't believe this. You hurt her and all you have to say is sorry? Sorry doesn't change that fact that you hurt her, Alcina Dimitrescu! And I'm not the one you should be apologizing to, you should be apologizing to Lex!''