Big Love • Alcina Dimitrescu

2.

After an hour-long carriage ride, full of nothing but silence occasionally broken by the sound of Moreau making some kind of gagging noises, Mother Miranda, Donna, Karl, Moreau and I arrived at an old run-down church located a few miles outside of the village.

We all filed out of the carriage and followed Mother Miranda into the destroyed church and through to the main hall, I looked around at my surroundings whilst the other lords took their positions. The first thing I noticed was the hole in the roof, the remnants of the ceiling littered the floor, staining the rugs lying on the church. The pews were turned from facing the front of the church to facing each other, forming an aisle. Above the pews, on the walls, rugs were pinned up as decorations, stained with not only dust but what looked like blood as well. 

Karl sat in his seat, a pew that was facing a large chair, based on the sheer size of the object I couldn't help but assume that it belonged to the Lady I am yet to meet. Mother Miranda stood on the raised platform and instructed me and Donna to take our seats on either side of her at the front of the church.  Donna sat in her wooden chair whilst I took my seat on a small iron chair. I'm going to hope that this isn't my permanent seat, I can feel the iron groaning whenever I move.

Not long after we were all settled, the doors opened to reveal a looming figure. Guessing from her height, and then groan Karl let out when his eyes caught sight of her, this is Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. I took a moment to take in the sight of the woman in front of me.

Lady Alcina Dimitrescu stood tall, with no bad back posture and not an ounce of fear or anxiety in her stance. Just from her standing there, she commanded the attention of the whole room. Her whole figure was magnificent, something you'd find sculpted in an art museum. I tried my hardest not to stare too much at her body but her cleavage was something to be admired and her thighs led to her butt that then led to her hips was a sight that drew me in, a sight that would draw anyone in. She wore an elegant floor-length off-white dress, a pointed black heel peeked out from underneath her gown with each step she took. She wore an over the top black sunhat, which suited her perfectly, underneath her hat her shoulder length hair was styled in tight black curls, I wonder if her hair was naturally curled or if she styled it for this meeting. Her skin was so pale, almost white, that it practically sparkled in the sunlight. Her crimson red lips complimented her skin perfectly, along with her light pink eyeshadow and black eyeliner. I was enamoured as she smiled at Mother Miranda, it lit up her whole face, showing off her straight, pearly white teeth and the light wrinkles on her nose and eyes. Her amazingly golden eyes held a shine to them that I felt myself drowning in. She is an angel among us.

It wasn't long before Lady Dimitrescu's deep golden eyes landed on me, her face morphed from friendly greetings to a horrified expression, the light in her eyes was replaced by a dark misty glow, her smile disappearing along with her beautiful smile lines and in their place, wrinkles appeared on her forehead as a result of her perfectly styled eyebrows furrowing into a frown. She looked unearthly like this as well, even if she did look like she was going to kill me.

Alcina Dimitrescu POV

As I stepped out of my carriage, I became aware of Mother Miranda's attendance from her carriage parked at the side of our church. I was quite looking forward to seeing Mother Miranda, not the other two. I was also quite curious about the urgent meeting, I had heard chatter about the new cadou test subject, whether she was successful or not was a mystery. I had been introduced to Donna yesterday morning, we had quite a wonderful one-sided conversation whilst she sat at another girl's bedside, I wasn't offended by her silence as I was made aware that it was her sister's bedside where she resided. Her sister, whose name I had forgotten, had grown since being implanted with cadou, she was 6ft and 9in, quite strange.