Nepenthe • Something that can make you forget grief or suffering.
Never feeling like they belonged was a feeling that Lissa Dragomir lived with, even with her family and life long best friend, although they aided in that feeling not being so strong...
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Adrian Ivashkov was known to be many things. Impulsive. Spoiled. Annoying. Strong-willed. Strange. But he was for all intents and porpuses Queen Tatiana Ivashkov's favourite family member.
"Ти залишив мене саму розбиратися з рештою нашої родини. Я маю зректися тебе за те, що ти покинув мене з цими людьми. (You've left me to deal with the rest of our family alone. I should disown you for abandoning me with these people.)" Queen Tatiana said in Ukranian over the phone to her favourite grand-nephew.
Adrian chuckled, and shook his head as he leaned against the open window of his lodge room, "Це ти попросив мене доглянути за твоїм улюбленим спадкоємцем. Я ж попереджав тебе, що це означатиме, що ти залишишся наодинці з грифами на Різдво. (You were the one that asked me to keep an eye on your favourite heir. I did warn you that it would mean that you would be alone with the vultures for Christmas.)"
"Вони всі намагалися лизати мою дупу протягом усього святкування. (They all tried to lick my ass throughout the festivities.)" Queen Tatiana grumbled, to which Adrian snorted.
"Kiss my ass, Aunt Tanya, or lick my boots." Adrian corrected in English.
"That is what I said." Queen Tatiana countered with a bored tone and heavy accent. "А тепер розкажи мені про Василину. (Now, tell me about Vasilisa.)"
"What is there to tell? She is loved. Adored. Protected by her Dhampir fiercely. She is like me, as the report says, and it's nice to have a name for my gift." Adrian recounted, his voice soft.
"А щодо шлюбу? (And in regards for marriage?)" Queen Tatiana questioned, like an older woman desperate for gossip.
"From my understanding, off the market." Adrian admitted, only to hear his great aunt sigh in disappointment, "Ozera seems utterly besotted with her-"
"Малюк стригої? (The Strigoi kid?)" Queen Tatiana interrupted.
"He has a pulse, and no signs of craving blood, Aunt Tanya." Adrian chuckled, knowing folly well the misconceptions that people had in regards to Christian.
A soft, deliberate exhale came through the receiver, followed by the faint clink of a glass being set down, rustling of papers, which told Adrian that his aunt was in her Royal office "А що ж щодо Дампірської Послушниці? Кетрін Алістер? (And what of the Dhampir Novice? Katherine Alistair?)" Queen Tatiana asked, voice smooth but edged with intent.
