Professor Snape's Office

[darkangelmandy]

"Alright, thank you Professor" Raven said, getting up and heading to the common room to write a letter to her sister.

[JadieLou]

Kildara smiled and watched Raven walk from the room. She settled back into her chair and sighed. Running two lives was hard. And she was pretty sure something was wrong with her baby.

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Kildara was settling back into her chair, her hand on her stomach, when an owl she didn't recognise flew through the window.

[darkangelmandy]

Belkin flew through the window and landed on Kildara's desk, she screeched and moved her leg to show that she had a letter for Kildara.

[JadieLou]

Kildara looked down at the owl and took the letter from its leg. She opened it and started to read.

[darkangelmandy]

The letter read as follows:


Professor,

My sister will be arriving this Wednesday, at 3pm in the Town Centre, I of course will have to figure out a way to get there to meet her. Send my owl back with a reponse as soon as you possibly can.

Thanks,

Raven Athlon

[JadieLou]

Kildara nodded and got out a piece of parchment and her ink and penned a letter back.

Dear Raven,

I could take you. We could use the excuse that you have family problems. Or I can get Danika to take you. She can Apparate so she'd be able to take you Side-Along.

Kildara.

She folded the letter then handed it back to the owl.

[darkangelmandy]

Belkin flew off and headed back to see Raven.

[Caeleb Dracus]

Caeleb knocked dramatically on Kildara's door, then leant casually against the wal, twirling his wand btween his fingers. He couldn't wait for this confronation. He was going to enjoy it. Last time he'd seen Dara she was screeching at him furiously for almost blowing their cover. He thought anger became her. She was pretty fine for a teacher and had no problem in telling her so.
He whistled to himself waiting to be called in.

[JadieLou]

Kildara walked up the corridor to her office. Seeing Caeleb, she sighed.
"Put your wand away you silly boy." she walking up to him. She had to push him out of the way slightly to open the door. Walking in she turned to him, stil glaring. "Come in."
Sitting behind her desk, she looked up at him, studying his features, seeing if there was any remorse, any at all, for, essentially, blowing their cover. "Sit down," she said silkily.
She watched him sit down. He really was exquisite. But, he was still in trouble.
"Caeleb. Have you learnt anything from all this? Are you going to do it again?" she asked, getting up out of her chair, walking around the desk, and sitting on it in front of him.

[Caeleb Dracus]

Caeleb casually clasped a fist in his other hand and smiled, smothering a laugh.
"It's good to see you too, Dara. I must say you're looking ravishing...no, no, what's the word I'm looking for?" he asked himself, tapping his chin thoughtfully. Finally a gleam passed across his eyes and he gave her one of his smouldering looks.
"Radiant. Yes radiant." he finally replied, deliberately letting his eyes linger on Kildaras belly.

"Now have I learnt anything? Yes I have: don't get caught." he replied shortly and sarcastically. "But I do admit that this time away has given me chance to think. I'm wasted here, Dara, you know I am. I can do much more good...ha ha, no I mean do much more bad if I was out in the real world. This place offers me no challenge except to see how many people I can seduce. And between you and me, even that is becoming too easy." he leant back in his chair and smiled wickedly at her.
"I'm sure you of all people can appreciate that."

[JadieLou]

"Ha ha. Oh Caeleb, glad to know know you haven't lost your sense of humour," she said, shaking her head and walking into the room.

"Well, that would be one thing to learn. Maybe another would be: Be Careful? Maybe?" she relied dryly. He hadn't learnt anything. "I know, my dear. But you have to stay until you graduate this year. You'll just have to amuse yourself with your little games." As he leant back, she watched him, returning his smile with one of her own, placing a heeled shoe on the edge of the chair. "I can appreciate that, people here are soft. Even poor Danika's falling. It's rubbing off on a lot of the younger Death Eaters. It's sad. Very sad. Good to have you back though. At least there'll be some sort of strength back here. Make me seem less ... evil."

[Caeleb Dracus]

Caeleb laughed loudly and moved to stand close to his superior. He chuckled and took her hand, stroking it gently but in a manner of respect and admiration. He smiled sincerely; a rare event for him. He honestly thought all the world of this woman.
"My lady. I don't even touch you." he told her truthfully and bowed his head in respect before kissing the back of her hand softly. "You know where I am should you ever need me." he told her before turning to leave. He stopped and looked behind him, a flicker of concern crossing his face.
"Dara, are you alright?" he asked with a slight frown. When he had kissed her hand he had sensed something. The baby...something didn't feel right.

[JadieLou]

Kildara smiled as he did, slightly taken aback by the sincerity. She felt him stroking her hand, odd. As he spoke, she sighed.
Oh but how I wished you would, she thought, sending it to him. She knew it wasn't exactly suitable, but hey, she didn't discriminate on age.
She watched him walk off and then turn around, a look of concern she'd never seen on his face. "I'm fine," she said, probably too quickly. She slowed her thinking then said, "We had a few setbacks with the baby, but everything is fine now." She smiled at him, trying to convince him nothing was wrong, but knowing full well, whatever Kelly had done to reawaken her baby, hadn't worked very well.

[Caeleb Dracus]

Caeleb nodded, but wasn't convinced.
"My lady, I mean it when I say I am here for you. If you need...anything...you know where to find me." he told her, speaking in a rare tone of sincerity and seriousness. He turned to leave again but looked over his shoulder at Dara. There was something wrong and it hurt to see it. He was a cruel man but he was not beyond affection. He smiled sadly at her before finally leaving the room.

[JadieLou]

Kildara nodded. "When you say anything, do you mean anything?" she asked. She wanted him, there was no lie in that. She looked down at the diamond on her finger. Her and James were going down the gurgler anyways. She put her hand on her stomach and watched him leave. She caught his smile, and felt like crying. She'd never seen him so affectionate before, so emotional. It hurt her. She sighed as the door closed and walked around her desk to sit in her chair. She lowered herself down carefully, pushing her back into the chair. There was a kick in her stomach, then a searing pain. She let out out a scream of pain. Her baby was dying, again.