09-14-2013, 08:29 AM
"Come in Ms. Piccolo. Your lesson might as well start now with this." Aria's heart leapt in her chest. He hadn't scared her, but now in his anger he wanted to see her too. Aria gathered her things and put the tome back in her bag. There was little she could do now. Whatever was about to happen would just have to happen.
The room was quaint. A typical little office, full of books. Aria recognized several titles at a glance, but most of the spines were too in decipherable from the door. The man before he was imposing. He made her feel small. He was not the epitome of control. He was full of anger and Aria cringed at the emotions bombarding her. These two men were going to make Aria lose it. Lose everything she had worked to gain that morning. She took a deep breathe and tried to focus only on the words that came out of his mouth. He went on and on lecturing and scolding Mr. Marx. The violence of the slap from the Regus across the other man's face made Aria's head ache in sympathy.
Aria nearly fell over when the Regus turned on her. While his anger was seething at the seams, Aria didn't feel it directed at her, at least not yet. "I'm sorry for your wait. I understand Father Dmitri has sent you with something. May I have it?"
Father Dmitri had not sent anything with the express interest of The Regus in mind. He'd only sent her a few of her other things.... and the tome. Aria shook her head. It had been his plan all along to get her in his man's company. Aria sighed and handed over the leather tome. Aria had flipped through it a few times she hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary.
But The Regus was not interested in the volume she carried only the case. Aria watched in stunned silence as he pulled a metal case from the leather. Clever.
It revealed very old piece of velum. Aria could almost smell the age of the paper from where she stood. She didn't understand why she was here, but she was more than curious now.
The room was quaint. A typical little office, full of books. Aria recognized several titles at a glance, but most of the spines were too in decipherable from the door. The man before he was imposing. He made her feel small. He was not the epitome of control. He was full of anger and Aria cringed at the emotions bombarding her. These two men were going to make Aria lose it. Lose everything she had worked to gain that morning. She took a deep breathe and tried to focus only on the words that came out of his mouth. He went on and on lecturing and scolding Mr. Marx. The violence of the slap from the Regus across the other man's face made Aria's head ache in sympathy.
Aria nearly fell over when the Regus turned on her. While his anger was seething at the seams, Aria didn't feel it directed at her, at least not yet. "I'm sorry for your wait. I understand Father Dmitri has sent you with something. May I have it?"
Father Dmitri had not sent anything with the express interest of The Regus in mind. He'd only sent her a few of her other things.... and the tome. Aria shook her head. It had been his plan all along to get her in his man's company. Aria sighed and handed over the leather tome. Aria had flipped through it a few times she hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary.
But The Regus was not interested in the volume she carried only the case. Aria watched in stunned silence as he pulled a metal case from the leather. Clever.
It revealed very old piece of velum. Aria could almost smell the age of the paper from where she stood. She didn't understand why she was here, but she was more than curious now.