"This way Marisa," said Asriel as he led the way to a large area. There was a large area within the linear of the different colors of timid brown. There was an piece of art work that was a magnificent piece of work. Within it was a man and woman. They were both wealthy, their d?on's were a ermine and a wolf. The ermine was snow white, and the wolf had some different colors with in them. Asriel stopped and looked up at the painting. A painting that meant a lot to him. "these two were famous explorers even before I was born." He said as his voice became heavy of emotion that lingered in his heart.
"Who were they Asriel?" Marisa asked leaning toward him, she was paying very close attention to him. Asriel didn't look back to her, he just seemed emotional and Marisa knew how he felt. "Asriel? Are you alright?" Marisa asked. "you don't have to continue if you don't want to."
"I am going to." he said with his voice seeming harsh. He still didn't look at her full in the face, she sort of knew he wasn't going to. He stood tall paying all of his attention to the painting, the walls cracked and noises came with in them. The snow leopard was quiet, she didn't purr at all. Asriel just was quiet, ignoring Mrs. Coulter all together.
"Asriel?" she asked being curious. Her hair was stabbing her in the back of the neck, what was he going to do? What was he going to say? Marisa took his hand which made him move. Asriel looked at her at last. Her eyes were glittering with a passionate remark, her heart was getting warm in her chest. "Are you going to tell me? Or do you just want to stand there and not have some fun?" she asked raising a brow.
Asriel turned his back to her once more, ignoring her presence. "Well this painting is of my mother and my father," he said as Marisa came up next to him with a heavy heart. He smiled to see her come so close to him, no other woman he nor she knew would do that as they did. He continued, "they both were on so many adventures that I never saw them Marisa, you know?" he asked grabbing her hand in his.
Marisa looked at his eyes, they had so much love and passion in them it made her blush. Then she looked down. "I don't know how it feels to have some love from parents Asriel." she said still looking down at her daemon on the floor. "My mother didn't care about me, nor my father. They both just left me in a orphanage.." Marisa had to stop, she just started to cry, that's all she wanted to do was to cry for her life, but to her surprise she kept in the tears even though her eyes were in puddles. "Your mother and father loved you didn't they Asriel?"
"I don't know I never saw them. But I am sorry Marisa." he said giving her a hug in his arms, she felt as soft in his arms as she had ever in her life. She looked at him, put her hands on his face.
"You do not have to be sorry for their actions, I am over it and them." she smiled and she embraced him in a passionate kiss. The kiss felt as if it was going over board, their daemon's were following each others movements and digging their claws into their flesh. They were all alone in the room and there was a star watching them, the star Lyra.
Marisa was thinking of Edward the whole time she was kissing Asriel. She knew something inside her said do not do this but she really was starting to love Asriel more and more. Asriel and her where on the wall now their souls together as one, the daemon's were still playing. The heat in the room got more intense by the moment, Marisa could feel his hands in her blond hair, her head was swirling back and forth and she kissed him more when their bodies were together.
Edward stood by the other side by the stage, he had a glass of Tokay in his right hand and his lion daemon was beside him.
"Good afternoon Edward." said a man with a mouse daemon.
Edward turned around to find it was a wealthy man named Adolf Hustler. He was a owner of a wealthy college in south west England. This man would just brag about everything.
"Hello how are you sir Hustler?" asked Edward with a sigh.
"I am great thank you," he said as he drank some of his Tokay. "By the way where is your wife?" he asked raising a brow.
"I don't know where Marisa is," Edward said as he looked around the room looking for her, but he didn't succeed.
"Well I warned you about this one Edward didn't I?" he said as Edward just gave him a ugly look. "I don't think she would ever be faithful to you."
"I think she would." other wise he did not know where she was he did trust her or did he?
"By the way," Mr. Hustler said, "you should dance with her if you find her, its going to start soon." he said as he walked away from Edward. All Edward could think of was where is wife was.
Marisa was thinking of what her life would be like without the power she was possessing as Mrs. Coulter, she was wealthy, beautiful and a politicians wife. That is all she had ever dreamt of. She would throw it all away for Asriel? Sure he was a handsome man and all, but what kind of power did he posses?
Marisa broke from the kiss, Asriel was still kissing her neck with such passion and greed that Marisa had to push him off her a little. Asriel looked at Marisa, she did the same, he looked confused but she wasn't going to let this go any further.
"Asriel I can't." she heisted. Her daemon began to part from the snow leopard, his paw outstretched for her paw.
He looked sad, his hair was ravished, his tie undone, and his shirt was a little unbuttoned. "I see." he said getting away from her side. She had gotten up; got her things and just before leaving the room she looked at him in the eyes, it seemed like forever she did love him, but her head said don't and her heart said yes.
Marisa ran through the halls, as her daemon guided her back to the presentation area. "Over here Marisa," he whispered in his monkey form. She followed him, as her dress was up to her knees. She began to hear some laughter and talking, she knew at once where she was. Marisa smiled sweetly and then put her arm out for her daemon to perch on her shoulder. "Now we can spend time over here right? What are we going to do now?" The Golden Monkey asked her all sorts of questions but she didn't answer him out loud, she told him through her thoughts.
Marisa saw everyone starting to dance, then she saw Edward. "Marisa darling where were you?" he asked as she looked deeply in his eyes. A small lie filled her gaze.
"I was just trying to find my way though the art room. Is that ok?" she asked cleverly.
"That's fine darling." he said smiling.
Marisa just looked at him with a fake smile, as she now knew it she almost had an affair. She thought of Asriel again, she started to wonder where he was and how he thought of her now that she blew him off.
"Would you like to dance Marisa?" Edward asked as he tried to get Marisa's attention from the view that fascinated her heart so.
Marisa flashed another fake smile at him and said, "Sure Edward, I would love to." sure she would have even more if Asriel was dancing with her rather then her husband.
Everyone in the room was now dancing, they all twirled around in circles and everything. With a romantic night worth it, Marisa looked in a shadow and saw a man in the darkness with a snow leopard daemon beside him. He looked at her, she looked at him for a long time. Her eyes began to get watery and her emotions started up again, all the time was just dancing with Edward she could have been with Asriel. She did love him didn't she? All that time dancing with her husband, she was thinking of the time she met Asriel for the first time. She twirled again and again then finally looking at the shadow that he was in the love she found, was lost. In the darkness of despair.