Unable to rouse myself from my bed today, I remained there, growing sick with fever and waning appetites. By about the ninth ahn Marius had come looking for me, and I suppose that this was what I had expected all along. I have been unable to face him on my own with my petition, wrangling over it inside of myself until I have become fraught with anxious turmoil. I could see much concern etched into the lines on Marius' face, concern for a possession whose glowing light swiftly fades like a dying ember.

What was wrong with me, he wanted to know. Marius laid his hand across my brow that had grown dotted with cold sweat, confimation it seemed, that I was not quite myself. It was now or never.. and with my eyes I did finally beseech him, revealing the prurient source of my soul's growing unhealth. I demanded my Master obtain this girl for me.

What was wrong with me, he wanted to know. Marius laid his hand across my brow that had grown dotted with cold sweat, confimation it seemed, that I was not quite myself. It was now or never.. and with my eyes I did finally beseech him, revealing the prurient source of my soul's growing unhealth. I demanded my Master obtain this girl for me.