Plot and Relationships and Science Oh My!
*and also sex but it wasn't that importent*
Remember in the last post I wrote when Mathew, Marcus (who turns out to be his son, by vampire lineage) and Miriam are explaining thier research to Diana? Well shortly after that she let them take her blood for testing as well because she was interested. Later when the test(s) run through, it turns out that she has aptitude for every power witches are known to have, and some that weren't able to be identified, which is absolutely fascinating. So far she's shown to have witchwind/water, some sort of sight she gets from objects that shows her snippets of thier history, and floating, as well as the electric sparks that cause fires and wreak havok when she gets upset or angry (but that's been going on since her parents died when she was seven so that really isn't anything new.)
So an update on what's happened with Ashmole 782! Diana called it back a while ago in the book, but it wouldn't show up. The human at the desk who she's friends with explained that it's been lost for hundreds of years even though she had just ordered it up one, one-and-a-half, or two weeks ago. There is also another thing called the Congregation that is an order of three witches, three vampires, and three daemons, who keep the rules of *none shall associate romantically or too often outside of thier own species* which is causing a problem for Mathew and Diana for obvious reasons. Not only now do they have to worry about the nine old fashioned jerks, but they also have to worry about witches trying to figure out how to get Diana to open the book again.
So a while after she gets a threat from one of the witches in Oxford names Gillian about how Witches aren't supposed to keep secrets from other witches, she gets an anonymus letter (most likely from another witch) only with the word "remember" on it, and the picture of her parents that was taken at the crime scene when they were murdered in Nigeria, most likely for doing the same thing. Mathew, being the one who's protecting her (he's not even being over-protective because of instincts she is in actual varying levels of danger pretty much 24-7) was the one who walked her to her apartment in Oxford. When she lets out some sort of noise of distress he hears her and rushes to her aid. (A literal knight in shining armor too since he's been one before.) She continues to have a panic attack (understandable) and he helps calm her down eventually and sort of stands guard until Marcus brings him his passport so he can take her to his home in France where his mother is. It was all a very cuddly comfort filled scene and it was extremely adorable.
Now here's the thing about Mathew's mother Ysabeau, she's got a killer reputation among witches. Quite literally. It's understandable too, since it was really just rage-fueled revenge for witches killing her husband during WW2. She still really isn't fond of them, and was definitely not fond of her favorite son bringing one home. Sarah (Diana's Aunt) and Em/Emily(Sarah's Wife, though I'm not sure if they're actually married or not,) weren't fond of the situation but agree'd with Mathew on the basis of witches not going to dare to mess with her there.
In the time span of about a week where she is there she and Mathew learn a lot about each other, and grow more romantically involved. They are then threatened/warned aggressively by the Congregation about their forbidden relationship. Soon after someone breaks into the lab, looking for Diana's test results. They don't get far, and they wouldn't have found them if they had because Mathew took them with him to France to show to her when the right time came, but he then has to leave to check up on Marcus and Miriam to make sure of the details and check with things.
Diana then gets extremely upset and discovers the powers of witchwater. By crying. Through everywhere and nearly making an ocean and drowning herself. Fun. Ysabeau sings and calms her down eventually (Like mother like son, eh?), but do not tell Mathew of what happened when he calls so he doesn't worry. Marthe, the 60 something looking Vampire who knew Ysabeau before either of them were turned and is the only other part of the family and household distracts Diana by teacheing her how to do things like identify herbs and make her special blend of tea with said herbs.
Then Diana sort of snoops around and finds out things about Mathew but it's a lot so I won't really go into any of it until it's evidently effecting the plot later.
When Mathew comes back he fully accepts her affection of love for him and returns it in a rather long passionet kissing scene barely after he gets out of the car. Then, due to the pack-type nature of vampires, it is explained that they are technically seen as married.
'"I'm not a child Diana, and my mother needn't protect me rom my own wife."He kept turning his glass this way and that. The word "wife" echoed in the room for a few moments."
"..."When were we married?"
Mthew's eyes lifted. "The moment I came home and said I loved you. It woulnd't stand up in court perhaps, but as far as vampires are concerned, we're wed."
"..."Vampires mate the way lions do, or wolves," he explained, sounding like a scientist in a television documentery."The femal selects her mate, and once the male has agreed, that it. They're mated for life, and the rest of the comunity acknowlages thier bond."
Then eventually they sort of have sex while discussing the mideval history of bundling, where a couple gets to know eachother physically but not intimately and just sort of talk, and then fall asleep. Just as an FYI, when vampires sleep, they sleep like the dead, referring to a scene on the beginning of the book where they're talking about how every human myth about their race has some sort of truth in it, like the sleeping like the dead thing translating to vampires actually being a form of dead, and thier strong sense of smells being the reason they hate garlic translating to vampires being repelled by it. Since Mathew and probably Ysabeau are sleeping (IDK about Marthe) , no one smells magic when she foolishly goes outside alone into the garden and ends up getting kidnapped.
Chapter 28 was one hell of a rollercoaster.
*and also sex but it wasn't that importent*
Remember in the last post I wrote when Mathew, Marcus (who turns out to be his son, by vampire lineage) and Miriam are explaining thier research to Diana? Well shortly after that she let them take her blood for testing as well because she was interested. Later when the test(s) run through, it turns out that she has aptitude for every power witches are known to have, and some that weren't able to be identified, which is absolutely fascinating. So far she's shown to have witchwind/water, some sort of sight she gets from objects that shows her snippets of thier history, and floating, as well as the electric sparks that cause fires and wreak havok when she gets upset or angry (but that's been going on since her parents died when she was seven so that really isn't anything new.)
So an update on what's happened with Ashmole 782! Diana called it back a while ago in the book, but it wouldn't show up. The human at the desk who she's friends with explained that it's been lost for hundreds of years even though she had just ordered it up one, one-and-a-half, or two weeks ago. There is also another thing called the Congregation that is an order of three witches, three vampires, and three daemons, who keep the rules of *none shall associate romantically or too often outside of thier own species* which is causing a problem for Mathew and Diana for obvious reasons. Not only now do they have to worry about the nine old fashioned jerks, but they also have to worry about witches trying to figure out how to get Diana to open the book again.
So a while after she gets a threat from one of the witches in Oxford names Gillian about how Witches aren't supposed to keep secrets from other witches, she gets an anonymus letter (most likely from another witch) only with the word "remember" on it, and the picture of her parents that was taken at the crime scene when they were murdered in Nigeria, most likely for doing the same thing. Mathew, being the one who's protecting her (he's not even being over-protective because of instincts she is in actual varying levels of danger pretty much 24-7) was the one who walked her to her apartment in Oxford. When she lets out some sort of noise of distress he hears her and rushes to her aid. (A literal knight in shining armor too since he's been one before.) She continues to have a panic attack (understandable) and he helps calm her down eventually and sort of stands guard until Marcus brings him his passport so he can take her to his home in France where his mother is. It was all a very cuddly comfort filled scene and it was extremely adorable.
Now here's the thing about Mathew's mother Ysabeau, she's got a killer reputation among witches. Quite literally. It's understandable too, since it was really just rage-fueled revenge for witches killing her husband during WW2. She still really isn't fond of them, and was definitely not fond of her favorite son bringing one home. Sarah (Diana's Aunt) and Em/Emily(Sarah's Wife, though I'm not sure if they're actually married or not,) weren't fond of the situation but agree'd with Mathew on the basis of witches not going to dare to mess with her there.
In the time span of about a week where she is there she and Mathew learn a lot about each other, and grow more romantically involved. They are then threatened/warned aggressively by the Congregation about their forbidden relationship. Soon after someone breaks into the lab, looking for Diana's test results. They don't get far, and they wouldn't have found them if they had because Mathew took them with him to France to show to her when the right time came, but he then has to leave to check up on Marcus and Miriam to make sure of the details and check with things.
Diana then gets extremely upset and discovers the powers of witchwater. By crying. Through everywhere and nearly making an ocean and drowning herself. Fun. Ysabeau sings and calms her down eventually (Like mother like son, eh?), but do not tell Mathew of what happened when he calls so he doesn't worry. Marthe, the 60 something looking Vampire who knew Ysabeau before either of them were turned and is the only other part of the family and household distracts Diana by teacheing her how to do things like identify herbs and make her special blend of tea with said herbs.
Then Diana sort of snoops around and finds out things about Mathew but it's a lot so I won't really go into any of it until it's evidently effecting the plot later.
When Mathew comes back he fully accepts her affection of love for him and returns it in a rather long passionet kissing scene barely after he gets out of the car. Then, due to the pack-type nature of vampires, it is explained that they are technically seen as married.
'"I'm not a child Diana, and my mother needn't protect me rom my own wife."He kept turning his glass this way and that. The word "wife" echoed in the room for a few moments."
"..."When were we married?"
Mthew's eyes lifted. "The moment I came home and said I loved you. It woulnd't stand up in court perhaps, but as far as vampires are concerned, we're wed."
"..."Vampires mate the way lions do, or wolves," he explained, sounding like a scientist in a television documentery."The femal selects her mate, and once the male has agreed, that it. They're mated for life, and the rest of the comunity acknowlages thier bond."
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| Like I was going to miss the oportunity to use this. |
Chapter 28 was one hell of a rollercoaster.
This sounds like a really interesting book, what would you rate it? Does it have any creepy parts?
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