“Sacrifice” snippet from “MACTUS” the Second Novel in “The Light-Bearer Series”

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Tabbruis’ heart was full of love and joy.  He sat on the bed.  He knew Charmeine was still soaking.  Taking out the other ring, he called to the kitchen and asked for some food to be brought up with Ţuică and a crystal decanter of blood.  Tabbruis rather liked the way Neal drank it and wanted to savor it again that way.  He had always deprived himself of riches and extravagances; however, with someone to share with, it seemed like so much fun.
Tabbruis got undressed and put on silk pajamas and a matching silk robe.  He slipped the ring into his robe pocket and opened the door to the porch.  The air from the Black Sea was gently cooling down the suite.  Tabbruis smelled all sorts of scents.  He especially could smell the scent of roses, coming from the bath.
A knock at the door brought Tabbruis out of his revelries.  He opened it and Thomas brought in a cart stocked with all sorts of fruits, cheeses, nuts and of course, the Ţuică in one decanter and blood in another decanter.  As if they read his mind, on the cart there was a small vase full of red roses.
He asked Thomas, “Were you able to bring the Coke?”
He said, “Oh yes, it is in the cooler on the second level.”
Tabbruis said, “I am in your debt.  Thank you for this kindness.”
He smiled and said, “Welcome and enjoy!” and left.
Tabbruis took a couple of the roses and picked the petals off of the stem and spread them out over the bed and put some on the pillows.  He took the cart out to the terrace.  Tabbruis filled two glasses with the plum wine, Ţuică.

Getting a funny feeling about what he was going to do… Tabbruis was nervous!  He was nervous about asking the woman he already knew to be his wife and he had a child with, if he could marry her properly in a ceremony with witnesses.  He felt a flip in his stomach and hoped she would say yes and thought, ‘Oh God, what if she refuses me?’  Tabbruis thought his heart would break in half if she did. 
Tabbruis sat on a lounge chair and closed his eyes.  He began to push his fears away because he knew Charmeine was his and he was hers.  As Tabbruis relaxed, his mind unraveled and he began to sleep and dream of Charmeine.
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Charmeine soaked in the bath relaxing every muscle of her body.  She kept thinking about what she must do to protect her family.  She could not bear one person being sacrificed for her existence.  A few days ago, Shane was a normal young man who was her best-friend, an adopted brother.  Now, he was her son who had this immortal curse of being a Light-Bearer and Blood-Hunter in one.  She knew Shane always felt like an outcast.  More like a ‘no one’, who had no one.  She felt like that also.
Charmeine got up out of the tub and patted herself down.  She felt restless and guilty because so many of the people she loved were willing to sacrifice themselves for her.  Charmeine went to the mirror and started brushing her wet hair and thought how she couldn’t let their destruction be because of her.  Charmeine spied a robe on a shelf and wrapped it over herself.  She felt like crying but she had no more tears.
Charmeine just got a family and home.  Now, she had to sacrifice it all for them.  She opened the door to the bathroom quietly in case Tabbruis was asleep, she did not want wake him.  Charmeine looked at the bed and it had rose petals scattered on it.  Even on the pillow cases.  Quietly she said to herself, ‘Oh God, I love Tabbruis so much.  Please help me keep him safe.’ 
Charmeine had to think.  She had to discover a way to get out of the castle compound, find the Elder Council and give herself up.  Charmeine believed that the Elder Council would let Tabbruis, Neal and Dmitri alone if she gave them what they wanted… herself.  She had to sacrifice herself to save them all.  Charmeine was so thankful the Elder Council did not know about Shane.  She thought, ‘God knows what the Elder Council would do to Shane.’ 
Charmeine knew Tabbruis or Shane would gladly martyr themselves to save her.  However, she was bound and determined not to let that happen.  In frustration, she thought, ‘Damn it to Hell!’ 
Charmeine walked over to the dresser and looked tentatively in the drawer.  She couldn’t believe Tabbruis had the room ready for her with clothes just like he did at the hotel.  Seeing the underwear and socks, she put them on.  Charmeine went to the closet, got pair of jeans and a light pullover.  She went back into the bathroom and slipped on her tennis shoes.
Charmeine didn’t know where she was going or even when she would get the opportunity, but she needed to case the grounds to see if there was a way she could escape.  She slipped out the master suite door down the elaborate hallway.  She came to the outer door of the wing of the castle and slowly pushed the door open.  Charmeine slinked through the hallway walking slow and looking around.  She saw the stairs she climbed earlier and clung to the wall inching her way down the long stairwell.  It came out in the front entry hall.  It was dimly lit and the moon was beating down through the windows on the sides of the entrance.  Charmeine knew if she left out that way all the sensors would to start to alarm the men in security.

To her right was a Grand Hall, and remembered passing it earlier.  Charmeine thought there might be a door or window that she could eventually make an exit by in it.
Instantly when she walked into the Grand Hall, she noticed it was richly furnished.
The room had all sorts of stately pictures on the walls. She recognized the famous people in history like Mahatma Gandhi, President John F. Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth I, and then on another wall Abraham Lincoln, Mother Theresa and Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Her heart warmed to know that there were some people in this world that recognized greatness in any age, sex or religion. 

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We are brothers and sisters who need each other.
In today’s troubled world, when I reach out, I am rewarded with a good feeling in my gut…
Today try to reach out to one person and you will make a difference in their life
I sang “Black and White” as a solo to a rousing crowd… 
I love the lyrics!  Enjoy!
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