STORIES
243 - The Committee
2019
Cammeo Lu Harmonia
A few minutes earlier ...
CAMMEO:
…You’re part of the Committee?
LU:
Yes. I was sent here to watch over you and your sister. Had we known
she'd been returned to human form, I would've come sooner. Given her history, we were concerned about the state of her mind. I'm only
sorry our suspicions were justified.
LU:
… I've already told Herita I'll be escorting her to England
- to the Committee. We have experts who’ll try to help her.
She's not the first Seeker to lose her way.
CAMMEO:
But she isn't a Seeker, not anymore. She hasn't been one
for almost 170 years now.
LU:
But she was a Seeker before she became a vampire back then.
The Committee failed her and you. You should not have been
the one to deal with her destructive behavior, then or now.
CAMMEO:
Were you part of the Committee then?
LU:
No, I'm not nearly as old as you. I’ve been with them a few years.
LU:
… Here we are. I'll give you a few minutes to say good bye.
Then ...
LU:
Why are you sitting here, Harm?
HARMONIA:
I’m guarding the door.
LU:
That's not necessary. If Herita tried anything, Cammeo would stop her.
HARMONIA:
I know that. I'm here to stop Karanthir from goin' in. I already sent
him away once, and I'll tell ya something else Louisa …
HARMONIA:
.. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Syrrah were to show up too.
I suspect she’ll be more difficult to deal with, so I'm hoping
she arrives after you and Herita have gone.
LU:
About that, I'll need to be away for a few weeks and
I'm not comfortable leaving you behind.
HARMONIA:
Are ya thinking I'm about to lose my marbles again?
LU:
It’s a possible …
HARMONIA:
Well don't you worry yourself no more. Beau’s coming to get me.
LU:
Beau?
HARMONIA:
Yes Beau. You remember him - my husband.
LU:
Of course, I'm just a little surprised ...
HARMONIA:
…That he'd drop everything and come for me. I'll have you know we’ve
been corresponding. I done told him that you’d be goin' away and
he invited me to come home and visit with my babies for a spell.
