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 No one could ever accuse Juliana Fides of being indirect, and Minerva, in spite of everything, was slightly cowed by the command the woman’s grey eyes bore as she sat at the table, distrust evident on her features. Small wonder that she was so direct, considering she was noble-born.

 “What gave it away?” she asked jokingly, then regretted it at the cool look on Juliana’s face. Jests were not the way to her good graces. Clearing her throat, Minerva sat down in front of Juliana, careful not to move too quickly. “It’s a long story.”

 “I see. Well, let’s start with you becoming a vampire.”

 She said the word like a curse, and Minerva understood why. Any devout follower of the Divines in their right mind would avoid being around vampires, if not kill them immediately. Still, the implication stung. “I didn’t become anything,” Minerva said, frowning at the top of the table. Inhaling to steady herself in the tide of memory she explained,  “I had my son at the start of the Fourth Era, when I was still human. Gaius grew to have a talent for magic and I thought it best to bring him to Winterhold. Along the way we fell into the company of a tribe of mercenaries.

 “They became as family to us. My son later married the chief’s daughter, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Gaius was seventeen and we were applying his studies in more practical ways with the tribe. I’d heard of a coven living in the pass that connects Whiterun Hold and the Rift.

 “I went to deal with them on my own. I hadn’t thought there were so many and I didn’t think to bring help. I killed them all but I’d been bitten and infected. I lay there dying for three days until I was able to get up…And realized my own sword was burning me.” She let her hand fall to the shining hilt at her side, and closed her eyes against the familiar burning of her flesh.

 Juliana’s eyes widened in shock. “Great Mara’s mercy...”

 Minerva took her hand away, forcing healing magic over her palm. At least in this form her magic was augmented. She continued, “I went back to the tribe’s camp. Gaius had been so terrified…The tribe was wary, but I earned their trust again by exercising control of my thirst.”

 The woman nodded in understanding, brow knotted with sympathy. “And so with no cure, you lived on.”

 Minerva felt a long-familiar lump rise in her throat at every painful memory. Every feeling of loneliness. “…At first I thought to use the time I’d been given to find Mara, but…I searched and began to fear she was lost forever. I had to think about Gaius…” A fresh wave of pain made her bow her head. “He died in my arms after a very long, wonderful life. More than I could ever have hoped for him. He was an old, withered man but all I could feel in my arms was the tiny babe the midwife handed me. One right after the other, all of my children gone, and now only Aziza and her mother are left.”

 Aziza, who was doing everything she could to escape the chains placed on her since birth. Who rankled underneath Minerva’s gaze. Aziza, a dragon yearning for freedom.

 “You’ve been protecting them all this time,” Juliana concluded in soft tones.

Juliana: At least she's not a Septim.

Aziza: *snerk*

Aziza: *gasp* Wait just one Divine-damned MINUTE, LADY D

 She kept her distance, the woman’s stoic façade betrayed by the slightest shake of her limbs that Minerva was able to notice. Her heartbeat quickened, pumping blood across her body in a way that had Minerva’s throat drying within seconds. Easily manageable, but Minerva felt more horror at herself for such an instinctual reaction. No matter what, she would never hurt this woman.

 Lydia had explained that the woman claimed to be Mara’s mother, and Minerva only had to look at the woman’s cool grey eyes to find Mara there.

 “You know something, don’t you?” the woman asked, her knuckles turning white as she clenched the back of a chair. “You know where I am? Where my daughter is?”

 “And who is your daughter?”

 The woman’s eyes filled with tears, and she blinked various times before continuing, “Mara. Red of hair with a pale complexion. Her eyes are like mine. Where is she? I-is she safe? Is she--”

 Minerva held her hands up, answering, “She lives. I swear it. She’ll be here soon.” I hope.

 Juliana’s frame nearly sagged in relief. “Thank the Divines…” Then she looked at Minerva, her gaze shrewd. “And…who are you?”

July 23, 2015| Purva Khole

The actor will soon start working on his next Eid release...

A few days ago, Yash Raj Films had announced the release date of their next project – Sultan. The YRF film in which Salman Khan is all set to play a wrestler will release in Eid 2016.  Salman is currently wrapping up the shoot of his next release – Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, which is all set to release in November 2015. Post this, the actor will soon start preparing himself for the role of a wrestler.

While no one has been finalised to play Salman’s leading lady, a lot of names right from Kangana Ranaut, Parineeti Chopra to Deepika Padukone have been doing the rounds. But what we just got to know is, that the film will feature not one but two actresses. The Being Human actor revealed this and said, “ Sultan is a sports love story, it will have one senior actress and one fresh face.”

The Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor was quoted saying, “I’m training for ‘Sultan’ now, and it’s just a quarter of the training which has started. Only the quarter is so exhausting.” The actor will also visit akhadas to observe the body language of wrestlers. Now that’s going an extra mile…don’t you think so?

Mara: TURN UP

Minerva: