Welcome Home (Bella K

[Daphne Kerrith]

Daphne hadn't settled into her new place yet.

There were boxes scattered, really just things that she hadn't bothered to unpack. Instead she chose to revel in her new found space of her own, and space was the one thing she had asked for when she told her publicist to find her a new house in England.

It was time she returned home though she didn't really consider London her home at all. She didn't really consider anyplace home. Home was where the heart was and you had to have a heart in order for the saying to work. Daphne had rid herself of hers long ago.

Sighing she reclined on her chase lounge that faced her floorlength windows. The view from the lounge was absolutely stunning and she could not have cast a better spell to envision the private property lake that was but a mere ten steps from her back door.

Ten minutes from falling asleep there was a pecking on her spotless windows that annoyed her immensely.

"What now?" she asked in a heated grumble. Who even knew she was here besides her publicist?

Gritting her teeth she used her wand to open the door so she didn't even have to move. The owl swooped in and left the letter in her lap before flying right back out.

The letter must not have required a reply. One look at the stationary and Daphne knew why. There was no "return to sender" on a directive from these people, there was no response required, whatever was said in that letter needed to be addressed and handled without any inconvenience to the people involved. Daphne knew this because she knew the rules, because she herself had been a part of them, she had used their resources to break away from her family and in turn make a marriage match out of her league, it didn't matter that it didn't work out the way she would have liked it. The people she was now dealing with were serious, and she had thought she escaped them long ago.

Apparently that wasn't so.

[Isabella Kerrith]

Shortly after the first owl had arrived, another peck came on Daphne's window. This time the owl was small, and white. A type of snowy owl rarely found, but Bella had found it. She knew he could track nearly anything, so she had sent him on a mission to find her sister. Little did she know, Daphne was back in town. The letter reads as follows.

Daphne,

I know we haven't spoken in a very long time. Years actually, and that is far too long for me to deal with anymore. Why must we fight? I am in London currently, and resising in the Twilight Apartments. It would give me great pleasure to see you again, and catch up. Please write back, and at least let me know that you are safe out there. I love you sister.

Always,

Bell

[Daphne Kerrith]

Daphne pressed the first letter to her chest and took a deep breath. It was only a moment later that the second owl arrived. This time it was her sister.

She couldn't help the bitter twist in her mouth as she glared at the paper in front of her.

"Only you Bella. Only you could be that stupid." she hissed. She kept the thought that only Bella could be that determined as well, to herself. What her sister was getting into would be dangerous. Daphne knew she had to cut her sister off before she did something truly stupid.

She groaned, that meant she would have to meet with her sister. She would have to interact with her once more and listen to the golden child prattle about. Godric Why?

Sighing once more she stood and went to her desk in her study. It was a long walk in which she had the time to think out what she wished to pen to her sister.



Bella,

I am touched by your concern. I am in london also, perhaps we should meet. Do you know Le Repas? If you have some free time owl again and we'll settle upon a date.

-Daphne



She wrote in her perfectly controled way and then sent the letter using her sister's owl. Giving the bird a treat for it's effort.

With that depressing matter out of the way Daphne knew there was no more time to waste, she needed to unpack then she needed to plan.