gold turns to rust // valentino + esmeralda
Jun 10, 2020 5:13:59 GMT -5
Post by я𝑜𝓈𝑒 on Jun 10, 2020 5:13:59 GMT -5
TURN YOUR BACK ON MOTHER NATURE
ESMERALDA SALAZAR
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLDEsmeralda is sitting on Valentino's desk in his office, legs crossed and smoking a cigarette, when her brother walks through the door. She raises an eyebrow when she looks at him and purses her lips, as if to say, You're in deep shit, Val.
She was visiting with Marina earlier, her favorite in-law, but decided to wait here for Valentino. Esmeralda has wanted to rip into him ever since she heard that he had spoken to Jacinta — that dirty blood traitor — again.
In a way, she can understand it. Jacinta is pregnant, and Valentino likely wants a relationship with his first grandchild. But that child will not be a Salazar. Jacinta might still have the name, but she is not one of them, and neither is the unborn child.
She renounced her family when she cut Valentino's cheek with a knife. Esmeralda still cannot believe that Valentino would even associate with his wayward daughter, let alone try to re-enter her life. If he is going soft like Luce, she is going to go mad.
"Val," she drawls, puffing a plume of ash-white smoke into the air, "what the fuck are you doing?"
Esmeralda taps the end of her high-heeled shoe against the wood of the desk. Her disappointment is written all over her face and seeps into her voice. She thought her brother was stronger, better than this. He is supposed to be their leader, the most devout follower of the Salazar creed, but he broke it.
"I heard through the grapevine that you're talking to Jacinta again," Esmeralda continues. She lets the cigarette burn in her hand. "Tell me it isn't true."
THIRTY-SIX| FEMALE | DISTRICT SEVEN
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