Lost To The World In Which The World Is Lost To You

Chapter 11

Noise!! The ballroom was filled with noise. Laughter, clinking of glass, music, dancing, heels taping, conversations going about, and last but not least the shifting of fabric.

Nyx sat on her birthday throne in between her father and mother. I know what you're thinking she's probably laughing, sitting up straight, conversating and having a good time right? Well you're not wrong but you're not technically right though either. She is smiling but it's fake, she's slouching, has her head in her hand. Bored and tired.

She's really just waiting for it to be 1 am so she could go to her room and sleep. Because tomorrow she knew she was bound to have a migraine from all the noise. But just as she thought that it couldn't possibly get any worse or noisier for that matter, she was called on for the royal gift opening.

:Nyx's pov: ugh she thought. Just because I'm a royal I get gifts from my people. they waste all their hard earned money on me, when they could be using it to better themselves.

:3rd person: Nyx was never really into gifts or receiving anything, even help. She was the hard headed type of stubborn and preferred to be alone, with the exception of close friends and family of course. But she just preferred to be alone when she had free time.

which wasn't often considering her job, and she was the maturest in the family, the most responsible, and was really good with her siblings. so she usually was left in charge of them, while her parents were on business trips.

But as the gifts were one by one passed to her, she opened one by one, looked at the card, read it allowed and said her thanks and would sometimes make an unprecedented joke.

Their unprecedented because she didn't really mean to say it .... Well at least not allowed. what she said about the people and gifts was the plain truth, the fact that she said them with little emotion, well maybe boredom but that's it. It made people laugh, at least that's what she thought.

She never really understood any of it. So gift after gift, card after card, unintentional joke after another, until she was done. Then it was done.

:Nyx's pov: "Cake time!!! Nyx did you hear the chiefs made you a fudge brownie and fresh strawberry cake." her 3 years younger sister Tia shouted. Oh lord nyx thought. Everybody knew that Tia was crazy about cake.

'Well we all have our favorite foods' Nyx mentally reasoned. 'It's the only reason the chiefs made me a fudge brownie cake. Fudge and brownies are my favorite desserts. And strawberries, especially fresh ones, are my favorite fruit.'

' I have no intention to sound so rude. And I do not wish a plague on those who helped create it, for I really do appreciate their work, and I am beyond thankful for them putting all their precious time in making me a personalized and delicious cake for my birthday'

She had now gotten through half of her gifts. And was now at the pile of presents from people close to her. She was passed a rather large gift. She read the card and found that it was from no other than Shadow himself.

She looked to her left and right searching for him. To her left and right were all the legends, her family members and close friends were standing. He was looking at her from the corner of his eye. She flashed him a smile.

She opened the rather large gift, that was a box that was basically full to the brim with nothing but books, some were her favorite genres while others were her favorite authors other books.

All different sizes, colors, thick, small, hardcover, and paperbacks. it Did not matter though, every single book was signed and each with a different small little note and signature on the inside of the cover.