The Omega Princess

Chapter 37

PLEASE READ AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE BOTTOM IT'S IMPORTANT!!! 

I knew I was back in my world as soon as I felt the wind. The underworld had been disturbingly still besides the chilling echoes of pain but here I could feel the merciless wind slip around me, tempting me from unconsciousness. For a moment I could not open my eyes, images were imprinted on their lids and all I could do was stare at them completely lost. 

None of it made sense, Tristan had said that the images would show me unbearable truths. Yet where was the truth in that? I didn't love Kai and I certainly didn't want to be in that kind of situation with him. Still I had seen it and I could not remove the thought from my head, what did it mean? 

With a slight gasp I opened my eyes, desperately wanting to escape both the sight and the thoughts of the last vision. Tristan had been right, the Mirror and its revelations would play on my mind for longer than any burns might.  

Staring up at the dusky blanket of sky, my mind lingered on Kai. Memories flashed through my mind from the moment we had first met to last night when he had reached out for my hand. A felt a frown mould onto my face when I thought about the day our mates had chosen us, for a single moment in time I had really thought he was going choose me. It had made me feel uncomfortable and afraid but now I wondered what would my life had been like if he had chosen me? 

I shook my head in frustration unable to picture myself with anyone but Dale. Of course Kai was strong, wise and mysterious but I was never really relaxed in his presence, he put me on edge something I rarely felt when I was with my mate. Groaning I slowly lifted myself from the ground, taking in my surroundings. 

This was not Meridia. It was a vacant field of grass and persistent weeds with no one in sight. I shifted, slowly standing up, relief washing over me when I realised that I was in no pain at all. I had thought that travelling back to Earth might be as painful as entering the underworld had been but it seemed not. All my scars has ceased to exist and my body felt as though it had been rested for months. 

I couldn't help but feel annoyed however as I looked down at my attire as beautiful as the black dress was it was in no way suitable for the journey and I had no more supplies, I doubted that Kai and Dale would either. If they were even... 

But they had to be Tristan had told me to hurry that they were close to breaching the underworld and that if they did he could not guarantee their return. Where they might be I could not know, which meant there was a high possibility that they might think that I was still trapped. 

I gathered the front of the dress and did a full turn, until I saw the moon faded yet glowing against the darkening sky. With a prayer murmured under my breath I walked in its direction, hoping that the Goddess would be my salvation. 

As I walked I noticed that my senses had returned to me, but still I could not begin to guess what it was that I had gained from the third piece. I knew that I had gained something I could tell, there was some kind of energy buzzing through me no doubt emphasised by the moon but it was there, jumping from under skin and surging through my blood like a mighty wave.  

Perhaps it was not something physical, maybe even something my body was not yet strong enough to handle. Either way I was glad I had it, I was strangely comforted by it. It made me feel that little more secure even as I wandered through this bland landscape all alone.  

As the moon's shine began to dim the plain field approached the edge of a rocky range, the grey stone jaggedly driving between some invisible boundary. Or perhaps one that was not so invisible. Even from here I could see the glittery trail of moonshine that separated the two habitats. I blinked sure that this was a trick of the light but it was not, as clear as day there was a boundary which separated each blade of grass from every shingle.