❝ Sometimes I feel like I have changed into something unrecognizable, but then I see you, and the love I feel tethers me back to this earth ❞
Maiya was walking a fine line. On one side was safety; her brother and mother and love, but the other was c...
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ℑ was bored. That was the simplest way to say it.
With Azriel still healing, Cassian off in the war camps to the North and Rhysand busy doing High Lord things like finance and such, I had nothing to do. There was always the opportunity to go back to Hewn, but when I had suggested the idea to Firoh, he had all but banned me from going home, claiming that I needed time in the fresh air.
Thus, I had found a library, and was now hunched in a corner, making plans for strategies to use in the upcoming war, hoping that my brain would keep ticking over.
"She's in here." I paused, turning at the sound of someone else's voice. I hadn't expected company. I came face to face with Carasai. The golden eyed healer was rolling her eyes as she leant in the doorway. "Maiya, I've been looking for you."
"I thought you were in meetings."
"I escaped." Carasai pushed herself off the door, before looking over her shoulder and motioning for someone to follow. "She doesn't bite, I promise."
"Oh, I do." I corrected, grinning. "But only when I'm fighting."
"Please, do not terrify her anymore than she already is." Carasai pointed a warning finger my way as I sank back into my seat, watching the door. One of the drowned girls peered around the corner, her eyes wide as she saw me. The girl froze, dressed in a loose top and trousers, her hands trembling behind her back. "Aimee, this is Maiya, Rhysand's older sister. Maiya, this is Aimee."
"Which sister is she?" I questioned, pulling my legs further beneath me.
"The middle one." Aimee muttered, her voice quiet as she trembled.
"Are you scared?" I terrified her, and I knew it.
"Maiya." Carasai's tone was warning as she searched for more chairs. "Play nice. She was a human until a month ago. She is still trying to outlearn the fear that her kind has for us."
"Yes, but she's not a human anymore, she's a Fae."
"Precisely why she is trying to unlearn it." Carasai sighed, shooting me a look that said please play nice. "Aimee has developed an interesting power."
"Really?" I continued to watch the girl, who was shuffling from foot to foot, still trembling under my stare. "What would that be?"
"It-"
"She can tell me." I cut Carasai off, still watching the child ahead of me. "She has a mouth and a tongue, she can speak."
The room fell quiet, bar the crackling of the fire as I waited for Aimee to tell me what had happened. The girl was still trembling as she took another step into the room, and I supposed that Carasai and I were unfortunately intimidating. The golden-eyed healer radiated power, whilst I had a reputation that preceded me in a rather unfortunate way.
