From Shadow to Light - Book Ten

Ch. 5- Day and Night

"If I told you about the darkness inside of me would you still look at me like I'm the sun?"

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I did not have time to pack all of my stuff from Guinevere's house because Erebus was close. His shadows whispered to my sunlight like a couple of teenagers sneaking out at night, despite knowing he tried to kill me. The only clothes I brought home were a couple of Amias's sweaters that smelled like him and my favorite sneakers, while Emmeline grabbed Chanel. The cat was not too enthused that we were moving again, hissing at the boys even despite being carried by Emmeline. Such a grumpy cat. When we were all set to leave, I created a rift in Ambrosia while I notified my family we were coming.

As soon as we all launched into the rift, my uneven breath started to calm down a little. Vincent was the last to go into the rift in case someone was behind us and once we were all in Ambrosia, I closed the rift with the help of my siblings and parents. All four stood in our family living room with frightened stares. Mostly directed at me for my torn armor and bloodied face that I did not have time to clean. It was the middle of the night so my mother wore simple black leggings and a tank top, whereas my father had on a black robe over his pajamas. I did not think Kalama had gone to sleep yet because she was wearing jeans and a T-shirt. Aeson was barely waking up, I can tell, because he was trying to keep them open but still analyzed me to see if his younger sister was okay. I was not entirely sure if I was, to be honest. "He almost found me," I confessed, my voice hoarse from lack of blood and energy. "That bastard sent three hundred of his fucking creatures after us. We were outnumbered and I had to use my powers."

My father clenched his jaw, most likely thinking of numerous ways to kill Erebus for trying to kill me again. "As long as all of you are safe, that is all that matters," he said. "We are safe in Ambrosia. It is the only place he won't find you because he does not know where it's located. Sweetheart, are you okay?"

I nodded, then I turned toward my twin siblings. "Happy early birthday, you two. I hope I didn't crash anything," Truth is, I was too exhausted to explain anything that happened in the last two hours. All of my energy was drained from using my sunlight and creating the rift in my Kingdom. I wanted to curl up in my bed and sleep for about a week.

Aeson walked up to me and wrapped his arms around me, making me sink into his icy exterior. Kalama did the same, her fiery embrace making me want to close my eyes and sleep for a long time. They were my twin pillars; holding me up when I could not do it myself. This is the one thing Erebus could not take away from me. He can force me to marry him and make me into a Goddess, but he will never have a family. He will never have siblings that will love him unconditionally. Even if I fought with my brother and sister, I know they will undoubtedly have my back. And I will have theirs. From death to life. Back then, I did not understand why Aeson kept us at a distance or Kalama focused all her attention on raising Nyra, but now I do. They lost people they love the same way I did six months ago. Kala watched Jesse Davenport sacrifice himself for her and Aeson was not allowed to be with Vivienne. But he still found a way for him to see her throughout the years. Well, not anymore since he ended the relationship with her. All three of us were Royal fuckups, that's for sure. We were powerful, yes, but all we wanted out of immortality was those we love and we could never have that.

We pulled apart and I grinned at both of them, adjusting the bag on my shoulder filled with Amias's clothes I stole from him. "We should probably get settled upstairs." From what I could tell between Luc and me, we were exhausted and needed to sleep. To drink a couple of bags of blood.

My mother turned toward my father now, a smile on her lips. "I don't know, Sebastian. Should we give it to her now or wait a few more years?"

The great King Sebastian Breevort grinned back at her, then turned toward his youngest daughter. My eyebrows shot up at what they were talking about, making me want to go inside their minds and find out. "Soari, we wanted to wait until things were better...but since all of you are going to stay here until we find a way to get rid of Erebus, I figured all of you would need your own place. You know, to do whatever without your parents around." I turned my head to face my friends in awe, all of them seemingly surprised by my father's generosity. But seriously, he does love to give his family goddamn buildings so I expected him to give me one eventually. Though I never cared what I called home, as long as the people I loved were beside me. "Your mother named it the Solis House for you. It's located on the outskirts of Ambrosia right next to the sea."