Obsidian Eyes and Crystal Wings

Chapter 18 Gray

Imno's POV

I lay in bed reading letters of importance from my ever growing family and followers. Annoying brother Arvin is attempting to check in on me and my mother sent me a letter with similar intentions. The arch fey also sent me some letters on updates for what is going on in their lands. The day court is suffering a small pledge but they will get over it.

I hold the unopened purple sealed letter in my hand. The seal's Symbol is of my family seal. A swirl in the center of the seal with three wolf heads above and three claw marks below. Our family's eye pattern, father's symbol at top and mother's battle paint pattern at the bottom.

I'll let Cora have a few days to spend with her friend and process everything. I'll wait till the end of this week probably. It will also give my heart time to calm down and heal from yesterday afternoon. Cloy l again woke me up this morning but didn't drag me out of bed today. I also finally cleaned up the collar prank Jacer left me.

A knock on the door snaps me from spacing out. Cloy walks in with my medicine tea. He walks in and sets it on my bedside table.
"Here you go master. You didn't take your meds on time yesterday and we will not make that mistake today." He says to me.

I open the seal on the letter. My family only uses purple wax on our seals when a time limit is involved. Black or swirl mix when not too important. They really do like being flashy.

"Your siblings?" Cloy asks.
"Apparently." I reply.

Dear Imno Xyva Lokin
I hope this letter finds you quickly and well. My ship is flying by your Astral system soon. I wanted to stop by and say hello before solstice but that will up not happening. I'll come by as soon as I can to drag your introverted ass from that cramped and cooped up sky castle.
The reason why I label this letter in purple is simply my attempt at getting your attention to prepare for my arrival since you never seem to bother reading unimportant messages until days after you get them. Knowing you, you probably procrastinated a day before reading this.
Love and tolerate your favorite sibling Alex.

I want to call her out and tell her she isn't my favorite but then she would just say something stupid. I hate all of them equally.
Cloy hasn't left yet. I take a sip of my tea. Thankfully that nothing has acted up yet this morning, not mental or medical.

"Cloy you can leave now." I say to him. I don't want to think too much on conversation right now. I don't want to face anything inside me right now.
"Yes, call me when you need something." He says with a slight bow.
"Always." I reply.

He leaves my room and I'm still left with a stack of letters. I sense Cora in the dining room below me but I don't dare reach into her mind like I did yesterday. That I feel was a bit of a violation despite it only being a common telepath spell.
I spend my entire morning in bed, drinking my tea, reading and replying to letters. When I'm hungry I just summon a cookie or some cheese and crackers into my hand from the kitchen.

—Several days pass—

Cora's POV

Alone in the kitchen standing over the sink with my very messy attempt at cooking noodles. I had found a jar of soup seasoning and a jar of preserved broth so I wanted to try it. I am making a mess because I have no idea how I'm supposed to eat noodles this long. I don't think I used the right pasta noodles.

I'm happy for the few days that fey granted me to spend with Zital. I've almost spent almost a whole week here now. It is going to be the day of Moon tomorrow. It is kind of funny how we got to spend the summer solstice on the day of Mars. I have no idea what Mars is but from what folklore I've heard is it was a red star in the sky long before this world had life. The day of Saturn has a similar story which was yesterday. I don't really know how to feel about today being Sunday.