ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏ ★ Acotar

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Opal was besides her as she gathered all of her things in a small bag and went to the roof of the house to winnow away.

She was not going to say goodbye, it was just going to make it harder.

However, as she was about to do it, rushed footsteps sounded from the stairs and then Azriel out of breath on the roof, he was sweating and he looked pale and even though he looked exhausted his wings never once brushed the floor.

"Kallista...what are you doing?"

"I'm leaving, Azriel" she sighed.

"But why?" His eyes were a bit crazed "We were okay this morning, what changed?"

She stayed silent for a minute before speaking only one name. "Elain"

He tensed as the name brushed out of her lips like a spring breeze, like the very same girl she spoke about.

"You spoke that name while you were injured, not mine, or even Mor's but you looked for Elain while you almost died"

"I didn't meant to, she doesn't mean anything to me, I mean I do care but-"

"Do you not or do you, decide" Kallista told him and he looked so desperate, agony stirred in his eyes like a mist.

"I care about her, but not in the way that you think-"

"Goodbye, Azriel" Once again she walks away from him but this time, he cries silent tears as her scent was cruelly taken from him by the spring wind.

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She winnowed straight to the Day Court with Opl by her side.

And instantly at the doors of his beautiful castle was Helion line he had sensed her arrive.

"My dearest friend, I thought you were away at the night court"

"I was, but now I am here" she stood in front of her best friend once again, the only person she needed. He looked at her and seemed to know what happened however he did not ask questions.

"Then I am glad you have come to me" he grabbed her hand and noticed the creature besides her. "Hello to you too, lovely Opal"

The wolf like creature barked and they laughed as they entered the doors of the sand castle.

"You are lucky I was about to open my special wine"

"I will consider myself blessed then" she laughed again, and Kallista felt like a child again, with Helion she always felt like it, giddy and excited.

They went back to their same rhythm as if the last fifty years had never happened, as if they were just drinking because their parents told them not too.

After a few drinks, they were smiling and laughing at everything while Opal played with something in the corner.

"I always forget how hot is here" with her hands Kallista grabbed at her hair in a makeshift ponytail, however she was startled when Helion gasped loudly. "What? Are you okay?"

"Wait..." he lifted her hair up again and trialed something at the back of her neck. "I forgot this was here"

"What?" She asked and he left to her two mirrors, he put one in front of her and the other facing the back of her neck, and there it was a golden tattoo of the sun. "What is..."

She remembered fifty years ago, just like this day, they had gotten drunk and promised to marry each other if they weren't already by this time.

"By the mother" she muttered.

"I think we should do it" he said and she turned to look at him like he was crazy. "Come on, we have nothing to loose, I am not married, you are not married, the council is telling me to get a Lady and you well...your situation is bad, no offense, and we've been friends forever, come on, please"

She thought hard for a while, even Opal noticed it and went to lay her head on Kallista's lap.

Helion was right, she had nothing to loose, she was currently homeless, exiled and she could t stay as a visitor in Day Court forever.

"Alright, let's get married, tonight"

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"Love is a powerful force, a powerful force that transcends forces we don't even know about. It is a connection that weaves though the very fabric of our mystical existence. Today, we witness the merging of two hearts and souls in front of our holy Mother"

Helion managed to get a priest late into the night, he was wearing elegant golden robes with his crown on his head, and Kallista was wearing a golden dress that spelled with every movement as if she was the sun herself.

"I am yours and you are mine, with you i am complete" they both said at the same time as they held each other hands.

"By the power of the old magic and the blessings of the fae, I know pronounced you bonded for all eternity. You may now seal the bond with a kiss"

She smiled and rose on her top toes before kissing him lightly in the lips as she felt a slight burning on her back.

And now she was Lady of Day.

END OF ACT III