Shine bright

Chapter 5

Nyx:

I wake up to someone screaming. No, it's not someone, it's Aneta. The screams are shorts and cutted off. Oh no. My mother and father are in Illyrian Mountains, Azriel is on mission, Elain is at Nesta's...shortly, no one is here.

I get on my feet in milliseconds and grab the closest knife and rash it to hallway, not caring that I'm just in my boxers. I begin to fly, my every instinct is screaming. Save her. Save her. Save her.

I feel the dark presence. It's like something that is sucking life from everything. Mom's painting seem so less colourful, the hallways are dark, almost lethal...

Another scream and my heart almost jumps out of my chest. I break the doors and see her, floating at least one metre above the bed, with closed eyes and shadows around her. It's like the shadows are observing me. I hiss at them and they dissapear and i run to Aneta and pick her up and her body goes limp in my arms.

Aneta:

I'm running for my life. I'm running and my lungs are collapsing and my heart is slowing, slowing too much, my thoughts are taken away...and then, here comes the unexpected comfort and warm.

I feel like my body is coming back, no longer tired from running and I can finally open my eyes. There is Nyx and I'm in his arms and he is frowning. I feel like I just have some terrible hangover and i strech myself in his arms and both od his eyebrows are raised up.

"What?"I ask him.

"You were just levitating, crying in shadows few minutes ago and now, you are just simply streching like nothing happened."
"And?"
"What do you mean'and'?"
"What's wrong with me stretching?"
He rolls his pretty eyes and I swear that I saw a stars, real stars in them.
"Fine."
"Fine," I repeat after him.
"Fine."
Now, his eyes actually narrow: "Are you sure that you are alright? Like really sure?"
"I feel...weird." He pulls me closer.
"How weird?"
"Like I just ran a marathon."
"That's....interesting way to feel."
"You have marathon here?"
"Of course we do. Another stupid question?" he asks, in his typical sarcastic mood again, but there is still worryness in his eyes.
"Why are stars in your eyes?"
He blinks few times. So this was clearly very unexpected question.
"It's just...in my blood. My father got the same ones. It's stupid question Anyways."
Something swirl in the corner of the room and Nyx immediately jumps into stand, but It's away before he could do something, but he still wave his knife i to shadows.
"You should sleep, I will watch over you for now."
"Never. How could I fall asleep when you are staring at me like some creep?"
"I'm not a creep."
"You sure?"
Nyx rolls his eyes and I don't really blame him.
"You know, you could get some clothes on."
I look at his perfectly defined sixpack and his muscles on the sides and ribs and his V-line. And those weird tattoos swirling on his chest and shoulder and neck. They reminded me of something but I can't tell what. I swear that even asshole like him blushed.

"You are right, tho I'm sure you don't mind me being like this," he tease a bi

"I definetly do. It's literally ripping my eyes out."He just waves with his ginger and his clozhes appeares. What the actual fuck?!

"I can't tell if you are starring at my gorgeus body, clothes or my magic."

"None of it 'cause it's super boring"

Liar. Something hisses in my mind and m face drops.

"What's wrong?" Nyx immediatly asks and even tho his eyes are on mine, I'm sure he is monitoring the whole room.

"Nothing," I answer, but not truthfully. I don't know why I just simply won't tell him the truth. Maybe because I just want to go back to sleep without running but in my bed in my home and I just want to tell my best friend everything and don't care about anything and just lay down and eat ice cream.