A Court of Heritance and Destiny

Chapter 10 Orion

He knew she was inside his room long before he got there. Etera sat on the window seal, the owl form perfect for the dark autumn night. He made sure to close the door and secure it before she shifted back to Fae. His sister looked exhausted, dark circles had started to form under her eyes, and her hair was unusually messy for a mission.

"Report." She asked with a sigh and sat down. "Do it quick, I need to get back."

"She has asked me to train her." Orion just said and got down opposite her. "And I plan to do my best."

"Good..." Etera dragged her hands over her face. "Ikarad is keeping an eye above you, but he will stay out of your way. Rhys is... Not happy, but we are trying to focus more on Dorothea right now. Distracting him from Freya." Orion nodded, it sounded like a plan.

"Feyre?" He asked, knowing that the High Lady might ask to come by soon.

"She is... Honestly, she is a pain in my ass right now." Orion huffed at the strong words. "I am serious, both her and Rhys are under some belief that I can be in five places at the same time. Here, down in Spring, looking for Dorothea and the healer that has helped Tamlin."

"That is only four." Orion said back, earning a look of pure death.

"I would like a night home with my mate. But no, for I need to go here twice a week to check up on you."

"I can report directly to Ikarad or Nyx." Etera stopped walking around, "You can tell them that I will make contact if they need to know anything."

"Good..." He saw how his sister took a deep breath. "Can I... Can I ask you to figure out what she knows about Dorothea? Anything is needed right now."

"Do you have any leads?"

"She is not in the Spring Court, or the camp in the Middle. I am looking into her family history, but most of it is destroyed." She sat back down, Orion noted how she once again had tingtend her belt, and with the heaviness over her like a boulder he was not surprised.

"I can ask around. When was the last time you had a full day's rest?" He moved his hand, and the cabin placed a bowl of porridge on his table. "Etera?" She just looked at him, the green eyes matted and tired.

"Before Freya was found." He handed her the bowl. "Ikarad has already given me his speech, no need to do another." Orion just shook his head in return.

"Eat this, and go back home, sleep, and wait until I have some answers from her."

"I will go through some of the archives..." He was surprised to see her eating the porridge without hesitation, meaning that she was only stressed and not hurting. "And maybe stay in the Middle for a while. If she comes by there later." Orion only sighed in return, knowing all too well that his sister refused to take a break. "After that... I don't know."

"I will do what I can from here." He assured her again.

"Just... Don't get too close to her." Etera warned, pointing her spoon towards him. "She is dealing with too much to handle a broken heart too."

"Is that what you think of me sister? That I will play around with Rhys' daughter?"

"You are alone with her, in one of the few places in this world that no one can enter uninvited. The last thing I want to deal with is an overprotective Rhys who thinks that you are sleeping with her."

"You are the one saying it." Etera just finished up her food and walked back to the window, without a word, she jumped out, disappearing into the forest outside. Leaving Orion with a train of thoughts so forbidden that he cursed himself for thinking them.