Luna

Chapter fourteen

Both men's faces held surprise at the sight of us. Who could blame them? They haven't been gone all that long and in the time they were things had changed. Abney had gone from human saviour to human lover in under a month.

Before any words could be spoken, Shaè broke from us and ran towards Cassidy. The Fae didn't look all that surprised when Shaé let tears fall freely from her eyes. The vampire clutched the Fae from the side and refused to let go. "I thought you were critical!" Shaé hollered at Cassidy. Cassidy just shrugged and added "I was critical for a human being, not a Fae." Cassidy mused, her words light, but they held back deep emotion.

"Why are you in a wheelchair ma chérie?" I enquired and walked to my wives. Xavier and Adrian simply stood watching over Abney. Cassidy looked pained for a long moment, then reverted her gaze to her lap where she picked absently at her dress.

Then I saw the tears fell onto her delicate fabric. "The doctors say I will never be able to walk again..." she whispered, holding back more emotion than ever before. I crouched in front of my red haired beauty as Shaé back up a bit, shell shocked. "I'll kill them... I'll kill them all..." I promised lowly in my throat. My hands glided over hers, trying my best to comfort her in some way. Tears kept streaming down the gentle Fae's face.

My heart broke with every half-beat it took.

I stood abruptly then and turned to look at Abney. Her own face was streaked in tears and a pang of regret fell into my soul for letting her get this close to all of us. "You will leave tomorrow at once." I ordered. She nodded simply and walked to Cassidy as well. Cassidy was the first woman Abney had fallen in love with, so it broke her just as much. She placed a soft kiss on the Faerie's hair. I turned my back to them and stared the two men down.

I heard my wives leave to the kitchen and I straightened my back even more. "Why have you returned so early?" my voice was cold and flat. "We brought news from America and we thought Cassidy would be more comfortable at home." I nodded slowly as Adrian finished of. "Well? What news did you bring?" I hurried them along. "51 sups had disappeared in the span of three months. Making it 17 per month, a new record." Xavier answered and looked to the floor.

"Is that all?!" I asked, my voice clipped and hard. Adrian walked to me, his face à mask and his chest centimetres from my face. He looked down to me, as he was 30cm taller than I was, and his eyes were plagued. "There is another thing, Luciana. It has been confirmed that the Black Guard joined the Light Jade in their quest. They are coming to South Africa to find you as soon as possible."
My eyes must have betrayed the fear that burnt at my being because Adrian wrapped his string arms around me. I collapsed into them, letting the warmth of his soul wash over me. The tension in his coiled arms were clear as day as they flexed against my skin. For the first time in a long time I felt weak and tired. And utterly lost. The Black Guard would stop at nothing to get to me and I knew that now. Adrian stood back and let my frame go, letting Xavier step forward. He gently kissed my lips and presumed to stand beside Adrian again.

"Please leave me for now, I need to be alone for a while." I murmured, my voice nearly cracking. They both gave me concerned looks but gave a curt bow and left. My mind reeled at the information they had given me.

When it was just a rumor, there was a possibility it wouldn't be true, but now that all was confirmed, dread and reality had clutched me with all their might. A sudden longing for my people and parents swept over me, making me burst through the front doors and run into the garden. Flying would be very risky right now, so I stuck to the ground but kept my eyes firmly on the moon.

Tears rushed down my own cheeks, warming them in a very unpleasant way. Crying had never been appealing to me, but now it came as a relief. Pent up anger, sadness and frustration washed over my skin in a rain of emotions.

I was alone. I was the last of my kind. The last of a dying specie. No one before me has ever consummated with a human or another supernatural, so in no record did I know what would happen if I did. Hurt flashed red and shining at the back of my skull and another sob wracked my frame.

I plunged to the ground, my hands clutched around myself across my chest. My ribs collided with the hard earth and there I lay, my black cat suit taking on a tinge of brown. Never before had I been this scared and alone, even when my family stood behind me. But I knew they would never understand.

If the Black Guard had joined with the Light Jade it wouldn't be long before news spread of what I truly was. Fear would grip the nations as a thousand year old fable became a stark reality. Just as I have finally reached a balance of sorts with my people.

The cold washed over me, like a blanket brining comfort to the one in need. The night had been such a success before I had seen the rest of my family. Before I saw Cassidy torn up because of something that I had started. Sadness was a blinking truth as it took hold of me.

Another yearning to see my parents, to have them close, to guide me ripped through me and for the first time I cried for them. For my people. For all the lives that dissipated into nothingness because one group of people couldn't handle others being different.

With a sharp inhale, I stood up. My tears had dried up and my cat suit was as it should have been. I smoothed my hair back, into its tame perfection and took another deep breath. My pulse stabilised. For another moment I just stood there, motionless, until a dark figure walked towards me from the shadows of the garden in front of me.

Her form was hazy and transparent, like a ghost trying very hard to stay in this reality. Raven's black hair hung in front of her naked breasts down to her bellybutton and I admired the contours of her skin.

She was astral projecting. "Where are you, my dear?" I asked, softly, wiping the last traces of remorse from my face. "I am still in Paris my love, but I will join you soon. Just keep fighting." her voice sounded broken and jagged, but melodic at the same time. Longing hit my chest. "You are stronger than all your people combined. Keep faith." she breathed her last words, a wind came and swept her image away.

But oddly enough... She was just what I had needed.