Feather Star

chapter 9

The sun broke through like a glistening citrus star, the duvet cover wrinkled with lazy movement. This time Brielle had a dreamless sleep, visions of Adam kissing her vague in her memory. Beautiful dream. Blackbirds chimed outside the whispy silk curtain. Brielle opened her eyes,hair streaming behind her on the cloudy pillow. Adam had kissed her, twice. No. She recalled a third kiss whilst she was in sleep. Adam. Where was he?

Panicking she sat up remembering the last nights events. He had kissed her, the sleeping beauty. A warm glow had spread through every atom of her body. Then. he left. Desperate and longing she ran and kissed him back, the glow growing stronger. They stood like this for a while before commencing the kiss in an elegant embrace. He went to leave. She had to accept to let him go but something didn't let her. She reached for his hand dreamily and he took it willingly. That night they slept together in a hazy embrace, just talking and the lazy kisses until they fell asleep. He left her. He left her first light of day. Heartbroken, she tried to pull herself together for the day ahead.

Return home already, return home today. Luther. She couldn't. Without Lasky she didn't know what to do, so she spun silently in the room, looking at the cieling. Home. Where was it? She stopped spinning looking straight ahead at her bedside table. A light turquoise box lay there. Walking towards it she noticed there was a silver feather and cubic zicrona heart on the lid. My transformation. Who had sent it? Well, she knew who. Should she open it after he had just abandoned her? Hesistating as she did, traced every line of the delicate feather. Beautiful. She opened it, there was a note inside. Adam. What excuse had he got?

My heart flies with your beauty,

Something no worth losing.

Today i shall be called a knight,

So please don't leave me and have dinner with me tonight. Adam x

Forgetting all her anger her heart fluttered. Adam loved her. She loved him back, there was no denying it. Looking deeper in the box she found a locket and held it to the citrus light. Silver feathers. Silver feathers had been melted into a locket. A pearl was inside. Looking closer she saw glistening glittering dust the colour of the world. My transfornation. She could change when her emotions allowed her thats why Phillip had wanted to see her change. She put the locket around her neck and gazed deeply into the mirror. This was it. This was her own locket of life now.

'You'll be spending the day with the queen today miss.' Lasky bounced into the room.

'Thank you Lasky.'

'You found your locket then miss? Phillip had to do a few tests on you when you were asleep after you fell here. He knew you could change, last night was the first confirmation.' Thats why he needed me to fly.