The Lost Artifact of Sira

Chapter 17 - Moonlit

"The thing that has broke my horn was men with pale eyes. I believe the ones that sent us into that nightmare." Orion admitted. They had both been within an embrace still, Lyra stopped crying but never let go. Orion noticed but hadn't moved either.
Lyra inhaled roughly.

"Those men, they seem familiar even after the shard incident." Lyra spoke outwardly, hoping to catch something within him.

"They're called the MarksMen of EverGlade." Orion's voices seemed to make Lyra shake.

All emotions penetrated her mind space. She jolted back and looked him within the eye, making sure he was being serious.

  "They're real! They're real!" Lyra yelled and jumped up and stood upon the bed and before Orion. "It wasn't me that started that fire! It was them! They set me up!" Lyra kept yelling she was overjoyed with anger and happiness. Orion yanked her legs down, making her fall upon him. Orion had only tried to quiet her but the wind was knocked out of him as soon as she tumbled upon him. Lyra almost rolled off him in surprise but was stopped by his arm around her.

  "That didn't go well." Orion laughed.
  "What were you trying to do?!" Lyra was amused.
   "Trying to shut you up! Eden -"

  "Eden! We haven't checked on her!" Lyra yelled in a whisper.
   "We've been speaking at a normal voice for more than an hour I don't think we need to whi-"
"Shh!" Lyra places her finger on his lips, she's on top of his torso, straddling him. Orion lets his hand fall in defeat and perks his ears slightly as did Lyra. The house was silent. Eden wasn't making a sound like usual.
"Never mind." Lyra withdrew her finger from his lips and lowered her her ears slightly. After a moment or so, she had noticed her position. Her face flared in a heat of read and dashed off of him. She did everything she could to get her mind off it.

So instead, she gazed upon his horns and knew that these men were powerful.
  "Why would they attack you Orion? I don't even know why they came after me-"
  "I know just as much as you." Orion intruded her words, meaning he had been nervous. Lyra didn't know how to respond, she knew he was lying.
  "They came to you personally." Lyra started.
   "Just like you." Orion reminded her.
  Lyra didn't like his remark.
   "In the beginning and you're just now telling us? We could have figured this out ages ago, Orion!" Lyra now stands before the bed, pacing around the room. This left an unsettling atmosphere to the room.
  Orion sat up in a cross cross upon the bed, watching her every move.
   "Orion." Lyra stopped and looked him dead in the eyes. "You're lying." Lyra wasn't playing around, she hates liars.
   Orion looked away from her gaze and stiffened his features, more information to spill could only lead to disaster, right?
   Orion hadn't responded.

   The front door to the cabin opened with loud steps sprinting through the house.
   For the first time in a long time, Eden's portion of the House has made noise.
   Orion told Lyra to stay in place, aware that there is possible danger.
   As Orion opened the door, a cold draft hit their bodies. The front door and Eden's has been open plus empty.
   Lyra searched for Eden but found her outside.
   From a distance, A white head of hair had been standing before Eden. Eden had been sobbing with no shoes underneath her feet. Emphoria had a worried look upon her face, but no anger. The grass swayed and glimmered in the moonlight, including Emphoria's luminous hair.
     Orion caught on to Lyra's gaze, they both watched from inside the cabin.
    Their speaking was inaudible from their point of view.
    Before they knew it, Eden tackles Emphoria was a full hug. Emphoria immediately hugged back.
    Lyra smiled while Orion retreated back to his room. "I'm going to sleep." Orion closed the door behind him. Lyra sighed and sat upon the nearest chair and awaited Emphoria and Eden to return to the cabin themselves.
    Lyra had some thinking to do before Orion awakes.