Emberborn

Find Me

"She won't survive much longer, Fallon. Technically, she's not supposed to be alive at all..."

Strange, I have never heard that voice before.

My eyelids were too heavy for me to open. The serene call of sleep was too tempting for me to deny.

My body was so feeble, I didn't care if the nightmares followed me. I needed to give my body a break before I endured any more torment. Deeper and deeper I sank into the blanketing shadows.

When I opened my eyes, I was engulfed in darkness, not able to see much, but that didn't bother me, for I knew this place very well.

This was a place my mind would wander to in order to escape my imprisonment.

The in-between.

I found comfort in this darkness, I let it breathe through me, relaxing me.

"Seraphina..."

I snapped my head around, looking for the source of the unknown voice. But when I turned to the left, following the echo of the raspy whisper, I saw lights flickering in the distance.

This was something new and I would be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to find out what it was.

My damn curiosity.

"We should have killed her years ago. We should have just ended her along with the rest of her family, but no, you just had to have her."

I knew that murderous voice anywhere.

Zane.

It echoed around me, not originating from any particular source. The things that come out of Zane's mouth normally don't faze me, but something he said took a stab at my heart.

My family.

I dropped to my knees, water splashing below me, as the words replayed in my head.

I-I had a family...

I was loved,

I was cared for.

If he wanted to end me along with the rest of my family, then does that mean they are dead?

I felt hot prick at the back of my eyes, a hollowness filling my chest, a deep pit of sorrow twisting in my stomach, longing for the family I have forgotten.

Did I have a mother? Did I have a father?

What about a sister, or a brother?

Could I have a twin?

Oh how badly I wanted to remember their faces, how their laughs sounded, a mother's kiss, a father's embrace.

My cheeks soon grew wet from my salty tears. I wanted answers to my past, my life that was stolen from me and replaced with this hell.

I wanted to know why, why did they deserve to die?

Why did I deserve to be ripped apart from them?

Why can't I fucking remember?

"Phina... Please, I know you are out there," a deep voiced pleaded.

"Sister, please...

"find me."

Sister?

A mechanical laugh echoed around me. I froze, looking upwards. I knew that laugh.

The only person who can send shivers down my spine and make my legs so weak just by the sound of his voice.

Yes, I resented the man for many reasons and knowing that he may have played a hand in my family's death only intensified it.