Beyond the Fairy Gate

Chapter 29

Nyline

It wasn't the terror trickling down her spine, or the fact that her throat was closing that woke Nyline up. No, it was the pounding in her chest that made her shoot straight up out of bed and look around the darkened room, one hand clutching her chest as if trying to keep her heart inside as the organ started to beat even harder. Then slowly, realization dawned on her that these weren't her emotions that were currently flooding into her system, making her feel as though she needed to sprint as fast as her feet could carry her. There was a moment as she tried to figure out what exactly she was feeling when the images of Thaul's throne room flashed in her mind in quick succession. The cracks in the marble columns, the knocked over chairs, and the chandelier that lay in the middle of the room, the crystal smashed into glass. Then, fractured images of darkling's, blood, and running flashed in his mind in quick succession.

Her mate. Her mate had finally landed back in the Aether world, that would be the only explanation.

The thoughts that were going through Nyline's mind weren't hers, the emotions of happiness, joy, fear, and worry. She realized slowly that she was in a memory, confusion flooded her mind as she tried to understand what was going on, who's memory was she in? She wanted to except from the memory however, she stayed. For some reason she wanted to see this memory. So, she sat back, allowing it to simply play in front of her. Watching it, more than living it.

The owner was talking to someone very far away. Telling them to breathe and that the other person was going to hyperventilate. She focused as she looked back at what was going on. She was getting flashes of Thaul's hallway, the person that the owner was talking to stopped outside a door and they warned against going that way. So, the other person took off as quickly as their feet could carry them. Their mind going a mile a minute. She kept getting flashes of hallways, doors, the feeling of panic and horror continued to seep deep into her stomach.

The owner moved then, jumping from their bed in a rush as they threw the covers to the side. They slammed his door open and not a second later each of the doors across from them opened just as quickly. It was then that she knew that she was inside Gabriel's mind because Delta, Adrenell, and Shanell looked at him, shock covering their faces. He turned and rushed towards the door Delta on his heels.

"Gabriel what's wrong?" She asked in a rush.

"Prepare to leave, we're going to Thaul now." He said in an even tone as he continued to rush down the hallway towards his parents' room.

"Alright, why?" He stopped and she stopped just inches from knocking into ohim.

"My mate," He said shortly, and her eyes grew wide. "She's at Thaul."

"What? How?"

"I don't know but we need to get down there," He paused as he watched his mate rush outside. He could see through her eyes at the snow landing on her skin. She had emotions rushing through her that he thought he understood. It was the joy of her soul finding his, though he could tell that she didn't understand what was going on.

"Gabriel?" Delta looked a little concerned. He split his focus and looked at her.

"I have no idea what's going on. Her panic woke me up. From the emotions it's like she literally just got dropped into the Throne room in Thaul." Delta's face lost a little color as she just gaped at him. He swallowed, "We're leaving as soon as I speak with my parent's. Everyone needs to be ready to run. We need to get there as quickly as possible." Delta only nodded as they started down the hallway at a faster pace. On the trip he had asked her to go inside and her remark back at him could only make him laugh, agreeing that she in fact didn't have to listen to him.