A Court of Darkness and an Heir of Fire

Chapter 6

Dwayne

Her eyes. Cauldron save me. Her eyes are so beautiful, turquoise blue with a golden ring in the center of her pupil. She stares at everyone in the eyes and winks at my dad before turning and marching into the house as if it's her own and we are the ones intruding. My dad raises an eyebrow and looks over to me. Uncle Cassian is stuffing his fist into his mouth and trying hard not to laugh. "Let's go in.", my mom announces at last her lips twitching up. We walk into the house only to find a staring contest going on between Amren and Marion. Marion is already sitting on table with her feet on top of the table and a wine-glass filled with wine in her hand. She was smirking at Amren who was glaring daggers at her. Rhys cleared his throat and both of their heads snapped back to him. "Who's she?", Amren asked. "She's-", I start but I am cut off. "I like to make my own introduction .", she puts down her feet and then standing up on her feet she replies, "I am Marion Ashryver Whitethorn Galathynius , heir of the Throne of Terassen my home. I had the announcement of my coronation to be made today and so I went to find one of my attendants when I fell through a bloody whole and landed in an even bloodier place. Though this place is much better and beautiful.", she smiles and takes a long sip of her wine. She jerks her chin towards Amren and asks us, "Who's she?"."Amren, second-in-command to the High Lord""Hmm.."Cauldron. Dismissing Amren like that . This girl has got a death wish. "I think we should all eat first. People always make hasty decision when hungry.", I tell to no one is particular. Without bothering for their permission I sit down and start eating. While eating we ask her of her family which she answers as little as possible. Amren tells that she thinks she mistakenly jumped between realms and that she have not heard of any place named Terassen or Adarlan (one of the names of the places Marion used). I noticed that Marion kept on stealing a glance at Amren. After being halfway through our lunch Uncle Az excuses himself and saying that he needs to talk to his spies to find out if Marion could be sent back. Amren also goes to the library to find how she would send Marion whom she called , 'over-confident bitch' , home .Mor can make quick friends and soon she is taking with Marion . "Oh really?", Marion asks and Mor chuckles. They both look at me and I realize I have been staring too much at Marion. I jerk down my head towards the food and we all finish the rest of the lunch silently.                                                                                             *****************After eating my lunch when I am just going upstairs to my room I see Marion standing outside and staring towards The Sidra from the veranda of The House of The Wind. I smile to myself and approach her. "What is that water-body called?", she asks me without looking back. "The Sidra", I answer and follow her gaze looking towards the colorful sails on the Sidra river. It's waters sparkling under the stars. "Would you go out and see the City?", I ask her. At first she looks a bit suspicious but then it is replaced by the hunger to see the beautiful City of Velaris. I spread out my hand indicating her to hold it so that we can winnow. She puts her hand on top of mine and I wink at her before winnowing out of the House of The Wind to show her The Court of Dreams.