Where Light Meets Dark - The King (Sequel) [slow updates]

Freedom.

Both mental and physical, it's something Night and Sunray have scarcely known throughout the years of their relationship. Mentally, they were forced to stick to the infamous rule of keeping their identities secret from all--friends and enemies. Physically, the barrier between light and darkness kept them from touching each other under normal circumstances. Both walls were even harder than normal because they were the first of nine pairs of gem holders to fall in love.

Until everything changes in a single day.

Surrounded by shocks at every angle--the discovery of Tizian's survival, the unexpected defeat of Preciser, meeting an unlikely friend, becoming conscious lovers, identities being revealed at last--Alex and Jakira find themselves facing a new enemy, barely after the defeat of the old one. This new enemy seems more clever, more intimidating, more unpredictable, and more unsettling than Preciser had ever been. Life becomes more difficult than ever before, and both teens can't help but feel that this entire ordeal will leave them both changed forever.

TWs: depression, violence, near-death sequences, PTSD episodes, panic/anxiety attacks, SEVERE anxiety, mentions of suicide/suicidal thoughts