688 Family Choices (1/2)
Kyera sat quietly, on the steps of the garden, looking out at the overgrown wilds it had become. Her eyes were dry now, but her cheeks were decorated with delicate tear trails. The cold teased those tear trails to freeze, but Kyera couldn't care less. She had no tears left to give by the time the door behind her opened, and a blanket fell around her shoulders. She caught the edges and wrapped it around herself tightly as an absent motion. Clovis sat down next to her, setting a hand on the blanket and rubbing in slow circles.
”Gale?” She whispered and he smiled.
”With Kendrick, fast asleep. For the moment, I think it would be best we focus on you, love. You have had a rough day. He's just fine now that he's back with us.” Clovis replied sliding that arm around to hold her. Kyera chuckled darkly.
”Yea not as rough as some.” She whispered and he nodded, considering this.
”Kyera, how did you know Gale would be…” he motioned to the garden in front of them. Her mind shot back to the wet breathy whispers of Verone's last words.
”Verone told me.” She took a deep breath and looked up at the stars the swirled over the clearing this house was built in. ”He said he remembered before it was too late. He loved me, and… he is alive. The only he that he could have meant was our son. Add in that he had said Gale was with my brothers when we fought the first set of Dark Ones, I took a chance and here we are.” Kyera replied motioning to the garden.
”So he was throwing them off… making the Dark Ones think he was dead.” Clovis had a whole new respect for the man now.
”Yes, and myself. I wouldn't have been able to call the shadows like that and open that portal otherwise. I had never tapped that potential before and now that I have… there's no going back.” Kyera admitted partially to him, but mostly to herself. She could feel the difference. The demigoddess power rushing through her veins, and her awareness of every thread of life around her and it's life force, good or evil, strong or weak, healthy or dying she could sense it all in a way she couldn't before. Not only that but the shadows and their deeds, both before and after death were revealed to her.
”What does that mean then?” Clovis asked, also aware there was something different about her. She sighed and leaned her head over to rest on his shoulder.
”It means You are no longer married to a shifter, but a Demigoddess. I can't cage this power again… or the law I submitted to when I used it. I am now a member of the Moria court along side My Father, My Aunt, and My Fallen Siblings.” Kyera replied sighing deeply. Clovis nodded and kissed her hair.
”What?” Kyera asked honestly dumbfounded at the words he had said. She almost asked him to repeat himself but stopped.