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Unveiled (MLL)

With each mile that he passed with his car his anger turned from fury to a blinding fire to a pitch black pit of chaos. And yet the pitch black chaos was too small a word as further ahead he went, until there he stood in front of ‘Manerium Somniorum’ The manor of dreams. Standing at the gates his anger dissipated to a form of fear and melancholy. Christian knew it like he knew the back of his hand that these emotions were his. Whatever he was feeling was an aftermath of what the manor was listening in on. The walls were screaming the story that unfolded between their bricks as the windows tried to leap open, over powered by the yearning need for some kind of a void. An escape from what unfolded. The gate of the manor seemed barred from reality. Acutely preoccupied by the nightmare. Participating and escaping every word the manor screamed. Time did not exist beyond these gates. No what was left behind was simply the shadow of broken hearts. With each second that passed Christian watched a darkness descend upon the manor as thick mists of clouds and shadows formed. Untouched was the reality outside the gate but inside Manerium Somniorum dreamed. Dreamed of a heartbroken man. Echoed of an unquenchable thirst. Begged for her return. Pulling every reality into it in its desperation, whispering and moaning Christian or anyone that dared to watch to enter. Enter their dream. Dream their love. And bathe in their despair as a symphony lulled Christian into a heavy sleep. With each ticking minute the manor seemed to draw further and further away, without even realizing his eyes had closed and his body was mesmerized by her. By them. It played out again like a song, starting with a verse. A look. A pair of eyes. A shadow. As translucent darkness shone brightly around a man and interlaced with his soul. And there she stood. It was her form and her face and yet her eyes betrayed who she was. A conscious thought metaphored into her existence, standing right there under the soft glow of his lantern. Christian was the prince and the prince was chaos as their fell in love for the first time. As their skin felt the fleeting graze of her smile and their ears heard the soft whisper of her gown tease the ground. There all three souls stood as one falling in love with the same form and yet a different woman. "We were never meant for tomorrow ..." She said with a trembling voice as her hand reached out for his, so close and yet much like their fates all there was between them were dreams.

taipan · Urbano
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Chapter 24

Hours had passed before they found Athena floating unconscious on the surface of the lake where they had first started to look for her. Daniel was the first one to spot her. Scared he ran into the water to what he assumed was Athena's corpse, for the Sarrafas would never let a victim go. And the Aliqua did not know how to use her powers to save herself. Her powers must have activated of that Daniel was sure, but they would not be much help in the realm of Sestiphis, for the Sarrafas was not a living creature. It was spec of memory. A broken reflection of the past. Nothing and no one could beat it other than the purest form of innocence. And the Aliqua was not a child to hold the kind of innocence that could turn a Sarrafas. 

Daniel gathered her maroon hair and turned her floating body over to gather her in his arm and carry her out of the water. Upon placing her down on the floor he noticed something. 

Athena's chest was raising and falling as if she was simply sleeping. Daniel leaned in closer touching her ear to her heart. And there it was, a miracle, the Aliqua was alive. 

"Arsenio, Freda!" Daniel called out.

"I have found her. And… and…"

The two came to where Daniel sat and looked at Athena with the same marveled look as that of Daniel. She was alive and peacefully sleeping…

How was that possible?

They said nothing to each other; Arsenio simply picked her up and carried her to the tent. Freda changed her clothes and they let her sleep. Wondering what had happened…

Athena could not remember anything about the previous night when she woke up. They realized that soon enough when Freda asked if Arsenio and Athena had found the chateau, to which she grumbled in disappointment. 

They all decided to not speak about it until whatever happened posed a problem to them. 

They got lucky, and that was what they wanted to believe until proven otherwise.