2/16/2024, 8:01 PM
Though nothing more than an illusion, Amaris could feel the breaking and rebuilding of bone and sinew. It was a lie that had chewed its way to his core, nibbling and scrambling for any light inside the moon-kissed child, and at the utterance of his admittance, a new breath appeared to hold his lungs steady. A moment of relief, but only short, as his sister's breath hung heavy beside his own. It was her touch, however, that offered a significant reprieve from the damage and weight of the feelings his body endured.
He leaned into her touch, even as the cold shiver of something dark crept its nail-bitten hands across his spine.
They could not breathe a word of this to anyone within Elysium walls, not to Amaya, not their mothers, not even their other siblings. No one could know the fraud that Amaris now became—no one and not a soul.
He nodded along his golden sister's breath, acknowledging the promise in which they held but offering no voice of his own. It appeared even the weight of the admittance could not bring Amaris back to the world of speech.
He matched her gaze; however, silver warring with gold as a loving determination took hold of the pain behind his eyes. Together, she said, and he nodded. A chin dipped in silent thanks as he rose to his paws, waiting for Aelia to lead the way.
He leaned into her touch, even as the cold shiver of something dark crept its nail-bitten hands across his spine.
They could not breathe a word of this to anyone within Elysium walls, not to Amaya, not their mothers, not even their other siblings. No one could know the fraud that Amaris now became—no one and not a soul.
He nodded along his golden sister's breath, acknowledging the promise in which they held but offering no voice of his own. It appeared even the weight of the admittance could not bring Amaris back to the world of speech.
He matched her gaze; however, silver warring with gold as a loving determination took hold of the pain behind his eyes. Together, she said, and he nodded. A chin dipped in silent thanks as he rose to his paws, waiting for Aelia to lead the way.
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Aelia is allowed in all Amaris's threads, private or not
