As Bryson slid the blade in between her ribs, he held her close caressing her hair with his hand gently . His heart shuddering as her hand came to rest behind his and push the blade forward, taking the action from his hands . She gasped softly as the pain came to an end, before hear heart could stop beating the room froze in place . The blade tip gently pressing to the walls of her heart .
The door slammed open and a man stood there, his eyes blazing black orbs as they moved over the room of people most whose faces were wet with tears . They came to rest on the head of white hair held in a man's embrace, blood dripping down from the blade in his hand . He knew instinctively this was why Keric had rushed to call him here, to this hall . If he had been moments later… he couldn't bare the thought .
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The Shadow King moved forward and gently removed his daughter from the frozen man's embrace . He removed his hand from the knife, sweeping her into his arms and carrying her to the bed, laying her down gently . The wound in her side was deep, and the blade was still buried in her flesh . He gently pet her hair and looked up at the sky .
"Sister I demand your aid . I beseech you, come to me . " He spoke aloud, the room still frozen in a realm between life and death . Within moments he saw the ravens gather at the window and with a flick of his wrist, the shadows opened the glass . The murder flew into the room and began to fly in the slowest of circles, slowly blurring into a shadow of their own . Within moments they picked up speed till they blurred away and dispersed . A woman suddenly stood quietly where they had once spun .
Breathless and suspended in this moment of time, she stood her deep black hair floating gently around her similarly to his own long hair . There were shadows on her pale skin where the moonlight cast fair light over her . Warm SIlver eyes were rimmed by long dark lashes that swept up and gave her eyes the appearance of the moon's with wings . Her long silver dress was carefully embroidered with feathers and skulls that danced in a unknown wind that seemed to swirl around her .
"My dear brother, it has been… Oh my Mother above what happened to my dear niece?" SHe demanded midway through the gentle greeting . She pushed him aside and ran a hand over her hair frowning . "I had no intention of meeting her till much later, after she had lived a full life . Esourting my nephews to you was hard enough . Why on earth is she like this now? What type of father are you? You are EVEN ON EARTH this time and nearly fail to protect your child . I swear you don't deserve such wonderful offspring . Kyera Mei, don't worry aunty is here . She won't take you yet . " The Goddess Reaper sat on the bed as she turned her attention to the child from chewing out her brother without a moment's hesitation . She ran her hands over her hair, barely touching the silver strands before moving down over her skin, pale white light humming beneath her palms . The Goddess who freed the souls from their bodies so the shadows could take them was also a healer . Balanced between death and life, she could save one as long as their bodies were not beyond repair . She searched for anything that would make it impossible to revive her niece .
"The blade cut deep into her ribs . With where it was situated… is there anything you can do? Has her heart been ruined?" He asked, unable to hide his terror from his voice . The Reaper looked concerned as she concentrated on the place where the blade had sunk the deepest . She surveyed the damage critically, knowing there was little she could do if it had even nicked her heart .
"Her heart is intact, though it is broken . Your ex has done so much damage to this little kitten, so has the one known as Verone . Both their names are carved into the walls of her heart . However, that should not be enough to stop me from healing her . " Reaper replied as she gently extracted the blade from her chest . "You will have to release the room, or my powers will have no effect . " She pointed out gently . They met each other's eyes and he nodded .
There was a soft sound of swirling winds as the shadows released the room . Instantly blood began to flow from the wound again, as the Reaper removed the blade and began chanting, the words that wich no human had ever heard before . The glow from her hands seeming to pour into the wound while confusion took the people in the room .
The King of Shadows turned to face Kyera's family, only the knowledge that she loved them staying his hand from staining this floor with their lives . "Someone had best explain to me why my only living daughter's life blood stains these floors or prepare for your own to join the pool . " He spoke softly, anger in his eyes .
Chapter end
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