If you haven't read book 1, you won't have a proper understanding of this and might get unnecessary spoilers...
Lyra's POV:
"I can't believe this is how you live everyday" Nadia laughed.
She had finally decided to come visit.
Not a whole lot has happened since the war against the demons.
For one, all the lands have been at peace.
Bloodlake is still uninhabited.
Since we still don't know what could be lurking there. The humans were evacuated.
Some were brought here to Noie.
Others said they wouldn't leave their home town; so, we placed a spell that wouldn't let them get close to the castle or the pit.
Asides that; there isn't much to be done.
I spoke to the other leaders not to treat humans too harshly; unless they deserve it and humans should donate their blood to keep the peace.
That way everyone is happy; sort of.
Back here, we've been living our lives like we usually do.
Training isn't as intense.
The triplets have grown stronger these few months. In magic and combat.
The entire environment feels so refreshed and new.
It was like a totally new beginning. Jackie has been trying to cope with Sam's death and all.
Though she never stopped working.
Because of our intervention, she doesn't work as much as she wants to.
Her bump has become evident and we all tease her about being fat.
She doesn't like it when we say that, but we don't really care and make fun of her anyways.
Asides Sam, I've never seen her so in love with someone before.
She subconsciously sings while rubbing her tummy.
We find it cute that such a hard headed character would have such a soft spot.
This child is going to be everything to her; I can tell. I had offered to help with her sight.
Not to totally eradicate her blindness, but to make her see just as much as she needed to.
I felt I needed to do that because she would be a mom soon.
I couldn't imagine her not being able to see her own child.
She took up on my offer and now she could see just as much as she needed to.
Though her eyes still look mostly white but the blue can be seen, not really well but it can.
I had invited Nadia to spend time with us, outside the castle.
She found our ways weird at first but she enjoys it now. To an extent.
She and Eri spoke to each other for a significant amount of time, since they hadn't seen themselves in such an amount of time.
She has been really marveled about basically everything about this city.
It gave off a totally different aura than the Redlake castle.
"it only seems fun when you're not inside the ring getting your ass handed to you" Jaja groaned while stretching.
He had just finished a sparing match with Rayhan; who came from behind him, hitting the back of his neck.
"Language" he smirked. Jaja was on the brink of crying.
Guess he was hit a little too hard for his own good.
"Rayhan, stop being so hard on him" Eri kissed Jaja on his forehead and his face turned bright red.
There was a goofy boyish smile on his face.
Rayhan hit him again and his joyful expression vanished.
"what was what for?" he whined, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Eri kissed you instead of me, that's enough reason" he grumbled.
"well if that's the case…" she walked up to him and kissed him on the lips.
It wasn't so long but it was really intimate.
I could have sworn I saw his tongue go down her throat.
"are you happy now?" Eri smiled as they detached.
"I am; but this isn't over" his voice was really low.
A blush crept on Eri's face.
"that was really disgusting" Jaja gaged and Rayhan hit him again.
Me and Nadia couldn't stop laughing at their goofy interaction.
"don't you have other important things to do now that you're in charge of the whole magical affairs and whatever? What that witch lady was doing?" Nadia had forgotten Darya's name…again.
Darya decided to move to Blacklake as to be with Javan.
Yep, they got married. Being soulmates and all.
Though they're still here for the honeymoon.
Because she's going, she let Eri take her place. Mostly because she was a Monroe.
"I do actually and I've finished all tedious tasks but left the rest for Mae and Yura to handle as an assignment" she confidently smirked.
"I should have known you would be that lazy" Nadia rolled her eyes and stretched her limbs.
"when is Cyrus coming back anyways?" Imogen asked, taking a bite out of her fruit.
Cyrus had gone back to Redlake because there were certain things that was too much for Alex and promised to come back as soon as he could.
He has been ruling his kingdom from here.
Sort of. We aren't married or anything but we do…have mutual feelings for each other.
Sometimes I wonder what would happen IF we decided to get married.
Would he stay here?
Would I go back there? But since we aren't, I shouldn't stress myself over things like this.
"I think he said something about tonight" Jackie answered before I could.
She was currently eating as well.
I honestly couldn't blame her…
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I was waiting outside the castle all alone.
Waiting for Cyrus to come back.
The last time I outside…alone, I got captured and went through hell.
My mind slowly wandered off to Sam.
He really suffered for the sake of his sister and lost ultimately at the end.
Mother assured his soul has been reunited with his sister and the rest of his family.
The sound of horse hooves coming from a distance brought me out of my thought.
He had finally come back. From a distance, I could see him smirking.
What was his twisted mind up to?
"My King" I smiled as I watched him come down from his horse.
"My Priestess" it feels like I haven't heard his raspy voice in decades.
He leaned down to placed a gentle kiss on my lips.
"you're really lucky I'm holding back. I wouldn't want to ravish you right here and now. I'll save that for later" he whispered in my ears and it made me shiver.
"ohhh, I quiver with fear(!)" I giggled and kissed him again.
The servants took his things up our room and we ate dinner together.
After that…we 'reconnected' in one of the best ways possible.
I guess distance makes the heart…and other organs grow finer.
I feel my life is perfect at this point and I wouldn't want anything to change about it.
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