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right? The treachery. Their betrayal.
Birds flew into the trees around the courtyard, one by one, lining on the branches. Beautiful birds of all different colors and species—red robins, cardinals, blue jays, crows, pigeons. So many. Some started chirping, others bowed their breasts and ruffled their feathers.
A furious heat boomed through her veins as her eyes welled with tears. The truth so heartbreakingly clear, but she needed to hear it. “From the very beginning they wanted me dead.”
Everything made sense. The way Michaela acted toward her, turned against her, started to hate her. How the Elders were so quick to put her on trial when her own home burned to the ground. They were watching and waiting for Mya to screw up somehow. Because in the end, they only wanted one thing. Mya. Dead. She’d been so loyal to them, so careful to follow the rules, to be nice to them, to be a part of them. A stabbing pain lanced her chest and she couldn’t stop the sob from escaping.
“Mya, you need to calm down,” Liam instructed.
“I. Am. Calm.” She clenched her fists. All this time, they were waiting to take her down. They wanted her to hurt.
More birds flew in—doves, sparrows hawks. Beautiful. But she couldn’t focus on them, only the superficial Seelies, walking around so high and mighty when they were vile and vindictive creatures. It had nothing to do with them not liking her, no they kept her close because they hated her. They wanted her dead and she—she only wanted to live. But, they took everything from her. Her friend even burned down her parent’s house. Her friend?
Some of the birds turned on each other, squawking and pecking at one another, trying to kill the other one.
“The birds can sense your wrath. You’re magick is much stronger now, you need to harness the power, Mya.” Liam gripped onto her shoulders.
Owls hoo hoo’ed from a tree in front of her. Owls? They only came out at night—to hunt their prey in the darkness. Hunters. Predators.
Seelies. Killers. The people, her people, despised her, her entire life…a lie. Had the Seelie Elders who held her at birth wanted to kill her then and there? Had they imagined snapping my neck? Mya breathed sharply on each inhalation, her chest heaving. Large shadows danced around her like a haunting nightmare, she gazed up to the sky. Vultures. Meat eaters waited to feed off the carcasses of the birds not able to survive—to see if she died, so they could gnaw the flesh from her bones. Like the Seelies, they swarmed, vicious and hungry—ready to pick her off. Seek and destroy. The ultimate deception.
Adrenaline coursed through her veins making her arms and legs tremble. Pounding in her ear drums overrode the chirping birds until she heard nothing else, but thump, thump, thump . Numb to it all.
Energy swirled around her, wrapping her in a suffocating blanket and everything faded away. Her fists opened, splaying her fingers wide. Screams ripped from her lungs.
~****~
Cole watched the odd mass of birds swirling into the compound from the window of the bar.
Everyone got up from their seats to see what was going on.
The mansion sat in the middle of an acre, directly in the center of the Unseelie compound’s twenty five acres. Trees and shrubs surrounded the massive property to provide utter privacy. And all the birds seemed to be flocking straight there—straight to Mya’s new home.
Cole took a deep breath and steeled himself to assess the situation.
One street surrounded the mansion in a square inside the compound. The avenue was lined with condos, shops, restaurants, a market and a bar, directly across from the property, so he wasn’t too far away from her.
His cell phone buzzed in his jeans and he pulled it out of his pocket. Liam’s name flashed on the screen. He was training Mya in her magick. As soon as Cole hit send, he heard the screaming—Mya’s screams. Cole took off in a sprint, out the door, across the street, through the
Birds flew into the trees around the courtyard, one by one, lining on the branches. Beautiful birds of all different colors and species—red robins, cardinals, blue jays, crows, pigeons. So many. Some started chirping, others bowed their breasts and ruffled their feathers.
A furious heat boomed through her veins as her eyes welled with tears. The truth so heartbreakingly clear, but she needed to hear it. “From the very beginning they wanted me dead.”
Everything made sense. The way Michaela acted toward her, turned against her, started to hate her. How the Elders were so quick to put her on trial when her own home burned to the ground. They were watching and waiting for Mya to screw up somehow. Because in the end, they only wanted one thing. Mya. Dead. She’d been so loyal to them, so careful to follow the rules, to be nice to them, to be a part of them. A stabbing pain lanced her chest and she couldn’t stop the sob from escaping.
“Mya, you need to calm down,” Liam instructed.
“I. Am. Calm.” She clenched her fists. All this time, they were waiting to take her down. They wanted her to hurt.
More birds flew in—doves, sparrows hawks. Beautiful. But she couldn’t focus on them, only the superficial Seelies, walking around so high and mighty when they were vile and vindictive creatures. It had nothing to do with them not liking her, no they kept her close because they hated her. They wanted her dead and she—she only wanted to live. But, they took everything from her. Her friend even burned down her parent’s house. Her friend?
Some of the birds turned on each other, squawking and pecking at one another, trying to kill the other one.
“The birds can sense your wrath. You’re magick is much stronger now, you need to harness the power, Mya.” Liam gripped onto her shoulders.
Owls hoo hoo’ed from a tree in front of her. Owls? They only came out at night—to hunt their prey in the darkness. Hunters. Predators.
Seelies. Killers. The people, her people, despised her, her entire life…a lie. Had the Seelie Elders who held her at birth wanted to kill her then and there? Had they imagined snapping my neck? Mya breathed sharply on each inhalation, her chest heaving. Large shadows danced around her like a haunting nightmare, she gazed up to the sky. Vultures. Meat eaters waited to feed off the carcasses of the birds not able to survive—to see if she died, so they could gnaw the flesh from her bones. Like the Seelies, they swarmed, vicious and hungry—ready to pick her off. Seek and destroy. The ultimate deception.
Adrenaline coursed through her veins making her arms and legs tremble. Pounding in her ear drums overrode the chirping birds until she heard nothing else, but thump, thump, thump . Numb to it all.
Energy swirled around her, wrapping her in a suffocating blanket and everything faded away. Her fists opened, splaying her fingers wide. Screams ripped from her lungs.
~****~
Cole watched the odd mass of birds swirling into the compound from the window of the bar.
Everyone got up from their seats to see what was going on.
The mansion sat in the middle of an acre, directly in the center of the Unseelie compound’s twenty five acres. Trees and shrubs surrounded the massive property to provide utter privacy. And all the birds seemed to be flocking straight there—straight to Mya’s new home.
Cole took a deep breath and steeled himself to assess the situation.
One street surrounded the mansion in a square inside the compound. The avenue was lined with condos, shops, restaurants, a market and a bar, directly across from the property, so he wasn’t too far away from her.
His cell phone buzzed in his jeans and he pulled it out of his pocket. Liam’s name flashed on the screen. He was training Mya in her magick. As soon as Cole hit send, he heard the screaming—Mya’s screams. Cole took off in a sprint, out the door, across the street, through the
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