The kingdom of light brings many beauties, and my siblings were all rewarded with some of the best beauties that our gods could've ever given any individual of our kind.

High Fae, kissed and embraced by everything the light can provide. Love, life, and everything in between that continuously brought peace to our kingdom's civilians.

Then there was me...

A secret to be kept away from our people....

As I sit here in this cottage floor, naked and surrounded by the shadows, who are slowly beginning to close in on me, protect me. But protect me from what? My heart just left my soul in pieces, and there is no magic in this world, or any world that I know of, that can put it back together.

I watch his retreating form through the frame of the door, slowly disappearing through the shadows encasing...

Life is like a sharp stick and the one that is currently poking my leg that is presently draped over this man's midsection might just have made my whole world turn upside down. As I slowly come back to consciousness, bits and pieces of last night's escapades come to fruition. The smell of cedar and sex drowned my senses, and before I could realize what I was doing, I snuggled closer to the warmth....

What did you do?

All of the love we shared,

destroyed in a matter of minutes

What did you do?

A decision that will mark my past,

scars on my foreseeable future

What did you do?

To my heart every night that you shared your bed with another,

drowning out my love for you in the comfort of foreign arms

...

The sun dimming behind the skyline as I sat on top of the barren mountain on the outskirts of town, watching my flames engulf the city, one building at a time falling as smoke filled the sky. Darkness blending with the dusk.

“It’s time to go.”

The voice behind me seemed further away than he was. Approval and disappointment, confliction of emotions being sent down our bond as he kept his distance....