and when i breathed
my breath was lightning
She wants to stay.
There’s a horrible part of her that simply wants to stay. It’s the same part that wonders what it would be like to side with the Chamber. The same part that wonders what it would be like to actually be as deadly as her traits might allow. Because imagine what she could be. What she could do.
But then their parents find them, and the sound of Rayelle’s voice, the sight of her father’s smile, brings her back to herself. The thought of them always has.
Kora runs to them first, and Rhy lets her. She’s been here, seen them, not all that long ago. So she gives her sister a moment alone, a moment with their necks wrapped around their golden girl. After a moment, Rhy joins them, and Riagan wraps her in a tight hug. And she swears he knows everything that’s jumbling around in her head. All her thoughts. The deepest, darkest part of her heart that she keeps so well hidden.
But it’s Riagan, and he’s always known.
She nearly cries into his chest like a little girl. She’s so tempted just to stay there, in that very position, for as long as she possibly can. But she knows that’s not an option. Even if they weren’t dead, that wouldn’t be an option. Riagan would make her go live her life, and she would. Always for him.
She laughs at his question, sticking her nose out to poke him slightly. “You already know everything. Don’t tell me you haven’t been watching us. Constantly.” Ha. Which means they know all about Kratos too, but thankfully, horses can’t blush. She doesn’t really want to think about that.
rhy
the electric lioness of riagan and rayelle
