Hey guys! I'm now a little more up to date with a Throne of Lies and Hurt (my other FanFic), and feel free to go read it guys! Sorry if that was waaaay to cheesy.
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"What?" I whisper, making sure only he could hear.
His silence stretched out, making me agitated and impatient. But then he glanced at me, and I felt a chill spider-walk down my spine. His eyes were slightly panicked, and that wasn't usual for him.
When he spoke, his voice was raw and cold. "Someone's here, and watching."
As soon as Cassian said that, I shimmied out from underneath him, and knelt on the ground, wings flared out, and hands in fists. I felt Cassian at my back, mirroring me, and I smiled despite our situation.
"Show yourself," I snarled, and the forest echoed my command through the trees. "Or else this might not end well."
A laugh billowed out softly, flitting through the trees, and swarming around us. The male was obviously powerful, and that made this meeting all the more important, and worse.
"Oh, sweet Daemati," The voice sighed. "Do you really have any clue to who I am?"
"Show yourself and you might find out," Cassian growled.
The voice turned cold. "You have no right to order me around, Cassian. Especially when you are with my girl."
I snorted, as Cassian stiffened behind me. "Your girl? Really? If anything, I belong to no one. Including you." I shot back to the male.
A laugh came from above, and in a blink, I had a dagger drawn and thrown at the male's position. A shocked cry trilled through the trees, and a thump sounded next to us. Immediately, Cassian was upon him, tying the males wrists, and then probably throwing in a few punches that he at least tried to hide.
"Cassian," I put on my authoritative voice.
He looked at me, eyes questioning before understanding. He turned the male towards me roughly, and I was faced with an incredibly beautiful male. His eyes were like frozen blue lakes, his hair was shortly cropped, and the colour was ice white. His face was a soft heart shape, with high cheekbones, he was broad shouldered, and muscled. His eyes were filled with defiance, but when he saw me, all the defiance flew away, and he was awestruck. He took me in, like I was doing before, though he looked like he was drinking me in.
"Who are you?" I asked. "And what are you doing in the Night Court?"
It took a moment – and a punch from Cassian – for him to realise I spoke. "I – I'm sorry what?"
Nostrils flaring, I repeated my questions. The male nodded, and replied.
"I am the son the Winter Court. My father is Kallias, and my mother is Viviane. But my name, as you asked, is Kai."
I narrowed my eyes giving the look of contempt, but on the inside, my mind was reeling. A High Fae? Of the Winter Court? The words that he said before resurfaced again. Especially when you're with my girl? What is that supposed to mean? Unless… Now showing emotions on the outside, my eyes widened and I stepped back in horror. No, no, no… From the looks on Cassian and Kai's faces, I must have said it out loud.
"Mati?" Cassian stepped forward, completely forgetting Kai. "What is it?"
I shook my head, still reeling in horror. "Kai, what did you mean before when you said that I am yours?" My voice barely sounded like my regular one.
A sad smile spread over his face. "Daemati of the Night Court, I think you and I are mates."
Antagonising minutes later…
The room was dark, aside for a single beam of light in the centre of the room, white enough to temporarily blind a restrained Kai. Fog whispered across the floor. Even though we were all in the dark, everyone except from Kai knew where we were placed. Directly in front of him on a raised platform was my father, on his left was my mum, and soon to be on his right was me, but I wasn't standing there yet. At the bottom two corners, Cassian and Azriel would come. Mor is already placed on the second level on the left side. Directly opposite Mor is Amren, still the picture of promised death when pushed enough.
I watched from the back of the room, as my father nodded minutely to no one in particular, and the light turned off. No one moved, and we all listened as Kai started softly, and rightened himself. The fog thickened in the room, and of the sides of the room, fires flared to light, hovering by themselves. The fires illuminated everyone's obsidian markings that we had painted on each other's bodies. The markings, when paired with our dark clothes and showing wings, gave off the look of demons. I twitched my fingertips and Azriel shoved the doors open from the inside, light flooding into the room, and the three of us swaggered forward.
Veering off to the left of Kai, and as the doors slammed shut dramatically, I continued walking forward with Cassian and Az directly on my heels. I had to force myself not to look over at Kai (which took a lot of effort) and kept my eyes straight forward. Focused on keeping a rhythmic stride. Kept the shoulders back. Head high. Repeating the mantra over and over in my head. I soon fell into the character I played in the Court of Nightmares. Wings out, the fires around the room illuminated them, casting a ghostly shadow of myself onto the stairs. More fires lit themselves around the platform, and followed me up.
As I got to the top, little fireballs shot over beside the three thrones, showing Rhys and Feyre. Their eyes laid on me and I smiled at them. They smiled back, before looking to Kai. I went over to my throne and sat down, and before I could help it, my eyes travelled to Kai. His blue eyes were already looking at me, and when our gazes met, he smiled at me warmly. I couldn't help my heart fluttering in my chest, or the smile I returned. Unaware, Dad spoke first.
"Kai, you have surprised us greatly with your visit and your statement of being the mate of my daughter," Dad's voice was strong and confident. I could also detect surprise and curiosity. Rhys then turned to me. "Daemati, do you have anything to say before we continue?"
Kai had been looking at my dad as he spoke, but when he mentioned me, the eyes sprinted to mine. I met his gaze that had transformed from their respectful gaze that he gave Rhys to love and warmth. My face began to warm slightly. I nodded to dad, and opened my mouth to speak.
"Kai met Cassian and I in the bushland that you can find the treehouse in. Cassian was teaching me some aerial movements that you all learnt in the War Camp you grew up in when you were younger." I needed to lie about the aerial things because only Elain knew about my feelings for Cassian, but she wasn't here at the moment. "We flew to the treehouse and landed down the bottom, and that was when Cassian sensed that Kai was here."
I took a breath and continued on, hoping to weave the lie into the original story perfectly.
"Kai then came out, and Cassian escorted him over. That was when Kai introduced himself, and then after that did he announce that I am his apparent mate." As I said the word 'mate' I felt something that was almost like a door being discovered inside my mind.
Shock and wonder flowed through me as I tried to open in mentally, but it wouldn't budge. I was still looking at Kai when my dad addressed me again.
"Is that all, Daemati?" He asked me kindly.
"Yes Father," I answered, gaze still locked on Kai.
Kai was still focused on me, but as my father began to speak to him, his eyes were continuously flitting to mine and back to Dad's. Minutes past by, and I started to probe around the mental door, and daydreaming about what Kai might be like, away from all of this. To be honest, I had never been to any other Courts, other than our own Court, the Day and Dawn Court's. What could we possibly do together if we were actually mates? What adventures could we have? Where would we meet together? Then another thought occurred to me. If Kai and I were mates, then what would happen to Cassian and I?
All thoughts of Kai were pulled away as I thought of Cassian. The one male I had known my entire life, the one who had looked out for me at any time, the one who had spent nights with me as a child when I had nightmares, the one who had been there every step of the way. The one I feel like I have started to potentially fall for. The thought scared me a lot. I was beginning to feel heavily conflicted, and now that all the memories I had with Cassian had surfaced, I didn't want to choose between either male. I couldn't bear to hurt both of them.
Kai looked over at me, and must have seen my eyes showing the inner conflict. His eyes turned troubled, and worry trickled in slowly. I came out of my thoughts and gave him a weak smile and a nod, silently saying I was alright. The emotions in his eyes and body language relaxed slightly, but his eyes replied.
Are you really? They asked kindly.
I laughed breathlessly, and replied back. To be honest, no, I'm not.
What's the problem, my Star?
My face and heart warmed at the name. My Star? Where did that come from?
He shrugged, and said back: To me, the only star worth looking for has and only will be you. And no matter what, whether you are near me, or you are here in your Court, I will look for you in the skies.
My heart melted at the words, and I realised that what we were speaking wasn't only from the eyes. The mental door that had appeared a few minutes ago had opened slightly, just barely, but it was enough for us to speak mentally.
Can you feel it? His voice sounded stronger, now that I was aware of it.
Yeah, I can. I breathed. What is this?
It is part of the bond that mates form. Your mother and father have this same bond connecting them, as of the countless other mated pairs. His answer came.
That bit of information shocked me, but also made a few things clearer. I remembered the countless times mum and dad hadn't even been looking at each other, and one of them laughed at something random, and whenever I asked, they explained that it was a 'mate thing'.
Yes. Something like that. Kai's voice startled me.
You saw that?
Yeah. His voice turned curious. You didn't mean to show me that?
No I didn't… I trailed off.
Kai's response was hesitant. Does this…bond… scare you at all, Star? His voice had a nervous edge to it.
I considered it for a second. No, I answered truthfully. If anything, it comforts me. Before, it almost felt like I had half my mind and body, but now that you've come here, and said that we are mates, it made me feel whole.
Kai didn't have a reply to that, but sent an image of what I supposed was the Winter Court. After all this, if you want to, then winnow here. I will meet you there, and we can figure things out there.
I didn't hesitate to answer. Ok. I'll see you there. Then I had a thought. Will I need to bring warm clothes?
His response was just a twinkling laugh.
