Chapter 24
It was a gorgeous day, Arryn noted with satisfaction, and a glorious one to spend at the seashore. Her mother and father watched her little brothers and sisters from the shoreline. Seayna and Aristoe were busy building castles out of the sand, whilst Kana, who stood nearby wearing an expression of boyhood mischief upon his face, schemed a way to destroy them. Dearra chased a shrieking Domisaia in the water, while Kaisa, Elyseé, and Eliana lay out sunbathing.
"Don't go too far out," called Alannah, who shaded her eyes from the sun with one hand.
"Kana, no!" shouted Danire to his son, who had proceeded to destroy his siblings' sand creation.
Arryn stood off to one side, watching her family and reveling In its tumult and chaos. Her intense comfort and happiness at the love of which she was a part quickly disappeared with the dawning of a fast-moving black mass on the horizon.
"No!" cried Arryn, desperately trying to push back the end to her perfect moment. But the blackness came, enveloping each member of her family, one by one, until she was the only one left. The blackness crept closer and a high pitched scream was the last thing she recalled before everything went dark.
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