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Lucian walked to his room late at night. He's usually mad and dangerous after one the his 'sessions' with Yamara or one of her Witches, but today, he was not only upset and depressed; Lucian was vulnerable. More vulnerable than he's ever been in his whole life. He never noticed how much he depended on Alli's presence and love to keep him as he has been for the last few centuries. Proud, brave, and unshakable. That came from his protectiveness over his sister. She needed him to be so, so he was. But now, she doesn't need him any more.

Lately, Lucian has been seeing many males in the house with broken bones. She can take care of herself. Alli hasn't said six words to him in the last 3 days. It's killing him. And ever since she showed her true powers and strength, everyone has given them a wide berth.

Lying down on his cot, he called in his Jewels again.

{We got the same Jewels set the same way because...because what? Because it would be cute? Because we were twins? Did it ever...}

He felt a presence enter the room. He didn't look up. Alli sat down next to him. "Did it ever really mean anything?"

Lucian looked up into his sister's gray eyes.

"Please don't think that. Don't ever think that. I love you, I always will."

"You haven't talked to me. You don't need me anymore."

"Lucian, I always needed you. I always will need you. I just needed space to vent out my anger because I didn't want tot hurt you more than I already did. Just because I don't need your strength anymore doesn't mean I don't need you mentally. I couldn't live with myself if I thought you were mad at me." She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him. He hugged her back.

"I love you Lucian."

"I love you."

They broke apart.

"We got our Jewels set the way we did because it was a way to show that we were the same in many ways. That we were in tune with each other. The other set was to show our differences. Remember?"

"I remember."

"I won't take back anything I said before Lucian. I won't go back to them. If you do, I will leave. But don't make your choice on that, I will always love you and we will always be together one-way or another. And anyway, we have to get ready to go."

"Go where?"

"To that gathering, party type thing in Victus."

"Oh yeah, I forgot."

"We leave in about two days and everyone in the court is going crazy."

"This is going to be fun," was his sarcastic reply.

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Short chapter, I know. But I think I will make many short chapters for now on. With one or two novel chapters every now and then. Review now. Please.