Welcome lovelies! As promised, here's another chapter! Shoutout to theaa for being the first to follow! Hope you stick around theaa! (I promise there's a plot twist coming). :P
Dusk -
I've spent most of my days crying selfishly, spending as much time with Brandon as possible when I know I should be with my twin.
But I know Dawn understands me, just as I understand her. She's hurt, but she doesn't blame me for it. She's held me through the nights as I sob into her shoulder, angry at the world for doing this to me when I already had my life planned out. I didn't need it to be perfect. I just needed him.
When I wake up, I keep my eyes closed. I've decided to say my goodbyes to Brandon today. Once I get to the palace, I'll officially be a part of this. And I'm a Three now. I could still live here, but not with my family.
I can feel Dawn shift beside me, something on her mind troubling her. I know it must be because we'll be separated.
As much as I don't want to leave Brandon, I can't live without Dawn. She's my other half, the one person who understands me completely and will always accept me.
I finally crack my eyes open and turn to face Dawn. Her eyes are closed but I can tell my movement has woken her. She's an extremely light sleeper and any sound or movement will wake her instantly.
I can feel the sting of tears ready to fall but I blink them away. I won't cry today.
"Dawn?" I whisper.
She grunts in reply, still not opening her eyes.
"I'm going to spend my day with you." I continue.
"Dusk, you know I love you more than anyone else in the world. I just want to see you happy." As if to punctuate her point, she opens her eyes sleepily and gray peeks at me.
"I'll find a way to come home." I say.
But I know I can't just come home and be the way I used to. For a second, Dawn looks like she's about to cry, but she gets out of bed and looks down at me.
"I want you to be happy." She repeats.
There's a steely glint in her eye, one that says she's made up her mind about something. Then she leaves our tiny room. It barely takes her two steps.
Brandon -
To be honest, in the beginning I was more attracted to Dawn than Dusk. But now I can't imagine ever not loving the woman of my dreams. Sure, she looks exactly like Dawn, but they're completely different people.
Dawn is rough around the edges, and my instinct is to protect. She doesn't need or want a man to protect her. Dusk doesn't need one either, but she likes it when I try.
When Dawn came to me earlier today and told me her plan, I wanted to agree instantly, but what she was sacrificing was too great for me to agree to readily. It would mean Dusk and I would stay together, but then Dawn would be on her own.
I couldn't part Dusk from the person she loves most in the world, as much as it hurts that it isn't me. In the end, I said yes, because Dawn's already made up her mind and was clearly just informing me about it. I know Dusk will fight her. She wouldn't want Dawn to have to go no matter how badly she doesn't want to.
But Dusk will stay with me. Dawn will go to the palace.