Page 23 of Dark Fae's Secrets
Silence.
I press my lips together to stop the ramble that is desperate to come out.
“A goddess?” Trey asks, the first to break the silence.
“That’s right,” Rath answers for me. “She is my other half.” He gives me a big beam.
“I’m not sure I understand the logic of that?” Theo says, coming closer with his curious face on. I’ve come to learn that he loves a puzzle. “Are you saying you are a reincarnated Fae goddess?”
“Not exactly,” I say, giving him a soft smile. “Savenir was Rath’s original counterpart. She was the Faerie goddess. Tiamatkilled her, and her essence, her power, was waiting for the right vessel to come along. That’s me. I am her great-great-granddaughter.”
More silence.
“And you belong with Rath as she did?” Trey asks, finally speaking up, but the accusation is clear in his voice. He feels like I’m doing something wrong here, and it rubs me the wrong way.
“No,” Rath says, coming to my defense. “Savenir and I were never meant to be. On her deathbed, she wished for me to claim my other half. She told me that I had to wait, and I did. The moment I saw Savannah, I knew exactly who she was and what she would come to be.”
“When did you get these powers?” Jerrick asks quietly, but I can see by the look on his face that he already knows.
“Only yesterday, when Rath and I made love. But I knew that it was coming a while before that,” I admit.
“How much of a while?” Trey asks.
I shrug. “A few weeks or so.”
“A few weeks. A few weeks where you knew that you and he were each other’s other half.”
“I knew that. It took Savvie longer to accept it,” Rath says.
“Humph,” he mutters rudely.
I look at Rook. “That was goddess power that brought me and the ravens back?” he asks.
I nod.
“Why did they attack you just now?”
“I don’t think they were attacking me as such. More like, giving me a warning to fully accept my power and to do that, I had to admit it to you all. I am connected to the ravens and to you as my familiar in a deep-rooted way. Savenir was as well.”
“I have never heard of a Faerie goddess,” Jerrick says.
“Neither had I, but she is in the library. Under myths,” I reply.
“Oh,” he says, stumped.
“Well,” Trey exclaims suddenly. “I’m not really sure what to say about any of this.”
“I know it comes as a shock. Believe me. I was trying to wrap my head around it before I told you. I was trying to figure it out. I’vejustbecome Queen of the Dark Fae, and throwing goddess ofallthe Faerie into that mix has spun my head. I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you all as soon as I found out.”
“No, you’re not,” Trey scoffs. “You’re only sorry because you got found out, simple as that. You and Rath had this little secret between the two of you that excluded us, and you wanted it that way.”
Ouch.
“Okay, I understand that you are hurt,” I say, trying not to cry at the verbal lash. This has suddenly become too much for me, and I want to curl up into a ball and weep until no more tears come out. This has truly been a bad day when it should have been one of the best.
Rook is the first to come to me, with Theo not far behind. They take me in their arms, and I choke back my sob. “I’m sorry. I really am. Please forgive me.”
“Of course,” Theo murmurs as Rook squeezes me tighter.
