02-21-2020, 12:47 AM
In and out.
In and out. In and out.
Rowan kept breathing and focusing on being present in the moment. The shield of Air had formed larger than intended. Curious. Was it due to her close proximity to her blood kin and her spiritual kin? Rowan did not know, but she filed the thought away for later; something to meditate on once she was left alone.
Aiden seemed to be shouting something from the other side of the shield, but Rowan could not hear due to the hardened Air that separated the two groups. Who was the young man with her brother? A new lover, no doubt. It was a shame that they would probably never meet. A chasm had opened between Aiden and her, one that he had started and one that she had widened. This chance meeting seemed to be the proverbial line in the sand, although he probably did not know that. Rowan had cast her lot with Armande. Aiden was meant for the Ascendancy…
The Power pulsed behind Rowan’s shoulder, waiting to be used.
“My apologies, Armande, Sister. This won’t take but a moment,” Rowan said to her compatriots, never taking her eyes off of her brother.
In and out.
In and out.
Rowan altered the Weave that had formed the shield. The threads flickered and jumped as she guided them towards Aiden and the young man. The Power snaked around their two bodies, snapping their arms to their torsos and pulling their spines erect. With little effort, Rowan split the flows and instinctually cut Aiden off from the Source. She could not tell whether or not he held onto the Power, but there was no point in taking the chance.
“Stay here,” Rowan murmured to Armande and Vale before striding towards Aiden and the boy. The pair were now floating a few inches off the ground, Rowan still holding tight to the Weaves. Tears began pooling at the corners of her one remaining eye, anguish and shock painted Aiden’s face; he finally noticed her deformity.
“I tried to find you, baby brother,” Rowan said as she came to stand before the two of them, “But you did not want to be found. You needed me, I know you did, yet you still hid. You avoided your family- for what? Embarrassment? Shame? Pride?”
“Rowan, what the fu-“ Aiden began before Rowan gagged him with more Air.
“It doesn’t matter anymore. There are bigger forces at work in the world and it seems that I have been swept up in the current of Fate. You have too, I think,” Rowan said as tears fell freely from her one eye, “I have a new family now and I have sworn myself to their cause… I am sorry, Aiden, I really am, but this is how it has to be. Tell Mother and Father I love them… I don’t think I will be seeing any of you again.”
Rowan used the Power to float the two men back into the limousine, tieing off the Weaves so that they would dissipate within the hour. With a quick movement, Rowan leaned in and kissed her brother on both of his cheeks and gave him one last smile before shutting the door and marching around to the front.
Cooper sat in the driver’s seat, eyes wide and mouth hanging open. He looked up at her as she held onto a fake smile.
“Take care of him Cooper. Do not let him come back here. You take him back home or where ever, I don’t care, just get him far away from here and make sure he does not try to find me again. He will be in grave danger if you do.”
“Y-yes, Mistress, I-“
“Goodbye, Cooper,” Rowan said sadly before spinning on her heel and marching back towards Armande and Vale, the sound of the limousine receding down the street.
This is how it has to be, Rowan thought to herself, If either of us are to survive the coming war.
In and out. In and out.
Rowan kept breathing and focusing on being present in the moment. The shield of Air had formed larger than intended. Curious. Was it due to her close proximity to her blood kin and her spiritual kin? Rowan did not know, but she filed the thought away for later; something to meditate on once she was left alone.
Aiden seemed to be shouting something from the other side of the shield, but Rowan could not hear due to the hardened Air that separated the two groups. Who was the young man with her brother? A new lover, no doubt. It was a shame that they would probably never meet. A chasm had opened between Aiden and her, one that he had started and one that she had widened. This chance meeting seemed to be the proverbial line in the sand, although he probably did not know that. Rowan had cast her lot with Armande. Aiden was meant for the Ascendancy…
The Power pulsed behind Rowan’s shoulder, waiting to be used.
“My apologies, Armande, Sister. This won’t take but a moment,” Rowan said to her compatriots, never taking her eyes off of her brother.
In and out.
In and out.
Rowan altered the Weave that had formed the shield. The threads flickered and jumped as she guided them towards Aiden and the young man. The Power snaked around their two bodies, snapping their arms to their torsos and pulling their spines erect. With little effort, Rowan split the flows and instinctually cut Aiden off from the Source. She could not tell whether or not he held onto the Power, but there was no point in taking the chance.
“Stay here,” Rowan murmured to Armande and Vale before striding towards Aiden and the boy. The pair were now floating a few inches off the ground, Rowan still holding tight to the Weaves. Tears began pooling at the corners of her one remaining eye, anguish and shock painted Aiden’s face; he finally noticed her deformity.
“I tried to find you, baby brother,” Rowan said as she came to stand before the two of them, “But you did not want to be found. You needed me, I know you did, yet you still hid. You avoided your family- for what? Embarrassment? Shame? Pride?”
“Rowan, what the fu-“ Aiden began before Rowan gagged him with more Air.
“It doesn’t matter anymore. There are bigger forces at work in the world and it seems that I have been swept up in the current of Fate. You have too, I think,” Rowan said as tears fell freely from her one eye, “I have a new family now and I have sworn myself to their cause… I am sorry, Aiden, I really am, but this is how it has to be. Tell Mother and Father I love them… I don’t think I will be seeing any of you again.”
Rowan used the Power to float the two men back into the limousine, tieing off the Weaves so that they would dissipate within the hour. With a quick movement, Rowan leaned in and kissed her brother on both of his cheeks and gave him one last smile before shutting the door and marching around to the front.
Cooper sat in the driver’s seat, eyes wide and mouth hanging open. He looked up at her as she held onto a fake smile.
“Take care of him Cooper. Do not let him come back here. You take him back home or where ever, I don’t care, just get him far away from here and make sure he does not try to find me again. He will be in grave danger if you do.”
“Y-yes, Mistress, I-“
“Goodbye, Cooper,” Rowan said sadly before spinning on her heel and marching back towards Armande and Vale, the sound of the limousine receding down the street.
This is how it has to be, Rowan thought to herself, If either of us are to survive the coming war.