Chapter 25: A Kingdom's SOS - Yildiz

I slam shut another book in the library and lay my head on my arms. I just feel like I’m going around in circles. I’ve become the ouroboros at this point and I don’t mean that in a positive way. How does eating your own tail represent wholeness anyway? Whose dumb idea was that?

“You look stressed.” I glance up to see my sister Hiranur’s gamboge and glittering gold aura.

“I am stressed,” I sigh.

“What are you researching?” she asks, coming closer.

“Trying to find anything on supernatural beings that can invade people’s minds, but I’m not finding anything I don’t already know,” I say, pushing the book away in frustration.

“Hmm, a makkari could. A visum could if they were granting a wish. A God definitely could, but that seems like a waste of their time. Why are you looking this up anyway? Is it a mission you’re working on?” she asks curiously.

“A personal mission, you could say,” I answer evasively.

“I get it, you don’t want to talk about it… want to go for a swim instead?” she of