LOGINAlmost an hour later, a knock sounded on her door. Lindaat sighed as she looked from the door to the window."Come in, Brigid." Landaat sat on the bed trying to rest, but she was restless."It would seem you are truly the goddess adjacent." Brigid smiled brightly at her, but stopped when she saw Lindaat. "I also see you aren't happy with it.""It isn't really that I'm not happy about it. More than everyone is looking at me like I am going to kill them all. That I will know all their secrets." With a sigh, she sat up on the bed and looked at her aunt."I get that all the time. It is just part of life. Most people look at me like I am insane. The thing is, they will come to me when things are a mess." Brigid created a chair to sit on by the bed."Well, I am going to tell you something that you won't like too much." Lindaat sighed, the goddess had so much that she needed to tell people."Oh, she is going to do something stupid, I see." Brigid shrugged, waving a hand toward her. "Go ahead
"Why do you all gang up on me?" Xylia screamed at them as tears started down her face."No one is doing that. You want the love, and we are trying to give it to you. Trouble is, you find a reason to make it all dark. We want nothing more than to love you and see you bloom." Lindaat explained, knowing everyone agreed with her."You're lying!!" Xylia yelled at her again."Let me show you what I see." Lindaat placed her hand on Xylia's arm. Showing her the strings that attached them all. "See the golden threads?""Don't touch...What the hell are those?" Xylia struggled for a moment, then went still."That is the people in your life. The golden color shows love. You have almost all golden colors. There is another color here, which means you have found your true mate." Lindaat explained, showing her the thread to Ehlark."No, no no...You didn't come looking for me." Xylia knew it was stupid, but she knew what she had felt."We all looked for you, every day for two years." Lindaat showed he
Almost a month later, they finally had the gathering. It had been fight after fight with the family to get into one place. Her father and mother had to travel back from Itay, which took them almost a week due to delays and cancellations. Lucian had been hiding at his home since Xylia had been taken, not quite right in the head. They had to fight to get him to come to the gathering. Lindaat had to explain to him more than four times that the goddess wanted her to help him. Xylia was the only one who didn't truly fight about it. She was happy to see the twins doing well."Well, we can finally get everyone in one place. Granted, two of them are extended family, and I am happy they are coming with the kids. I was shocked that Xylia didn't fight more about it. I think Lucian was the hardest to get to come over for the gathering. I hope we haven't forgotten anyone. Our family is large, and I have been through hell the last few years." Lindaat was out of her bedroom after being bedridden for
"I don't think Xylia is going to agree to come and sit in the same room as the rest of the family," Ailive spoke in a whisper."She is going to have to put on her big girl panties and get over here. I know that this family can be mean, but she should know we all love her." Lindaat told her sister with a sigh. "That sounds horrible, but you died for her, and I almost died for her. Why can't she at least take time to see us? It's beyond me.""Lindaat she isn't even speaking to anyone in the family," Rayne explained with a sigh. "Not even me.""You're her mother, why won't she speak to you?" Lindaat didn't understand why Xylia was being like this. She did understand the feeling of being mistreated. The thing is, how can they even try to make things right?"I wasn't a very good mother to her, it would seem." Rayne felt tears rolling down her cheeks."Rayne, we all did wrong. If she would give us a chance to make things better, it would help." Aameris felt horrible about it all. "It doesn
"Have you tried to fix it?" Lindaat could see that her twin wasn't in a great place. Her emotions were all over the place."No." Ailive didn't think it called for more than one word."You blame her?" Lindaat smiled at Telraamon when he helped put pillows behind her."No, yes?" Ailive couldn't decide whether she had or hadn't. The truth was, she was going to allow it before that, so why did she get upset when it happened?"I know that you had offered to give up your light to save her. So I am a little confused why you would be upset with her when it happened." Lindaat felt the power in her body surging, and she had to fight to keep it down."Lindaat you need to rest." Telraamon could see the fight in her eyes."I can't answer that. When my light came back, I felt horrible for the way I treated her. The trouble is that when I said those things, I didn't mean to upset her. It just came out that way." Ailive sighed as she stood from the bed. "I need to write to her.""How long?" Lindaat l
Thunder crashed, shaking the ground under Lindaat. Ailive didn't back down; however, she glared at the goddess not happy with the turn of events. Rain poured down, drenching the two in an instant."A shower isn't going to change that you allowed this to happen," Ailive grumbled as she crossed her arms over her chest."Ailive Elispire, you need to learn that you can't speak to me that way." The goddess glared down at her, moving her hand that made Ailive fall to the ground. "You will learn respect.""Stop!!" Lindaat screamed, putting her hand out toward the goddess. She screamed when lightning struck the goddess. "Oh no.""Lindaat did you do that?" Ailive asked from the ground."She is changing. The fact that she did that without thought tells you why she is still here." The goddess fell to her knees."Please tell me I didn't kill you." Lindaat scrambled to her feet, going to the goddess."Not dead, hurting, however." The goddess chuckled as she looked up at Lindaat. "You having mixed







