El Lago Azul: El Despertar Novels & Stories

“The oldest one.” The Sea began glowing from below. Not silver. Not gold. A third color. A soft blue. None of them had seen it before. It rose slowly through the waters. Gentle. Peaceful. Ancient. Aurel stared. “I remember that light.” Astra looked equally stunned. “So do I.” The Keeper stepped backward. Impossible recognition filled its face. “No…” The Witness whispered: “Yes.” The blue light reached the surface. The waters parted. A staircase emerged.

"Elara, touch the node! Reach for Aethelgard! Don't look back!" "Not without you!" I grabbed his hand, pulling him with me as I lunged for the silver pedestal. Our fingers touched the blue sphere at the exact same moment the tower’s reactor reached critical mass. The world didn't go white. It went **Violet**. --- ### The Awakening: Part Two I woke up with the taste of copper in my mouth and the smell of pine needles in my nose. I wasn't in a glass pod. I wasn't in a bodysuit.

102 BA Lily had stopped the car. She can’t focus on her driving with them suddenly becoming agitated, acting weird and afraid. “Wha-What’s happening?” Maridelle can’t make something out of their strange behaviour not until she surveyed the same spot that Alpha Lachlan and Sebastian’s eyes are laid upon. She gasped while her hands nervously taps Lily’s shoulder. “What?” Lily confusedly responded to her taps. All except of her has fixed their eyes on a common direction. She decided to take a look on it too. Her lips moved and has pronounced, “El Diablo.”

I was enveloped by darkness. I had a weightless sensation as if I were floating in space. I was unable to determine if my eyes were open or closed. Was this the last time? In the distance, a dim silvery light suddenly emerged, getting stronger by the second. It encircled me, inviting and warm but strong. Through the void came a quiet but authoritative voice. "Awaken, Melissa." I gasped as my eyes sprung open. The ground beneath me was cold and solid, but the room Kane and I had fallen into was anything from ordinary. Ethereal light glowed on the walls, and complex symbols pulsated in time with the pendant around my neck.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Doctor Emily’s slightly surprised face, she was leaning down in front of me. “Alma, you are in labour.” * * * Translation of Anita's spell: (*) Opening the eyes of my mind, lifting the veils of my soul. Winds of the east blow my energy to Kemely's consciousness, and to the corners of her forgetfulness, letting me see the perfect mirror of that which is invisible. (Gaelic)

In the distance, the city glowed, oblivious. To the world, the story was over. To them, it had just gone underground. Exhausted, they stumbled toward the only landmark they knew the blackened, overgrown ruins of the village clinic. The place of Elena’s beginning. In the center of the charred foundation stones, lit by the thin light of the moon, was a sight that froze their blood. A single, perfect white lily, its petals glowing in the dark. And next to it, open and waiting, was a sleek silver laptop. Its screen glowed with a single, repeating line of green text:

Getting to my feet, I say, “I’m sorry I kept you from the late-night run with your she wolves.” As I turned to walk back to the packhouse he stopped me by grabbing my arm and turned me to face him. “I’m not going for a run with them.” He says as he looks down at me into my eyes and I can’t help but to get lost in his own eyes. They were a shade of blue that I had never seen before, and they reminded me of the sea bordering a Caribbean Island. “Oh.” I finally say to him, not able to speak another word, as I am lost in his now hold on me.

Status: AWAKENING. Somewhere in the dark, something heard Lazarus's cry before it was frozen. And now, it was coming to answer.

Elara’s Pov I woke up to silence. Not the tense silence from last night. Something quieter. For a second, I forgot everything. Then memory returned all at once. The messages. The man outside the house. Blue asking if people were mad because she was Adrian’s daughter. My chest tightened immediately. I sat up too fast, instinctively reaching beside me. Blue was gone. Panic hit instantly. I pushed the blankets aside and stood quickly…… Then froze at the bedroom doorway.

Moira woke up because the sunlight was shining directly on her face. She had forgotten to close all the curtains because she had no intention of sleeping at all. After last night's unfortunate incident, she curled up and wished she had died that night. However, the Moon Goddess still woke her up this morning. Unfortunately, not with her feelings and sanity intact. Jude had destroyed everything, and remembering that, her chest ached again.