

Niko's guardians were now Velvet's protectors. Their fears were gone, and they barely showed cowardice. The dogs followed Velvet closely and protectively. Tomorrow, they would travel to Loegres to attend king Percival's inauguration and, after that, settle in their home. Velvet stood up and sighed as it was the last time she would see Aball for a long time. Orthie and Russ shifted a nearby shadow and raised their heads at Velvet, wiggling their fluffy tails as they acknowledged her. Velvet looked over the dogs that laid under the sun beside her, "I get it why you two love it so much in here. Velvet swore to protect them and her family for as long as she lived. They felt so light, looked so perfect and smelled so lifelike. Elaine had amber eyes of Velvet with soft blond hair, and Alistair had emeralds of his father and dark hair of Velvet. Their eyes were more brilliant than she could have dreamed they would be. When the twins were born, Velvet shed tears of relief and joy.

Their hearts were a compass, as its needle span until it found real love, which was Velvet. They rewind and cast away Velvet's cynicism that poisoned her mind and instead brought out a protective web of emotions that gave nurture and care. The twins invited Velvet to be the best version of herself.

She gazed lovingly at Elaine, who was dreaming with her mother's soothing voice and her affection, for mother's love was the first language that she learned. Velvet relaxed under the oak tree's shadow, taking a breather after feeding Elaine for what felt like and probably was an hour. In the end, there was a man, who chose her, a selfish and miserable girl, over the whole world.Ī soothing wind blew over the wheat farms of Aball, glowing like a golden dream in a panoramic horizon. Because of her, there would be generations, and she would become the hope of many. Because of them, she would have a second chance.

But on that dark road, two lights stood by her side and saved her soul back from the brink of the void. She braved the path with a burning determination. An embodiment of a bare blade, cutting down daemons, humans, and malakhim alike. Her claw raked anything that stood in her path of vengeance to pebble and dust. She remembered all the hate, despair, and sins that she bore. Warmth, love, and the reason to live were once out of reach, unimaginable dim lights in a heart that malevolence darkened it to its very core.
