Inner Origins - 4 Book Series Box Set by Ellis Logan

Author:Ellis Logan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Earth Lodge
Published: 2016-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

The sun, as I had predicted at dawn, gave rise to a beautiful midday sky.

Each road we took was more picturesque than the one before it. Sheep dotted sleeping winter meadows, barren trees stood on walled hills, white cottages sent peat-scented smoke out their chimneys.

The beauty mocked me.

It was hard to believe that the sun that shone above us was the same one that had witnessed our battle by the gates. The same sun that had nourished my soul at dawn.

Of course, the sun hadn’t changed. It still sang, somewhere, for someone else’s dawn and it would sing for me again tomorrow. I had the ears now to hear its song and it made me wonder all the more at the divide between the light and dark. How could the Dark have degenerated so much? How could they have turned away from that song? How could any of us?

I could hear Vala in the back of my head, coaxing me to stay strong, to stay on track.

I thought back to the last time I’d seen her.

“Fear is the one true enemy, it leads to all conflict in the world,” she had told me. “True empathy, true light, comes from within by imagining yourself in another's shoes, feeling their pain as your own, their joy as your own. When we face our fears head on, then we can be truly empowered and follow our soul’s purpose here on earth. Our hearts open up, our minds become unclouded and we can see our way more clearly.”

I was still trying to see my way clearly. And I couldn’t quite place myself in the shoes of these dark fae. I just didn’t get it, the compulsion to turn away from the Light. I had been afraid again and again, angry more times than I could count, but there was nothing appealing to me about the Dark side. What did she mean?

“Are you sure about that?” Miko asked me telepathically. “I know you are hurt, but I know you also understand the pain Rowan is feeling right now, and you know how even Alec’s memories of his family’s deaths still affect him. Just take those feelings one step further, and imagine what it would be like if someone had a fear or a pain, and decided that the only way to never feel that way again was to be the one in charge, the one making all the decisions. I’ve heard how these Shades think. They believe that as long as they are in control, they are safe. Some of them even feel like they are doing humans a favor, like everyone else is too weak to make the decision for themselves.”

“But that’s ridiculous,” I whispered. “No one has the right to do that.”

“Of course, not,” Miko answered. “That is the illusion of control. We animals know better than to pretend we have any control over life, death, and the natural order of things. But both fae and humans like to believe they can control the chaos of life.

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