071: When Shadows Walk

[Carnelia]

Ona is gone.

My Sister Queen. My best friend. My dearest confidant and the one person in this crazy world I knew would always be there for me during times of need.

A world without Ona doesn't make sense.

I refuse to live in a world without her. If she cannot be here with me, I do not want to be here without her.

As the darkness pours from my soul to encircle me in a cloud of death, I see her smiling face the first time she called me "Little Sister" even before I knew I was Primus' mate, or even what that would mean. I think of all of her tales of adventure from her life as a pirate and the way she taught me how to dance, so I could fall in love with her brother.

When Primus was gone, she was the one to teach me how to be a dragon, how to control my body and my abilities, and how to wield them as a weapon to protect those I love.

"Someone stop her!" I hear a voice around the edges of my shadow. But it is too late, it has already been released into the world.

"Xane!"