There were some days that Saeil woke up where he still felt a bit unsettled by what was inside him. The strength and heat of it. It was something that was always there, something he was constantly aware of. It was nearly a year now that the demon had been properly bound to him but it’s been far longer than that since that demon has been a part of him. A part of his soul.
This past week had been full of excitement and one that the dancer had greatly enjoyed. He’d been his usual carefree, free spirited self. But sometimes that didn’t matter. Sometimes those memories still crept into his subconscious and caused him to have nightmares. They never made much sense. Just flashes.
That massive abyssal fixating his gaze right on him...
Saeil put the last of the items into the box. It was hard to believe that it already a year had gone by since he’d sent out a box like this one to Zelly. This year though, it seemed to mean even more.
He now knew the truth about his family and now knew that he owed his life to her not just for one instance but two. She’d not only saved his life when he put himself in harm’s way to save her but she found him when he was an abandoned newborn and brought him to the Sunspell estate in hopes of giving him a better chance. Though his life certainly hadn’t been the best, they had given him all the food, clothing and shelter he needed for most of his childhood. She hadn’t known what kind of people they were. She had always done...
It was done. Finally, he felt at peace, more settled than he had in such a long time. Truly, now that this being in him was properly contained, he realized just how much it had been affecting him even before Argus’ appearance. That worry in the back of mind was gone. Not only would he not be waking up on fire anymore, but he was now stronger, more powerful and the abyssal could no longer slowly eat away at him. It was now completely under his control.
Of course, he wasn’t quite used to this new found strength. He’d already accidentally broken a door knob and it had only been a day. It was something he was going to need to work on. He didn’t want to end up breaking something important or accidentally crush someone by hugging...
“Have you still been having those dreams? The ones about the solar eclipse?”
Zelektra’s voice broke through Saeil’s thoughts as he sat there in her cottage, situated in a remote location in Winterspring. He’d been stalling, making small talk with her. Though he had been anxious to get here to talk to her, now that he was he had been putting off getting to the point. He was afraid that once he explained to her, she’d tell him that she had no ideas, that there was nothing that could be done, that this was the end for him.
But then she had to go and bring up this subject. For the longest time, Saeil had been a man who made no real connections with anyone. He kept up walls and he did everything he could to avoid getting...
It had been a day since Alaris had told him what he’d discovered. It was strange. He really didn’t know what to feel about it. He should feel shocked, angry, sad… right? Instead he felt… confused, he supposed. No… empty. Like he had lost some of his identity.
But had he really?
He never really was a part of that family. He always felt out of place. Tolerated. Like he was just… there. He didn’t fit and always felt like he was cut from a different cloth. And that was because he was.
He had never been told that he had taken after his mother or his father or any of his other family. Never had any of the same interests or talents as them. While he got along fine with Alaris, they were never close. They never had the kind of...