ewana POV
I wake up the next morning safe in Conrad’s arms. I ran out of tears and passed out from exhaustion in the living room and he carried me to his bed to protect me for the night.
I woke early and just went to sit by the window to watch the sunrise. I was only up about 10 minutes when I could feel Conrad’s panic starting to rise at not feeling me in the bed next to him.
“It’s OK Shadow. I’m just over here“.
He wakes up with a scowl across his face. He stomps over to me, picks me up as if I weigh nothing, and takes me back to bed like a child who has lost their cuddly toy.
“I wasn’t going anywhere. I was just thinking about everything we have to do today“.
He instantly started to protest. “You left the bed. That means you went somewhere“.
I just lay in silence and kept thinking about today. Conrad eventually looks down at me in the bed with a concerned look. “Are you worried about today“.
“Just a lot can go wrong. Look how yesterday went“.
Conrad just pulls me in for a cuddle. “I will be by your side for the rest of time so whatever happens, I will be there with
you to face it“.
We share a long deep kiss before we get up to get ready. The first stop is the library.
Liam and the girls are there waiting as I got permission from the Faes to explain the history to them as well.
“As we know the Royal Fae family has requested dinner with Conrad and the candidates. This is huge for many reasons but they have forbidden me from explaining why. They are a race that likes to test a person to find out their true intentions. You need to understand this and know I can not give you answers“. I am nervous explaining this as I know it would be easier to tell them but Conrad just reassures me.
“Just explain what you can“.
“Do any of you know the story about the children of chaos and Gaea. The Greek legends“.
Willow perks up and has her laptop ready for note taking a research. “I know a little bit but I have a feeling, not as much as you“.
I continue to explain the history of our realm.
‘Chaos and Gaea were the first Gods. No one knows how they were created but they were first and became what they were at the beginning of time.
Chaos was the God of void and emptiness. He ruled over the plains of darkness and shadow. Gaea was the Goddess of light and creation. She is also often referred to as Mother Earth as she created all life and what is needed to sustain life in this realm.
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It is still unsure what their relationship was. Some say enemies, some say lovers but the reality was one couldn’t exist without the other. The same goes for all offspring.
Chaos had many children but his most powerful was his son. Erebus. The God of shadow and darkness. He had many children who all fed the destruction of the realm that Gaea was trying to form. Fear, strife, misery, jealousy, lust.
Gaea also had many children who were to aid the creation and preservation of light. Her children were also known as the Titans. These gods also went on to have children. Many of these gods were knowledge keepers like Themis the Goddess of justice or Cruis, the God of constellations. Others were protectors and given domains to care for and protect.
The Moon Goddess Selene was the protector of the night. Creating light in the dark to protect those down below. She fell
in love with a wolf who would howl in affection at her beauty every night. She gifted him with the power to shift to a human so they could be together when she was in her human form. He became the guardian of the night and the first
werewolf.
Her brother, the God Helios was the God of the sun. When he was at his highest and shone brightly down on earth, a bird with red wings would fly high and sing to him. They fell in love and he granted her the power to shift into human form as well as the gift of fire. She was the first Phoenix and guardian of the day.
The Goddess Demeter was the protector of the forest and the growth of life on earth. It said that many people started to worship and care for the forest so much they refused to leave. They granted the power of flight with wings and powers to oversee all of nature. They were made the guardians of nature and became the first Faes.
The God Oceanus was the protector of the water. Just as the people refused to leave the forest, people started living in the water. He granted them the power to breathe and live underwater to become guardians of the Oceans and rivers. These are the Sirens.
There were many battles for power over time and even though the child of light always won, war was always started from the shadows. Cronus killed his father out of jealousy. His son Zeus killed him out of fear for his siblings. Even today if we look at the rouges. They are being driven by lust for power. The shadows always try to increase their reach but the light always shines.
It is known that the Werewolf race has lost its way due to its lust for power and status rather than balance. That’s what Rose meant when she said you want to restore the balance, Conrad. You have power from your title, yet you don’t seek power from it. You seek balance.
It is only if everything is balanced that can we all enjoy the light. Otherwise, we will be consumed in darkness by the shadows once more.
Chapter 78
Conrad POV
