Page 1 of One Last Promise
Prologue
There was a time whendarkness reigned supreme, but it was a master of nothingness.Solitary in his abyss, Solace was content, but with one flash of light everything changed.
Holy Ether had created his equal.
Lustre, the Light Guardian, brought the universe alive with her.She created a tapestry for Holy Ether to form stars, planets, and life.
Light and Dark were Holy Ether’s first creations.
Everythingthat has come after is because of them.
~The Book Of Elder World~
Chapter One
EVERY LOVE STORY HAS TO START AT THE BEGINNING, EVEN THE ONES THAT STRETCH THROUGH SPACE AND TIME.
Hating myself was anemotion I had known too well in human form.Being trapped, having myentirebeing forced deep inside for so long, made me insufferable.It made me disconnect from everything.It was no surprise that I had pushed people away.That I had chosen to be cut off from emotion.That I had lashed out at anyone that showed an ounce of affection.All of that had been to safeguard my soul.
I wasn’t human.All the emotions inside me, a mere human could never have begun to understand them: everything I had suffered and endured and the price I’d paid to keep myself safe.If it hadn’t been for Darce...No, I couldn’t think about that right now.I needed to focus so I could pull all these memories back inside my head.I could see my past memories laid out in front of me.All I had to do was reach out and touch them.
Everything had been heightened while bound in human form.From the way I thought, to the way I lost control.Wave after wave of feelings washed over me, and memories rushed into my mind like a tidal wave.
My true form welcomed them, able to adapt and bend them back into my mind.I replayed them like a movie trailer in my head.It was all fitting together.My past knitting together piece by piece, weaving into every corner of my mind.
My past played out before me, unravelling, showing me the truth.
I could see Dallethas.
I could see my home.
I could see the events that led me to the first time I metDarce.
MY HANDS AND ARMS WEREso bright, I felt I might catch on fire.The warmth was comforting, though.My whole body hummed and rumbled as power seared through me, but I couldn’t control it.This was the first time my power had surfaced.My veins burned and my body ached as I tried to control the madness within me.It all felt too much.
“You need to channel the power, Alora,” Noor, my best friend, chimed.“Don’t lose it.Feelit.You can do it.”
