The First Time He Saw Me
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The room felt colder after Kael’s words.
He found you.
The sentence wouldn’t leave my head.
It echoed over and over, like something inside me was trying to connect pieces I didn’t even know were missing.
“If he found me before,” I said slowly, “then why don’t I remember it?”
Kael didn’t answer.
And that silence—
It told me everything.
Because deep down—
I already knew.
“It was taken,” I whispered.
My chest tightened.
“Just like everything else.”
Kael stepped closer, his expression serious.
“Lira—”
But it was too late.
The warmth inside me surged again.
Stronger.
Sharper.
Not painful—
But overwhelming.
My vision blurred.
My breath hitched.
And suddenly—
I wasn’t there anymore.
Darkness surrounded me.
Not empty—
Heavy.
Like something was watching from within it.
I was small again.
Younger.
Standing alone.
My heart pounded in my chest as I looked around, trying to understand where I was.
“Hello…?” I called softly.
No answer.
Just silence.
Then—
A presence.
It wasn’t loud.
It wasn’t aggressive.
But it was there.
Watching.
Waiting.
The air shifted slightly, and slowly—
A figure stepped forward from the darkness.
Tall.
Still.
Completely in control.
I couldn’t see his face clearly.
But I didn’t need to.
Because the moment he looked at me—
My entire body froze.
Not from fear.
From something deeper.
Recognition.
“You’re early,” he said.
His voice was calm.
Too calm.
My chest tightened.
“I… I don’t understand,” I said.
Of course I didn’t.
I was just a child.
He took another step closer.
Measured.
Careful.
Like he was approaching something fragile.
Or something dangerous.
“You weren’t supposed to awaken yet,” he continued.
The words didn’t make sense.
But the way he said them—
It felt like they should.
My heart raced.
“Who are you?” I asked.
A faint smile touched his lips.
Not kind.
Not cruel.
Just… knowing.
“You’ll remember me,” he said.
A pause.
Then—
“When the time comes.”
A sudden force slammed into the space between us.
Sharp.
Violent.
Protective.
The air distorted as another presence appeared—
Familiar.
Desperate.
My mother.
She moved instantly, placing herself between us, her body tense, her voice filled with urgency.
“You shouldn’t be here,” she said.
The man didn’t move.
Didn’t react.
“You hid her well,” he replied calmly.
“But not well enough.”
My chest tightened as I clung to her instinctively.
“Go,” she whispered to me.
“But—”
“Go!”
The word echoed, stronger this time.
Her hand moved to my forehead—
And the same warmth surged again.
Blinding.
Erasing.
“Forget this,” she whispered.
“Forget him.”
Darkness swallowed everything.
I gasped, stumbling back into the present.
My breathing was uneven, my heart racing as I struggled to stay grounded.
“Lira!”
Kael’s voice pulled me back completely.
I grabbed onto him without thinking, my grip tightening slightly.
“I saw him,” I said.
My voice shook.
But not from fear.
From certainty.
Kael’s expression darkened immediately.
“What did you see?”
I swallowed hard.
“He found me,” I said.
A pause.
Then—
“He knew me.”
The words felt heavier now.
More real.
Because this time—
It wasn’t just something I was told.
It was something I remembered.
And suddenly—
The Sovereign didn’t feel like a distant threat anymore.
He felt close.
Familiar.
Like someone who had been part of my story long before I understood it.
And that made him more dangerous than anything else. 😈🔥
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