Azura-Time seemed to speed up over the next couple of months. After dreaming of Arric, my tension around him eased. I was still cautious, but not nearly as bad as I had been. Every night I dreamt of a memory I had shared with Arric.I had been filled with warmth and love. I felt that part of the reason I had been so on edge around him, was probably some form of guilt. It helped that as time went on, I didn’t feel like Arric was here to harm me.He wasn’t the same as he had been in my memories, but I suspected that it was because he had changed over the years. I wished that my memories consisted of Cyran, but they were all focused on Arric. The only time I could remember anything about Cyran was if I saw it after being hypnotized.The difference between when I was being hypnotized and dreaming, was the point of view. During my dreams, it was from a first-person point of view, where I could feel everything and feel completely connected. Unlike when I was being hypnotized, it was from a

Azura-Two days later, I am at my wit’s end about how to make Cyran feel better. He keeps avoiding me and when I do try to interact with him, he won’t even look at me or respond. I tried to have Kellan talk to him and find out what was going on, but he told me that he was unable to get any information out of him.It was clear that Cyran was avoiding me specifically because he had no problem interacting with Kellan or Jade. Thinking he just needed space, after making supper for us, I placed his plate outside his door, as I have been doing the last two days. As for me, I placed my food in the microwave while I cleaned the kitchen.Taking my plate to the basement, I closed the door, so I wasn’t bothering him. I tried to work on my writing, but it was difficult to focus. Feeling like it was pointless to force myself to write, I laid down on the couch.Since I forgot to bring a book down, I just rested my eyes to sleep. I woke up a few hours later, and I was unable to fall asleep again. Si

Cyran-Lingering by the pool long after Azura went into the house, I fixed my gaze on the water. What I saw wasn’t the water though, it was fragments of memories as I recounted the scene of finding Azura dead in a cave. Since seeing the first Potential Stone Keeper in the cave, at the beginning of winter, I couldn’t stop seeing Azura’s dead body, covered in blood.Every night I have relived the same nightmare, never finding any relief. It wasn’t until I woke up next to Azura the night before last that I had finally slept. I had been angered to see her in the room, but more than that I had been mad at myself.When I first woke up, I had been surprised to see her next to me, but I had mostly felt a warmth spread through my veins. That alone had been enough to make me want to keep her as far away from me as possible. If the last few months weren’t enough of a reminder to stay away from her, I didn’t know what was.This morning when I woke up, having slept soundly, I realized that I neede

Azura-That night, I thought I would sleep in the same bed as Cyran, but he had yet to return home. Jade informed me that he and Kellan had left to handle some things. She didn’t know the details but told me not to worry.The next morning, I woke up alone in bed. After searching the house, I learned that Cyran hadn’t returned. I had texted Jade to see if she knew anything, but she didn’t. As the day went on, I began to worry. I didn’t like the uncertainty that I felt not knowing if he was okay.One day, turned to two and then three. I tried to keep myself busy, so I didn’t agonize about it, but it was difficult to concentrate on anything. Jade spent time with me, telling me that it was normal for them to disappear to take care of things. With the killings lately, she suspected it was related to that.I still didn’t like how they disappeared without at least letting us know what was going on. What if something happened while they were gone? I even tried texting and calling Cyran multip

Cyran-After Kellan left, I leaned back in my office chair. We have spent hours trying to figure out what to do. The situation had also escalated, which didn’t bode well for anyone. Before Azura went to bed, she passed along the portrait she drew of the man that tried to take her.Her artistic skill wasn’t as good as it had been in the past, but it was still accurate. Jade came over for a bit to try to locate the man and she got a hit within thirty minutes. In all honesty, it had been a waste of time, because where she located him was right outside of town. He wasn’t alone either.Our biggest fear had come true. The man, who we found out was named Larry. He was an ordinary human that worked at a bank. At least he had before he had been fired a few weeks ago. There was no other information on him.Jade found out there was a generous sum of money deposited into his account. She couldn’t find the owner of the account that sent the money, since it no longer existed. Kellan and I have conc