Chapter 56 : Shadowed Hearts: Love and Darkness

Carolina

The sun began to rise into the blue sky, chasing away the darkness once again with its bright rays. Birds began to chirp as they awoke, the forest came alive as the fears of the night were erased by the new day. Fears laid to rest for another night as the predators of the night fell into a deep slumber until the darkness called them to rise again.

The animals may not have been too afraid on this bright morning, but a dark brown haired girl looked out of the window of a small, uninhabited old house, unfazed by the promise of a new day, for even in the light, darkness remained.

Pale, long fingers smoothed her silky hair, the tips touching soft ears that twitched at the light touch, while her brown eyes watched the sunrise. Her mind was in turmoil, as it had always been.

His head rested on her lap, her legs tucked underneath him, while she stroked her lover's hair almost absentmindedly. No, it wasn't. That wasn't true at all. Not anymore. Rylan was neither hers nor her love,