Jeanne G'Fellers - No Sister of Mine by Jeanne G'Fellers (reading tree TXT) š
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Chapter Thirty-Four
Painful memories, though deeply suppressed, are never truly forgotten.
āTaelach wisdom
They floated between realities, Krellās entire being wrapping LaRennaās, shielding her from the consuming cold of Death.
Wren bird? Krellās thoughts rang inside their common existence, warming them both. LaRenna pushed at the black as she struggled to respond.
Krell?
Darlinā mine, let me hold you safe while we fight this.
I . . . I canāt see you.
Iām all around you. Weāre soul phased. Canāt you feel me?
Silence. I hurt.
Iām here, Wren bird. Let me take away some of the pain. Give me the weight in your chest.
No, youāll hurt too . . . I wonāt lose you, canāt lose you.
And I wonāt lose you either. Give me the weight. LaRennaās smothering pain became manageable. Better, sweetheart?
No. You hurt now.
Iām fine. Weāve divided the pain. Push away from the blackness. Give it a phase to force it out.
Silence. A weaker, pleading call. Kkrreell.
Darlinā, whatās wrong?
They wonāt leave me alone . . . the more I fight, the stronger they become . . . help me.
They?
Theyāre crushing me.
Iām taking some of the weight from you. Breathe, LaRenna, breathe. Again, the pain released. Better?
Yes . . . Silence. No.
Wren bird?
Not again.
LaRenna?
Silence.
LARENNA, SPEAK TO ME!
LaRenna managed a tiny hollow hole of a whisper. Why, Krell, why?
Share with me, Renna. Iāll make them go.
Itās too much.
No! Let me in!
Silence, deafening silence punctuated by a single sob.
LARENNA! HOLD ON!
Krellās grip slipped and LaRenna began to fade. Instinctively, she focused a phase that reached far beyond the limits of their joining. Krellās energy entered LaRennaās mind, braced for a struggle but unprepared for what she foundāvivid images of the Creiloff twins that had been imbedded by the prock. Their images overwhelmed LaRennaās psyche, crowding her until little of her strength remained.
Canceās image lashed out first. Sheās gone, guardian, gone. Leave her with us. Sheās ours. Weāve ruined her for all others.
NO! Krell replied as she searched for any sign of LaRenna. I feel her presence.
Back off, bitch. Brandoffās specter joined the fray. Sheās ours! Cut your losses before we take you, too.
Youāre dead, continued Krell as her search became frantic. Youāre both dead.
We live in her mind, in her fears. Cance swept forward, blocking Krellās path. She sustains us in her nightmares. Weāve scarred her. She canāt escape our touch.
Krell swung out to strike Cance, but her blow passed through the image and she fell forward, beyond Cance and onto the ground near where LaRennaās injured psyche lay. Renna, theyāre not real. They canāt harm you anymore. Renna! Listen to me!
Canceās image stepped up again, blocking the distance between the lovers. Stupid whore, do you honestly think she can hear you now? Sheās too weak.
LARENNA! Theyāre dead. Krell reached through Cance to touch LaRennaās arm. I canāt help if you wonāt listen. Please, Wren bird, please!
LaRenna shifted but wouldnāt look up. Krel . . . no . . . save yourself . . . go.
Brandoff drifted behind her twinās image to stand beside LaRenna. She doesnāt want you. The choice is yours, join her in service to us, or die alone.
Renna! I wonāt leave you. I canāt live without you. Fight them baby, make them leave you alone. Theyāre in YOUR head. Itās up to you.
But how? Iām so tired.
See? Brandoff bent to stroke LaRennaās hair. Sheās given up. Prock does that, you know, makes you more willing, submissive even when it hurts. And believe me, guardian, we make it HURT.
Krell shivered but held fast. LaRenna, darlinā, heart of my own, I will not stand here and argue with specters. You belong to me, beside me, with me. Me and only me. No matter what anyone else has done or said, youāre mine. If you wonāt fight them, I must remain here with you. My place is by your side. Better to die beside you than live without you. She lay beside LaRenna and curled around her, demonstrating her defiance.
Immediately, the twinsā images solidified. Brandoff grasped Krell by the hair and pulled her head back. Letās find out just how strong you are.
Sheās yours. Cance descended on LaRenna. Iāve a lesson to teach.
No, Krell. LaRenna opened her eyes. Donāt let her.
Krell resisted the urge to cry out in pain as Brandoff pushed her to the edge. You stay. I stay. You are my intended and I will remain by your side. If this is the fate you choose, so be it.
Krell, no. LaRenna struggled to free herself of Canceās hold, but Cance pinned her shoulders to the ground.
Shut up, LaRenna Cances.
LaRenna rallied the last of her strength. Iām not yours. You canāt have my guardian and you canāt have me. LaRenna heaved Cance from her, sending her sprawling on the ground a distance away. Krell, help me. I need you. I want you and only you!
Wren bird! Krell called out above Canceās angry scream. Fight with me?
With you, for you, because of you.
This is the LaRenna I know! Krell laughed bitterly and turned, grabbing Brandoff by the hair.
Stronger than you thought, arenāt I?
Brandoff screeched and fell back as her image became transparent once again. Cance!
Idiot! Cance turned from her fading twin
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