Aurora’s World: Haerith: Xavia: Making a Decision (part 3)

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“That is information you should have given us before,” Cyrus said, sounding more disappointed than angry, and Xavia shook her head, knowing that they had no idea how hard it had been not to tell them, but she had been told more than once that they needed to stay safe for as long as possible. “We should have been permitted to make an informed decision.”

“Your parents were,” Xavia replied, attempting to keep her voice calm, even though she wanted to shout at them. “It was up to them to make the choice, not you, and as you’re here they obviously decided they wanted you here for some reason, although I have no idea what that reason might be.” She sighed. “Look, I didn’t make the choice to keep what I know from you out of malice, but because it was the best option. Until the day came when I was certain that no one was going to come for us I was fulfilling the duty I promised your parents I would do – I kept you all safe for as long as possible. Now we have to make the decision together what we’re going to do next and in order to do that you need to know everything that I do, but in order for me to do that I need to break down a number of walls my father placed in my mind, in case someone did find us, and that may well lead to me going mad.”

A long silence followed, which wasn’t exactly a surprise. Xavia waited. She knew what she wanted to do, even though she knew how dangerous it was, but in the end it was up to the rest of the group. If they wanted to know what had happened outside she would be able to tell them. If they didn’t then she would keep the walls up until she died, which might be of starvation if the group’s decision was to keep the door closed, although she couldn’t imagine that was even a valid option for most of them – no matter how scared they were of what might be on the other side.

“How much do you know?” Hadar asked, finally, his voice much quieter than it had been before.

“More than I want to.” Xavia almost smiled. “Father told me he would keep sending reports to my mind, so I would know exactly what happened out there, and as he isn’t here to get us out I know that he’s dead. As no one knew of his mind power it’s very likely that somewhere behind those walls will be the moment that he died, because his magic would have automatically connected with mine.”

“Before we came here Father told us exactly how his power worked and told us we were lucky to have been born when we were,” Randolf said, and Xavia could hear the sadness in it, even though she was certain that no one else could. “Within Xavia’s mind there are a number of different walls that he set up, some that could be broken by the right phrase and others that she will have to break herself if she wants the knowledge within them, but she couldn’t do that until she remembered that they were there, and that couldn’t happen until we said the right things.”

Mirrored from K. A. Webb Writing.

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