CHAPTER 43: HER LITTLE LIGHT

Nyx was tired and confused, she held Archi to her chest, her heart thumping hard.

"Now I think I am lost, I do not know this part of the market."

She closed her eyes, exhaled and opened them again. She tried to remember the way she had passed before getting here.

"Archi, what are we going to do? I do not remember the way anymore," she said panicky.

She walked a little further but realised she was making it worse. She tried the different routes that had led her here but it seemed she was walking in circles.

She sat on the root of a tree, tired, she held Archi to her chest tightly as if someone would snatch him from her.

"Goodness, think Nyx, calm down and think properly."

She closed her eyes still trying to remember which route she had took to lead her here.

She tried all she could to remember but she couldn’t, "We can not be stuck here, there should be a way out."

She gulped, "Archi," she held him to her face, "My light, just help me this once, I do not know where to go from here, we are definitely lost."

He smiled at her revealing beautiful dimples at the sides of his cheeks.

"Should I take that as an answer?" She asked hopefully.

He spread his arms, waving them around, still smiling cheerfully at her. She creased her brows.

"What should I do?"

She rested her head against the tree bark, "Why am I panicking so much?" She exhaled hoping to calm herself but it wasn’t working.

"You can do this Nyx," she looked at Archi, he was still waving and didn’t seem to want to stop.

She creased her brows, Archi never waved, he wasn’t even old enough to do so. Her eyes widened, her child was waving!

She tried to read the meaning to it but her head was blank.

"What exactly are you trying to say? I do not understand you," she shook her head.

His smile widened, and he stopped waving but his hands still swayed in the air. She traced the direction he was pointing at with her eyes.

Her eyes focused on a particular route, she never tried that one. Her heart jumped, she was filled with sudden joy. She quickly stood up and headed to that direction.

"Oh, Archi," she kissed his forehead, "My little light, I love you so much."

She rushed to it, her heart beating very fast. She was so eager to get out of there and go back to Dora or to her cottage.

She hurried through the path to get her out of this place, luckily for her she found it soon enough. With so much joy in her heart, she kept kissing Archi’s forehead.

"Thank you so much Archi," she said gratefully.

She got to the route which led to the market, she took a step forward but quickly retreated, "There is no way I am going back there, I should just go home."

She hurried away from the market without looking back.

...

"Why did you leave the market like that? You did not tell me the reason why."

Nyx rocked her baby gently, "I had to escape from those people, I had no choice."

"Why? Do you know them?"

She sighed, "It is a very long story, I do not think I am in a mood to narrate it."

Dora looked at her, "Those people are related to your husband I guess?"

She nodded, "My ex husband," she corrected.

"Oh, he divorced you?"

She nodded, "Unfortunately, yes."

Dora shook her head in pity, "I am so sorry to hear that, your ex husband did not do a very nice thing, and especially abandoning his child!"

Nyx shook her head, Oberon never knew about his child, "I never told him tho, I did not have the courage to."

Dora looked at Archi who was looking around peacefully, his large eyes darted around quickly, he seemed to be enjoying that view of the room.

"What will you tell Archi? How will you respond to him when he asks about his father?"

"Do I have any other choice than telling him the truth? He has to know the whole story," she sighed.

Archi giggled.

They both looked at him, "He surprised me today, he actually waved his hands and he was smiling at me."

She arched her brows, "That is new, this child must be really different from the rest of them out there."

Nyx nodded, "I agree, but... It is so shocking, I mean, he is not old enough to start waving like that, he is just a few days old, not even up to a week old."

Dora shrugged, "What do you want me to say? If this is how he has been destined to be, then what can we do?"

Nyx rocked him gently till he went to sleep. She carried him to the room and placed him to sleep.

She came back to the living room and sat down beside Dora.

"Dora, I do not know why, but I feel that one day, I will be needed by them. It is definitely a crazy thought but i do not know why the feeling is so strong in my heart."

Before Dora could respond, there was a knock on the door. They were shocked because they had no neighbors, let alone have visitors.

"I will go get it," Dora stood up and headed to the door.

She opened the door and found the same people at the market, standing at their doorstep.

"Nyx is here right? This is where she lives."

Nyx heard the voice and recognized it as that of Mark’s, she was paralyzed with fear, for some minutes, she could neither talk nor move.

Dora creased her brows, "How did you find us?"

"I do not have an answer to that question, all I request right now, is for you to let me in. I need to speak with Nyx."

Dora refused, "She does not want to see any of you, I suggest you leave."

He shook his head, "I am asking politely, please let me in."

She stubbornly refused, "But she does not want to see you, why force her?"

Mark gripped her wrist and pushed her aside gently. He walked inside. Nyx stood up on seeing him.

"What do you want from me?"

"Alpha Oberon wants you to come back home."