let's hear the sound of madness

Delinne the Lightningborne. A name that echoed inside my head, conversations blurred as a ringing sound started to haunt my hearing. Mom. The faint heart in my chest clenched. Oh no. No. I absolutely refused to be the one to ruin two souls by saying the mother I shared with one and the grandmother of the other died -- because of me. Tears began to dwell and overflow the corners of my blue eyes. Reality struck me again as my nephew let out a sigh that could be mistaken for one of relief -- and spoke. "I know you! I know you, Cahira. My mother - my mother is Destry. The feathers, they're my grandfather's - my mother - she - she gave them to me before I came through the portal." There was a hint of sadness in his voice, but I couldn't focus on it at all. I had sisters. A brother. A nephew. From nothing to... this. And... I would destroy it. "I.." I opened my maw and the single letter was but a gasp, so I closed it again. I couldn't. Cahira's question rang in my ears. "What was your mother’s name?" The third-born... How could I ever tell her? "I.. I suppose that.." But, I had to. She was my sister. "That makes me the fourth-born," the sentence floated from my lips in a whisper, staring into the giant's green gems. There didn't exist a need for me to say her name, the moniker of the lady that gave me life while her own was taken away. I never had the chance to know my sweet dam, nor had my aunts or uncles ever told me anything about her past life. They had never told me I had sisters or brothers, nothing of the sort that would've given me comfort throughout my short life.  "Cahira, Shahrokh.. I'm so happy I found family at last." And I was. Of course, I would forever be grateful to Alistorie, Laila, Rosaria and the rest of the wonderful souls I had grown up with, yet.. These two were blood. "Even if mom is gone.. I hope you can forgive me, Cah. And you, Shah, she was your grandmother afterall." Forgive me for killing mom in childbirth. "Talking." ooc: ;_______; @Cahira @Shahrokh word count: 377 inapatricia.deviantart.com