The Broken Angel & Her Overprotective Brothers

[Flashback continued - ]

"My identity doesn't matter. I'm here to give you a present that I'm sure you will like." The woman spoke as she raised her right hand in Emily's direction. A bright light shone over her palm before it disappeared completely, leaving a small ball full of white smoke resting on her palm.

Emily watched as the smoke ball suddenly flew towards her, stopping right in front of her. 

"Accept it. Trust me, you will not regret accepting it." The woman told her but Emily still refused to touch that smoke ball that was still hovering in front of her.

"Who are you? And what is this thing?" She questioned again, watching as the woman became silent all of a sudden.

"All that I can tell you is that I'm from the Coral Court and that magical ball.... is the spirit ball that contains the essence of the five elements." The woman finally decided to answer her questions.

Emily turned her attention to the said spirit ball and was instantly taken aback when she noticed the smoke inside the ball that had started swirling. The first image that appeared in front of her eyes was that of an ocean with high waves. The second image brought a surge of fire while the third was a powerful gust of wind. The fourth one was the earth and lastly, she watched the powerful thunder striking all over the place.

When everything ended and the ball was once again looking calm and normal, Emily finally let out the breath that she had been holding. The spirit ball was too much powerful and somehow, she could tell that the essence of the elements was captured in it a long long time ago. 

"Why are you giving this to me?" She found herself asking as she turned her attention back at the woman who had been silently standing in her original position.

"Because if I still keep it in my possession, I'm afraid that Shadow and his Night Court will not let my Coral Court live peacefully. He wants this spirit ball for you. So here I am, giving you the spirit ball willingly. All that I'm asking is for you to ask the Supreme Sire to not hurt my people." 

Emily felt her head spinning as the woman started talking about things that were making no sense to her. Who was the Supreme Sire? What was the relation between Shadow and the Night Court? Why was Shadow looking for the Spirit ball? And how could she stop the Supreme Sire from hurting the people of the Coral Court?

She knew about the twelve royal courts that ruled the supernatural races. While there were Supernatural Councils in almost every state, the royal courts were still the real ones in power.

From what she had learned so far, Night Court - the court of Vampires, was the most powerful court of the Supernatural world, followed by Fae Court and then the Shifter Court.

She would probably have seen or heard the mention of the title 'Supreme Sire' but in her current situation, she was having a hard time pinpointing what she knew about that person.

"Is Shadow close to the Supreme Sire?" Emily found herself asking as she looked at the mysterious woman in front of her.

Seeing that the woman had such a powerful treasure like the Spirit Ball in her possession, it was clear that her position in the Coral Court was not normal.

"This... didn't he tell you anything?" Instead of answering her question, the woman directed her own question at Emily, and she genuinely seemed surprised.

By now, Emily had started to feel that something wasn't right. Listening to the woman's words, it almost sounded like she was portraying that Shadow had been keeping things from her. 

What she could not understand was the sudden sadness that took over her heart. It's not like she had told all her secrets to him. Therefore, him keeping his life affairs secret from her should not be a big deal for her. But at the same time, he was only unaware about a little part of her life while she knew almost nothing about him.

The more Emily pondered on the topic, the more sad and depressed she became. Even though she kept telling herself that it really did not matter whether Shadow was keeping things hidden from her, the truth was that it actually mattered.

The woman probably noticed the war that was going on inside her head because even Emily knew that her face was portraying everything like a transparent window. 

Her attention was pulled back at the woman when she heard her cursing under her breath. It looked like the woman was regretting disclosing something that she should not have.

"I'm really sorry. I did not mean to create any problem between you guys. I just thought that since you two are so close, he would have told you at least something about his true identity. I did not know that he was keeping things hidden... fro... I... I'm so... so sorry... " 

The woman trailed off when she realized that in order of apologizing and defending herself, she once again ended up saying things that she should not have said.

Her intentions behind meeting the girl were good. She wanted to give the Spirit Ball to her in exchange for a promise that she would keep the Supreme Sire from hurting the Coral Court. However, looking at the current situation, it felt like the Ruler of the Night Court won't let her and her Coral Court live in peace anymore.

"I... I won't accompany you anymore. It's getting late. You should return to your dorms and rest. Please try to not think about whatever I said. I will be taking my leave now. Till we meet again." Bidding her farewell, the woman did not stop for a single more second at that place.

She hurriedly cast two teleportation spells, bringing herself back to her throne hall in the Coral Court with the help of the first spell while sending Emily back to her dorms with the second spell.

Now she just wished that she and her people won't need to face an angry Supreme Sire because that would only end up in a bloodbath and thousands of deaths.

Sadly, she was aware that it would be her people losing their lives.