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~Millicent

I dress quicker than I ever have.

Lucy is nowhere to help me, as I pull myself together enough to come face to face with immortals. I may be one of them myself, with powers of my own – which I rarely use – but they intimidate me. They are confident, judgmental and use their abilities without a care in the world. I'm jealous of their ability to not care about what they do and who they do it to.

The moment I step into my foyer after barely putting on clothes and running a brush through my hair, I bump right into Kyser. I don't think I will ever be able to look him in the eye again after what he walked in one. I can barely forgive myself...

I've never done that before.

No one has ever made me feel that way before, and it's frightening. If Sinful can make me feel that way, then who knows how I'll be able to react near him.

"Don't say anything," I mutter under my breath, eyeing him suspiciously. I don't know what I'm going to do, considering I doubt he's going to keep his mouth shut. I can see the smirk in his eyes, even if he is trying to keep his expression neutral.

"Hey, I'm not judging," he murmurs, but the wink says otherwise.

Glancing up, ignoring the way Kyser leans in to me, I notice Sinful standing amongst a small group of people, his attention hardly on those around him. There's a flicker of something unintelligible in his eyes, which are shadowed beneath a fringe or dark hair. They almost seem to burn into me with incredible force. Jealousy, maybe? Suspicion? He shouldn't have to worry, Kyser is the biggest pain in my side ever.

Sinful stalks over, abandoning where he once stood, instead coming right in front of both me and "I brought some back up."

"And they can be here?" I question.

Behind me are three sins, whose names I barely remember. I've seen them in passing many years ago, however, as time goes on their importance has diminished, leaving their faces a blur of strange features and brightly coloured hair. Maybe I should make more of an effort to try get to know them, considering they are my mates siblings to some degree. Well, more like a creation of the Moon to keep the balance in the mortal realm. Instead they flaunt themselves and their abilities in front of everyone.

"It should be fine," Kyser days, although he sounds wary. How much magic is he putting into this to keep us all safe? I don't think I want to know...

"So, you're going to have to remind me of all these people," I say gently, hoping they can't hear me. I know how temperamental these Sins can be, and even with my power, it's not use to get on their bad side. "I'm not very good with Sins."

"I only brought along a few of my brothers and my sister," Sinful says. There are seven of them in total, with four already standing in the room with me. I don't know where Kyser fits in with all the immortals, but I doubt he is very important. "Ira, Astro and Cian."

The names spark back memories of them. I don't mind Cian so much. I like his honest, and how forthcoming he is. Of course, I would never invest my trust in him, but he's one of the more normal ones that I've come across.

I raise an eyebrow. "That's it? Just Sin's?"

"They happen to be the few that actually like me," Sinful says. True enough. I'm not exactly sure what his relationships are with other immortals, but I doubt any are as reliable as his one with his siblings. Even if they are terribly poisonous. "And they are more powerful than you think. We will get you out of here in no time."

"How is that going to work?"

"Harnessing enough power to get you out of here and hide your presence from the Moon until we can fill your space," Sinful tells me. His tone has fallen very serious, as he looks at me pointedly. Is he angry at me about talking with Kyser? Speaking of, that white eyed immortal has ventured over to try his hand at attempting to impress the Sins. I somehow doubt he will get very far.

I shift on my feet uneasily. "It just doesn't seem so...well planned out."

"It will have to work," Sinful says grimly. "It's not like he has a bond with you that will ensure he is hideously angry when you leave. As long as we have someone to take your place, it shouldn't matter."

For some reason, I'm offended. Does he really think that? I may never have come face to face with the Moon, or even close for that matter, but I know he has some kind of tie to me. The moment I step out of line with his implied rule, I get punished. From the beginning, I had to figure out what he wanted from me, which was a brutal, take time of my life. I wouldn't want to put anyone through that...

"I don't know..." I trail off. "What do your siblings get out of this?"

Sinful's eyes spark for a slight moment. "My approval as the better, older brother."

All of a sudden, the smell of pine hits me right in the face. Glancing over, I notice that Ira has joined us. Ira is the most intimidating of all the Seven Sins. She's wrath, and pure evil through and through. Her sweet tone and pretty, almost perfect looks are simple a façade, to draw the innocent in before he true self inevitably arises. Unfortunately, she can't hide her true self behind anything.

"Millicent, it's been so long," she says, her tone honey sweet, as she picks a clump of my hair, examining it, comparing my natural waves to her tight, milky brown curls. "You're so pretty, I forgot."

"Ira. What have you been up to?" I ask her. I don't particularly care, and she doesn't care about me. I'm not sure if she is jealous of me, or just hates me for taking her brother away.

"Terrorizing people and what not,' she giggles.

I catch Sinful looking down at her, almost in admiration. She's his sister, and despite everything he says, he has to love her. Outwardly, who wouldn't? She wears the prettiest powder blue dress which blends perfectly with her bluey, sometimes green eyes. I know better.

"She hasn't been," a voice says from behind Ira. "She's actually been in rehab."

It's Astro, or Envy. He's similar to Ira, in a way. He hates being a Sin, and often acts as though he isn't one. He hides it a lot better than Ira, though. He goes about his life trying to heal his sister, like he has done to himself. We all know he has resorted to this because no one in the mortal world will accept him. He has jarringly sharp features, which although beautiful, are foreign. His hair is silvery, like fairy dust, almost, that glints which sharp colours each time he moves. Not to mention his eyes. They are a green colour no mortal will ever see.

"Didn't know immortals would be allowed in rehab," I mutter.  "Sins especially."

"There she goes, thinking she's better than us because she's the wholesome Moon Goddess who everyone loves," Ira says, suddenly exploding into a fit of anger. "Well guess what, that's boring, and doesn't make you any better than the rest of us."

"Okay Ira, why don't you go sit over there and cool down. Not everyone is out to attack you," Sinful says, grabbing her hand to leave her away from me. Astro follows.

I watch them go, smiling to myself. Nothing unusual. Sinful trying to ensure I don't hate his siblings, and they don't hate me. Ira exploded quicker than I expected, but it doesn't bother me. You learn not to care about other immortal's opinions.

"Ira likes no one," I hear a smooth, delicate voice say from beside me.  "I wouldn't take it seriously."

Glancing over, I notice it's Cian, or Greed. I prefer him, over the others. He doesn't pretend he's someone he's not, which is something a lot of these immortals could learn from. Maybe he has a lot of maturing left to do, despite his age, but I like him.

"Cian. Finally, someone who is vaguely normal."

"I wouldn't say that," Cian jokes, nudging my side. I smile at him, hardly taking notice of those golden roots in his hair which blend out to black. Odd, but it suits him. "Believe it or not, Ira took the least amount of convincing. Sinful just told her Fate would be here and she was the first out the door."

"Ah yes, the infamous one hundred yearlong crush," I laugh, remembering hearing about that through the grapevine. "Is she actually going to help now that she knows Sinful was just manipulating her?"

Cian shrugs. "She has no other choice. He will send her back to the endlessly long forest where he plucked her from."

"Is this the rehab Astro mentioned?"

"He took her out there to help her reign in her anger. He's one of the only people whose mind she can't get into to enchant with dark thoughts," he tells me. Ah yes, Ira's strange ability to get into mortal's minds to manipulate their every thought. She can drive them crazy, to the point they can't even remember their own name, or make them want to end their life...maybe she shouldn't embrace her true self.

"Astro still has stubborn?"

"Nothing has changed. He hates being associated as a Sin," Cian says. "Too bad it's in his blood. He will never change."

I watch Sinful with standing with his siblings in the far corner of my foyer. Ira is yelling at him, her face flushed red. His arms are crossed, as he nods his head...his patience is insane. Kyser sits by, laughing quietly to himself while Astro holds his head in his hands, watching all his work ripping away at the seams.

"And what have you been doing?"

"Living with my mate. Enjoying my new life," he tells me. . "After everything I went through, it's nice to have someone who loves me for who I am, and doesn't expect me to change. But at the same time, she's changed me a lot."

"I'm happy for you Cian."

I mean that. Cian has had a hard time with the mate bond in the past. Finally, he is happy, which is something I can't help but be jealous of. Even if it wasn't easy for him, at least he had a happy ending. I don't know if Sinful and I will ever get that.

"Here's hoping you and Sinful have the same luck," Cian says, looking down at me with a warm, sincere gaze. "He really cares about you."

"I care about him too. But things are hard. I don't know what life will be like with him down in the real world. He might realise that he can't love me because of his abilities..." I admit. It's been a worry of mine, or awhile, that the moment I reach the ground again, he will realise he doesn't have to chase after me anymore, and subsequently lose interest. Even if that is a foolish thought....

"There's nothing like a mate-bond. Trust me," Cian assures me. "Sinful loves you. You just have to love him back."

It only makes me wonder. Can I love him? I'm worried his abilities will draw him away from me, but what about mine? What about the abilities I have that no one knows about?

Ones that could get everyone killed.

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