Chapter 348
Amelia was awoken by something or someone pulling on her hair. She knew that it couldn’t be Killian since it wasn’t how he liked to play with her hair and she heard soft noises. Noises that she could never forget.
"Mara," she said, opening her eyes to be greeted by her daughter. "How long have you been here?" Amelia asked, pulling Mara close to her. "Did your grandmother or Gina try to put these ribbons in your hair?"
Amelia pulled out the pink ribbon that was barely holding onto Mara’s hair. It was sometimes useless to put them in Mara’s hair because of how much she moved around. "Your hair seems to have gotten longer," Amelia said, pushing back Mara’s messy hair. "I hope nothing else has changed about you while I was not around."
Amelia stared at Mara who sat nibbling on the foot of her toy and staring back at her mother. Amelia wondered if Mara was curious about her eyes which were now red or if she had forgotten her own mother. "Shouldn’t you be crying after not seeing me for a few days? I’m certain you cried for your father. Where is he?" Amelia asked, sitting up.
Mara put down the toy and tried to crawl to get closer to Amelia, but she remained in the same spot.
Amelia smiled and lifted Mara to have her on her lap. "It is not time for you to start moving on your own, but it will come soon. I hope that it starts off with you crawling and not flying around. I hope that it is some years before you start flying because you will worry me if you fly like your father. We must find him.
Amelia slipped off the bed with Mara to look for Killian. She could already hear noises in the home and smell his scent she had gotten used to after having long hours to themselves to start giving Mara a sibling.
Amelia looked out the window at the dark sky. It was never bright in the underworld because there was no sun and it was mostly the light from fires. There was also a redness to the outside which made Amelia want to go outside and look up at the sky to see what made it red.
Amelia was happy that Mara’s abilities didn’t spiral and her feet came off the ground.