Snippets - Take us all home
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wilderthanFandom: The Dark Is Rising
For: Loyalty chapter seven
Quality: Barely checked
Characters: Jane, Simon, Will, OC
Jane felt his eyes on her almost as a physical blow. Simon put his arms around her as if to shield her.
"The Light will leave you to die," Mordred said, softly. "The Light doesn't care what happens to you and your brother, little Jane. Soon you'll know the hard cruelty at the core of the Light, when this one flees the world, leaving you mortals to die and the Dark to rise."
"I won't flee," Will said, at the same moment as Simon's head rose and he somehow found his voice.
"I trust Will," he said, somehow without wavering, though Jane felt that he was trembling. "I put my trust in the Light. Will is going to keep us safe, keep the Dark from rising, and take us all home."
The look Will gave Simon was incredibly warm with gratitude and tinged with surprise, and Jane realised she'd never seen him like that before. There'd been the calm assurance that came with power, yes, but it was like Simon had given something new to him, suddenly given him a true belief in himself. His shoulders squared, his stance firmed, and when he turned to look at Mordred again his voice rang with unexpected power.
For: Loyalty chapter seven
Quality: Barely checked
Characters: Jane, Simon, Will, OC
Jane felt his eyes on her almost as a physical blow. Simon put his arms around her as if to shield her.
"The Light will leave you to die," Mordred said, softly. "The Light doesn't care what happens to you and your brother, little Jane. Soon you'll know the hard cruelty at the core of the Light, when this one flees the world, leaving you mortals to die and the Dark to rise."
"I won't flee," Will said, at the same moment as Simon's head rose and he somehow found his voice.
"I trust Will," he said, somehow without wavering, though Jane felt that he was trembling. "I put my trust in the Light. Will is going to keep us safe, keep the Dark from rising, and take us all home."
The look Will gave Simon was incredibly warm with gratitude and tinged with surprise, and Jane realised she'd never seen him like that before. There'd been the calm assurance that came with power, yes, but it was like Simon had given something new to him, suddenly given him a true belief in himself. His shoulders squared, his stance firmed, and when he turned to look at Mordred again his voice rang with unexpected power.
