find a way

natalia tilted her head to the side, her expression softening without her even realizing it, almost as if she couldn’t help it, at least not when the people he considered family were involved, no matter what the situation was. ❝ more like impossible. ❞ she chuckled before she added. ❝ no matter how old they get they are still just kids. ❞ at least in luca’s case it was the truth, she was hundreds years older than the young shadowhunter. she nodded once at the question. ❝ i guess it’s because aerin might be a nephilim but she is still one of the princess, still one of queen astrid’s kid. who knows what they are planning. nothing good i guess, though. ❞

a sigh of relief made its way past her slightly parted lips, she didn’t even realize how worried she had been till that moment. an absurd thought because she knew he would have been able to do it, there was a reason why he was the high warlock of LA instead of someone else, and yet, with everything happening she found herself not knowing who could be trusted and who couldn’t. the tiniest hint of a smile crossed her features as she took a couple step forward, moving closer to him near the table. ❝ you have no idea how relieved i am to hear that. i mean, i didn’t have doubts you would have been able to do such thing, i just wanted to be sure? ❞ natalia scrunched up her nose at her own rambling words, head shaking a couple of times to bring back her focus on the matter in hands. she didn’t think much about his question, the answering words slipping out even before she could count to five in her head. ❝ on the whole thing, to be safer. ❞ she hummed, lifting it up enough for the warlock to look at it and take it if he needed to. cheeks turning a slightly darker hue of pink when she nodded, the thought of amara bringing a genuine smile upon her lips. ❝ yes. it’s almost an understatment for how unbelievably important she is to me. i want to keep her safe, not that she can’t handle whatever is thrown at her but- ❞ she trailed off with a small shrug.

she knew amara was right, if something bad happened, there was always the chance of something worse to follow but that didn’t mean it was okay, or that she liked to think of it or even that she wouldn’t do anything in her power to prevent it. ❝ it’s not time to think about how worse it could be, focus on the present. ❞ a small smile graced her lips  when she nodded. ❝ i want to. we don’t usually use our magic for thiis- ❞ for healing she meant. ❝ but we still can. ❞ she added, letting her sit down before she followed suit, sitting next to her, close enough so it was easy for her to rest one of her hands on top of amara’s, somehow having the need to keep the contact, almost as if that small gesture was enough to placate her still worried soul that at least she was there, she was safe from any harm. she could see the hurt, the pain in her eyes, in her words and it broke natalia’s heart. she couldn’t even being to imagine how it could feel to be betrayed and tried to be used by people you grew up to trust. she wanted to ask more, ask her what she meant with what as done to us. she knew amara was special, she had always known but she figured her reasoning was far off from what the clave saw in her. ❝ i don’t know why they did that, but they won’t get away with it, they can’t get away with it, even if it means drowning every single one of them. ❞ it wasn’t often that the mermaid got angry but she couldn’t stop the ugly feeling from bubbling up in her chest. closing her eyes for a moment, she let out a long breath, she needed to focus. ❝ come here, starfish. ❞ she hummed then, her free hand reaching up to cup her cheek once more, just for a second before her fingers found their way to gently run through her hair as she leaned over to press a kiss against her forehead. it was then that she started singing, it was a slow and soft melody, one that was meant to heal.

her smile faltered if only for a moment, though as it stretched back onto her features it didn’t quite reach her eyes. ❝ you wouldn’t be wrong. about not being that optimistic. ❞ natalia didn’t like to worry her siblings but at the same time lying to them had never been her thing, so she didn’t have much choices but telling the truth. ❝ she needed a safe place, somewhere to keep low and away from not so nice people. and i couldn’t say no to my little fish, luca. ❞   a chuckle left her lips, a flush spread across her cheeks at daniella’s words about amara. ❝ i...yeah, her. those pricks of the clave happened. ❞ he muttered, anger flashing in her eyes. ❝ and they hurt her. ❞    

the merprincess couldn’t help the way her expression changed, the slight hint of pain but the distress was obvious in her eyes. ❝ ...i think it’d be the latter. ❞ she said, her voice merely louder than a whisper. if what happened with the other undead she doubted their sister any different but she didn’t want to think about what that would have implied.

her brow rose at his words but the smile upon her face remained soft, kind in nature. ❝ indeed. and all families are different, some good some bad. a shame they can’t really be chosen. ❞ she was lucky, she knew it. her siblings were the most important people in her life and there was nothing she was more grateful of that getting along with all of them. but she also knew that family wasn’t always of blood, luca, alexandra and even romilly, were some that she considered almost like her own children. she laughed, head shaking a couple of time. ❝ silly of me of asking ,mh? what am i going to do with you. ❞ she hummed, her tone was teasing as she reached up to pat his cheek. ❝ let’s say yes and no. haven’t traveld all that much lately. ❞

lia was still smiling when she gave  her a curious look, she wanted to ask more, pry a little bit on what was going on with daniella, because she knew the salt water was just an excuse, she might be young but she wasn’t born yesterday. but despite she knew if she wasn’t saying it was for a good reason, and that was why she simply scrunched up her nose. ❝ i’ve been...busy. ❞ she hummed. ❝ aerin, the youngest seelie princess, is staying with me. and with amara, whom disappeared for a little bit. ❞

natalia rose an eyebrow at the question. she knew her brother wasn’t anywhere being as clueless as he was trying to look, so she just shook her head. ❝ you know what i mean. it’s about our sister. i didn’t saw her but i know she is around. ❞ she let out a small huff. ❝ i still don’t think it’s a good idea to talk with that person, but i know i can’t stop you from doing that. ❞

she couldn’t stop the hurting from showing in her eyes, seeing amara like that, knowing that someone had hurt her, was enough for the mermaid to feel like someone had been squeezing her own heart too tightly. ❝ that’s not what okay looks like to me. ❞ she mumbled, her touch still as delicate as she could manage as she caressed her cheecks with her thumbs. ❝ let me help? ❞ she asked, almost hesitant, she was known to use her song to heal but somehow she still wanted amara to be okay with it, and not just because she was important to her. at the mentition of the clave, something shifted inside her, her gaze hardening, almost making her lose her glamour. ❝ what did they want. wait, no, that’s not the important thing. ❞ she sighed. ❝ they aren’t getting away with it. they can’t. ❞

the merprincess hummed at the warlock’s words, it wasn’t that hard to imagine how busy he must have been and still be with everything going on, and that only made her all that much more glad that he was willing to hear her. she chuckled then, the nickname making a small smile start to spread across her face, the tension she had been feeling till then starting to slowly fade away. ❝ i was wondering if you could help me with a protection spell. ❞ her smile turning just a little more softer when she reached for the necklace secured in her pocket, she still had to give it back to amara, and she was planning on doing so but before that she wanted to be sure that nothing more was going to happen to her, and well, her own magic wasn’t much of help on that. letting it carefully dangle from her fingers, natalia looked up at august. ❝ on this. it’s quite important. ❞

a wide smile spread across the merprincess’ face at hearing her brother’s laugh. it had always been something she’d tried to get from her siblings, much like up to this day she still brought small angelfish to kieran just to see him smile. her smile faltered, but it didn’t completely disappear. ❝ i’ve been better, seeing faces i thought were gone forever is rather- ❞ she trailed off, not sure how to finish her sentence, head shaking once. ❝ it’s okay. you’ve been busy and you’ve had enough things to worry about already. ❞ she could only imagine what all her siblings were going through. ❝ i didn’t see her, though...and it might sound bad but...i’m glad. have you seen her? ❞

at her sister’s reaction, natalia couldn’t help but laugh ever so slightly, almost trying to suppress the sound. ❝ salt water. ❞ she repeated, trying to put some wonder into her tone but it was more than obvious that she found her answer more amusing than anything. ❝ of course. must be the reason why you are radiating. with all the time you spend underwater. ❞ she teased, despite not able to stop herself from smiling.