#sunandflameweek

It was a beautiful day in the Day Court. It was the beginning of summer, the sky was clear and the sun was shining down on the citizens of the Court. People left their homes to enjoy the nice weather, meeting their friends, families and acquaintances and see what the Day Court has to offer in the summer months. Many citizens went to the various temples throughout the beautiful Day Court to leave little offerings to the Mother, praying and thanking her for the wondrous sunshine they were blessed with. In the Day Court, there was a tiny, unassuming city with a house that outsiders would think abandoned if it wasn't for the cleanliness of the building. They didn't know that this was the home where the High Lord hid his one and only true love, the Lady of the Autumn Court. He was careful to not get caught, not leave any traces of the affair he had with the beautiful lady of autumn, for her safety. The lady was married to the cruel High Lord of the Autumn Court, who she was married off to many years ago. It wasn't a happy marriage, both the Lady of the Autumn Court and the High Lord of the Day Court were aware of that, but they didn't touch this vulnerable subject. The High Lord of the Day Court was aware of the bruises that were hidden where no one could see them, except him. It made him furious and he had to fight every instinct from winnowing into the Forest House and rip Beron Vanserra into shreds. The Lady of the Autumn Court trusted the Lord of Day with this secret. She didn't need words to convey to him how important it was for him to hold himself back, she didn't need words to remind him that she would not, could not, ever separate from the High Lord of the Autumn Court. Even if she had a choice, the Lady wouldn't leave, wouldn't leave her six children behind. 

It was the Lady of Autumn's idea to meet Helion in his house in the little village, bearing heart shattering news that she couldn't just bring on paper. This was a personal matter. So they found themselves there as the Lady of Autumn announced that their affair would come to an end, from this moment on. She kept a distance away to not get tempted. She ignored all the memories from the days they spent there, when the High Lord of the Day Court worshipped her and made her forget about the cruelty of the Autumn Court for only a few hours. The lord of Day was so heartbroken that he didn't realize that something about the lady's scent was different. Helion didn't realize that the Lady of the Autumn Court was carrying his child. 

"Beron is suspecting." she told her lover, careful that she would not let her hand rest above her stomach. 

Helion understood that this affair wouldn't go on forever, of course the rational side of him knew that. But heartbreak wasn't rational. It was messy. 

When the Lady of Autumn arrived in the Forest House that very evening, she was glad that Beron Vanserra was away for Court business. She let herself weep for the love she lost. The love that was so pure and unconditional. The love that kept that tiny spark inside of her alive. She cried for hours, the only hope that sparkled in her was that a spark of the very being that Helion is their child would carry on.