Free Black Dawn by Desconhecido(a)

floor. “I need to talk to Dar. Now.” He looked over at Cyrus. “How is she?”
    “ She’s still out of it.” Cyrus admitted. “I’ll check on her. Zari should be awake too.” Without another word, he exited the chambers, leaving Lucas and Dane to themselves. “Meet her in the garden.”
     
     

 
    Chapter Ten
     
    “Dar! Wake up!”   The female voice that sounded a lot like Zari’s drilled through her skull. She opened her eyes quickly and shut them. She wasn’t accustomed to the bright light.
    “ Dar!” A baritone voice ripped through her psyche and she felt someone shaking her. When she didn’t move, a large hand repeatedly tapped her on the cheek.
    “ Stop it!” She cried out as the person began to shake her.
    Her father was slapping the cowboy hell out of her and she’d became irritated. To defend herself, she blasted him with a bright light. Groaning, she rolled over to her side. “Where am I?” She groaned as she opened her eyes.
    “ Dammit , Dar!” Cyrus was being helped off the floor by Zari . “Have you lost your mind child? First you lock me in bubble, which you will definitely pay for, then you use your powers on me?”
    “ Sorry! It was just a reflex action!” she grated out. Irritated, she sat up. Was she dreaming? She just had to be. She looked around in terror. “I’m back home?”
    “ Relax honey,” Zari sat down on the bed next to her. “We’re safe now. No one can harm us anymore.”
    Dar glanced at Zari and then at her father. “Wait a minute. What the hell happened?” She stared at her sister before pushing her away slightly. “You were ready to kill me! You and that asinine freak, Colin! What the hell, Zari !”
    Her sister lowered her head in apparent shame. “I’m sorry! In my defense, I was under his influence!”
    “ Unacceptable!” Emotions came flooding back and she was relieved and angry all in one setting. At least Zari was back to her normal self, but something was missing.
    “ What happened to Dane? The last thing I remember was a whole lot of commotion in the hallway.”
    Cyrus narrowed his eyes and chastised both his daughters for their actions. “You girls are in a lot of trouble,” he warned. “Two vampires have been contained.”
    “ What?” Panic struck Dar hard. “Why is he being held? He didn’t do anything, and what about Lucas? Father, King Zurion will destroy them!”
    “ Father, please.” Zari spoke softly. “You don’t understand— ”
    “ No! You both listen to me. “ Cyrus rose and paced the floors, clenching his fists by his side. “You’ve put me in a most difficult situation.” He turned to face and point at Dar. “You will be punished by me for locking me away to sneak off to a world that could have destroyed you!”
    “ And you! How could you? I forbade you to visit the human realm.”
    Zari held her head down in shame. “I’m sorry, Father. It’s just that — ”
    “ What? Cyrus ordered.
    “ You never listen, nor can you relate to how we feel.” Dar interjected. “I can understand why Zari left. When I overheard you speaking with your guards and King Zurion , the idea of venturing into the human realm seduced me, totally.”
    Cyrus looked at his girls. “A part of me is proud of you for being so courageous. But it was out of pure selfishness. Just for the record, I do understand how you both feel. You don’t know my feelings. Sometimes I don’t even know my feelings, but I’ve been this way since your mother died.”
    The girls clung to their father. “I’m so sorry about mom, and I’m sorry for disobeying you.”
    “ Me too,” Zari chimed in. “You have to understand that we’re grown and capable of defending ourselves.
    “ Um. No, you’re not,” Cyrus said with a grin. “When we invaded the coven, you were walking around like some zombie, Zari .   Dar was chained against the wall, dead to the world.”
    “ What are you going to do? Turn us in?” Zari asked.
    “ I should.” Cyrus