Free Dark Revelation by S.E. Myers Page B

relationship with a human.  Ever.” 
                Ryleigh sucked in her breath and started to shake her head and stammer, “But-but, that doesn’t make any sense.  Why now?  This doesn’t make any sense!” 
                “Because my darling, when we turn seventeen, that is when we mature.  Haven’t you felt different your whole life?  Known things?  Seen things that weren’t there you shrugged off to your imagination?  Dreamt things to come true?”  Ryleigh recognized some of what she experienced from Vera’s talk.  She nodded in agreement, “You must understand, what happened to your parents….”  Vera seemed to choke back tears.  She sat still for a moment composing herself before she dropped out the bottom from Ryleigh’s world.  “I know that your father is not dead.”
                Ryleigh turned and stared at Vera with disbelief.  Screwing up her eyes with a little anger, “What do you mean you know my father is not dead?” Ryleigh asked more forcefully.  This was twice that she has heard that father wasn’t dead in one day and she was beginning to feel nauseous. 
                “I know this, because your father and I are twins.  We have a connection.  I know he is not dead because…I can feel it.  I have been looking for him and your mother since I was contacted about you.  Since I found you in the hospital.”
                “But why have I never known you?  Or anyone from our family?”
                “Because your father and I had a falling out.  He wanted to live as a human and I couldn’t handle that,” Vera could remember the argument her and Tom had the day he told her that his wife was pregnant.  She remembered the argument so vividly it killed her inside. 
                “Although Tristan and Illeana are your cousins, I prefer you to stay away from them.  They are trouble makers and will do nothing but get you into trouble.  Stay away from them,” Vera’s eyes narrowed when mentioning Tristan and Illeana’s names.  Ryleigh could feel the heat emanating from Vera’s skin and she started to wonder what type of Fae Vera was.
                “Tomorrow, we will start training,” Vera pointed out as she started to walk out of the room. 
    “Training for what?” asked Ryleigh realizing what she needed training for the moment the words left her lips. 
                “You need to learn how to control your tendencies.  Fae feed on the energy of humans.” Turning around she said, “You may be classified as a succubus, but that is not truly what you are.  We fed false information to humans so they would not understand our kind.  Our history is covered out there in vast misinformation.” Ryleigh nodded in agreement.  “There are stories out there that are slightly true; however, there are stories out there that are completely false.  Succubae being one of them.  You are a Chi eater and a  purveyor of energy. You are Lilin.”
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                Witches were the first human descendants of the Fae.  They worked with Fae side-by-side, helping keep order between nature and humanity, balancing black and white, good and evil. Witches were also the first to be told of the Lilin and their abilities.  While each class of Fae has their own abilities, Lilin are the most powerful.  All Fae have a power within them, an ebb of energy that can be used to create life, defend themselves, or even extinguish life.  This energy life force can also be passed from one to another as an inheritance and happened from parent to child.
                With the good comes the bad.  One the flipside of the other.  It all started with one.  Valen. He realized that the energy that flowed within them, could not just be passed from parent to child, but could also be stolen.  Stolen from the young.  Valen became greedy, consuming not only his own kind, but humans and