The two then appeared at the Spirit Shrine. This time, Evanthe allowed Sierra to enter the shrine to assess Morpheus' situation.
"No one outside the Coven is allowed to be here, but I am allowing because I need your help with something," Evanthe spoke.
"I will help you with what I can," Sierra spoke as she followed Evanthe.
"I want you to scry through his body and check his core," Evanthe spoke.
"Anything wrong there?" Sierra asked before holding Morpheus' hand.
"There is a strong power that is protecting his core. This power is what saved his core and soul from vanishing entirely." Evanthe informed, "I want to make sure I am not mistaken."
Sierra did as she was told. After a few moments she opened her eyes and looked at Evanthe who looked impatient to hear her.
"It's Ember. Her power is protecting him," Sierra answered, seemingly surprised herself at the finding. "And trust me, it's a miracle."
"Is it possible to even bring someone back from the death when their core was destroyed?" Evanthe asked, "It was a divine weapon, which is once used, nothing can save the person."
"You are right. Other than heavenly emperor, possibly no one must be capable of doing so," Sierra replied, "For one to do this miracle, they need to be equal to or on par with heavenly emperor. Ember, no wonder she is most powerful, and everyone back then feared her."
"I am sure she herself is not aware what she had done," Evanthe added, "But how did she even do it. Wasn't his soul meant to be perished after he was stabbed, and his core was destroyed?"
"Maybe desperation to save him must have made her do it," Sierra answered.
Evanthe recalled the vision she had on that day when Morpheus was hurt, and Ember had awakened her powers. "What you said makes sense. Before he could take his last breath, her powers surrounded his core and preserved what was remaining of his core and soul.
According to what I saw in my vision that day, I believe it happened that very moment when he was trying to stop her from destroying everything in anger. But it took time to show its effect, and everyone considered Morph was gone. Thankfully, Cornellia finally noticed the presence of his soul, or he would have been buried by now, not knowing his soul was still protected."
"What's your plan now?" Sierra asked.
"To wake him up as soon as possible," and Evanthe continued to articulate more of her powers to Morpheus' healing.
"I think we should get Ember's help once more to aid his healing core. After all, her power is what's protecting him," Sierra suggested. "At this rate you would end up losing lots of your powers and might take you time to regain them."
"Mother," he finally spoke, "I am glad to see you again."
"So, am I," Evanthe replied, "You make me feel proud as I heard a lot about you since I arrived here."
Aureus didn't know how to react to this praise, but he jumped to important part. "How is my uncle."
Evanthe's expressions were assuring, "Your uncle is tough bone to survive anything. Do not worry, he will wake up soon. And you do not need to thank me for that."
Aureus swallowed the same words he was going to say and simply nodded.
"Drayce told me how you protected Seren," Evanthe commented.
Hearing that beautiful name, emotions in his eyes changed to that of longing ones which he tried to conceal in front of Evanthe and asked, "How is she doing? Drayce as well?"
"They both are fine. When I left them, we had dealt with the difficulties coming along her coming of age. She is safe now," Evanthe answered.
'She is finally of age,' Aureus thought, his heart feeling unsettling. She was of age that meant she and Drayce would consummate their marriage. Drayce would mark her and form a mate bond between them, and then Seren would belong to her mate alone.
It hurt think that the female he had given his heart to, would not be his ever. Maybe, just like his uncle, he was meant to spend his life alone while praying for wellbeing of that woman and watching her happy with her mate.
Aureus collected his thoughts and pulled out a light smile that didn't reach his eyes, "Glad to know it."
Evanthe smiled back as she observed this young eagle when he seemed to be lost in his thoughts.
"Now you are back to your real home, I believe you will find a beautiful female for yourself as well and let me see another of my son happy."
To this, Aureus simply nodded and asked, "Any estimated timeline till my uncle wakes up?"
"In coming few days. Your uncle is keen on sucking my power dry, he is recuperating that well," she replied with a chuckle.
Aureus' gaze finally landed on the woman in white hooded robe, only to hear her, "I am Sierra, Seren's mother."
Aureus bowed to her as he greeted her politely. 'Seren's mother. Finally, she found her. I believe Seren must be happy.'