Chapter 8: Into the Darkness
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This story continues the Eternal Hearts adventure, which you will need to read from the start to keep up with the story.
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Kylie stirred in the silky smooth bed to find herself alone, the sheets flicked back and crumpled where Dannii had left some point earlier, though it couldn't have been long as it was still warm from her body. Kylie pushed herself up onto one arm, pushing her long blonde hair back from her face as she looked around, seeing from the light level that it must be shortly before dawn. She could feel a breeze, and looked at the lightly blowing curtains at the French windows onto their balcony, seeing one of them open and Dannii outside on the balcony in the weak light. Kylie wondered what she was doing out there by herself. It seemed a pretty lonely thing to do, watching the sunrise alone, and she couldn't help but wonder if there was something up. Giving a stretch, she threw the silk sheets back and slipped nakedly from the bed, finding a robe and sliding it on, doing it up as she walked towards the doors.
Walking out onto the balcony, Dannii turned to look at her with a smile as she approached. Dannii was wearing her own robe, sitting on the wide wall around the balcony with her legs hanging over the side, looking out over the trees at the slowly rising sun, watching the orange orb creep into the sky. Kylie pulled herself onto the wall and sat down on it beside Dannii, leaning over for a quick, soft kiss, which was more than enough to transmit their feelings for one another. Kylie slid her arm round Dannii's back and leaned her head on her shoulder, looking sleepily over the crisp, dewy landscape, starting to glisten and soften in the warm morning light.
"I didn't mean to wake you," Dannii said softly, giving a little stretch next to her, letting her hand fall to Kylie's thigh and give a light squeeze before resting there in a comforting, non-sexual way.
"It's alright, you didn't, I just woke up anyway, maybe because I was alone," Kylie murmured, not really worried at all.
"Then I did wake you up," Dannii concluded, giving a bit of a sigh.
"No you didn't, forget it," Kylie replied, just letting her sharp gaze take in the estate, catching sight of a rabbit darting through the long, damp vegetation of the fields down the hill towards the river.
"Lovely morning," Dannii said idly as she took it in, loving the feeling over the increasing warmth from the sun on her body through the thin cotton robe, swinging her legs a little and looking down at them a little childishly.
"Why are you out here Dan?" Kylie probed, wanting to know what was up.
"Just woke up early, wanted some fresh air, seemed such a shame not to watch this," she mused, looking over the trees at the sunrise.
"Is that all?" Kylie asked, hoping it didn't sound too obvious that she was worried her sister was upset by something.
"Well it's just so peaceful out here, and we've been through so much lately that I thought it'd be nice to just be able to have some time when things are so calm and controlled, nothing to worry about for a little while," she said, giving Kylie an idea what was troubling her.
"Yeah it's been a bit of a rollercoaster, but things are settling now, and we can just enjoy all this freedom we've been given," Kylie said, using her spare hand to gesture at the wide, tumbling landscape.
"We've lost some freedom though," Dannii mumbled, fingering her daywalker ring. Kylie paused, not sure how to handle it, since Dannii had been a bit volatile about the whole vampire thing since they'd turned, loving it one minute and hating it the next.
"We've gained more than we've lost though," Kylie said carefully, which was true, they had gained so much.
"No denying that, just a bit hard to adapt to," Dannii said, glancing to Kylie before looking back at the sun, now properly rising above the tree line.
"I know honey, it's not easy for either of us, but we'll get through it together, you and me. We've come through so much already just to be together, I know we can get through this," Kylie said, hoping it would inspire Dannii to be more positive. It seemed to work.
"Yeah, you're right, nothing will stand between us," Dannii said with a smile, looking over to Kylie before leaning in for a long, soulful kiss. She gave a sigh as Kylie snuggled in next to her, like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders having shared her concerns, and found that Kylie felt the same but had complete faith in them. They just spent the next half an hour or so sitting silently together watching the sun rise, feeling the warmth from it on their thinly covered bodies as they sat there, before Kylie turned back onto the balcony and led Dannii back into the bedroom, to the bed itself, where they slipped out of their robes and snuggled back in for a few more minutes dozing together.
Kylie woke up easily from their brief nap, realising around twenty minutes had passed, and sat up from where she was snuggled with her sister, who stirred at the interruption to her rest as Kylie gave a stretch. She smiled as she brushed some of Dannii's hair back from her face, hearing her murmur lightly before she slipped off the bed and headed for the bathroom, grabbing her towel from the rail inside the door as she padded nakedly across the tiles past the large clear window to the luxurious shower on the far wall, past the sunken bath tub. She knew nobody would be looking in the window given that all there was outside was their large grounds, hills and fields that nobody was on, and frankly if they'd made all the effort to get in there and use binoculars to pry, they deserved a peek at her tight body for their effort frankly.
Opening the door to the large shower, Kylie stepped in and twisted the taps to get the water going, hissing at the initial cold of the water, adjusting it carefully to bring it to just the right steamy temperature. Despite the warm summer weather, she still wanted a hot shower, and gave a little shiver as she stepped fully under it, grabbing her shower gel as she closed the door to enjoy the hot water cascading over her from the two showerheads. After a long, relaxing shower, she stepped out into the steam, managed not to slip over on the wet floor, towelling her toned body off and wrapping it round herself as she walked out of the huge en suite bathroom and back to their large bedroom. She slowed as she took in what she saw, which was Dannii laid out completely naked on the bed in the patch of sun that was glaring through the windows across the bed, her eyes closed as she basked.
"It feels hotter than it used to," she remarked, knowing Kylie had come back to the bedroom without bothering to look.
"Does it really? I haven't really noticed," Kylie answered, walking over to her as she sat down on the edge of the bed, careful not to block the rays.
"Have you sunbathed naked?" Dannii retorted with a smile.
