Crown and Shadows II

"All this, my beautiful boy…" Tenebrae was saying, throwing her arms in the air at the large spires and monolithic building that rose across the land, locked in eternal night. "Is yours. Welcome to my Realm, Noctem. The Realm where the only light to exist is that of the distant stars and the moon." 

She touched her swollen belly, a proud smile plastered across her face. She laughed, arms pressed to her hip to show off her belly, and said, "Want to know a secret not even that dummy father of yours knows? You can't tell him, okay? It's just for us. You and me. Not even Luna or my other children know. Arsene has only touched a sliver of truth to the matter in becoming what he is. But the darkness holds so much truth that it is impossible to tell what's real or fiction. Let Mommy tell you about the Shadow Isles."