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Glancing back at Maeve and Kalani, I wondered if it would be this simple. If I were to stand on the Enchantress symbol, would the prophecy be in our hands?
“We didn’t feel the pull, Halls. Only you five did. This wasn’t a random coincidence that we all ended up together. And I think deep down, you know that.” Kalani said and all eyes turned towards me.
The truth was, I think I did know that. Mom wouldn’t have risked her entire life for nothing. She wouldn’t have come back to the location of the library without an idea of the knowledge inside. And we weren’t all drawn together for this without a reason. As I felt the entity swirling around the entire library, I knew there was more at play here than we could understand. Something older than the Divines themselves that was making sure we all ended up here together.
Stepping around the glow, I found my symbol. The Divine depicted in the center had the same glow around them as before us. And around them, the same symbols that decorated my beloved book. The different enchantments I had sworn one day I’d be able to do. Looking at the four men on my sides, I took a deep breath, and the five of us stepped forward, cementing ourselves as the Heirs of Agrum Di Vinum.
Halley
The glow in the center of the room began to increase in size the second our feet touched the symbols, expanding and expanding until the entire room was lit up. I couldn’t see anything besides the glow, but I felt my power thrumming in my chest, listening to the greater power of the library, until I felt like I was going to explode.
When my power reached its limit, my own glow emanating and joining the room, the room went dark, a descending silence so quiet it reverberated throughout the room. Glancing at each other, all our eyes were wide as we felt the added power to our bodies. I had never felt this full before, as if I could do anything with a flick of my wrist.
“Did everyone feel that?” Eli asked, breaking the bubble we were in.
“The dump of power? Yeah, I fucking felt it.” Wilder added and I saw that his fangs were out, his dark eyes swirling with a golden color.
Glancing at the other three men, I saw the same in their eyes, the power manifesting in a physical form in each of us. Ignoring the change in our appearances for now, I looked to the center of us, golden words floating in the air. Stepping forward, I eyed the prophecy, the enchantment encasing it tingling against my skin.
The others gathered around me, Maeve and Kalani pushing away from the tree they stood against, so we could all read the prophecy at the same time.
There shall only be one opportunity
To reclaim Agrum Di Vinum in unity
Five heirs shall be the key
The ones to unfold the prophecy
The Seer with the knowledge
To pave the path
The Shifter with the vitality
To be the bearer
The Drax with the strength
To unleash their wrath
The Etho with the soul
To calm the terror
The Enchanter with the essence
To make the ultimate sacrifice
“What the fuck does that mean?” Madden’s gruff voice brought us back to the moment.
Everyone looked at each other, waiting for an answer, but it seemed none of us knew. I was hoping that the prophecy would be obvious, that it would be a detailed step by step plan of how to open the portal to Agrum Di Vinum, but of course, that wouldn’t be the case. And I couldn’t help the shiver that ran up my spine when I thought of the last sentence. The sacrifice I would have to make to fulfill the prophecy. As if everyone else was thinking of the same thing, all eyes fell on me, pity lining their features.
Everything caught up to me at once, being in the same place I had watched my mother murdered, the knowledge of the vile man my father was, and now the sacrifice I would have to make. Murmuring a sorry to the group, I ran off, needing a moment alone. Needing to process everything swirling in my mind.
As I raced from the room, I heard the others discuss the plan to find more books that could give us information, but I couldn’t help them right now. I was pretty sure I was about to break down and I needed to find somewhere to breathe. Hurrying down the steps, I found myself on the second floor of the library. To my right, three tree limbs created a corner in shadows and I immediately raced there, falling to the floor as I fought for breath. I knew I was having a panic attack, everything I pushed to the back of my mind for the past several months resurfacing at once.
I had tricked myself into believing the façade, that I was creating a place for myself and I would have a happy ending. That I would become not only a strong Enchantress, but a strong person. Someone that could face whatever the world threw at me with determination in my soul. But right now, I wasn’t strong. I was falling into an abyss of loss, thinking of everything that had been taken from me just for this to happen.
