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“Could you repeat it?” He asked distractedly.
Aislinn started to repeat the forbidden words. “Twice born, from a union of enemies,”
He would write them down.
I could not let that happen.
“From unity comes war and peace,” Aislinn continued. She looked like she was in a hurry to get the words out.
“I told the queen about my vision,” I said quickly. Master Leo’s pen kept rolling on the paper and Aislinn kept going. I had to raise my voice so that they would listen. “She told me not to tell anyone about it.”
His pen stopped. Aislinn opened her mouth to continue despite the revelation, but Master Leo gestured her to stop.
“She did?” He asked.
“Yes,” I replied. “She told me that this is an old prophecy. Discredited long ago. She said we should keep it between ourselves. I...”
I hesitated about telling Master Leo why I had failed to mention to the queen that Aislinn knew about the prophecy too. It would sound as though I did not trust the queen, and the truth was far from that.
“I forgot to tell her that Aislinn had been there with me when I had the vision,” I said. “I didn’t think it would matter. I had no intention of telling anyone about it.”
“Of course,” Master Leo mumbled. “Of course.”
I expected him to grab the paper he had been writing on and throw it into the fire. When he did not, I felt it would be rude to point that out.
“Well,” he said. “We will keep this between us. If the queen did not think the vision should be written down, then...” He paused. “It shouldn’t.”
“I know,” I glared at Aislinn. “I was trying to do that, but...”
“I didn’t know the queen had forbidden it,” Aislinn said. “I would never...”
“Of course,” Master Leo said. “We know that.”
There was a pause. Aislinn looked frustrated, but I was relaxed. Master Leo would not tell anyone that I’d betrayed the queen’s trust.
“Off you go then,” he said. “You might still find some scraps leftover from supper. If you don’t hurry, you will go to bed hungry.”
Aislinn got up and waited for me. Together, we left Master Leo’s room and walked in silence for a while.
“You shouldn’t have done that,” I said.
I was not trying to scold her or be mean. I just wanted to make sure that, just like Master Leo, she would know to keep her silence. If the queen heard the prophecy from anyone, she would know it came from me.
“You mean, save you from Hogan and the others?” She replied tartly. She was not looking at me, but as I stared at her profile, I felt her anger. “You’re right. I thought I would be saving you, but I ended up saving them from you.”
“That’s not what I’m talking about,” I replied. “Why would you go to the master and spill the details when I told you I would be talking to the queen?”
Aislinn hesitated. “I did not think she would forbid you to share it with anyone.”
“And yet she did,” I replied.
“Don’t you think that’s odd?” Aislinn asked.
“What’s odd?” I asked.
“That she would ask you to keep it to yourself,” she replied. “She said it had been discredited long ago, and yet, whenever someone new has a discredited prophecy, they have to log it in again and discuss what has changed. The rules are clear: visions are true when they’re had.”
“I’m sure the queen knows that,” I replied. I did not want to discuss the queen’s orders, yet, it seemed Aislinn wanted to.
