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“And Eamon was talking about how futile that is, was he not?” A woman asked fondly.
“That he was,” Igraine replied.
“Is everyone here?” someone else asked. “Can we start?”
“We should wait for a bit more,” Igraine replied. “I sent a wide call. More will come.”
“Those who won’t, have already given up,” Eamon said. “They are afraid.”
“You can’t blame them for it,” Igraine replied. “We are losing.”
“Yes,” another said. “They must have caught more of us.”
“I heard news that they will have an execution at the main square,” a woman said.
“At noon,” a man added.
“We should talk quickly before the sun comes up,” another man said, and I felt like I recognized his voice.
“You are right,” Igraine agreed. “Feremir. Tell them what you saw.”
Although I couldn’t see any of them, I felt like I was in the spotlight as I coughed to clear my throat.
This was it.
“I saw the figure in the cloak,” I started. “The one whose face was hidden.”
“We know who you’re talking about, son,” the same man with the familiar voice spoke. “Tell us who it is.”
“It’s Jasmine,” I said. “My sister.”
Someone gasped loudly. Then, silence filled the room.
“Jasmine?” Eamon said to my right. “Was she one of the champions who escaped the trials?
“Yes,” I replied.
“Isn’t it convenient that they boy envisions his sister to be the foretold hero to replace the current queen?” one of the men asked.
“Diviners connection to the subject matter increases the chances of a vision, you know that Jamis,” Igraine replied. “That is why Feremir had the rest of the prophecy rather than another diviner.”
Jamis didn’t say anything to that.
“I know Jasmine,” Eamon said.
“How?” I asked, turning to him even though I could not see him.
“I remember you too now,” he said. “You must be the little brother. I was one of the soldiers who came to take her to the trials. I liked her, she hid her fear so well that I suspected she didn’t even feel it.”
That sounded like Jasmine.
“You believe in the prophecy now, Eamon?” Hani asked.
Someone laughed.
The sound of water being pushed away reached us again, more were coming in. I heard footsteps, but whoever came in did not speak.
“I might,” Eamon finally said. “If Jasmine is the one prophesied, we might have a chance.”
