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"No," I groan as I stand. My back pops a little when I stretch. "But what I said was mean, and I didn't want to hurt your feelings. I'm scared. Scared of the future, scared of you. Scared I'll never have kids. Scared Iwillhave kids. Anyways, it was cruddy to say those things to you, and I'm sorry."
"Sorry?"
"Yeah, sorry. I figured we could at least part on good terms."
His enormous mouth tips downward into a frown.
"Sorry won’t save you."
"It's not supposed to. An apology where you expect to get something in return isn't a real apology.”
"Isn't a real...are youserious?"
"You can see the future, right? So you know I am."
His gaze goes wonky again. His eyes comb over me, each of them moving independently.
Then he laughs.
"Goodbye, Lily Townsend. You’re brave. I won’t interfere with your children, nor will I give you powers like those of the rest of the clan.”
I shrug.
“Fair. Do you need anything before I go? Some food or…you know snacks?”
He shakes his enormous head and grins.
“You’re something else, Lily Townsend. If I could save you from your fate, perhaps I would, but I can’t. For what it’s worth, you remind me of the last Lady Nightshade. She, too, was brave.”
I have a funny feeling thatbraveis how the mountain god refers to women who tell him off. I guess having a tiny naked lady scream at you would seem pretty brave.
He slides down the long path into the cave like an otter. The walls rumble as he leaves. I stare a little longer at this creature the size of a school bus who has so much power.
As I find my way out, I keep pondering the words he used to describe my fate. He said I’d burn like Mia did.
But most of what we said seems to leave me, like dreams when I wake in the morning. By the time I reach the exit, I realize I couldn’t tell anyone what I’d seen in there if I’d wanted to. It was just gone from me.
And like dreams, it didn’t seem all that important anyways.
