CAMILLA’S P.O.V
Her ominous warning rang in my head. I couldn’t even open my mouth to speak anymore. I felt Ryker
wrap his arm around my waist in an attempt to calm me down but it did little to actually make me feel
secure. I couldn’t stop conjuring the worst case scenarios. I couldn’t stop wondering what was in that
future that she didn’t want me to see. Was it simr to what Audrey had seen? Were they the
same?
“You will drive yourself mad trying to figure out the future,” she said suddenly making me turn to her.
“Many people spend their lives facing the future and the past that they don’t enjoy the present.”
“You’re speaking in riddles,” Ryker cut in. “Can you tell us what is wrong with our daughter and how to
fix it?”
“I don’t know what is wrong with her. I don’t think there is anything wrong either,” she ran her hands
down Audrey’s curls softly. “The world is out of bnce, Cami and this is its messed up way of trying
to right it again.”
“How would this make it right? Shouldn’t it create some kind of opposition to my own? That would make
it right, wouldn’t it?”
“Yes and no, your powers are unstable, to create a direct opposite would be to make one as unstable
as yours or one so secure and powerful that nothing can destroy it,” she sighed and ced her hands
in herp. “I do not im to know all the secrets of the universe, I see only as I am allowed to but if I
were to make an educated guess, I would say that your daughter is like me- a seer. Even with us
witches it is unusual for seers to develop their gifts this early. The earliest I have seen is ten years old,”
“What do we do then? I want this to stop.”
“I can make a talisman to keep the dreams froming. It will only keep them at bay for a while and
believe me when I say that once it expires, she will experience the full force of everything we have
been shoving down. It is a temporary solution to a permanent problem. What I would suggest is to send
her away to people who can-”
“No,” I cut her off. “I’m not sending my daughter anywhere. If she is going to be
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trained it will be done in the pce. How would the training work?”
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“I wouldn’t know for children. For adults, we are kept in a room and made to see until we get used to it.
It is a terrifying experience for most, one that never leaves you for the rest of your life. The visions
be yourpanions of sorts, It is the only thing that you know.”
The thought of subjecting my child to that had my hackles rising. How could anyone with any form of
morality or humanity do that to another person? Surely there had to be another way, right? That
couldn’t be the only way and even if it was, it was insane. Why hadn’t anyone fought it since? Why
were they content with letting each other suffer that way. I didn’t know what the future held but one
thing I knew for sure was that there was no way I was going to sit back and let anyone do that to my
child, at least, not while I was alive.
“Make the talisman,” I said finally and I felt Ryker’s approval. It might be a temporary solution but it
would have to hold until we found a more permanent way that didn’t involve isting a child.
L hesitated. “Are you sure? In the future it might-”
“Do it,” Ryker cut her off. “We have made our decision. We will face whatever the future brings. What
matters most now is our daughter’s safety. That is all that should matter.”
“You should be more concerned with life than with safety,” L whispered more to herself than anyone.
I opened my mouth to ask what she meant but she had turned away
from me in favor of Audrey. “Alright, sweetheart, I’m going to need you to sleep.”
She waved her hand over Audrey’s head and immediately my daughter passed out. My breath caught
in my throat and I had to force myself to stay seated. I didn’t want to risk jeopardizing whatever she
was doing but it was not easy. Every fiber in my body screamed that my child was in danger and I was
sure I would have leaped across if Ryker was not holding me. Outwardly, he looked calm but I could
see the raging battle in his eyes. He was having an even harder time staying immobile.
“I need to catcher her in the middle of a vision for it to work. I assure you it will be over in seconds,”
L exined.
We waited for a full minute before Audrey started to twitch. I had to look away because I wasn’t sure I
could watch it again. I heard L speaking but I couldn’t
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make out the words and all of a sudden, it felt like all the cold air had been sucked out of the room. I felt
goose bumps climb up my arm. Ryker ran his hands up and down my back until the feeling receded.
“You can look now,” he whispered and I risked a nce over my shoulder to see Audrey snoring
peacefully but on her wrist was now a simple threaded wrist band. It looked tight, like it was almost
molded to her skin.
“It will grow as she does. She is not to take it off, she wouldn’t be able to even if she tried,” L
exined but I could barely hear her. I was more focused on my daughter who was sleeping normally
for the first time in days. “I am obligated to warn you though, there is no set time for things like this. Her
powers will step develop although dormant and once they outgrow the protective detail on that
talisman, it will fall off.”
“What happens then?” Juan asked and she gave us a small smile.
“Then, the visionse back.”
We wanted to leave after that but it was much darker than we had anticipated and Audrey was still
asleep. L offered us a ce to sleep and although I didn’t want to take it initially, I realized that it
would be incredibly st upid to refuse. We were given our own room while Juan stayed in another. I
couldn’t bring myself to sleep, I just sat at the edge of the bed watching Audrey who hadn’t stirred
once.
“it feels like a fever dream that I am going to wake up from,” I admitted to Ryker once he was out of the
bathroom. “She’s fine, she is asleep and she isn’t screaming. Why does it feel too good to be true?”
“Because you are used to the worst happening,” he kissed the center of my head. “We got a win this
time, baby, just take it as what it is.”
I mulled over his words and realized that he was right. I was too busy focusing on the bad that I didn’t
bother to think about the good. My daughter could have a childhood, one that she desperately
deserved. Everything else could take a back seat, it was all inconsequential. I leaned over and ran my
hand through her hair just trying to make sure that she was real and it wasn’t just a dream.
“Come sit with me,” Ryker said from behind me and I turned to see him seated in arge chair facing
the balcony. I didn’t realize when my feet started moving of their own ord. Once I was within reach,
he pulled me into hisp and buried his face into my neck. “Everything will be fine. We have this
moment to ourselves,
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let us take it, okay?”
“Okay,” I answered without hesitation.
I fell asleep in hisp but woke up in bed. By the time I arose, Audrey was gone from the bed. I quickly
got cleaned and dressed only to find my daughter with Ryker and Juan as they saddled the horses.
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“You should have woken me up,” I mumbled but Ryker waved me off. I looked over at Audrey who
looked well rested and happy. “How do you feel, sweetheart?”
“Good,” her smile widened. “Daddy said we are leaving now.”
Yes we are,” Ryker agreed from behind her.
I noticed L walking out of the house. She had a small pic basket and from the scent, I knew it
contained food. “For the journey.”
“You didn’t have to,” I began but she pushed the basket into my for everything.”
“Of course, but be careful, Cami. A lot is going to happen.”
hands. “Thank you
Before I could ask what she meant by that, she walked away. The others didn’t hear her words and I
didn’t feel like rehashing them so I kept it to myself. I pondered over those words the entire ride home. I
was so lost in thought that Ryker offered to stop a few times but I didn’t want that. I wanted to be home,
I wanted to get into my room and know that I was safe.
Her words had elicited a fear so raw I had never felt it before. Every sound was a potential attack,
every rustling leave was a potential death scare. I was more jumpy than I had been in my entire life but
no one knew why. I could feel Ryker trying to ess the mind link but I kept my wall firmly shut.
As we arrived at the pce, I couldn’t help but notice something different. It wasn’t physical but it was
in the air, it smelled almost stale and old. Christine was pacing by the entrance and as soon as she saw
us, she rushed over. My suspicions were only confirmed when she rushed past Juan in favor of Ryker
and I.
“Something happenedst night, where were you?”
“We had to stay behind because Audrey was asleep. It doesn’t matter, what’s wrong?”