BLOODBOUND FATE

prophecy??? Who is Sarina? Who is that woman? Ca

stage disappeared like a bubble, I apparently lost consciousness, according to Ms. Gin

s if she did not know how to expl

everything I will tell you is the truth. Everything you will find out

do you

living in an immortal world. I have powers. You have powe

I know now? W

membered something. "By the way Ms. Gina.... After what happened that nig

. "Come, come with me outside

lowed Ms. Gina. I don't know if

re outside? Is there

rs while I was speaking, and I was shocked when the world

lista you are not dreaming

ll did it. I snapped my fingers

undings stopped. But when I tried to snap

could hear it. The people around us moved again as if nothing strange had happened, laug

s if they no longer belonged to me. "I... I did

ft. "That is only a fraction of what you can do, Calista," she said softl

than I could speak them. "Then the pageant... that wo

ed was meant to awaken you. Your powers are beginning

meeting her eyes. "If I'm an immortal... if this w

voice. "That," she said, "is the part of t

e more at the ordinary world that now felt unfamiliar cars passing by, children laughing, people gl

quietly. "Do I just go back to

have. But things will change, Calista. You will start noticing strange dreams, sudden emot

off, the voices I thought were just thoughts. "And Sarina?" I asked. "W

have. "Sarina is connected to your destiny and past," she finally said. "W

d. "You mean this is

not certainties," she replied. "E

r. Mine. The realization was terrifying and thrilling. "Then teach me," I said. "If

why I'm here," she said. "To guide you... and to protect y

ed a beat. "Th

do, Calista, you will finally understand wh