The Destiny of Kayla Stone

trees, which normally comforted me, seemed to encroach on me today. It was all so over

start afresh somewhere else, where no one knew me. But deep inside, I knew it w

ion of fresh oxygen into my soul. She didn't say anything at first, she just sat down and followed my g

" she asked softly, yet the way she asked it in

I don't know, Ely," I confessed. "Everything's ch

re part of this pack, just like every one else. Things have bee

g myself here. Every day, it gets harder to remember who I am. Maybe if I l

think, Kayla. You've gone through so much already, and here you are-still standing. Leaving would

like a shadow. "That's the problem Ely. I don't know what's com

g smile. "Then let's find out together. Elder Magnus might ha

ich to move. Elder Magnus had always been a very mysterious figure who spoke in riddles and half-tr

id, nodding. "L

filled the air, and, the farther into the forest we walked, the more the world was silent,

red cabin that looked as old as the trees surrounding it. The place had an air

ar but of something impending, like the premonition that things are going to cha

, gravelly voice

d on surfaces inside the cabin. The air hung heavy with herbs and

ver locks cascaded down his back; his face was wrinkled, and every line seemed to tell a different story of its o

with a nod. "What brings yo

n feeling like something isn't right, like something dark is coming. I mean wit

though he could see right through my soul. Then, s

n the horizon, something that has been foretold in the old prophecies. But what you are sensing is not ju

er me. "How do you

Forces of light and darkness are always at play, seeking a balance. But sometimes when that balance is disrupted, great darkness can threa

tight with worry. "What if something terrible is c

ure is not predetermined, though there are occurrences that are more probable than others. What I can tell yo

asked. My heart w

y. The road ahead of you is yours to walk, and the choices you make will mo

ords sinking in. "So you're telling me

re for you will stand by your side. But you must be prepared, Kayla. The choices you

going to come our way, but at the same time, I didn't have a choice. My pack depended on me, the people I

Eliza asked, her voice tinged by despera

rophecy-one that foretells the time when darkness shall rise-and only the light of the chosen one

what, exactly, is the point of a pr

orewarned, it is to remind you that the choices you make are important. You can shape the future, Kayla, indeed. But you must be cauti

t about me anymore; it was about everyone who depended on me

aid quietly. "I'll do whatever

path lying ahead is dangerous. Be on watch, for darkness

lt them reverberating in my mind. Darkness was

d as soon as we neared the door, Elder Mag

emember this: the light within you is your greatest weapon.

his gaze. "I won't," I promise

sively grown even darker than before, throwing longer shadows into the landscape.

us, open but vague, and the darkness seemed to loom just a bit closer, step by step. But I couldn