Bound by Fate
ade their way through the dense forest. Their footsteps were quick but measured, each moveme
ophecy, the Sovereign Order her world had been turned upside down in a matter of hours. She wasn't sure wh
but something else an almost tangible presence that seemed to watch them, just out of reach. Every time Lina glanced over her shoulder, she
alert. He was more aware of their surroundings than ever before, as though the very forest
er voice barely audible
g the woods with sharp precision. We need to get to the old cabin, he replied, his voice low
was out there, watching them. She could feel it, just beyond the edge of the trees eyes that didn't bel
gs. Every sound in the night felt amplified, like the forest was holding its breath.
voice strained, though
was it something or someone else? She instinctively rea
ough the tension in his expression was still there, his eye
of purple and pink. The old wooden structure stood like a forgotten relic in the middle of the forest, its windows dark
anning the interior before he stepped inside. He
the door behind them. But we can't afford to stay her
for years. A small fire flickered in the corner, crackling softly in the hearth. There was a small cot in one corner, a table in the cent
d papers. The Order is still looking for us. They know Ive been hidi
er pulse quickening at the thought o
cattered fragments of his past. “We need to get to the heart of it. Find ou
o run anymore. She wasn't going to let her life be dictated by a prophecy or
and pieces, but I need to know everything, Alec. Everything about the Order. About the prophecy.
ed herself. He stepped closer, his voice dropping to a low whisper. The prophecy was supposed to be a legend. Something our ancestors spoke of in hushed tones. The story
tion? she repeated, the weight of it settling over her like a heavy
t means, Lina. But I know the Order believes they can control us. They think they can manipulate the prophecy to serve their o
d around the magnitude of it all. I don't w
None of us did. But we don't have a choice, Lina. The prophecy c
hem like a tightening noose. And yet, in that moment, she realized something. There was still
control me", she said, he
dmiration in his eyes. I know
find the key. The one thing that could stop the Order from using us to fulfill th