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