Chapter 42. Dark Hunger

‘That is a Question you already know the Answer to,’

The words kept ringing in her head, they refused to settle. She swallowed hard, her heart a beating mess.

Nothing made sense anymore, and she stood frozen in place.

The soft music wafting out of the hollow seemed to drift far away, along with the noise. The celebration became something distant in her head, and her mind kept repeating the last words the Seeress had told her.

She knew the answer. Rhiannon knew the answer.

“E Elijah...?” She cracked out, eyes filled with horror before she frantically shook her head to get the thoughts out. No! It couldn’t be. It can’t be Elijah, there must be something wrong. The Seeress must have misread the prophecy or something.

Rhiannon clutched her chest, where her heart sat behind. The beat of her heart was only increasing by the second...she needed to calm down.

No...she needed answers and being in this state isn’t the answer. She was tired of having o