Chapter 39

She stood transfixed staring between them, the cauldron and its swirling contents. She couldn’t bring herself to move. Why were they bowing to her? What was this show of respect and most importantly how did they know she was the chosen one?

Maybe she had been blindsided or maybe deaf-sided to hear that Akira had called her an Apogee—how did that thing of information reach them was a piece of bizarre mystery to her. Everything about her was a thing of bizarre mystery, like how this cave looked brain-stuckingly familiar to even how the swirling cauldron contents was something she had seen before. It felt like she was reliving everything right all over again.

Imani let out an exasperated sigh. “What’s going on here,” she said, her voice full of confusion. “The red liquid poured into the cauldron was blood, if I’m not mistaken.”

“You are the only Apogee left and the only power we need to stop the humans from wreaking havoc against us.” Kade uttered, coming to stand in