Chapter 90

Sheila's point of view

"That's not the worst part, love," Killian said with sad and serious eyes as I listened to him. "The crescent moon rising is barely three weeks away and we just found out we still don't have the gifted one," he paused, gazing at me intently. "Thea isn't the gifted one."

My body froze in Killian's arms. "What?

Thea isn't the gifted one. Those words echoed over and over in the walls of my mind. Even Adie was as shocked as I was.

I could have been expecting anything but this. I hadn't seen it coming. But wait, something was wrong. "How is that even possible?" I asked. From what I knew, everyone was sure Thea was the gifted one, even Killian had seen her in his dreams. So, how on earth could she suddenly not be the gifted one?

"I don't know. But Valerie confirmed it. The cleansing ritual with Thea's blood didn't work," he explained it all to me.

While Adie was exploding with subtle joy, I couldn't help but feel sadder. This news