Chapter 92

A portal?

“While Chrystal was drowning me, before I went blind—Adelaide told me not to open the portal,” I admitted, the thought coming to mind.

“She instructed you to turn off your eyes,” Kylan concluded, his sharp eyes locked on mine. “That time in the car after you…did you notice anything? Voices? Dark forces?”

I shrugged helplessly. “Not that I know of.”

That was the unfortunate truth. Usually, I had an answer for everything—but this time, I didn’t. Yes, I was the ‘geek,’ but this feeling was new. I felt lost, clueless, and stupid because of my lack of knowledge.

How could I have lived my whole life and never once questioned why I grew up so isolated or why it had been drilled into my mind to keep those glasses on my face?

Why had I never asked why they wanted me to forget about the voices and the visions, as if they weren’t a part of me?

Kylan closed the book with a thud. “You said you can’t ask anyone for help—”

“Because th