Chapter Sixteen: Three deep, meaningful kisses

. “How do you spot a polyhybrid?” I asked. It would be a lot smarter for me to keep my status hidden, if they were so rare.

“No one really knows. But they know. They usually get told by the Moon Goddess herself.”

“Mhmm.” I narrowed my eyes. “So what’s the prophesy about?”

“Oh!” She squealed. “I memorized it ‘Out of the fire shall come a child, fiercer than lions and untamed and wild. Betrayal and lies will fill its early years, but with a stranger, it will overcome its fears. A choice between two will be made, a deception of love that will fade. Only with three kisses of a true mate on the place of a mark will restore the vanquished, but if not careful, with the darkness, the earth will vanish.’” She recited.

“Could you write that down?” I requested.

She nodded and pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket along with a pen, scribbling down the words. “Why are you so interested in poly hybrids anyway?” Then she leaned in with a misch