Chapter 96

I lunged at the desk in the living room, snatching up one of Adley’s school notebooks and a pen, just as her eyes unfocussed and went blank. The calm sky-blue of her irises glowed softly, unsettling as she stiffly swiveled her head in my direction.

For seconds Adley stared at me, until finally she spoke.

“Daughters of the sun and sea,

two once powerful kingdoms brought down to their knees.

Dying legacies, where only one will stand.

The champions of Light and Dark hold the fate of the world in their hands.”

Ally sighed, frowning softly at her sister, until her eyes too went blank. Her eyes began to glow, the same soft color as her twin. Ally’s pale blue eyes held fragments of grey, like gathering storm clouds.

Her head swiveled in my direction, and she spoke.

“A call to arms from warrior’s past,

to defend their Houses at long last.

Brothers forced on opposing sides,

the me