Chapter 104

Quinn

Troy did not go to the orchard with the others. He came straight to me after he sent the guards to prepare for the doctor’s execution. I already saw what he was going to do and I was petrified of what was to come. I also knew that any attempts to change his mind would be futile, but I'd try regardless.

I shared everything with the women by my side. My sacred circle. The women that swore loyalty to me.

“Why can I only see into the immediate future?” I asked as I slowly came back to full reality.

Unlike the last time this happened, I wasn’t in a complete trance. I was aware of the people around me, and if I tried very hard, I could pull myself out of it, but the moment I stopped paying attention, I was sucked right back into the vision.

“You can see the present, not the future,” Missus Lowry said and took my hand hers. “I had a cousin with the same talent.”

“Kind of a useless gift,” I said and leaned my head back against the closet wall, staring up at one of the hidden lights in t