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“But why would Seth believe that you were his enemy?”

“Seth has always been protective of his claim to the throne. He always thought I was trying to steal it from him.”

“That’s messed up.” My family may have its issues, but at least none of my siblings had ever tried to kill me. After seeing what Ian had to deal with, my life didn’t seem so bad.

Chapter 17

Ian stayed true to his word. He didn’t come with me to classes, but he always showed up to eat lunch with me at Julia’s freshman table. We spent most evenings together, and this made Julia a lot easier to manage, since she was a lot more likely to listen to a handsome guy that to me. He always left before I went to sleep, and he was always kind to me, even when I was in a bad mood.

Everything was perfect until I started having dizzy spells three days after defeating Arthas in the castle.

“I don’t feel so good,” I said to Ian, who was sitting on my bed next to me. All of a sudden, the room was spinning. I wasn’t in my room anymore, but at the castle. At first I thought Ian jumped me there, but then, as soon as I was there, I was back again.

“What just happened?” I asked.

Ian felt my forehead, “Are you feeling okay?”

“Yeah,” I said, “It must be all the fae blood and food from a few days ago. I thought that I was in the castle for a second.”

I started to get a little worried when the same thing happened at school the next day. One minute I was sitting in history class and then the next, I was standing in the throne room. I saw Vanya putting on an unusual-looking silver bracelet, and then leaving the castle. The king and queen had worried expressions on their faces.

“Hey,” I said, but they didn’t turn to look at me. The room shifted again and I
was back
in Ms. Trupe’s
class. No one had even noticed that I had been gone.

Had it just been a dream? Had I fallen asleep during class? I had been rather tired lately.

“Hey,” I said to Ian casually, “Does Vanya have a silver bracelet that looks like a dragon with its tongue sticking out?”

“Yes,” he said, “How did you know that?”

“I had a dream about it,” I said, “I must have remembered the bracelet from when I saw her at the castle.”

“That’s impossible,” Ian said, “Vanya only wears that bracelet when she knows she’ll be facing one of her own kind - a dragon.”

“Well, how else could I have known about the bracelet?”

“Erica,” Ian said, “I think you’re developing powers of your own.”

Acknowledgements

First of all, I would like to thank God for life and for having the opportunity to write.

Second, I would like to thank Karolyn Redoute
, for editing my work and making insightful comments about the story.
I would also like to thank m
y mother, for always listening and for
reading so many of my writing projects.

About the Author

Sara Brock
lives in Michigan with her husband and daughter. She also teaches math and success strategies to high school students. Before that, Sara worked as a literacy coach, helping children to develop a passion for reading.