Deciding Skies (Fate's Intent Book 2) by April Bowles Page A

away from it to my left slightly in front of me. There’s a child. I’m going to guess about the age of nine/ten range. I don’t see in good detail with the sun hitting his face but I can tell his hair is blonde. He’s looking straight in front of him not at me so I never get a good look at the exact color of his eyes from this angle.
    “We’re sitting there talking about something I can’t hear until he looks to his left and stands up. I stand up with him and we can see a large stone structure built right out of the mountains with waterfalls around it but there was nothing else around. That’s when he turns his head fully to me and I see the black eyes very clearly. He smiled and his voice was full of excitement when he says something I can’t hear but the word mother comes out very clear and clearly directed towards me.
    “Just hearing his voice makes my whole reply too muffled to hear but I call him Seth. That’s my grandfather’s name on my mother’s side. Then he starts running down this winding path towards the structure like he was too excited to hear what I said or something and that ends my strongest vision.”
    “Your strongest? Are there more?”
    “That was the main one that I’ve seen a lot. I have seen two more that are more like flashes but I didn’t know if they were real because I only saw them once so far more recently so I never told anyone about those.”
    “Well, tell me. I’m listening.”
    “You’re really getting into this, aren’t you?”
    “If it’s really the future then it’s part of mine. I want to know.”
    “Zayden—”
    “Just tell me.”
    “Okay. Like I said, they’re quick but he’s around the same age, I’m guessing anyway.” She paused and closed her eyes but I kept mine open and watched her. “There’s one where I see him sleeping. If I think back hard enough, it’s in better detail and he does look a lot like you but in a boyish way because he’s so young.”
    “It’s in our blood to have that heavy resemblance. I told you.”
    “Yes, I’ve seen that and the second one, I see him in the exact training ring we have back home but it’s much prettier because of the waterfalls behind it instead of the bricks of the north wall blocking any views.”
    I was intrigued. “Training ring, really? What is he doing?”
    “If I was going to guess, I would say he’s training but he’s not alone. There are two others with him.”
    “Who are they? Kids?”
    “Yeah, about his age but I don’t know who they are. I’m more so focused on seeing him. They’re kind of in a light blur when I had that dream.”
    I could hear my heart beat suddenly in my ears and this strange but wonderful thought came over me. “Can you think back? Try focusing on them. What do they look like?”
    “Why do you want to know so badly?”
    “Just curious.” I lied but only briefly. I wanted her to tell me first to see if I was right then I would tell her.
    “Okay, I can try. It’s kind of from a distance but the one that’s actually in the ring with Seth has brown hair, kind of curly, kind of not. I can’t see his eyes, he’s not facing me well enough.”
    “What about the other one?”
    “He’s standing to the side, leaned up against a stone pillar with his arms crossed, watching. His hair—” Adele paused and I wanted to know what she was seeing. “Whoa, he actually turns his head to me. I’ve never noticed that before.”
    “Is that a sign? Do you know something?”
    She opened her eyes and looked at me with this awed maybe even horrified expression. “I don’t even what to think about that.”
    “What?”
    She seemed hesitant as I watched her swallow. “He looked like—Darius but—”
    “Okay, that’s freaky enough. Darius with a kid but there’s something else you’re not telling me.”
    Adele looked directly in my eyes and her words came out with a slow shock. “He had Ruby’s eyes.”
    I laughed. “What?!”
    “We cannot say a thing to them!”