Destinata (Valguard) by Nicole Daffurn Page B

wouldn’t dare, he knows what the consequences would be.”
    “He practically stalked her yesterday Kara, I wouldn’t be so sure of what he is capable of.”
    “Remember who you are talking to boy.”
    “Your sight isn’t always perfect Kara. You know that as well as I do. It only takes one change of heart or mind to change the future.”
    “Yes and I can see for the near future that isn’t going to happen, you have nothing to… Ah your dear Charlie is here. Come on in Charlotte, eaves dropping is rude.”
    “I’m sorry, I wasn’t… I was just…”
    “You were just eaves dropping, yes we know that part already. Now what is so urgent that you needed to call me out of a vision… Oh! My dear, you have had your first proper vision haven’t you.”
    It wasn’t a question.
    “How did you… Of course you know, you know everything.”
    “Not everything, no. In this case the only reason I know that you have had one is your eyes. They’re glowing.”
    “So I was told. Why?”
    Charlie wasn’t so sure that she wanted to know the answer to her question but she asked it anyway. She needed to know whether it was going to go away. If it didn’t, how on earth was she supposed to go home?
    “You are half Valguard, did you never stop to wonder whether your eyes would glow as theirs did one day?”
    Kara held up a hand and silenced her before she could answer the question, took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She breathed deeply for a few more minutes before speaking again.
    “Your Valguard attributes seem to be tied somewhat to your psychic abilities. As far as I can see, your eyes will settle soon enough but with every vision they will become more and more prominent until such time that they will no longer return to normal. Don’t worry, you have enough time before that happens.”
    She knew that Kara was telling her she would have enough time to explain what was going on to Ford – at the very least – before her eyes would permane ntly glow the bright shade of blue that she could now see in one of the many mirrors that adorned Kara’s walls.
    “Charlie, what happened today?”
    It was apparent that Zane still wasn’t happy with her for running off this morning but she couldn’t deal with that right now, she needed to talk about what had happened in the Town Hall first. She would deal with him later.
    “I went to the Town Hall…”
    “Like I told you not to.”
    “Yes, I went to the Town Hall, like you told me not to! And once inside, I reached for a door handle and I.. I… I don’t know really. I was sick all of a sudden. I was retching and sweating and then I couldn’t hear anything, it was like a tornado was spinning around me and then… Then I saw my mom in her cell, she’s wasted away to practically nothing Zane. The Mayor grabbed me, he hurt my arm, and when I turned I saw Ford… He was dead and then everything went black.”
    She left out the part where she was crying hysterically and retching again after the vision, they didn’t need any more insight into her moment of weakness.
    “Who’s Ford?”
    “I tell you that my mom is wasting away to nothing, I had my first vision and a friend died in that vision, and the first question you ask is Who’s Ford?”
    Zane didn’t respond, instead letting Kara take over the questioning.
    “You saw all this in only one vision?”
    “I guess, yea, it all happened at once and then I got the hell out of there. Why?”
    “Hmm, it seems that your powers of vision are stronger than mine. I only ever see snippets, bits and pieces like a lost dream that I have to put together to make sense of. I’m sorry for what you saw Charlotte but you need to remain unattached as much as possible now. It won’t help you any to break down at every vision. You need to keep your wits about you and decide on the best action to take. Today you were lucky, other days won’t be as easy as this was.”
    “She is my mother and she is wasting away to nothing, didn’t