Chapter 262 262: The genesis of the problem...

Lyla

The clearing disappeared, replaced by a different scene…

I was standing in an open field. It was day, yet the moon was shining and full. In the centre of the field stood a woman dressed in what seemed like mourning clothes. She was singing, too. The same blue energy surrounded her, but there was something different about it… something dark.

Beside her lay two lifeless bodies. When I moved closer, I gasped with shock when I realised it was Thames and Rian and they were both dead. Their faces were peaceful in death and their hands were crossed over their chests, but there was something wrong about seeing them this way.

Something that made my soul cry out in protest.

When I looked at Neriah, her face was pale and streaked with tears and her hands were trembling as she continued to sing – as if she had no choice. And then her eyes met mine. For a moment, time froze.

Her eyes widened in recognition. I saw my face in hers. Our eyes reflected the same image, and then her lips began to move, whispering something I couldn't hear. But her expression – gods, her expression was pure agony.

I strained my ears, wishing I could hear what she was saying. Her lips formed the words again. As I opened my mouth to scream out, perhaps to tell her I couldn't hear what she was saying…

"Lyla?"

A voice snapped me out of the trance. The blue energy dissipated like mist in the morning sunlight as my feet settled firmly back on the ground. I gasped, my knees buckling as I collapsed onto the damp earth.

The energy left me instantly breathless and trembling. The song had stopped too.

The vision… what the hell was that? I clutched my chest, struggling to steady my breathing, my body was still thrumming from the raw power that had coursed through me.

A soft sound made me whip around.

Someone was watching me.

stood at the edge of the clearing, hands clasped before her. Her face was a

Nanny.

My heart lurched.

unsteady but desperate. "Nanny!" I cried, joy and

rushed toward her, throwing my arms around her fragile

she pulled back to look at my face. The warmth of her presence grounded me, but something about

was staring at me, a strange look in her eyes—something between

I

my hair, fingers brushing against

began to spread across

wonder in her voice. "It's back and

I blinked. "What?"

that had marked me from birth. The same streak that had faded to almost nothing after I'd lost my moonsinging ability. I pulled a strand forward to

face toward the dying light of the sun. "The brown streak in your hair. It has reappeared.

does it mean, Nanny?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper. "What's happening

eyes grew serious, her gaze shifting to the clearing where

to pass." She took my hands in hers, her grip surprisingly strong. "You're remembering who you truly are, Lyla. And not a

echo of

saw Neriah, and she

who Rian and Thames maybe but when I turned to her, her face had paled

know who they are?" I

even less time than I feared," she whispered. "Come, child. There's much I need to

are you

see death coming between two people

shook my head, as the hair at the back of my neck stood. "Mother Liora mentioned that when it is time, I have to kill, Nathan, else he

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