“There are those who travel between worlds,” she said without apology. “And when it became known that there were rumors of a seer I began to investigate. She is ...”
He frowned as she hesitated. “What?”
Nefri reached into the pocket of her robes to pull out a thin book no larger than the palm of her hand.
“She is vital to the future of all our worlds.”
He studied the book, sensing its age. “What is that?” She stroked loving fingers over the battered red cover. “A book of prophecies that I took beyond the Veil when the Dark Lord began to destroy them.”
His brows lifted. Books of prophecies were as rare as actual prophets.
“And?”
“Most of them are gibberish, I fear.”
Santiago snorted. “Typical.”
“But, there is one that speaks of the birth of the Alpha and the Omega.”
The Alpha and the Omega ...
Santiago stiffened. They were the same words spoken by the Sylvermyst who warned that the child Laylah had protected for so long was destined to return the Dark Lord to this world.
It couldn’t be a coincidence.
“What does it say?” he rasped.
“It warns that the ‘harbinger of truth’ must not be silenced,” she said without hesitation.
“That’s it?”
“Yes.”
He clenched his teeth. Why the hell couldn’t prophets just spit out the future in words a person could understand?
“Still gibberish.”
“No.” Nefri shook her head. “A warning that I intend to heed.”
She lifted her hand to grasp the medallion around her neck. The gold metal inscribed with some ancient hieroglyphs began to glow, filling the room with a strange heat.
Santiago instinctively lifted his sword. “What the hell are you doing?”
“I am going to search for the female.”
Despite his hatred toward the Immortals, and the very real possibility she might fry him if he tried to interfere in her dramatic departure, Santiago stepped forward, grasping the woman’s arm.
“Not without me, you’re not.”
She went rigid beneath the firm grip of his hand, her dark gaze studying his fierce expression.
“I had forgotten,” she whispered.
His fangs throbbed at the exotic scent of jasmine and pure female.
“Forgotten what?”
“How aggressive males tend to be in this world.”