Destiny Gift (The Everlast Trilogy) - By Juliana Haygert Page 0,89
path of a fast car. Their calm faces held hints of smiles and their gray eyes never left mine.
The liquid had worked its magic. I was on I-95, inside Victor’s car, with Micah and his bird, but without Morgan. Where the hell was Morgan?
I glanced back and found Micah struggling to sit up. “What’s happening?”
One of the Fates gestured with her white hand. She wanted us to come to them.
I wasn’t sure what to do. I had just escaped from Brock and his demons. I didn’t want to be trapped again. Besides, as far as I knew, the Fates owned me now. I had no idea what they would want with me.
She gestured again.
Micah held on to my seat and looked ahead. “What do they want now?”
I gulped down my fear and exited the car. With the little strength I had, I helped Micah, putting his heavy arm around my shoulders. The raven flew out, but hovered close.
“Where’s Morgan?” I asked as we neared them.
“Safe somewhere else,” the one on the right said.
“What now?”
“Now, you’re both safe,” the one on the left said.
I grimaced. Safe from demons, but not from them. Fates were the women who spun the wheel of destiny, which didn’t let me know if they were evil or good. I decided to be on the defensive, just in case.
“What will you do with me?” I asked.
“We were thinking about leaving this place before we need to interfere more,” the one in the center said. She extended her hand to me, and I squinted at it. “Nadine, your life is ours. If we wish to hurt you, we won’t ask for permission.”
She pushed her hand forward.
As I reached to take it, Micah held my arm. “What are your plans for her?”
“We’re not obligated to answer your question, Mitrus,” the one in the center said. “But rest assured we have no plans of hurting her. For now.”
I looked up to Micah and nodded.
He shrugged and I took the Fate’s hand.
The world around us revolved. I felt as if I were having one of those revealing visions again.
That sudden thought saddened me. I would never have another vision. Ceris had taken the gift from me. Yes, I had fought them at the beginning. After all, I’d thought I was hallucinating. That I was crazy. Insane. There were times I’d wished I didn’t have visions, but now that they had been taken from me, I missed them.
The scenery settled. We stood on a tiny island with white sand and rocky shores that fought against angry black waves that crashed and bellowed. The wind whipped my hair, and I turned my face. A simple cottage that looked a lot like the one the Fates had in the woods stood before us.
I gawked at the view. It was so peaceful, so comforting. “Where are we?”
“On a Croatian island,” one of the Fates answered.
I watched as the raven flew away. “Why did you bring us here?”
“To rest,” the one closest to me said, smiling shyly. “You two will stay here for a week or two.”
“What? Why?” I asked. “And my family? Raisa and Olivia will wonder where I am. I need to go back. And my job at Langone? It’s supposed to start tomorrow.” Wait. I forced my mind to slow down. I was sure the job at Langone had been arranged by Ceris. I didn’t want anything to do with it.
“You deserve it, Nadine,” the same one said. The others stood behind her and didn’t seem to pay attention to our conversation. “You deserve the job at Langone. Ceris found out about the position and told you. You got it on your own. If you had failed to get it, she would have intervened, but it wasn’t necessary.”
Well, that was a relief. I needed that job. I needed it to get into med school and to move forward with my life. “Then I need to go back.”
“The wheel of destiny has spun,” she continued. “Your job at Langone will start in ten days. Raisa and Olivia have been told you are on vacation. And your other friends and family are safe.”
Was this some kind of punishment? “What did I do to deserve this? I thought I had accomplished all Ceris wanted of me.”
“Yes, you did.” Her smile widened. “And this is not a punishment. This is vacation.”
She started walking away.
“Wait,” I called out. Since arriving, I’d wanted to ask them more about Victor, where he was and what would happen now, but had