her granddaughter see reason. “Ally, you’re an immortal. Vincent is trying to kill you because of a prophecy that you are involved in.”
“An immortal…” she repeated. “What exactly is that? If you tell me I am anything like Vincent, I’m jumping off this plane immediately.”
“No, you’re not a vampire like Vincent. He is evil! We immortals are the guardians of the human race. We stand between them and the vampires.” Adele looked intently into Ally’s eyes as she spoke. “Your mother was an immortal as well. That’s why Vincent killed her and your father.”
James could see Ally trembling with fear and shock, so he wrapped his arms around her in a warm loving embrace to comfort her. Without thinking, Ally leaned closer into him.
She knew that he was holding her, and that she should be angry at his deceit, but right now she didn’t have the strength. All she wanted was comfort, and James provided that. There would be time for anger later.
Adele watched Ally slowly crumbling under the weight they had put upon her shoulders and wished there had been another way to do this, but the choices had been taken away from her. The reality was there never would have been an easy way to tell her.
“My mother and father were immortals?” Ally asked.
“Actually, your father was human. Vincent killed him because he was with your mother. It was a trap to lure you out so he could finish you off before you killed him,” Adele said as carefully as possible.
“It was meant to happen…” she said quietly.
James and Adele shared a look of confusion and surprise.
“What do you mean, sweetheart?” Adele asked.
“Madame Isabella predicted it, and said that it was all meant to be. That it would mark the beginning of the prophecy.”
“What!” James and Adele exclaimed in unison, before sharing a look of surprise.
Ally was confused at their reaction. “Don’t you guys know all about this? I thought I was the one in the dark.”
“I think it’s time you tell us exactly what that fortune teller told you.”
Ally took a deep breath and relayed word-for-word, what had been said to her all those years ago. It was burned into her memory. She didn't forget a single syllable.
When she had finished, James and Adele sat speechless for a moment, neither one able to believe that she had known all this for five years! They both also realized that it had been a pointless effort hiding the truth from her.
“All this time you have known…why didn’t you say something?” Adele asked.
“It’s not exactly a normal conversation to have, Gran.” She laughed softly at the thought of trying to start such a ridiculous conversation. “And how was I to know that you were involved in all this. I knew James was but when he didn’t return…well I figured, it was just some freaky coincidence.”
“How did she know all of that?” James asked.
“She is psychic I guess, I don’t know. But she didn’t really explain exactly what the prophecy is. All I know is killing Vincent, and saving an ancient race.”
With a look at James then at her granddaughter, Adele began to answer her question. “In order to understand the significance of the prophecy and your part in it, you need to know about the immortals as well. There is a lot of information, but I will just give you the basics for now. The prophecy is about a half immortal girl, you my darling, brought into the world under the cover of a lunar eclipse to hide her presence from the ones that would seek her destruction. The prophecy was written five hundred years ago by our oldest and wisest Immortal Seer, Gabriel. There are different kinds of immortals, one type being the Seers, but that is something for another day.”
Ally nodded encouraging Adele to continue. “Our kind was once a mighty force to be reckoned with, but long ago the vampires took us all by surprise and killed half our people. The remaining half was so terrified, most spread across all the corners of the globe trying to hide from Vincent and the other vampires. A few remain in Scotland but not nearly enough.” Adele paused to take a breath. “So, the immortals are no longer the proud, strong people that we were. According to Gabriel, the prophecy girl would change all this. She would reunite the people and lead them into battle against the vampires and their leader, Vincent. In essence, Ally, you are the last thing