Lucien kept speaking. “It’s important we form an alliance and, when they’re discovered, we ally with them.”
Callum thought no truer words were spoken.
“Absolutely,” he agreed.
“Therefore, you should know about Leah.” Callum’s eyes moved to Lucien’s bride but Lucien kept speaking, explaining simply, “She dreams.”
Callum’s gaze sliced back to the vampire as his body grew taut.
“Dreams?” he used that word to persuade the vampire to go on.
“I dream,” Leah put in. “They’re better now but, well…” she trailed off and looked up at her mate.
“She dreams the future,” Lucien continued for her. “Vividly. So vividly the dream can take hold in real life to the point that what’s happening in her subconscious can happen to her physically.”
“Curious,” Callum muttered and watched Lucien’s mouth tighten in irritation.
“She dreamed of The Sentence,” he declared and at that it was Callum’s mouth that grew tight.
The Sentence was what, centuries ago, vampires carried out against their own who had human mates who they refused to denounce. A ruthless verdict which included the vampire tied to a stake and set alight in front of the human so she could see her mate’s imminent death. Then the human was hung in front of the vampire so he could watch his mate swing before his own life was extinguished.
At the thought of Lucien’s stunning mate dreaming that into reality, Callum bit out, “Christ.”
At that, Lucien shared, “She nearly strangled by hanging while doing nothing but lying in bed.”
Callum looked to Leah and murmured, with feeling, “I’m truly sorry.”
“It’s okay,” she whispered.
But it wasn’t.
He could see the memory of her fear hadn’t faded and Lucien was no longer blanking his reactions. This had shaken him and he showed it visibly.
Another surprise for Callum and an indication of trust from Lucien.
It was Lucien’s turn to change the subject. “She has other abilities.”
Callum almost couldn’t control his reaction to another trait Lucien’s mate shared with his but he did it.
“And those are?”
“The most important one, considering The Prophesies,” Lucien answered, “She can sense danger.”
Interesting, Callum thought.
But he asked, “Heightened senses? Hearing, smell, sight?”
“Not quite,” Lucien answered, watching him closely. Correctly, Callum knew, assuming from Callum’s earlier warning that Sonia had these gifts. “She simply can sense a threat in enough time to prepare should a situation be uncertain.”
“That’s fortunate,” Callum remarked.
“It’s more than fortunate,” Lucien returned. “And it would help matters greatly if all the prophesied lifemates shared these abilities.”
Callum decided to ease both their minds and disclosed, “Sonia dreams. She’s done it all her life. She dreamed of me repeatedly years before she met me.” He glanced at Leah and then to Lucien. “Leah knows of my people?”
Lucien nodded. “She knows.”
This was surprising as well.