Zodiac Academy Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham Page 0,323

smug look on his face.

“It was the least you deserved, don’t you agree?” Gabriel slapped my cheek a couple of times and I jerked back with a growl but he just held his ground, seeming to be so certain that I would agree with him that he wasn’t afraid of me lashing out. And maybe he was fucking right about that.

“Alight. I get it. I fucked up and you’re not gonna let me forget it,” I muttered and he nodded.

"We have more important things to discuss than that though.”

“What?” I asked, sensing the shift in his tone and he frowned.

“When I finally got back to my family’s winter cabin last night, I went to my amplifying chamber and managed to see a whole hell of a lot of things that my time in the Royal Seer's Chair opened up to me. And there was one prophesy which I can't see any way around but this."

"But what?" I asked in concern, frowning at him as he stepped closer to me with his brow furrowing.

"One of my sisters is going to die today. And the only possible chance we have to save them is by me bringing you to the caves of the forgotten."

"The what of where?" I demanded, my heart racing at the idea of Roxy or Darcy not making it through the day as I tried to figure out what the fuck was going to happen that could mean they might not.

"It's an ancient set of caverns in the far south of Solaria, hidden within a jungle and long since forgotten by our kind. My visions led me there once before and I found a ring which saved my life. The stars won't show me what will happen when we get there or anything at all other than to whisper that it is the only chance there is for both Vega Princesses to survive the day. So are you with me?" he asked urgently and I could see how serious he was about this as I nodded.

"You're sure the best thing I can do for Roxy is to go with you now?" I demanded. "And how is Darcy involved in this?"

"Your father captured her and Lance last night. I was so lost in the visions the stars had flooded me with that I didn't see him coming for them until after it had already come to pass. I'm more sorry for that than words can express. I called the other Heirs and told them what’s happening. But if you and I don't head to the caves now then I know that one of my sisters will die."

“Why?” I balked, stepping forward and grabbing his shirt as I tugged him closer to me. “How? Where? Let’s just go and get them now and-”

“No,” Gabriel snapped, shoving me off of him and making my panic turn to anger. “I told you, we need to go to the caves if we want to save them. It’s the only chance we have. If you let your hot head get the better of you and try charging off to rescue them then you’ll bring their deaths about. I want you to come with me willingly, but if I have to beat the shit out of you and drag you there hog tied like Mildred then I will. Because I’m not gonna let anything happen to them. So are you with me or not?”

I glared at him for a long moment as those words sank in and I forced out a hard breath as I accepted them. I might have wanted to run to Roxy, but if I could have ripped her out of my father’s arms then I would have done it already. Gabriel was by far the best Seer I’d ever met and though he kinda irritated me a lot of the time, I did trust him, especially when it came to the Vegas.

"Alright," I agreed firmly, knowing enough about his visions to trust that he really did know what he was talking about with this. "Let's go."

Gabriel nodded firmly before moving to a bookcase set against the wall and using the ring Roxy had made for him to open the King’s Passages there.

I stepped into the dark behind him, putting all of my faith into him as I left Roxy behind and followed him out of the palace. But if this was what it took to save her or Darcy then I'd do it. Whatever it took.

T he two assholes who’d dragged me