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I covered my mouth with my hands and started to back away

“Don’t worry, it’s just a statue ”

I whirled around and then jumped back when I ca rese

“Oh my God ” My voice trembled I couldn’t believe it His eyes…the color…violet “Dad?”

He smiled “Hello, Gemma ”

Chapter 3

I had thought the alar violet color of y But I rong because theshade of violet radiating from his eyes

“I—I…can’t…” Apparently, I had forgotten how to speak

He gave , isn’t it?”

My eyes ide as I nodded “Yeah…it is ”

We stared at each other, not believing ere seeing He looked so much like me; the same color of brown hair, the same pale skin—only his was creased rinkles—and of course the same shade of violet in his eyes

“Am I dead?” I f

inally asked

He shook his head “Not quite ”

“Not quite?” I asked, trying not to panic “Does thatto be, then?”

He considered this carefully “While you alking down the mountain, you passed out and took yourself here in vision form ”

I sed hard “Soto death?”

“Yes, but don’t worry, today isn’t the day you’re going to die, Gee silver robe he earing swishing behind him He motioned for me to follow hio back, and I have so very important I need to show you ”

“Okay…” I followed hi what this place was “What do you need to show me?”

He looked at ht that fluttered through the roo to save the world ”

I don’t knohy, but I just about laughed at hioing to save the world?”

“You sound like you don’t believe it’s possible,” he said

I shrugged “It’s just that I’ve seen things that have led me to believe otherwise ”

“You have seen them in your visions,” he said, not as a question, but as a statement

I gaped at him “So, you know about my visions?”

He gave me a small smile as he turned down a hallway, lined withswirled with yellows and blues that reht “Where do you think you got the gift?”

“So you’re a Foreseer ” I wasn’t really surprised by this, seeing how I had been told multiple times that abilities, such as the Foreseer ability, was usually a hereditary thing Plus, I just saw the statue of hi a crystal ball

He nodded “I am And, like you, I also have unique abilities ”

Now that shockedmyself before I dove onto the marble floor “The same abilities as me?” I asked

“Yes, but that is a story for another tiht now, you need to save the world ”

I had a ton of questions Ihiency in his voice that kept me quiet

At the end of the hall, a stairway stretched up to aTwo massive columns formed an entryway around the door, and at the top of the door, a bright red light glowed from the screen-covered

“What is this place?” I asked, hoping that it just looked like a mausoleum

He didn’t answer as he walked up the stairs to the mausoleu cold underneath my bare feet as I climbed up the stairs I was nervous and my heart fluttered in es creaked loudly, as if it had been sealed shut for ages Then he stepped in, and, with great hesitance, I did too

It was dark inside the tiny roo dripped with muddy water and the once white-tiled floor was stained broith age There were no s and the column walls were cracked and worn away Red lanterns softly lit a trail of red light down a narrow hallway

“This way,”down the hall