Uriel
"Who cares for some tea?"
The cheerful voice shattered the tension hanging inside the cottage and for several seconds, nobody moved and nobody spoke.
The Oracle continued staring at Macey and Macey continued staring at the Oracle and my brothers and I were still trying to process the fact that one of the most powerful beings in the kingdom had just looked afraid… afraid of our mate.
The Oracle blinked first and whatever emotion had crossed his face vanished completely. It was as though it had never existed.
Then he smiled. A calm, grandfatherly smile.
"Come," he said. "The ritual is complete. You all look as though you've seen ghosts."
I wasn't fooled and neither were my brothers. Still, we followed. The room we entered next felt completely different from the shrine. It was wa
