“There was another me before you.”
My father's words were echoing through the chamber.
I looked at him.
He held the first Zero close.
The boy looked serene.
Nearly asleep.
But my father's face told me something was seriously wrong.
“Before my time?” he said.
He looked at me, through the Gate.
Look, you weren't the first thing the Gate built.
Kael moved to my side.
“What was then?”
My father looked down at the boy.
“The first attempt.
My stomach clenched.
"What attempt at what?
“To constitute a vessel .”
The word made my hair stand on end.
“A vessel of the First Creature?
My father nodded his head.
“But it didn't work.”
Suddenly the silver-haired woman stepped forward.
“Elias …”
My father glared at her.
"You knew."
“I knew that there had been an attempt.
“You knew
