I give him a tense look. “I sure hope you’re right.” “I’ll go talk to Mira,” Darian says. Before he leaves, though, he looks at the pictures on the table. He shuffles them around, putting them in the order they were intended to be in. The witches rise up from the water. They swim to the surface. There is a battle going on. They join the battle. Three figures, two of which I can presume to be me and Mira. The third one may be Darian. I’m just speculating, from what Mira has said. My daughter has never shown any signs of being able to use dark magic. She had the mark on her ankle when she was born. Initially, I was terrified, but over the years, I began to think that it was simply that: a mark. But now? The ability to see a prophecy? Is that even typical of dark witches? I don’t know what

