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I didn’t know what he saw in my eyes, but his words trailed off, and he fell silent. I held out my hand. “Will you please sit with me?”
The silver in his eyes died, his protective anger dissipating, leaving behind only worry. He nodded and took my hand, his larger one engulfing mine, the metal of his rings and armor cool against my fingers. I led him to the living room, and we sat, angling our bodies toward one another. Samkiel still wore his armor as if he were so comfortable in it that he didn’t notice, or he was so focused on me that it wasn’t a priority.
“I had a dream last night,” I said, picking up the papers that screamed my reality.
“Oh? Is that why you kicked me?”
My smirk only lasted a moment, disappearing as I placed the documents between us.
“Tobias said something to me in the cavern, but so much had happened that I didn’t pay it any attention, or maybe I buried it. I don’t know. Maybe I didn’t want to believe it, but last night after… well, you know, I slept, really slept. I dreamed I was in this dark place, and then I heard all of these voices. It sounded like many beings chanting.”
“Chanting what?”
I placed the paper right side up and turned it toward him. He leaned forward, scanning it, a hint of confusion tightening the corners of his eyes.
“That she’s not mine. These papers say that she isn’t my sister.”
He picked up the document to better read it. He didn’t say anything, but when he looked up at me, I saw a flicker of anger had returned to his eyes. Even a week ago, that would have devastated me and sent me scuttling back behind walls to safeguard my heart, but whatever had shifted between us had given me insight into him. Samkiel was not mad at me; he was mad because something had dared to hurt me. He would lock me away and protect me from the world if he could.
“If this is real, if what I’m dreaming is real, then I saw something else.”
Samkiel waited.
“I saw a blood-red moon on a world that wasn’t this one or Onuna. I mean, it could just be my brain because Kaden had the werewolves looking into lunar cycles. So, of course, why would I not dream of moons? But there was another word whispered. The same word—an equinox.”
“Equinox?”
My shoulders slumped, and I twisted my fingers together. “I don’t know what it means, or even if it is important, but there were these figures in my dream.”
Samkiel went unnaturally still. “How many figures?”
“Three. I couldn’t see their faces, but they wore crowns.” His jaw clenched, and I knew him well enough to see worry darken his features. “You’ve seen them too.”
“I have and the blood-red moon.”
I didn’t ask why he hadn’t told me, nor was I mad. These last few months had been pure chaos for both of us, but we were united again. We could talk about this stuff again, and that gave me some peace.
“Okay, so we share psychic dreams now, too? Add that to our list of weird.”
His lip twisted in amusement, but then he grew thoughtful, rubbing his hand across his chin. “Neverra said that when she was in Yejedin, she had heard mention of a big happening. It could be this equinox. But we have checked, and no rare celestial events are happening anytime soon. Nothing powerful enough to fuel a ritual.”
I exhaled slowly and sat back, trying to remember the details of the dream. They seemed so hazy and far away now. “I don’t know, Samkiel. Maybe it was just a dream, my mind finally trying to process all that had happened and jumbling up events. But my instincts are telling me there is more to it.”
“I don’t doubt you, Dianna. But the moon could just be a symbol. Dreams are interpreted as the viewer sees fit. The moon represents change and passage of time. It is a power able to shape the tides. You have experienced a lot of changes and upheavals, important and life-altering ones.”
I placed my hand on my chin as I sighed. “You’re so smart.”
He gave me a sheepish grin. “Flirt.”
“Okay, well, it’s a start, I guess.” I reached for the papers, but his hand clasped over mine.
“Dianna.”
“Yes?”
“You should have taken me with you.” He glared at me, and I lowered my gaze, staring at the document beneath our hands. “This isn’t something you should learn or have to go through alone.”
I shrugged. “I wasn’t alone. Neverra was there.”
