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That was how they had caught me and how I had ended up here at Ikmal.
I glanced over at the figure as she shuffled towards the edge of light and still I had not recognized her for who she was.
She looked on the verge of gathering up enough courage to cross into the darkness of my cell, disturbing my peace even more than she already had.
I growled and rolled from my cot.
At my movement, the female froze, her foot floating above the ground.
She stared up into the darkness, attempting to make me out, but I knew the darkness was pervasive — it was the reason I had removed the bulbs in the first place.
The darkness was soothing to me.
In the black, I saw only dim Visions… for the most part, anyway.
I stood before her and appraised her soft skin, the tangle of her wild, wavy brown hair and the white uniform they had dressed her in.
I threatened her, assuming she was some part of the Supervisor’s plan.
But I would not fall for it.
When she finally looked up, her eyes still scrambling at the dark, although she appeared to have locked onto something — by the set of her eyes, I thought it must be my horns — and knew my face and therefore my eyes had to be a little below them.
She didn’t look me in the eye but I peered deeply into hers.
They matched her hair color and were flecked with strands of yellow.
Quite beautiful.
Her skin was smooth, her cheekbones high and prominent.
Her eyes were wide and she had a distinctive set to her mouth that was very pleasing.
In another time and place, I might have seduced her with a trick, taken her to my bed and rode her all night.
But the Supervisor had sent her and he never did anything without just cause.
Then I saw her face in its entirety.
I choked on my words, grateful the shadows concealed me so fully.
She was the female from my Vision!
There was no doubt of that now!
And here she stood, real and in the flesh, in my cell!
My Visions only showed the potential of what could happen in the future.
I could simply see the steps required to achieve a given outcome.
That was all any of us ever really needed:
To achieve our greatest dreams in life, we merely had to take the right steps at the right time.
Play the perfect moves and any game could be won.
Those most successful in life were those who could see those moves or at least sense them.
