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“Two seventy-three AD,” I murmured, disbelieving the fact that Vessels had come and gone all that long ago.
I staggered from the weight of it. Kat had already told me that of all the Vessels she had ever known or heard of, there were two fates for them—premature death or long-term possession by a demon. I shivered at the thought, wondering how in the world I could ever hope for a different outcome if Vessels had been around for centuries and none of them had escaped. Jude had become as silent as a ghost in the corner of the room.
“Somewhere along the line,” Kat interrupted my thoughts, “the prophecy was ripped in half, either intentionally or by accident, so we only have part of it. The first part.”
“Okay, just tell me what it says.”
I trembled as she peered down at her phone, reading aloud.
“Beneath the orbthat circles round, while hosts of fiends and foes abound,
the Vessel-born shall walk upright, fall from Grace, lose her light.
The sinful reign with demon hand, spread wide the Fallen’s mighty band.
But I, the Chalice with full Sight, do see the One to cast off night.
Time will ebb, Time will flow, Light and Dark combat and grow
a ruthless army of good and ill, to war on Land; humanity kill.
When wickedness will ruleon land, and all seems lost to mortal man,
One Great War shall begin, upon the hour She stands within
a ring of wordless, mighty breath; amidst the clutch of endless death.
Two great sonsof Morning Star; divided, until death will mar.
One will woo the warrior maid, one will cut her to a shade.
Two sisters of the Vessel Light, blood to blood, will evil smite.
Have mercy on the mindless twin, when Wrath is right and Virtue sin.
Sun and Moon,eye to eye…
“That’s where it ends.Well, that’s where the paper is torn anyway.”
I had no idea what to say, how to feel, what to think, but a trembling had started somewhere in my belly. The Morning Star—I knew the term well enough from Professor Bennett’s class. The name for Lucifer before he had fallen.
“Am I the warrior maid?”
Kat nodded. “Yes. That is, I believe so. Also, you’ll note the two brothers fighting over her.”
“Two sisters of the Vessel Light, blood to blood, will evil smite,” I mumbled, frowning. “What does that mean?”
“I always assumed it meant two women with the gift of the Vessel, sisters in their connection to the unique power.”
“Blood to blood, will evil smite,” I repeated. “Does that mean they smite evil together or evil smites them? It’s not clear.”
“No,” said Jude standing right behind us. I jumped, spinning around. Damn, he did it again. “It isn’t clear. I will agree, Kat, there are events tying the prophecy to the present, but there’s still much that is uncertain. Let’s not make too many judgments based on what we don’t know.”
He said this with such finality, there was no arguing. I didn’t dare. And neither did Kat. I sighed.
“One thing’s for damn sure.”
“What’s that?” asked Kat.
