"I am sorry I could not be of more assistance to you, Taki. But my own visions were often times...vague. But as the answers came to me, they will come to you." Sophitia started to reach out for her hand, but stopped and instead got to her feet gathering the dishes as she did so.
" Rothion will be home soon, so I must begin the evening meal."
"I will join you later."
Sophitia eyed her for a long time then sighed and finally turned away. No use in worrying. Taki could more than handle herself. Ikiris lifted his fuzzy little head and watched Sophitia go, then turned and fixed big green cat eyes on Taki. She nudged the kitten, silently telling him he too could go, but instead head lay his head back down and burrowed into her lap with a purr and went to sleep. Smiling softly, Taki found herself stroking the kitten's soft fur and starring out at the winding stream.
As the answers came to me, they will come to you.
But what if the answers came to late? What would be the consequences she'd have to face then? She considered the child, remembered the crimson glow in those big round eyes filled with shadows of unspeakable evil. A child of demon blood.
Her? A mother? Damn Sophitia for even making her think of it. She could not afford to have a child and it would do no good for her to harbor such imaginings. Children were for people with nice, safe, normal lives. But she remained reassured in her conviction that the child she saw, no matter what, was not her own.
So why did it feel like it was?
Taki lay back in the grass and stared up at the curls of pink that stained the sky as the sun made its slow decent. Her own sanity was at risk. Never mind the dark subtle urges she sometimes felt in the most unexpected times. If she didn't figure this out soon she would go stock raving mad. She closed her eyes and then they came...