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The Dragonseeker mansion was filled with a heavy layer of dust. The paintings' that hung on the wall were obscured underneath the grey particles. Autumn's footsteps on the hardwood floors were muffled and the intricate woodcarvings on the molding were practically filled with dust. The fabrics on the couches, chairs and in the tapestries were all jewel toned. Dominic had almost forgotten that.

With a gentle wave of his hand, Dominic rid the house of the dust that had built up in his nieces' absence. Autumn wandered through the house, dark blue eyes studying everything she passed by. He knew that she didn't miss a single thing.

Dominic smiled a bit as he followed behind his lifemate. She was so curious about everything, it was incredibly endearing. Suddenly, Autumn stopped in the middle of the hallway. "Autumn?"

She didn't even act as if she heard him. Dominic could sense a slight amount of distress starting to build in Autumn's mind. Instantly he scanned the area but found nothing unusal. Unable to find any source for her distress Dominic grew worried. Quickly, Dominic linked his mind completely with Autumn's.

The entire mansion fell away. Only himself and Autumn seemed to stay in place as the world spun out of control. He swore he could feel himself being jerked to the left and then the ride abruptly stopped. It only took a moment to recognize where they had ended up. The Sacred Caves. A large group of Carpathians was standing in a half circle with Mikhail facing them.

With faint surprise Dominic saw himself standing with Autumn near the front of the crowd, she was clinging to his arm in a clear sign of affection and Dominic's heart nearly exploded with joy at the sight. He saw Mikhail saying something though the words disappeared into white noise the moment they left his mouth. A second later Aiden and a blonde woman he didn't recognize stepped forward, a fair-haired infant in the woman's arms. A naming ceremony.

There was more talking which again never left the lips of the people talking. Suddenly Dominic saw himself jerk his head to the side and say something, interrupting the ceremony completely. Mikhail handed the infant back to Aiden's lifemate and spoke to the hunters in the crowd.

Before anything else could happen the ground erupted in a geyser of black goo. It burned the skin of the Carpathians on contact and the real Dominic instantly grabbed Autumn and pulled her backwards He noticed that the action seemed to lag behind several seconds and leave a trail of pearly light that quickly dispersed.

As soon as he jerked Autumn back the images swirled violently before disappearing. Autumn sagged against Dominic's chest as they were once again standing in the middle of the hallway. Dominic picked Autumn up and cradled her to his chest as he moved into the library, which happened to be closest. He sat down on the plush couch and studied Autumn for any signs of injury from the bizarre happenings. "Autumn…Cistri what was that?" He asked brushing a strand of hair from her face.

A horribly familiar voice filled Dominic's mind. "You little whelp! That's how you knew what I was making! I should have known…your bloodline always was annoyingly adept at seeing through time." Dominic pushed aside the anger he felt at Xavier for speaking to Autumn like that. Instead he focused on the last sentence.

Dominic had known that Mikhail's father had gotten visions from time to time. That was why he sent the Hunters to far away lands to hunt the vampire. He has seen a vision and felt that was the best way to deal with the situation he had seen. But looking into the future was…difficult at best. You could never tell what events lead to the one you witness and there's no guarantee what you see is even preventable. It was a horribly inaccurate skill. Had Autumn inherited her grandfather's admittedly rather capricious skill? It seemed so.

"You have had these visions before?" Dominic asked gently.

Autumn curled up closer to him as green filled his mind. He could sense that she was tired. The vision had apparently had an adverse effect on her. Her health was still delicate at the moment and she couldn't afford any setbacks like this. "We should go to ground, Autumn. You are tired from the vision." He said running his fingers through her thick hair.

Red flashed through his mind. The images of the naming ceremony flashed through his mind again. Then the horrible acidic goo appeared in his mind followed by an image of the blonde infant. Again red flashed.

Dominic sighed. "I will speak to your father, but I would feel much better knowing you are recovering your energy." He said, trying to be as diplomatic as possible. Autumn was too stubborn to order or even use compulsion on. He'd already found that out the hard way.

Red flashed harshly behind his eyes. Autumn wasn't going to meet him halfway this time it looked like. Dominic sighed, "Cistri, you are making this very difficult." The image of the infant repeated in his mind. Dominic resigned himself to the fact that he wasn't going to win this particular difference of opinion and reached out to Mikhail.

Mikhail?

Dominic? Is there something the matter? The prince seemed wary, but then again Dominic had wanted to spend time alone with Autumn. It wouldn't make much sense to then contact him as soon as they got alone.

As a matter of fact, yes. Autumn has apparently had some sort of vision of the future. I believe your father had similar experiences.

He did. Not very often but he had the ability, yes.

Autumn seems to share his gift. She witnessed an attack on our people during a naming ceremony. One for Aiden's child it looked like.

Mikhail swore with a few choice words. You are certain?

I was joined with Autumn as she had the vision. I suppose it could have been Julian, Aiden's twin, but I was under the impression it was Aiden's lifemate who had blonde hair.

It is. Mikhail confirmed with a sigh. The naming ceremony was scheduled for this Saturday. I will have to inform Aiden that we will have to postpone it. Alexandra will not be happy but that is something Aiden will have to deal with. What was this attack?

Dominic shared the memory of the vision with him. Everything from the white noise of people speaking to the smoldering wounds caused by the black goo. I am not certain how I feel about Autumn seeing such things. Dominic said after the last images faded away.

I am certain. Certain that I don't like it. Mikhail muttered. It is a difficult gift to harbor and Autumn has had more than enough difficulties already.

She will not have to harbor them alone. And we do not know how often she will receive such images. Dominic pointed out softly.

There were several minutes of silence as Mikhail thought. Look after my daughter, Dominic. He said softly.

With my life and soul. The connection broke off and Dominic looked down at Autumn curled up in his lap. She looked asleep but he could feel her a shadow in his mind. "Come Cistri…it is getting late and you are tired."

Green filtered through his mind. Now that the ceremony had been stopped she was more willing to agree with him. Dominic picked her up and headed towards the cellar. He agreed with Mikhail. Autumn had more than enough to cope with already. He could only hope that these visions would be few and far between.