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Chapter Four
"You did." The older women said.
Aurelia blinked, she must have not heard correctly, "Excuse me?"
"You did." The blonde girl said, in the same tone parents used when they told their kids that their dog ran away. "You died."
Is this Heaven? If it is, I'm extremely disappointed, it's nothing like I pictured. And where's God? "I don't, feel dead."
The pretty brunette explained, "Your not dead. You died."
"So this is Heaven? It's nothing like I pictured." She glanced at the British guy, "Except for him." That got small smiles from everyone.
"This is not Heaven and your still alive." She looked at them in confusion.
"Believe me. I know this sounds crazy, but your in danger."
"In danger? From what?" She asked disbelievingly.
"The Order, a group of assassins, want you dead."
Aurelia raised an eyebrow, "Really? Why would assassins want me, dead?"
"Folklore predicts a 'Uniter', a Mai born with nine lives, is the only one who will be able to end the Mai-Human war and restore balance between the two races. You are the Uniter." Said the older women.
"Mai?"
"The Mai are an ancient race of supernatural beings, the human offspring of the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet."
"Your saying I'm some demi-god savior?" She took their silence as a yes. Okay, it's official. These people are bat shit crazy. She put the trash can down, then slowly rose on shaky legs, aware of all their eyes on her. The British guy moved to help her, but she shook her head and shrugged him off. She pointed her toes and bent her knees. They worked. Barely. 'Well this was ... fun. No need to show me to the door, I'll show myself out." She made a move to leave but the British guy stepped in front of her.
"Didn't you listen to a word we said? Your in danger." He glared at her with anger, causing her own to rise to the surface.
"Do you have any common sense? I wake up in a unfamiliar place with strangers and no memory of how I got here. And then you all start sprouting stuff, that sounds like it came out of a Stephenie Meyer novel. I don't know you. I don't trust you. And I sure as hell don't believe you." And with those parting words, Aurelia raced out of the apartment, like she was running for her life. And maybe she was.