The Oracle's Prophecy by Alex Leopold

Author:Alex Leopold [Leopold, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-28T22:00:00+00:00

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As the night drew in, their father led them off the highway and onto a track that snaked around a mountain. The twins rode at the back of the group, wanting to keep to themselves as they grappled with what they’d been shown in the connection that morning.

“What are you thinking about?” Riley asked her sister after Cooper had remained unusually quiet for the past few hours.

“Me, I can’t seem to get my mind off food.” She added, trying to be humorous. “I know with everything that’s happened, you’d think I’d be less focused on my stomach. But, I swear, if the Archon was here right now and offered me a bowl of hot beef stew in return for a lifetime allegiance to the Directory. That’d be something I’d have to consider.”

Cooper didn’t so much as crack a smile.

“You know, it’s usually me who likes to keep my thoughts to myself. Don’t tell me we’re about swap personalities, I’m not ready to be the stupid one.”

That made Cooper bite her lip to stop the smile from spreading across her face.

“You’d never be good at it.” She replied quietly. “It takes years of dedication to act the fool.”

“Exactly. So talk to me quick, before you start exhibiting some of my other qualities.”

“I was thinking about the clouds.” Cooper replied nudging her head at the dark rolling clouds on the skyline.

That took Riley by surprise. “Okay. Not what I’d have guessed you’d say. Can I ask why?”

“There’s a warning in Nakano’s book about dark clouds capable of destroying cities.” Cooper responded. “I’m trying to think what it means.”

“You read the book?”

Cooper nodded. “All the way through. And you thought you’d never see the day I’d read anything cover-to-cover.”

That made Riley smile and the two were riding close enough that she could playfully punch her sister in the arm.

“Anyone tell you, you hit like a girl.”

Riley hit her again, a little harder this time.

“Oww! You put a little crink power behind that one?”

“I just wanted to make sure my idiot sister was still in there somewhere. I’ve been worried about you over the last couple of hours, Coop. I can’t remember the last time you were so silent.”

“Just needed time to think.”

“How’d that go?”

“I really didn’t like it.” She grinned.

“Did you figure anything out?”

Cooper gave a helpless shake of her head.

“I got nowhere. Except, I hate being angry and I hate being scared, and that’s all I’ve felt for the past twenty-four hours.

“So all I’m going to focus on is getting us to the resistance. I know when we get there they’ll make sense of everything for us.”

Riley had to hand it to her sister, it was probably the most logical thing she’d ever come up with.

“That sounds like a good plan to me.” She agreed.

“I’m also going to believe in the last prophecy.” Cooper added surprising Riley. “I’m going to believe the visions in Nakano’s head will lead us to the Key and that with it, father will have the power to defeat the Directory and destroy the Archon.

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