I’d forgotten about that feeling I had that day with Jack. That momentary unease. I don’t think I ever felt it again. I was too busy falling in love. But something, something had tried to warn me. Cerunnos said that Jack knew about me before the rest of them. That he’d marked me as the one who would fulfill their damn prophecy. If that’s true, had he known it even then, that day at the rink? It seems likely. He must’ve either suspected or been certain. Why else would he have approached me? I rub at my temples. I still don’t believe that prophecy nonsense. Or maybe I don’t want to. After all, I’ve touched elemental magic now. Or it touched me. And I seized it in my desperation to save my sister and brought it down like a hammer to crush our enemies. They could be right. Maybe I am the harbinger of doom. Maybe I will go mad and cause the end of the world. But not today. Today I just want some fucking coffee and a few aspirin.
