28. Epilogue
Epilogue
Jerrod
The strangest part of the moment, was that it felt like a very unusual version of déjà vu.
I had experienced déjà vu a lot in my lifetime due to the visions I had always had, but this one had been different.
This was more palpable and I was struggling to understand the meaning behind it.
I sighed loudly as he continued to complain about the order he had been given.
Josiah had always been more on the emotional side, so it just made sense for him to be on Earth. He was already more like them anyway.
I had barely heard a word that he had said, but only because my mind was lingering somewhere else.
I found myself sifting through my memories, trying to figure out why I was so confused.
Something felt wrong, off, like something was missing.
Something really important. Something that held my very life and soul together. I felt empty and unfulfilled.
At that moment, I felt the tug of a vision, and I knew immediately that I was about to have another one.
They used to take a lot out of me, especially in my youth, but now it was just second nature.
So I succumbed to the divine utterance that I was about to have, and let it play through my mind in a state of acceptance like I always did.
I find myself looking into eyes. The most beautiful green I have ever had the pleasure of bearing witness to.
Her hair sweeps over her face as the wind carries the tendrils every which way.
The wind softly whirls around us. My hand is aching to touch her face and it moves to her so effortlessly.
Her olive skin is soft under my fingers as I caress her cheek in an all consuming adoration.
My heart constricts painfully as I stare longingly into her eyes, into her very soul. I swear her soul is calling to me.
The light curve of her lips hides a nervous smile.
She looks up at me like she is begging me to say something.
Begging me to be something I have never been before in my entire life.
And that’s when I speak. I say a phrase I have never said to anyone in my entire existence.
One I could not imagine saying or imagine even wanting to say before this.
“I will always find you. In this life, and every life after—for the rest of eternity,” I whisper as I move in and softly place my lips on hers.
Just as quickly as I was in that moment, I was back in my chair at the head of the Council. I sucked in a breath, panicked and fleeting. Jeriko looked at me quizzically as I tried to compose myself, but my heart continued to race like I had just ran a marathon.
What in the gods was that? And who was that woman?
I felt like I knew her, intimately. Like a piece of my life had been stolen from me, swiped out right from under my nose.
Like I was missing something really important but could not fathom how or why I was feeling any of these feelings.
My heart beat in my chest like a drum, hard and fast.
“Brother, does it have to be me? I would rather stay on Salioes. There is nothing for me on that planet,” Josiah said, trying one last time to get out of the duty set for him.
Jace sighed at him as if he was arguing with a small child, “I believe we have explained the situation at length now. There is not an alternate option in this instance. You understand, do you not?”
“I am to go to Earth as well,” I said and my face contorted in astonishment. I couldn't imagine why I had just said that.
“Brother! You must not join on this mission!” Jorel said in protest.
“I… do not believe I have a choice anymore,” I admitted, lost in this perplexing feeling.
“What exactly did you just see?” Josiah asked in curiosity. His eyes squinted at me in question.
“Something… new. I think something big is coming,” I admitted. “Something… I wasn’t expecting before. That none of us were expecting.”
I softly touch my lips, where just moments ago they had been against hers, thinking of her beauty—of the woman in my vision. I would find her, whoever she was and I would say those words to her. I needed to say them to her. I had to.
To be continued…….