Her Heart, His obsession

184. Visions of Change

It was in the middle of the night. Dante was sitting on a sofa in the balcony of his room at the castle of spears. He was looking at the skies. There were dark clouds approaching. He could see Vasco playing mind games with him. The skies were blackening above Arkansas as messages were appearing in elemental language brought by messenger spheres. 

Dante was taking in the messages as he heard his name being called "Dante..." 

Dante stood up and quickly went inside as he saw the seated form of Athena on the bed breathing hard. She had just woken up it seemed. His heart warmed at the sight of her. His love for this woman had no bounds. "You are awake my love? Its nice to see you up... But .... What did wake you?"

Athena said in an urgent tone "Dante... I just saw a nightmare... A dark one.... Dante...  Let the elementals out... Let them out now... I saw a horrific nightmare right now... You need to release them... Vasilica and her comrades, Vangelo and Vania, will bring destruction to Arkansas if they are used by Vasco. They are dangerous... If he gets to them he can use them to release spells on all of us... Do you remember how they reached me? How they took me away? They can do much worse..."

Dante sat down on the edge of the bed  "When did they attack in your nightmare?"

Athena breathed "When do you think? When we are most occupied.... On our wedding day...."

Dante asked "What exactly did you see?"

Athena replied "The images show that Vasco will attack... And his sister, Vasilica will be a catalyst in the destruction he has planned... Vasco does not want our wedding to go ahead..."

Dante said "Athena... You are telling me you saw all this tonight..."

Athena nodded. 

Dante said "Your nightmare shows the images some of your fears and some images that he wants you to see... But what do your visions tell you?"

Athena asked "My visions?"

Dante said "You are a seer... What have you seen about our wedding day..." He took Athena's hand in his.

Athena looked away and pulled her hand away from his. Suddenly, she teleported herself to the balcony and looked to the skies. "Dante.... It doesnt matter what my visions tell me."

Dante appeared in the balcony and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to his chest. "You are hiding something from me... I can feel it... Answer my question Athena..."

Athena immediately felt tense. He was onto her. Her heart started beating faster. She breathed "Dante... Don't you see the red skies? A major attack is imminent..."

Dante insisted "What are you not telling me? I know you are hiding something. I can feel it..."

Athena sighed "Dante... Please release those three elementals and we will talk about this.... Ask your wisdom sorcerer about those three... It's urgent that you release them now...."

Dante said "My wisdom sorcerer is in constant communication with me... He has been communicating with me since you went to sleep... He has not slept at all and neither have I... He has told me of his visions.... His visions of you..."

Athena stiffened "His visions of me? What visions?" 

Suddenly, Dante teleported them to the sofa on the balcony. Dante ended up sitting on the sofa leaning back while Athena was seated on his lap facing Dante.

Athena tried to get up.

Dante warned "Don't... My Ronas urges wont react well if you get away from me right now... Tell me what you have seen..."