The next week was spent with me sitting on my bed trying to get a vision with Brandon and Daniel watching me. They only left me to go get food. I only stopped to eat, bathe, and sleep for a few hours. I didn’t take the time to reminisce as I watched the sun come up. Instead I was sitting cross-legged on my bed, meditating and trying to summon a vision to my mind before the sun even rose.
I got visions of contracts being made between Daniel and future contractors. I had a vision of myself signing a new contract with him as he grinned from ear to ear. I’d never seen him happier than in that moment. I even caught a flash of one of the assassins I’d stopped contracting with somebody, but it was a recon job. Despite days spent in steadfast meditation, the vision of whoever was sending these assassins would not come.
“I’m getting nothing,” I growled in frustration at the end of the week. It was just Daniel and I. Brandon had been sent to check in with Samuel and the others. After the attack that Brandon had witnessed, Daniel started sending Brandon back to check in with Samuel. He didn’t want to leave me unprotected. Had it been anybody but Daniel that was staying with me, Brandon would have refused to leave, I’m sure.
“It’s been a week,” Daniel mentioned in a tone that sounded like he was almost as frustrated as I was. “Does this ever happen?”
“It never has.” I stood up and started to pace around the room, too perturbed to sit still.
“What does your little voice say about it?”
“Nothing! She’s been irritatingly silent this past week. It seems like it’s always when I need her to tell me something and to advise me that she doesn’t have anything to say.”
“That must be annoying.”
“It is. Can we get out of here? I need some air before I break something.”
“We wouldn’t want you to break anything.” He stood and gestured toward the door. I quickly pulled on my boots and jacket, eager to get out of the inn for a while.
We wandered around the town for a couple hours. There were no attacks and nothing out of the ordinary around town.
“Do you need to restock on any of your plants?” Daniel asked me as we approached the herbalist shop.
“I think I’m good. Let me see real quick.” I reached for my bag to check my supplies only to find that it wasn’t slung across my body like it usually was. “It’s not here.”
“You didn’t bring it?”
You were so eager to leave the inn you left it in your room.
“No. It’s in the inn.”
“Do you think you’ll need it while we’re out here?”
“I can always manage without them. I just can’t believe I actually forgot my bag. I never go anywhere without it.”
“Well, you have been sitting in your room in the inn for the past week.”
“True,” I admitted. We continued to walk around for a while longer before heading back to the inn.
On our way back to the inn, we stopped at a stall and bought supper, eating on the way back. When we got back to my room, the door was slightly ajar. A glance at the lock told me that somebody had tampered with it and broken into my room
“Didn’t you close that?” Daniel asked.
“Yes.”
“Get behind me.”
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The Gift
Teen FictionI never wanted this life. I didn't want to become a Seeress or have a voice in my head telling me what to do or become a rogue. I left my family behind to protect them and am careful not to develop any relationships to put more people at risk. Ever...
