Ivy:
They all stood idly, looking at me. They were speechless at my distaste for them and for this situation.
“You have every right to be frustrated with us.” I wasn’t sure who spoke that truth, but it set me a flame now that it was out there.
“You’re d.a.m.n right I do. I come here on the brink of death, and instead of the greeting everyone else gets, I get shown a future child who asks me to live for them, and then you tell me I need to focus because there is some great scheme brewing. A scheme that has been in motion for thousands of years. I am sick of this. I just want to live peacefully.”
“With power like yours comes great responsibility. It isn’t fair, but it is never meant to be.” Like the last time, those words came from the shadows.
“Oh, please. Let me guess. The heavens wo
