“Now you are ready to remember.”Kelvin stood motionless.The voice of Vella continued echoing through his mind, but there was no sign of her anywhere.He looked around the room.Nothing.Only the old drawing remained on the table.The drawing of himself.The drawing of Vella.And the date that shouldn't have been possible.Jacob slowly walked closer.“Kelvin?”Kelvin didn't respond.“Kelvin?”He finally turned.“What?”“You look like you've seen a ghost.”Kelvin looked back at the drawing.“I think I have.”Jacob frowned.“What does that mean?”“I don't know.”Gale stepped closer.“Kelvin, we need to leave this room.”Kelvin turned toward him.“No.”Gale sighed.“Kelvin…”“You knew.”The Hunter stopped.“You knew Vella was connected to this.”Gale looked at the drawing.“I knew there were things about her that you didn't know.”“And you never thought to tell me?”“I wasn't certain.”“You always have an excuse.”Gale remained silent.Kelvin stepped closer.“Who is Vella?”“I don't kno

Gale was silent.Kelvin watched him carefully.The Hunter's expression had changed.He looked afraid.Kelvin noticed.“What?”Gale tightened his grip around his staff.“We need to move.”Kelvin shook his head.“Not until you tell me what the seventh is.”Gale looked at him.“I don't know.”Kelvin's eyes narrowed.“You know more than you're saying.”“I know enough to understand that we are in danger.”“We were already in danger.”Another tremor shook the fortress.Dust fell from the ceiling.Jacob looked upward.“Maybe we should keep moving.”Kelvin nodded.“For once, I agree.”They continued down the corridor.The strange energy surrounding Kelvin had disappeared, but he could still feel something inside him.Six powers.One body.The seventh.He didn't understand what any of it meant.But one thing was becoming clear.Whatever the people behind all of this wanted, it had something to do with him.They reached the end of the corridor.A large stone door stood before them.There was n

The journey back to the city was quiet.Too quiet.Kelvin walked ahead.Jacob and Leisa followed behind him while Gale remained at the back.Nobody spoke for several minutes.Kelvin finally stopped.Gale nearly walked into him.“What?”Kelvin turned.“You said Serena was the last surviving heir.”Gale nodded.“Yes.”“Then why didn't you tell me about her?”“Because I didn't know she was alive.”Kelvin stared at him.“You keep saying that.”“Because it's the truth.”Kelvin shook his head.“Then what do you know?”Gale sighed.“Not enough.”Kelvin looked away.The city was visible in the distance.Smoke rose above the buildings.Something was wrong.Kelvin narrowed his eyes.“Do you see that?”Jacob looked ahead.“Smoke.”Leisa stepped closer.“There is more than one.”Gale's face became serious.“Something happened.”They immediately increased their pace.As they got closer, the smoke became thicker.People were running out of the city.Some were carrying bags.Others were helping inju

“What was that?”Nobody answered.Another heavy movement came from behind the metal walls.BOOM.Dust fell from the ceiling.Jacob stepped back.“That thing is inside the walls.”Gale tightened his grip on his wooden staff.“No.”Kelvin looked at him.“You know what it is.”Gale stared at the sealed chamber.“I know what they were trying to make.”The lights above them turned red.A voice filled the laboratory.“TERMINATION PROTOCOL ACTIVE.”“SUBJECT SEVEN IDENTIFIED.”“SUBJECT EIGHT RELEASE AUTHORIZED.”Kelvin looked toward the glass container.Subject Eight was no longer inside it.The glass had cracked.Then it exploded.Everyone raised their arms as shards flew across the room.Kelvin moved in front of Jacob and Leisa.Adrian grabbed Gale and pulled him away.A figure stepped through the smoke.Subject Eight.He looked young.Too young.His face was almost identical to Kelvin’s.But his eyes were different.Cold.Empty.He looked directly at Kelvin.“You should have stayed away.”

 The six figures stood in the doorway.Kelvin could not move.Neither could Vella.The figures were covered in old armor.Each one carried a different symbol.Fire.Water.Wind.Earth.Light.Shadow.The six heirs.Kelvin stared at them.“You're supposed to be dead.”The figure carrying the fire symbol stepped forward.“We are.”Kelvin frowned.“Then what am I looking at?”The six figures raised their heads.Their eyes opened.They were glowing.Vella moved closer to Kelvin.“Don't attack them.”Kelvin looked at her.“Why?”“Because they aren't here to fight.”The shadow heir stepped forward.“We have come to finish what was started.”Kelvin's eyes narrowed.“Finish what?”