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or even when it will happen. But the one thing I know for sure is that you are the only one who will be able to stop it.’
    I sighed, letting the sand run through my fingers and for a while there was silence but I sensed Cain had more to say.
    ‘The Oraculum is on the verge of splitting.’
    Talk about a change of subject. I looked round at Cain again but he was staring out over the sea. ‘Four hundred years the Oraculum has stood and you come along and tear us apart.’
    There was no venom in his voice, he was merely stating a fact.
    ‘Me? How can I… I’ve never even met most of them.’
    ‘The Prophecies. There have been many involving you lately and some of them are not good.’
    ‘What do you mean they’re not good, what happens?’
    ‘The Oraculum will break within the next month, though I can’t see when exactly. By May 1 st , however, it will have happened and Samuel and Nereus will be dead. There will be a divide with those who stand with you on one side and those who stand against you on the other. I cannot say whether those who stand against you will truly mean you harm but life will not be easy without the full support of the Oraculum on your side.
    ‘But how is all this my fault, what do I do to cause it?’
    ‘If I tell you then it interferes in fate.’
    ‘If you tell me then maybe we can stop it.’
    ‘If it’s supposed to happen then we should let it happen.’
    This was just getting worse and worse. I had saved lives that I shouldn’t have saved and I was responsible for the dissolution of the Oraculum.
    ‘Now, as I’ve cheered you up immensely, let me show you something else.’ He stood up and offered me his hand. I took it and he pulled me to my feet. We walked up the beach towards a path lined on both sides by palm trees, all lit up with tiny golden lights. The sun was setting over the sea, leaving purple, scarlet and gold swirls over the water. I could see a girl, about my age walking through the path, dressed in a pretty white sundress, lined with blue flowers at the hem. She was barefoot as she walked over the warm sand. As we got closer, I stopped in shock as I realised with a jolt that the girl was me.
    ‘Come on,’ Cain took my hand. ‘You’ll miss the best bit.’ He pulled me forward. I watched as the other me, suddenly ran forward to meet Seth. Seth took her in his arms and kissed her intensely. A polite cough from nearby, made her pull away.
    ‘It’s normally customary to wait till after the ceremony to kiss the bride,’ said an elderly man, his eyes twinkling warmly.
    ‘Yeah sorry.’ Seth blushed. ‘But she just looks so beautiful.’
    I smiled, my heart soaring with love for him.
    ‘Shall we?’ Seth said, holding his hand out for her and she nodded.
    We followed them to a flowered arch, also lit up with tiny lights. The man turned back to Seth and the other me. I watched, as an observer, rather than a participant, as the man married me and Seth, watched Seth slide the ring onto my finger and then how he kissed me for the first time as his wife. My heart pounded furiously, filled with such joy.
    I turned back to Cain with tears in my eyes and he was smiling, broadly.
    ‘That’s your future Eve and it’s not as bleak as you think it will be, in fact it will be a very long and happy one.’
    I looked back at the blissfully happy other me, wrapped in the arms of her husband.
    ‘But she doesn’t look any older than I am now?’
    ‘That’s not true, she’s a good few weeks older than you are now.’
    My heart leapt. ‘A few weeks?’
    ‘Eve, you’re stronger than you think, a lot stronger. Now I must go. Just promise me, wherever you go, you must take your Guardians with you, at all times.’
    I nodded, barely able to take my eyes off the loving couple and Cain squeezed my shoulder then vanished.
    The beach faded taking with it my hopes and dreams and I woke up to darkness. But where I had fallen asleep alone, I was now wrapped tightly in strong, protective