Andvari read it, then scowled. “Henry, where is your laptop?”
“Downstairs, but I have the new tablet Draco gave me in the drawer.”
“Grab it for me, would you? I need to look something up.”
“Sure.” Henry rolled to the side and took the tablet out of the bedside table. He got it opened up, then held it out. Sawyer went and got it for him, ready to use the keypad as Andvari pointed to a specific word in the translation.
“Look this up.” Andvari traced his finger over the world τ?ποτα.
“I have no idea how to do Greek letters.”
Andvari took the tablet and typed while Sawyer looked on.Define Greek tipota.
The results took less than a second to load. Andvari checked a couple links, his scowl deepening by the second until he finally found a Greek dictionary. It defined tipota as nothing. And also nil, naught, and zero.
Sawyer caught the tablet when it slipped from Andvari’s fingers.
“Yeah, that’s what I thought. But then I thought it was just wishful thinking on my part becausereally.”
“But it’s not, is it?” Andvari asked.
“Nope.”
Eduard took the tablet and read the page as well. He gave a startled gasp and turned wide-eyed to Sawyer.
“Surprise!”
“What’s going on?” Henry asked.
Sawyer turned to him and sighed. “I’m the chosen one,” he explained.
“You are not!”
“Am, too.”
Henry was the only one who seemed excited. He shoved Draco’s head out of his lap and leapt off the end of the bed. He plastered himself to Sawyer’s front and let out a whoop of laughter. “That is so cool!”
“Yeah.” He couldn’t help but smile at Henry’s excitement. He pulled him in for another hug, then decided he’d better share the rest of the story. The guys looked like they wanted to believe him, but were still not entirely convinced. “There’s more, if you want to hear it.”
“Please,” Eduard said. He looked like he was about to fall over.
“So, um, I woke up earlier and I was outside in the front yard. Pearl was with me, and there was an old woman walking up the hill.”
Draco sat up, his attention full caught.
“She confirmed for me that I’m the chosen one.”
Eduard looked skeptical, especially considering that Sawyer had come inside and sent the others out due to danger.
“It was the Goddess. She told me to call her Mother. Isn’t that weird? But… it was her. And I’m him.”
“Holy shit,” Andvari said.
“I need a drink,” Eduard added.
“The Mother visited you?” Draco asked.
“Yep. Said it hadn’t taken me very long to figure it out and she was impressed. She told me some other stuff, too, but that’s… I don’t know. It’s for me, you know?”
