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CHAPTER 49

I sat at the table in what I deemed the war room waiting for everyone else to show up. Tonight was the night. We needed the element of surprise. I just hoped that I could get my Dad one hundred percent on board. After all he is the one with all the military experience.

I began sifting through some of the Intel papers that had been laid out on the table, looking over at the blue prints and some other important papers that now took up residence on a large board.

Sighing to myself as I began to hear the shuffle of feet nearing, I began to steel myself for what I hoped didn’t end up a shouting match.

I watched as everyone began entering the room, clearly seeing worry etched onto their faces. I knew it was going to be difficult but if I was the leader, the one that was supposed to lead everyone back to a peaceful existence I needed to step up and they needed to accept my leadership.

The room was quiet as everyone took their seat; I walked to my chair between my mom and dad at the head of the table and looked at each of their faces before I spoke.

“Thank you all for coming. You all know the newest information we’ve come across, you know we’ve found a way into the castle. I think we should move now…tonight.” I paused, knowing the last part of my speech would cause an issue with some.

Everyone who sat before me who had been quiet now began to speak at once.

Some agreeing some not, I sat in my chair rubbing my hands over my face. Ben who had remained as quiet as I had slammed his fist on the table as he stood,

“Quiet!” He yelled making more than a few people jump.

“Reighlyn, I understand your need to act I myself want nothing more than to take out this vagrant vile man and all those who serve him but please listen to reason. The last group that came in…they had new information. We just finished talking to them,” Ben said motioning to Beth, Lilly, Ulric and my Dad.

“What did they have to say?” Blaine asked.

“A man came in with a group from the East,” Ulric began to explain. “He was a part of the rebel alliance, small fractions are popping up everywhere as you know, seeking to free those who’ve been taken captive, and to end the reign of Deutermont. They were defeated…badly defeated. Those who could get up and run did so. They came to Texas searching for something or should I say someone.” His gaze focused on me.

“He and others…who you say escaped came to Texas looking for someone? Who are they looking for and why?” I asked.

Lilly reached over from her seat to pat my hand. “Dear, they came here for you.”

I jumped up so quickly my chair flew out from behind me smacking the floor with a loud bang.

“Me?” I asked no one and everyone. “What do they want with me?” My dad stood up and walked over to me grabbing me by my shoulders forcing me to look him in the eyes. “Reighlyn, they came here because the people, those who have chosen not to follow Deutermont gifted and non-gifted alike know the Seven have come together, the prophecy has spread, they know you are the girl who will lead them out of hell on Earth. They have come here seeking the woman they are calling their Queen. They want you to Usurp the Usurper.”

My jaw must have hit the floor at the speed of light. Me? A Queen? I was already the leader of the Seven who were prophesied to end this and I didn’t even know how I was going to be that but apparently everyone else believed in me more than I did myself.

“I…what do you mean they are calling me a Queen? Seriously? What year do they live in?” I asked to no one in particular, but Ben responded anyway as my dad angled me back into my chair.

“They have faith in you. We have faith in you, in the Seven. There has been a call to Rally in the East to take over the main castle that Deutermont has raised, the same castle we have planned to take. I say if the people want a Queen, a worthy ruler who cares what year it is. There is no hope of restoring the world to its former glory, what has been done cannot be undone. The things we had known are gone, we must forge a new way, a better way…and you have support of others. We here are but a few. How long do you think it would take us to over throw Deutermont with just us? Years. We have others now—numbers--we can do this, we can make it happen. What do you say?” Ben had obviously won over everyone.

I looked at each of their faces, ending with Garrett. He was proud, they all were. They all believed the prophecy, they all had hope and her name is Reighlyn D’Crey, Leader of the Seven, and Prophesied to end the hurts of this world restoring the balance.

I sighed, searching within myself for answers as I had so many times before. There was truth in Ben’s words as there was in the eyes of everyone around me.

I thought of everything that had happened, how it felt like the world had stopped moving the day Deutermont and his minions took over knowing in my heart of hearts this was it, that this was right.

We would end him
. I would end him, if it was the last thing I ever did. It would be worth it to end him and save those I loved.

I looked up at everyone with a new sense of resolve. If this is what they wanted, they could have it, as long as I could get to the people responsible.

“I’ll do it,” I said meeting their unwavering gazes, watching as they stood smiling. My dad yanked me into a hug squeezing me so hard I could hear my ribs creak. When he set me down my mom grabbed me up fresh tears staining her face and a smile plastered on her face so big her cheeks had to be in pain.

“I’m so proud of you
,” she told me, but I hadn’t done anything that I thought would warrant pride. Garret sought me next pulling me to him as I wrapped my arms around his massive girth.

I still couldn’t believe he loved me, that he wanted me. I buried my head into his neck smelling him, he smelled of electricity, outdoors and leather, everything that was right in my world. He kissed my temple and released me to soon.

I turned went down the line embracing each and every one of my closest companions, my family, the six counter parts to this prophecy.

I would do anything to protect them, whatever it took
, to right the wrongs of this new world. I was willing to sacrifice it all.

CHAPTER
50

I can’t believe it has been one year, one year since
they
came…we had no chance…we didn’t see it coming from a mile away. Literally…we were no match for them but we would not give up that easily.

One year of death and pain. One year of war, of having to relearn everything I thought I knew about life.

Everything innocent about me had been erased overnight. The person I thought I had been was nowhere near the woman I have become.

The woman I had to become. I had to be strong.

My name is Reighlyn D’Crey and I am the Leader of the Seven, uncrowned Queen of the new world. Happy birthday to me.

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CHARACTERS

REIGHLYN D’CREY
-
18

GIFTS- ECOLOGICAL EMPATH- TELEKINESIS – CONTROLS NATURAL ELEMENTS AND WEATHER

LEADER OF SEVEN

ROWAN D’CREY-
42

UNTOUCHED
-NOT GIFTED

MOTHER OF REIGHLYN- WIFE OF DILLON

DILLON D’CREY
-
45

MILITARY SPECIAL OPS (GIFTED DIVISION)

BELIEVED TO BE DEAD SINCE REIGHLYN WAS 6- UNTIL A LETTER FOUND REIGHLYN AND ROWAN AND HIS RESCUE.

ROB DACKO-
45

VOLTAGE

CAPTIVE OF MILITIA—SHOT BY MILITIA—DEAD AFTER ESCAPING

TRISH DACKO AGE
-
42

SHEILD

CAPTIVE OF MILITIA—COMA AFTER BEING SHOT WHILE ESCAPING

BECCA DACKO-
17

VOLTAGE ONLY DISCOVERS HER POWER AFTER HER FATHER DIES AND HER OTHER IS UNRESPONSIVE.

CAPTIVE OF MILITIA—ESCAPES WITH MCKENNA

BLAINE DACKO-
19

VOLTAGE

REIGHLYN D’CREY’S EX BOYFRIEND AND BEST FRIEND

1-7

WILLY CORBIN
-
75

LILLY’S FATHER IN LAW

JASPER’S GRANDFATHER

FIRE

LILLY CORBIN
-
45

WIDOWED

MOTHER TO JASPER- BRITISH

GLEANING

JASPER CORBIN
-
26

SECOND IN COMMAND TO REIGHLYN

FIRE- KINETIC ENERGY

1-7

BEN BREWSTER
-
50

VERY FIT AND ACTIVE

FREEZE

BETHANY BREWSTER-
45

MOTHER OF GARRETT AND AVRIL

LIGHTENING

GARRETT BREWSTER-
23

INVISIBILITY- FREEZES TIME AND OR OBJECTS FOR SMALL PERIODS OF TIME

1-7

AVRIL BREWSTER-
16

TURNS AGAINST REBELS TO SERVE FOR/UNDER CORA WU GENERAL TO THE MILITIA BECOMES A LUEITENIT

SHEILD (CAN MANIPULATE HER SHEILD INTO WEAPONS)

LUKE JUIF-16

ORPHANED

FIRE- ICE

1-7

JESSA DU’PLANTE
-
20

HAS BEEN A CAPTIVE OF MILITIA FOR 6 YEARS AND HAS NO IDEA WHERE HER PARENTS AREOR IF THEY ARE EVEN ALIVE

EARTH- SONIC SCREAM

ESCAPES MILITIA WITH MCKENNA

1-7

CORA WU-
26

GENERAL TO THE MILITIA

PART OF “THE GENESIS PROJECT”- CREATING A NEW WORLD DOMINATED AND RAN BY A GIFTED REGIEM

MCKENNA SHADE-
16

HALF SISTER TO
CORA WU

PSICONICS—ESCAPES WITH A GROUP OF REBELS SHE FREES AND LEARNS SHE IS APART OF THE PROPHECY.

1-7

BUCK BUCHANON-
23

ANIMAL CONTROL

MILITIA

SELF PROCLAIMED KING- FAMILY IS BEHIND THE ENTIRE MILITIA TAKE OVER- WAS IN SPECIAL OPS- SERVED UNDER DILLION D’CREY

REPLICATOR- HAS ABILITY TO ABSORB SMALL AMOUNTS OF GIFTS AND KEEP IT.

JOSILYN D’ARCY-
19

ROGUE- HAS BEEN ALONE HER ENTIRE LIFE- FOSTER KID TILL AGED OUT- NO FRIENDS- NO FAMILY

SHAPE SHIFTER- PANTHER

GRANDFATHER DUDERMONT

USED POSITION TO SPEW PROPOGANDA TO OTHER MILITARY MEMBERS. SOMETIMES USING HIS ABILITY TO IMPLANT SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES AND IMAGES TO GET THEM “ON BOARD” BUILDING HIS FOLLOWING AND SPREADING IT LIKE WILD FIRE. MANY FELL FOR THE LIES AND THINKING HIS CAUSE A NOBEL ONE. GIFTED WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO HIDE WHO AND WHAT THEY WERE. BUT THAT WASN’T THE COMPLETE TRUTH. HE WANTED TO RULE, HE WANTED POWER, MOST OF ALL HE WANTED TO DESTROY ANY WHO WERE UNTOUCHED, AND ANY WHO OPPOSED HIM AND HIS FAMILY

SIDDEHLEE CROSS
-
24

WINGS NEPHILIM BLOOD STRENGTH AND SPEED

CHARLIE THOMPSON
-55

LEADER OF EASTERN REBEL FORCES

RETIRED MARINE

JOHN SIPES-
28

BLINK

REBEL MILITARY LEADER

THE GENESIS PROJECT
: A NEW WORLD FOR THE GIFTED RAN BY THE GIFTED- UNDER A REGIME
SELF PROCLAIMED KING- ROLLAND DUDERMONT III
PLAN WAS SET INTO MOTION BY HIS GRANDFATHER