“Do we know her Achaz line?” Eliza asked.
“All we know for sure is there is Witch blood in there somewhere. Texts suggest Achaz had a child with one of Zinta’s daughters. I think we can safely assume Tessa came from that,” Theon answered.
“But you just said her father is Temural,” Eliza mused. “So Tessa is not the product of a child from Achaz and Zinta’s daughter.”
“She’s too young anyway,” Razik said, shaking his head. “Granddaughter, however…”
“Granddaughter of two of the most powerful gods to exist?” Luka said. “You’re fucking with me.”
“It fits,” Theon said, pulling on the back of his neck. “And it’d technically be the granddaughter ofthreeof the most powerful. Serafina is a First Goddess.”
“Let’s say this is true, what is her mother then? A goddess?” Luka asked.
“Cienna did say her mother may as well be one,” Theon supplied.
“Then what the fuck is Tessa?” Luka said
Theon and Luka both turned to Razik in question.
“Another pain in my ass,” the male grumbled, pushing his hand through his hair. He exhaled a harsh breath, a trace of smoke furling. “I don’t know what she’d be. If Achaz had a child with a daughter of Zinta, it would depend on the daughter’s lineage. Who did Zinta have a child with?”
“Has she had visions of other places too?” Eliza asked.
“I only recently started being pulled into them,” Luka answered. “All of them have been in Devram except the last one. But that doesn’t mean she hasn’t had visions in other places. She doesn’t understand them. I think they are driving her a little mad.”
“I think at this point we need to meet her,” Eliza said. “Formally. Not just watching her lose control of her power.”
The males all tensed at that idea.
“She’s under too much scrutiny right now,” Luka finally said. “It’ll take a while to configure that.”
“But we’ll try,” Theon said. “Until then, we try to figure out her gifts and visions. You’ve been training her, Luka. Is there any other type of magic you’ve seen?”
Luka shook his head. “We can’t even figure out how she fills her reserves. It’s like they can’t run out.”
“Everyone can run out of power,” Razik said.
“Hers weakens some, but even then, it’s still powerful,” Luka said. “She doesn’t need blood. She doesn’t appear to need a Source, and she doesn’t have a Guardian to draw from. Every time I’ve seen her use it, it’s like she gets stronger, not weaker.”
“Because she’s not supposed to exist,” Razik said plainly, and those few words made both Theon and Luka snarl in a low warning.
Eliza looked between them, her head tipping to the side as she studied them, but she didn’t say anything.
“Get upset about it, but it doesn’t change the fact,” Razik said. “It upsets the balance having beginnings and endings in one being. I can imagine, because of this, her magic works differently than the rest of us. Likely different from the gods, the Legacy, the Fae. Unique because she is the only one of her kind.” He got to his feet, looking down at Eliza. “You need to eat.”
“I’m not…” she sighed. “Why do you always know I’m hungry before I do?”
“Afterwards, we should see if Katya will lend us that book she found the twin flame information in,” he said, completely ignoring Theon and Luka now. “These books are useless,” he added, gesturing to the ones strewn all over the table. “They’re all from when Devram was created. Nothing of recent history exists in them.”
“There is some place else we can go,” Theon said suddenly. “It’s a vast library system in catacombs. We need special permission from the Falein Lady to go there.”
Razik stared at him flatly. “And you’re just bringing this up now because…?”
“I’ve been busy,” Theon retorted. “And it’s not as if we can simplygothere. I’ll need to get documents forged for you two, and Eliza will have to…act accordingly.”
Eliza scowled at them, but Razik bent down to speak low into her ear. Not low enough they didn’t hear him though.
“I know you can follow instructions when it’s worth your while,mai dragocen.”