Page 10 of An Enigma for the Lycan Crown Prince

“Eh,” Jace clears his throat. “What were you just doing Flora?”

I stare at the boys. “I… I am not sure,” I admit. “I just saw something new, something I haven’t seen before.”

“You see a lot of things, don’t you?” Elden asks.

“I don’t know. Grandma says I do, and everyone else finds it weird, but to me it’s normal.”

Jace eyes me curiously. “And what do you see?”

Wow, this is the first time someone has ever shown interest in me. I glance at Elden. I had told him that I saw the dots, the beings of light, but he didn’t tell anyone it seems. Now, however, he looks at me curiously too, apparently wanting to know more. Something about this makes me happy. “It’s like… dots of light… I think they have wings, and sometimes they show me things. Today was the first time I could hear them talk,” I say.

“Are they like fairies?” Elden asks.

“No, they aren’t fairies,” I say. “They are something else. I don’t know how I know, but I do. It’s here.” I press a hand against my chest. “Something here tells me that it’s beings of light and that I should follow them when they want me to.”

“That’s so cool,” Jace says. “I wish I could see something others can’t.”

“You don’t find it weird?” I ask them.

“No,” Elden says. “A lot of lycans and wolves have gifts. Maybe yours is just really special.”

I beam. “That’s what the alpha told my grandma, too.”

“That’s why he doesn’t mind her hanging out with you, Elden,” Jace muses. “She is probably a special lycan.”

“That and the prophecy,” Elden mutters. “I bet that’s it. He mentioned it yesterday.”

“The prophecy?” I ask.

Elden looks at me, surprised. “Did no one tell you? My dad talked to me about it ever since I can remember. I think it’s the only reason he actually talks to me.”

“Does it involve you?” I ask.

“I think it also involves you,” he admits.

“Hm,” I say, furrowing my brows. I try to remember what Grandma said, and now that Elden mentioned it, I think she gave some weird hints here and there. “Grandma likes a certain story,” I tell him. “About a prince and a princess. She is locked in and keeps everything to herself, but then she has to save him.”

Elden doesn’t say anything just looks at me, before it slowly dawns on me. It’s the same story he is talking about. Wow! “And what’s so special about it? It’s like a fairytale.”

“Beats me,” Elden shrugs. “Sounds like any other story.”

“Yeah, but the part with the strong wolf is cool,” Jace points out.

“I like that part too,” Elden admits.

I try to remember Grandma’s story properly, and he is right. At one point, there is a part about the young prince having a strong, dominant wolf, a true ruler or something like that. But I never paid much attention to those parts. “I like the part about the mysterious princess more,” I point out. “And how she saves the prince!” I pause. “Is this really about us?”

Elden shrugs. “Everyone says it is, but I am not sure if I believe it.”

I crunch my nose. “Yes, me neither.” A sudden idea strikes me. “Oh! We can play prince and princess when we visit Jace.”

“And what am I going to be?” Jace wants to know.

“You can play Elden’s wolf.”

“I am not playing Elden’s wolf!” he argues. “I want to be a cool prince, too.”

“You can play Elden’s brother.”