The Crescent Heir
"I knew your child was different. I felt it the very first moment in the clinic, when you arrived. That pull — that connection — it wasn't only to you, Anna. It reached further, it reached inward, to the one you carry."
"JB —"
"Don't you see it?" His eyes were bright, his voice having a sacred edge. "It's destiny, Anna, pure and ancient and already written." He shifted closer still, Anna feeling his warmth now. "The maiden who bears the Crescent prodigy, found by the one who was cursed by the very Spark she carries within."
Anna's eyes narrowed softly. "What is that supposed to mean? Some kind of poetry?"