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“Yes, I can, but I don’t believe some of your kind will be able to follow me anywhere without Jacey.”

“Why is that?” Ronan queried.

“Only she and a few others of your kind have the ability to enter our zone. Jacey has been to the boundary line of our homeland a number of times on her own. She is your key to the return of Faith and Gideon. That is, only if she is a member of your contingent,” Daichi answered.

“What do you mean I’ve been to the boundary line of your homeland? When? How?” Now I was confused.

“Every time you’ve spoken with your mother and father. They are not completely lost to you. We are all energy, good and bad. To get to the Shenuy land, you must pass through the Yietimpi lands and then enter the Charta realm. Once you pass through that zone, you enter the land of Seekers.”

“What really is the Charta zone then?” I asked.

“It’s the zone we all come to when we end our physical being. The only ones I know of who’ve been able to move completely between that dimension and this one are Seekers, Eve, and now you,” Daichi said.

“We’ll have to study this Charta zone and try to train our contingent to be able to access it. Of course, if Jacey is the only one who can enter it, we’ll have to change our plans for deployment,” Ronan said.

“Right now I have to return to my homeland. If I don’t, they’ll know I’ve left and nothing I or Faith do will be able to stop them from keeping me there forever,” Daichi said.

“We’ll escort her to the furthest Bulwark and return her to the truce line,” Heathe said.

“I’ll go with you,” I offered.

“You can’t. We’re going to be going through too many Bulwarks to cover the trace Daichi has left here so no others of her kind can find this place. The journey will be in our natural forms and right now, your natural form is physical,” Heathe said.

I was about to argue with him when Daichi grabbed onto my hand.

“I will be fine. He and the others are right. As of now you and your kind need to learn the ways of the Charta and how to harness the powers inside of you. I will be in contact with you over the next week but I will have my Elder with me. I will not be able to show you the same kindness I have now. I need to keep up the cover of being a fundamental Seeker so in a week’s time I can return and help you rescue Faith,” Daichi said in her blind state.

I was leery of letting her go along with the Sentry. I wanted to ensure she had someone with her who knew she was not a threat, someone who understood she was the real deal in helping us find our lost family members. As the thought was processing in my mind Vincent spoke up.

“I will go with them to ensure she reaches her destination. However, I ask that Heathe stay here to watch over Jacey since I cannot.”

Bronson answered.

“Since it is a Sentry mission, I will allow you to attend and guide her. I agree, Heathe should then stay to watch over Jacey.”

“Daichi?” Vincent asked.

“Yes.” she replied.

“May I guide you home?”

“Yes.” She reached out and took Vincent’s arm.

I flinched a little, thinking Vincent was going to get zapped across the room like Heathe had but there were no fireworks and no flying bodies.

“I’ll be back by nightfall,” Vincent said, bending down slightly and kissing my cheek while he let go of my hand. The instant his lips came into contact with my skin, I expected the sensation of a thousand butterflies to attack my stomach again. However, this time they seemed to migrate from my stomach and found a new home in my heart. The immediate intense desire I had to grab hold of him and beg him to stay was almost too much to bear. It took everything I had to stay where I was as I watched him walk away. I knew there would be time to explore the fireworks which were going off in my mind and all through my body when he returned. I also knew it was way more important for Daichi to have him with her to ensure her safe return.

I stood there for a moment trying to gain control of my heart rate and a nagging gut wrenching feeling of losing Vincent as he went out the doors. I had no idea what I was supposed to do until Ronan spoke.

“The council has ended and we will meet again in three days’ time.” As he finished, all of the eight surround visionaries filled with scenes from each of the Elders’ homelands.

“Jacey.” It was Herecerti. “Come with me.”

I stepped down from the podium and exited the center of the Elders’ table. When I did, the three structures lowered into the floor and the table closed in on itself.

“Herecerti.”

“Yes, Jacey?”

“What happens now?”

“Well, first things first. We find you a place here at the academy and figure out who’s going to be staying with you.” We approached the doorway to the Chamber where Jen, Hudson, and Aunt Grace were waiting.

“Well, there’s no question. We three are going to be staying with her,” Aunt Grace answered.

Herecerti stopped and looked at Jen, Hudson, Aunt Grace, and I.

“I believe there’s going to be some interesting events transpiring over the next couple of days, and I, for one, know having your family with you will only make it more bearable. As Headmaster of St. Nemele, back in the other dimension and here in our Origin Nemele, I would definitely agree with Grace. You will all stay here.”

“Thank you, Herecerti. There was a time when I thought there was only going to be me and Hudson against the world. I’ve learned from what’s been revealed here today, we all begin and end with family. Who’s to say this journey is going to be any different from the one that brought us here? God knows that without my family, I never would have made it.”

Jen, Hudson, Aunt Grace, and I left the Inception Chamber and headed into the inner sanctum of Nemele. Full of hope, completely trusting in our beliefs that we were doing the right thing, and all deep in our own thoughts about what had been revealed and what was to come. I was without question thankful I had some answers to the questions about my family and newfound powers, but I was more aware than ever that this was only the beginning—the beginning of a new world, life, and adventure for all of us.

 

Finality

Answers

Introspective

Trust

Hope

 

Acknowledgements:

 

W
ould I be the first to say I Googled it? I don’t think so. I was at a loss when I received the e-mail telling me I needed a dedication page and acknowledgement page. After some soulful searching I realized my dedication would be to ones who have had to put up with me day in and day out – God and my family

. My acknowledgements would be for those whom I trusted to be forthright and honest….here goes –

The first person I thought of was Aunt Ester. You my dear Aunt were the one who put up with being inundated with e-mail after e-mail of unedited work. You were the ‘push’ I needed to continue when I thought ‘Why am I doing this?’ I need to thank you and apologize at the same time – Thank you for your honesty and direction and I am truly sorry for the that’s, really’s, like’s and redundancies you read and still persevered through. I love you.

The following are the ones I truly believed helped me to develop my characters and my writing – Ghost reader’s – you know who you are – but - who doesn’t like seeing their name in a published (Yeah!) book-

Christy (my niece) love you, Shelia my friend I thank you, ‘M’ seriously I will never call you Emilia, Bonnie my New York voice who taught me how to cut the jewellery, Brenda my aura’s will always be in your sight, Jen… okay yes – Jen in the book is written after you – Imagine that! Joann, you are a beautiful woman inside and out – never forget that! Todd, even though I was very leery about you reading it, I was more leery about your critique mainly because I knew you’d be truthful – thank you. Stephanie, you are a beautiful young woman with a great head on your shoulders and a smile that lights up any room. Paul, you were the reason I changed the beginning – Cheryl, I know you’re still waiting for the rest of it – but what you’ve read so far – thank you. April – an honest opinion is what I knew you would give and I thank you my friend for giving it (I know, you didn’t get it all but hey – it’s coming out soon). Jen and Jen’s mom – thank you for not thinking I was nuts when I ‘pushed’ my book on you. Kevin, thank you for saying I had moments of brilliance and moments of WTH (What the heck’s – it is YA). Di – I know you haven’t finished it yet – but your support is heart warming and humbling.

Liz. There are no words I can say that would be able to relate exactly how I feel about your unconditional love – who wouldn’t love a mother in law like that :) I am blessed. Mom – thank you for the ‘shove’ in the right direction. Thank you for buying me every book I asked for and for telling me I was good – even when others told me I sucked.  Jennifer, no one could ask for a more supportive, fiery sister – I love you.

Gerry – Thank you for loving me as a father should (Even though you don’t have to :) ).

To my brother Jason (Hudson) – you cried when I told you I received a contract – I can NEVER tell you how very much your love and support means to me.

Dad – thank you for instilling the work ethic I have and will never loose.

Jennifer O’Neill, Dixie O’Neill – THANK YOU – for taking a chance on an unknown author who only needed one yes. With Limitless I feel Limitless.

My editor… Toni - you make me sound good and I love that you’re in my head. And finally – the Limitless Publishing team and family of writers – the support and guidance I have received from everyone from day one has been amazing!

Author Bio:

 

H
ally was born in Sudbury, Ontario Canada.  She is a Police Officer with the Greater Sudbury Police Service.  Hally enjoys reading both fiction and non-fiction novels.  She is a self proclaimed, writer of all things imaginative (both poetry and novels).  She also holds a strong belief in – If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything!

She met her forever partner Jerry, thirteen years ago.  Together they accomplished the greatest feat anyone can – they were blessed with two gifts from God, their sons Jacob and Jordan.

Hally enjoys spending long summer nights by the camp fire with her husband and boys and cold winter nights snuggled up watching movies in their home.

In 2009, Hally had an idea to write a novel.  The idea for Awakenings came to her in a dream and never left.

Between working full time, being a wife and mother, Hally finds the time to write when her kids go to bed, when Jerry’s at work or when their new puppy Jersey decides to wake her up every morning around five a.m.

 

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