Page 109 of Secrets & Curses of Fate

“Alright, Haden and Holden are your children, right? You didn’t adopt them or find them or something.”?

“I gave birth to both of them,” Penelope chuckled. “Although it was so odd because we had magic spells done three times to check on the baby, and each time they said a healthy baby boy.”?

“You didn’t know it was going to be twins?”?

“No, Haden came after Holden, and it was such a surprise.”?

“Aren’t those spells always accurate?”?

“Yes.” Henry frowned. “When we went back and told them they had been wrong, they said they weren’t. There was one boy, and he was healthy.”?

I didn’t know what that meant, but it felt important.

“Was Haden an odd child?” I asked.?

I was desperate to know anything more about him. There had to be more clues as to what he was.?

Penelope answered. “Not really. Besides the visions that we told you about before. But, I mean, he was always exceptional at everything he did, was very well-mannered, and did everything we ever asked.”

Hmm. That told me nothing.?

“His magic was odd,” Henry said. “Don’t you think?”?That made me perk up. I had always thought it was odd that Remiah and Holden didn’t get any magic because they were twins with Haden. They should have received something.

“Does anyone in your family have frost or vision magic?”?

“No, but I’m not talking about that magic.” Henry sighed. He looked up at me, and Penelope frowned at him as if she didn’t want him to say anything. “Have you ever heard of mind jumping?”?

My stomach tightened at this new information. He had more magic than I knew of.

“No.”?

“We haven’t either, but that is what he called it when he was younger. Have you ever noticed this new version of him changing personalities?”?

The void. My heart began racing at this.?

“He calls it the void,” I whispered.?

Henry nodded. “That’s what he called it before as well. It was like a more confident…dangerous version of himself.”?

“Yes. Can he control it?” I asked.?

“Yes,” Penelope chimed in. “But he hadn’t been using the magic very often before he died.”?

“Is that mind jumping?”?

“That is a part of it. But Haden can jump into others’ minds and manipulate them,” Penelope admitted. “We don’t like to talk about it and don’t usually bring it up in conversation.”?

What the actual fuck? Mind jumping? That was not a known magic. None of his magic was, except his frost. I sat up straight when I realized he could have been using it on me.?

“I wish you had told me this before. Will I know if he uses it on me?”?

“No, well, maybe because you are a goddess. But his magic doesn’t work the same with each creature. He can see memories sometimes. He can manipulate the mind sometimes. He said, it isn’t guaranteed.”

“He can see memories?”?

“Yes.” Henry ran his hand through his hair. “Did he explain to you how he saw his visions?”?

I shook my head.?

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