Some believe she will put an end to centuries of traditions, safeguarded by violence, which have oppressed her people for centuries. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her.Īmong so many of her kind, she should not be very remarkable-except for the prophecy. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods.
Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability.Įlyse is not the only one keeping secrets. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal.įor Elyse, these things don't make her special. First, that she ages five times slower than the average person, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret.
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