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mean?”
    “Don’t you sense what it means?”
    I felt so many things racing
through my body; hope, optimism, certainty, awareness, strength and power. I
met her eyes and my mind opened up like a scene to a dream. Several groupings
of people gathered in a clearing of the forest a crowd of people lined a circle
of indistinct figures dressed in white robes that I recognized to be the Death
Clan. The diamond was presented and hostages were freed. The vision switched to
destruction. The Death members withered away, crumbling to nothing. The vision
changed to my team members; they all followed me as if I was their leader. How
could that be possible? My mind caught sight of an enormous glittering circle
coming down out of the sky encircling the several groups, the decaying Death Clan
and myself. Outside the giant ring, the face of the woman who had given me the
diamond spoke strange words and waved her hands high above me. I pulled out of
the trance.
    She smiled at me as I blinked to
refresh my eyes. I entered her mind and heard her say, “You’re protected,
Calli. You’re mind cannot be read, and your vision is now sealed with the
circle of light. No other Seer will envision this nor will they be privy to any
additional visions you may have on the subject so long as you never pull the
diamond out of this pouch lest the spells protecting it be broken.” She
slipped the diamond into a leather pouch and pulled the strings together. My
mind closed instantly. She chanted some words over the small bag and handed it
to me, which I placed in my jacket pocket and closed the zipper. This seemed a
rather precarious place to put something so priceless, but I trusted in the
protection she’d placed upon the stone; upon me.
    “You’ve seen the future as it can
become, now make it so. If the diamond is not delivered, your vision will be
nullified. The Hunters seek you even now,” she stood and replaced the chair
she’d been sitting on.
    “What do I do? I don’t know
anything about this world.”
    “You already possess everything
you’ll need. Just follow your leader and never tell a soul you carry the
Sanguine Diamond. You’ll know when the time is right to disclose possession.”
    She turned to Justin, who had been
staring at us with his mouth hanging open, and placed her fingertips on his
forehead, “You will forget all you’ve seen and overheard concerning the
Sanguine Diamond and Calli.” She gently pushed his head back and let go and walked
away as Justin came back to his senses.
    The door to the office opened and
an older gentleman invited the two of us inside. Justin shook his head and
rubbed his eyes as he stood. I carefully watched him for recognition about what
had just happened, but he didn’t show anything.
    As I stood to walk into the office,
I glanced down at my pouch wondering if the diamond created a bulge. I felt the
diamond resting against my stomach, but my jacket didn’t protrude at all. Interesting.
    The man introduced himself as
Harold Bates, master gem cutter. Then he started in on his explanation of the
task at hand. “One of my gems needs to be delivered to the Death Clan and I
cannot trust this to the standard delivery companies. This particular stone is
a diamond. The rough diamond was found in the center of a crater formed by an
explosion of some kind. Members of all clans died in the blast and somehow
their respective powers collected inside this stone. The diamond was brought to
me by a Death Clan member and I was ordered to cut it into a round, brilliant
stone. As I did so, I couldn’t help but acknowledge all the feelings and powers
racing through my body every time I lowered the stone to the cutting wheel. I,
myself, have no special powers; however I did while handling the stone. I was
never able to kill anyone, not that I wanted to, but I did try and was
unsuccessful. I believe this stone will limit the Death Clan’s killing ability.
The diamond will give them all the other powers, but