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down next to my chair. "Did Sophie tell you the legends of Aravot?"
    “A few.” I shrugged.
    “Like what?” Remie prodded on.
    I scanned the room. The entire family was silent, waiting for me to speak.
    “She told me I was some leader of this Aravot place, and someday, my Gemini would find me, sweep me off my feet like Prince Charming, and we’d live happily ever after. The end.”
    He glared.
    I blew out a breath and held in my eye roll. “That’s literally all I know. She said it didn’t matter yet and not to worry about it. Eventually, I just stopped asking.”
    Remie glanced over at his sister, who was chewing on her nails, then returned his attention to me and sat on the couch beside me.
    "My mother called Aravot the Eternal City. It's where Eternals, who protect humans, live. Some are Angels, and some are humans who died and were turned into Eternals. Made immortal. And others were children of the Eternals—like us. We're called Firstborns."
    Am I immortal? "Sophie never told me any of that."
    "It's okay," Remie continued. "Genesis is the first immortal family. Some are part of the Elder Council, made up of Gemini. Each is a couple, an Angel and an Eternal, and because they have human blood, they're able to have a child every thousand years. Those children go to earth until the Firstborn Daughter finds them, and then finds her Gemini.
    "The Firstborns have the Genesis birthmark. Eight dots, Mom called them stars. They represent the eight Eternals of the Elder Council. When the Firstborn Daughter finds her Gemini, the others get their marks, their full powers, and go back to Aravot to be assigned roles by the Council."
    “How could she keep all this from me?” I grumbled. "So we're the children? The Firstborns?"
    "Well, we are." He gestured around the room.
    "Okaaay?" I was so confused.
    "We are." He pointed to himself, and then to Rainah and Micah. "But we think you are the Firstborn Daughter."
    "Me?"
    I looked over at Micah, still standing next to the door, probably expecting me to bolt.
    Everyone had their eyes on me, waiting for an epiphany.
    "So…what is, or who is this Firstborn Daughter? How’s that different from you? And what makes you think I'm her?"
    "You have the Ring of Chayah. And Phoebe just said it’s glowing?"
    "What?" I sat up. "How did you…?" Dumb question. How did he know anything? Geez was I behind the curve here.
    "Chayah is another word for Eternal Mother." He reached for my wrist and turned it over. "And your Genesis birthmark. It's connected now." He showed me his mark. "So have ours."
    My gaze darted through the room. Each of them pushed their palms up toward me. Everyone had a tattoo, similar to mine.
    Everyone but Phoebe.
    "Do you know what this means?" Phoebe’s eyes got wider, and she threw her hand over her mouth. She jumped up and came over to the other side of my chair. "I told you, it's Cade. He’s really your Gemini. I knew it."
    "It also means we'll be leaving Chicago soon," Remie said. He moved toward Phoebe and put his arm around her.
    She gave him a knowing look and buried her head under his chin.
    Phoebe didn't have the Genesis mark. She’d be left behind.
    I never really thought about what it would mean once this Gemini thing took hold.
    Phoebe may not have the seal, but there was no way I could ever leave her. She was one of us, and she belonged with us. And how could I have matched them if she wasn't Remie’s Gemini? I saw their lights, both of their lights—the same color. They merged. I'd never seen any other human's color before.
    "This is all my fault," I said.
    "Nobody's blaming you," Remie said. "You have no control over this. It's our destiny, there's no controlling that."
    "Like hell I don’t,” I scoffed. "This is my life."
    I grabbed my keys and headed toward this door. This time, Micah moved aside.
    "And I'll be damned if I won't have a say as to how it turns out."
     
     
     
     

~Chapter Eight~
    Cade
     
     
    It had only been an hour after