Reasoning with the unreasonable (final)

He had never listened to her before; why would he start listening now?

She finally understood what tugged at the back of her mind earlier, but would he believe her if she were to recount what she had heard on that dark night in Varinthia when she first learned about her pregnancy and was asked to live forever?

'Live eternally, Adela.' The words resonated in her mind as if she were just hearing them.

The oracle spoke of immortality, that was the clear request Adela had received from the otherworldly source. And as far as Adela knew, Andreas and the last Emperor were the only immortal beings in their world.

Wasn't the road she was supposed to walk on clear now?