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visions or premonitions that have the ability to influence our lives or the lives of others. Sometimes they are presented to us through images, conversations, or symbols. Other times they reveal our clairvoyance in showing us what will come to pass. Regardless of how they come through, dreams hold meaning, our interpretation of them being the key to understanding their purpose.
    I feel myself blush. ‘Um…some of them are…’
    ‘Sexual?’ she blurts out.
    ‘Ama!’
    ‘Elena!’ she mimics me.
    ‘Well you can’t just blurt out something like that. You have to work into it,’ I respond, embarrassed.
    ‘Shem, it’s just s—’
    I cover my ears quickly. ‘No, don’t say it. I get it. Just please don’t say that word. It’s a tad creepy.’
    She does her best to hide a smile and folds her hands neatly into her lap. ‘Very well, Elena
Prude
. But just so you know, it is very normal to have those dreams sometimes.’
    Elena Prude? I rub my face, stifling a laugh. ‘Okay, well good to know.’
    Her smirk fades quickly and is replaced with a seriousness that only comes when talking about our family and my survival. ‘My next question to you would be…who is with you in these dreams?’
    I know once his name comes out of my mouth that it will change everything. I take a deep breath, finding the courage to say it after all this time. ‘It’s Julian.’
    The arcs of her eyebrows rise ever so slightly and her mouth hardens. ‘I see.’ She clears her throat. ‘And how long has this been going on?’
    An itch starts to spread across my body and I scratch my arms irritably. ‘Do you mean the dreams, or my feelings for Julian?’
    Her almond-shaped eyes narrow and she stands up, walking towards me slowly. ‘Shem, calm down. You’re glowing like an aurora borealis.’
    I look down and notice that my skin
is
glowing, tiny speckles of light dancing across it. My head shoots up. ‘What is this?
    She puts her hands on my arms and looks straight into my eyes. ‘Sweetheart, you’re experiencing Luxus.’
    Magi sends me a mirror image of myself. My long, chocolate curls are framing my face that is glowing like a multicoloured Christmas tree, there are waves of light emanating from my body in all directions, and the palms of my hands are covered in gold sparkles.
    My hands find their way to my face, feeling the speckles of dancing light under my skin. It feels as though popping candy has invaded my body in an invisible attack.
    And then her words hit me.
    ‘Wait, what did you say?’
    She takes a step back and clasps her hands together calmly. ‘I said, you’re going through Luxus.’
    ‘
Luxus
?! What do you mean?’ My voice rises.
    She splays her hands. ‘The dream fantasies, the feelings, your obvious mood swings.’ She arcs her brow. ‘They are all because you, my love, have reached the age of sexual awakening that we Cole women call Luxus.’
    Magi looks between us and snorts.
    Ama turns on her. ‘I wouldn’t be laughing if I were you, Magi. You’re in heat as well, I can smell it.’ Ama wrinkles her nose in Magi’s direction.
    Magi’s eyes widen in surprise, causing me to smile. So that’s what she’s been up to when she sneaks off. Has she found a mate?
    My thoughts quickly turn dark. The only time our wolf dogs breed is when the female senses her demise.
    Is that what this is about? Are we supposed to breed and then die? Is this the end for us? I push the thoughts aside violently, not willing to believe that it will end like that. It can’t. I won’t let it.
    My hands clench tightly against the rippling anxiety that threatens to engulf me, but I force myself to focus on the here and now. ‘So…this Luxus, it’s just a hormonal shift?’ I ask, hoping that she’ll say yes. If she does then these feelings for Julian may just go away, and with them, my guilt.
    Without hesitation she says, ‘No.’
    ‘Then…’
    Ama’s ethereal body shimmers. She doesn’t have long before The Other Side