Bo sat on her bed staring at the book Lauren had handed her. The image depicted a gruesome creature. ”Fangs? Horns? Obviously this Wanderer is not the guy in my kitchen!” She paused, her fingers playing gently over the image. ”This book doesn’t even look real, is the ink still wet?” she tossed the book back over to Lauren whose eyebrows shot up incredulously. With everything they had experienced over the last four years, she was struggling to see how Bo could doubt her.

”That confused me too.” she admitted, pulling the large tome onto her lap, ”Then I remembered, there was no memory of Rainer, right?”

”OK.” Bo conceded

”When his memory returned, histories memory of him returned as well.” Lauren paused, focusing on Bo hard, hoping she could convince her. ”And it’s not pretty.” She scooped her hair back behind her ear and returned her focus to the book. ”Look, the warrior shall escape his curse, the Valkyrie shall be reborn, the blood of Zamora shall be spilled…” her gaze settled back on Bo. ”Any of this sound familiar to you?” Bo momentarily turned away, looking back only when Lauren returned to the book. ”The women of the horse shall rise.” Lauren shrugged, ”I don’t have any idea what that means.” Bo sat straighter, realisation slowly seeping into her as Lauren continued. ”Between the Warrior and the Queen, one of the two shall die.” Lauren sighed, frustrated that there were still so many things she couldn’t explain. ”I haven’t determined who the Queen is…”

”Yeah,” Bo sighed, a small sound that was the only indication of her resignation. ”They think it’s me.”

”Holy shit, Bo, then it’s coming true. Don’t you see, we’ve got to get you outta here.”

”Why are you doing this?” Bo asked as Lauren got to her feet.

”Something is coming for you.” Lauren paced the bedroom, ”The Morrigan….”

”To get back at me?” Bo cut her off, causing the doctor to turn sharply, her brow furrowed.

”I stayed with the Dark for you.” Lauren snapped, she didn’t mean to.

”What?” Bo asked.

”I isolated myself… for you!” Lauren continued. ”This was all for you, everything that I do is for you.”

”Bo got to her feet. ”Except tell me your plan.” The undertone of anger tinged her words. ”Or the truth.”