The Reaping: Immortalibus Bella 2 by SL Figuhr

Author:SL Figuhr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

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I must admit I was amazed he had voluntarily told me the immortal’s origins. He either thought there was nothing I could use out of it, or was beyond caring. Eron poured more wine and drank deeply before continuing.

“We made our journey. Not every immortal to whom we passed the words believing. True to the Guardian’s word, all those who ignored our warnings lost both their immortality and life. After Cassiopeia and I had handed our soul gems over to the guardian, I vowed never to remove her gem as long as she would grant me one favor. She would never try to hunt me down again nor tell people my secret of who I really was. She agreed. I disappeared as part of our bargain. I took on a different name, a whole new life. I gave up who and what I had been. Oh, I could never become wholly good, no, but I was not the great evil I had once been.”

Eron paused, his gaze drawn from the past and he looked at me.

“Are you atoning for past misdeeds? Is that why you let yourself be drawn into Mica’s quest?”

Eron glanced at the palms of his hands, then reached for his goblet. He took a healthy swallow before answering. “It must be, why else am I still here? Why else would I let Mica guilt trip me into staying?” Suddenly he clenched his hands into fists and pounded the arms of the chair. “Goddamn it Mica! You and your white knight complex!”

“I... see.” I had a feeling he was leaving out chunks of information but didn’t press the issue. I was confident that in time he would tell me. He had spoken quite a lot already. “And how does Nicky fit into all this? He knows the ritual?” I surely hoped not.

“No, from what I was able to find back then, in modern times; he only knows how to destroy us. He... he was a mistake from the beginning. After the restrictions were placed on the becoming and undoing of living immortals, Cassiopeia and I passed one more, children were not to be transformed. They would not be able to properly defend themselves or make their way in the world. As you saw for yourself, one of my kind decided to ignore the rule. I’m not sure how he managed to survive so long without someone retrieving his soul gem and speaking the Ritual of Undoing.”

“Very worrisome, as few people change who they really are at heart. It seems to me the little boy should have a great many enemies. One of them should have gotten rid of him before now.” It was a point I found nagging.

Eron’s brow creased and his answer, when it came, made him seem unsure of what he said. “I can come to no satisfactory conclusion other than killing us does not confer power. So there would be no benefit in destroying him, other than to get rid of an enemy. Nicky is very good at appearing to be one’s friend, then backstabbing his benefactor.

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