Beyond Amber: A Visionary Fantasy (The Light Warriors Book 3) by Lucia Ashta

Author:Lucia Ashta [Ashta, Lucia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amargento Books
Published: 2018-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

When they were finally able to speak again, the sun had already passed through its highest point in the sky and was creeping in gradual descent back toward the horizon. They sat in silence for a very long time. Even so, they managed to process very little of what had happened.

Of the three of them, Lena was the one with a history of frequent life-like visions, but even she’d never experienced anything like this before. After hours of silent reflection, she was still unsure what to make of it all.

Similarly, Paolo had no framework with which to analyze the transformation the pyramid led them through. He’d seen a few visions before, but they were more abstract than what Lena saw and did nothing to prepare him for this morning’s events.

Sitting Bear felt even more bewildered. He’d received abundant guidance from Great Spirit throughout his life, but vision was not a gift he’d developed. He now reeled at the potential he’d denied himself. An exhaustive exposure to the traditions and teachings of his elders would have afforded him a better understanding of the power he could access while in his body. But all that Sitting Bear accomplished he either taught himself or learned from his father.

For all Sitting Bear admired his father, he’d been just one man. It took the full range of talents and the wisdom of a tribe to raise a well-rounded child, fully aware of himself in all aspects. For the umpteenth time, Sitting Bear regretted what had become of his people. But on this occasion, he followed this sorrow with something new.

The transformation at the pyramid, a vivid reminder of humanity’s true capacity, allowed Sitting Bear to hold hope for a miracle. Then, he released his wish to the air, so that it may go where it belonged. Sitting Bear prayed that humans might once again be in harmony with all creation.

Lena detected Sitting Bear’s quiet prayer go out into the stillness that enveloped them. While she didn’t know his prayer’s specific request, she could feel its energy, and she knew it to be honorable. To affirm Sitting Bear’s entreaty and to add her support to it, she said aloud, “Aho Mitakuye Oyasin.”

Sitting Bear still hadn’t said which tribe he descended from, but these were all the native affirmations Victor taught her while training at Marian’s complex. Lena hoped one of them would help Sitting Bear feel supported and respected.

Sitting Bear’s head snapped up in surprise. He didn’t say a word, but only nodded at Lena. He did feel respected and moved by the beauty of life, and that brought the first tears of his adult life to his eyes.

Later that night around the fire, the three of them attempted to discuss the other world they had glimpsed, but made little headway. Finally, they decided some things were better left untouched by words.

However, there was one thing they did need to discuss, one that didn’t have as much to do with what world they entered as with who they became in it.

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