Black Sheep by Shayne Silvers

Author:Shayne Silvers [Silvers, Shayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Argento Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

He held out his claws, gesturing at the room around us. “I have waited here a long time to meet you, Callie. This space has waited a long time for you to discover her secrets. Your mother’s secrets.”

My pulse quickened and I licked my lips. “My…mother?”

“Yes. She requested my assistance…in the event she couldn’t be here,” he said empathetically. “When she passed, I came to fulfill my promise and wait for you. To help you, in a small way.”

I suddenly felt very numb. “With Excalibur’s Name.”

He nodded. “Yes. Among other things.” His gaze settled on the journal I had been perusing, and I felt my face flush. “I’ll admit, I had my doubts about her and your father’s plan. About you. About all of it. But…when I saw you decipher the omegabet…” he trailed off, shaking his head slowly. “That was both terrifying and inspiring.”

I blushed. “It just kind of happened,” I admitted. “I can’t read it or anything.”

He gave me a very intense look, locking eyes with me. “Most wouldn’t have spared it a second glance, but you discovered the name in minutes. That kind of skill is not typical. Even back in the age of the greatest wizards the world has ever known.”

I scoffed. “I’m definitely not one of the greatest wizards. Not even close.”

He regarded me thoughtfully. “Not yet. But even they had to start somewhere. You might surprise yourself. I know you are already surprising me.”

His eyes flickered to my forehead for the briefest of moments. Of course. It had been the first thing he’d said to me. Instead of letting the moment slip, I pounced, pointing at the hidden symbol marking my forehead, and leaned closer. “Mind telling me about this?”

He shook his head. “Your parents didn’t know. They searched and searched, but never found any answers.”

I sighed angrily. Archangel Michael hadn’t known either, so the answer was plausible.

“But you do?”

He shook his head. “I can read it, but it means nothing to me.”

I let out a breath. “I need to sit down. That Excalibur thing left my legs wobbly, and it would be embarrassing if one of the world’s greatest wizards fell off her own two feet.”

He chuckled, motioning me towards a long couch. I sat, letting out a breath of relief, and Qinglong merely squatted on his hind legs on the floor, still much taller than me. I scanned the room, shaking my head. My eyes settled on the dark ritual altar and I grimaced.

Qinglong noticed my attention, grunting thoughtfully before turning back to face me—his eyes latching onto the Seal of Solomon on my finger. “Dealing with devils is dangerous…”

I nodded knowingly. Being of the Solomon bloodline, dealing with devils was kind of our shtick. I knew I had a few devils in my life—Cain, Dorian, Roland, just to name a few. Not even considering the literal devils I had killed or held bound inside my Seal. Or Samael pursuing me. I shuddered, dismissing the thought.

Qinglong’s head absently shifted slightly from side to side, just like a cobra, but I could tell it wasn’t any kind of warning gesture.

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