Children of Semyaza by Kevin C. Noel

Author:Kevin C. Noel [Noel, Kevin C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781797978086
Published: 2019-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Garrick stared at himself in the mirror. He took a moment to admire the new person he had become. His ocher eyes, although unusual to him, made him look handsome. His skin was smooth as silk; his teeth were bright and white; his chin length raven black hair was a welcome change from his days as a neatly combed student; his eyesight was sharper and his glasses were no longer needed; and the most obvious of all his transformations—his body. His slightly tanned and chiseled torso was like nothing he’d ever seen. He was even taller!

He imagined how he would have fit into his high school looking the way he did. He would’ve been at the top of the social ladder. But he wondered if this would have turned him into a sadistic predator like his former oppressors? Was it the way it was meant to be? The handsome and popular preyed on the weak and helpless? Thomas Hobbes described man’s state of nature as one of bellum omnium contra omnes—the war of all against all. One would think his school mates were all acting under this natural impulse. It was almost as if they were reverted into their states of nature whenever they were around him. But if he was the focal point of all the hostility, it would be apt to dub it a “bellum omnium contra unum—war of all against one person.”

Among other things, Octavius had taught him how to use a minimal amount of skydust to create small portals from which he could retrieve items. As he sat on the floor attempting to use this trick to pick up a book from the library, his thoughts strayed to Reading—to Celina. He imagined being with her at that very moment and putting an end to her life. Octavius was his only stumbling block who constantly insisted he finished his training—though Garrick thought it was unnecessary because, with his new strength, he could destroy the entire town. But he knew better than to challenge his Questioner. It was a difficult task, nonetheless. Sometimes he saw her in his dreams. She would grin at him—her Nordic beauty almost confounding him—and she would gently touch his face, her piercing blue eyes staring directly into his; and she would tell him to come for her, almost daring him. He always wondered if such dreams were figments of his imagination or some new ability exclusive to the Ambler. After all, Octavius admitted he did not know the Ambler’s limits and capabilities. Was he somehow tapping into Celina’s mind?

Celina! Celina! Celina! The name constantly replayed in his mind and he could not bear it. It made him feel guilty for not trying to find his beloved, Arianne. He felt he was more intent on hating Celina than loving her. These thoughts bothered him. And he failed to pick a single book from the library due to this distraction.

“Your fixation on revenge is a stumbling block,” said Octavius.

Garrick did not turn to look at him.

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