Consequences by John Van Stry

Author:John Van Stry [Stry, John Van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2020-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

"So I hear you've started your campaign to get your revenge, but you didn't call me?" Nikki said to me as we sat around relaxing and enjoying an evening drink. Darlene was off visiting her parents and introducing them to their new granddaughters-in-law, though Rachel was cuddled up with me. While she was being a bit more subdued verbally than normal, she wasn't hesitating to make her desires known.

I shrugged and took another sip. "As I understand it, they're pissed at me more than anyone else. However," I said, eyes narrowing, "Fel has made it abundantly clear to me he's really pissed about this."

"He is?" Rachel asked from where she was pressed up against me, my arm draped down her side.

"Oh, yeah," I replied. "I've never seen him this upset. I get the impression Par broke some major rule with what she did. It's messed up Fel's game in a big way."

"How so?" Nikki asked.

"Fel made an agreement with all the other gods that he would restrain me and Rachel from any more empire building or using force to spread his religion for the next several decades if they didn't attack us and left us alone while I was gone." I shook my head. "I don't know why he did it, or why they agreed to it. I think it might have had something to do with killing the god who tried to destroy our world, and in return for not striking at Fel when he was weak, he offered them that in return."

"They really do fear him," Rachel said with a snicker.

"Who, Fel?" Nikki asked.

"No, my husband, your brother. He's become one of our biggest heroes; they sing songs about him."

Nikki looked at me, and laughed as I blushed. "They actually sing songs about you?" she said, laughing all the harder as I got even redder.

"They don't do it around me, at least," I mumbled. "I really hate it."

"So what are the gods on your world doing, now the agreement is broken?"

I shook my head. "I haven't asked yet. Fel thinks he can repair it, because while we're strong enough now, he doesn't want to be viewed as a god of conquest, I guess. The first god who was involved apparently didn't realize what they were getting into, because they can't see me, after all. So they're bowing and scraping as they try to avoid the consequences of their actions.

"The second god, however? He's a complete asshole, and he was all but destroyed after he betrayed everyone. But rather than try to rebuild, he's instead dedicated all his efforts to attacking us."

"So what are you doing to him?"

"We've laid siege to the city his remaining temple is in and left it mostly at that. It was pointed out to me, that if we destroy him, that'd free Par up to recruit another asshole."

Nikki nodded and took a sip of her drink.

"So, what'd you do on your last trip there?"

"I discovered how overwhelmingly the odds are stacked against me," I said with a sigh.

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