Cuddles by Dennis Fueyo

Author:Dennis Fueyo [Fueyo, Dennis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781692819378
Published: 2019-09-19T06:00:00+00:00

Part 8: Children of Apsu

“Uruk, your eminence.”

“Yes, Issakum.”

“The three children of the green pill travel our way. They bring the Carver Warden’s targeted one with them.”

“Report.”

“I found them in Wampee confused and angry. As a test, I engraved the name Carver Warden near the dead Commander Andy Ochoa while they slept. Their reaction was brash. They do not serve the Carver Warden. After some testy exchanges, they hiked to find the Carolinians tribe in Conway, South Carolina. A technological tribe, as the Divers once were, the Carolinians use vehicles to patrol and maintain roads between Charleston and Colombia. The tribe shuttled them by car along I701 to Georgetown, then down I17 to Charleston. The children plan to stay several nights in the city before finding a way into Savannah.”

“Three children of the green pill come to us. Uninvited, uncoerced, they come willingly. This is not an apocryphal proclamation, Issakum. This is a gift from Apsu. Apsu wishes our gift onto them.”

“They may become more powerful than us, your eminence. Should we take precautions?”

“Notify Enlil.”

A tall, grey-skinned humanoid stood leaning on a wooden staff; a branch taken from a dead oak, buffed smooth and notched with perfect indentations for fingers below a golden ferrule. The elderly Uruk paced in slow, delicate steps along with a rise of polished sandstone. The staff clacked throughout a great hall packed with freshly carved statues, long flowing tapestries, and glowing blue lanterns. Artifacts encased in glass housing bore long, ornate inscriptions, and every piece of wooden furniture engraved with long, fortuitous stories.

Hand wedged in linen pockets, the Atlantian jingled pebbles procured from the ocean. Lifting out a handful to an aquiline nose, five stones of black and maroon swirls formed a pattern in Uruk’s ponged palm. “The Arnold Stone. The Emelia Stone. The Jonathon Stone. The Eva Stone. The Carver Warden. The family line that unhinged the world.” Uruk closed a tight grip on the stones. “The Masons: Lisa, Tom, and Sam. Too weak to bring renewal. For now.”

“I look forward to helping them become strong enough to fulfill your vision, Uruk.” The younger, grey-skinned Issakum flexed finned ears.

“Not mine, the vision of Apsu. They will change or die. Either way satisfies Apsu’s vision.”

“What about the Carver Warden, your eminence?”

“The door of opportunity closes on him. One last chance to murder the Sam Mason, he will not have another.”

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