Eden's Jester by Beltramo Ty

Author:Beltramo, Ty [Beltramo, Ty]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-04-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“You’ve seen this picture? Where?” Aello asked.

“Not the picture, the place. I’ve seen the place. I know where that thing is.” I paused. I’d said too much, again.

That place would be very hard to find for anyone who didn’t know exactly where to look. The world of the Builders was neatly layered between the Abyss and the astral plane. And it was big. Even if I told Aello everything I knew, she’d likely never find the site. That meant that the secret was safe, at least for now. Sharing more information made no sense.

Effectively, the move was now mine to make. While making decisions had never been hard for me, the ability to make good ones naturally eluded me. But I was faced with the inescapable truth that a decision had to be made right now.

I weighed what I knew. Aeson was up to no good. That was par for the course. Diomedes wanted to oppose him, presumably as the duty of a servant of Law. I’d seen how Law treated their servants. The idea of this spirit elemental being enslaved to their will made my heart ache. And then there was this Patron. I’d never met him, or her. But I sensed we saw things similarly, and his will was clear in the matter.

There was plenty of ambient energy here to work some minor destruction. I gathered a sufficient amount of it and leveled a wide beam of energy at the images on the wall.

Aello jumped back. “Elson, what are you doing? This is the key we’ve been looking for.”

I continued until the story of the Patron, the Breath, the song, and the picture had all been erased. Especially the map.

“Sorry, Aello. But this stops here. We don’t go any further.”

“What? Why? Diomedes trusted you. I trusted you.”

“That place can’t be found easily, unless you’ve been there or have these cave pictures, I’m guessing you’d never find it. I found it by accident.”

“I thought you said you didn’t believe in coincidences. That’s quite an accident: you stumbling upon the very place that is the key to all this, right before the information goes public. Explain that,” she said.

“Sorry. Can’t.” It did sound like a setup. But I could figure that out later.

Aello got right into my face, but said quietly, “Elson, you tell me exactly where that place is.”

“Nope. I’m not telling.”

“This is too important. Diomedes wouldn’t have gone through what he has unless he needed us to take these steps. People have died, Elson, at your hand. Diomedes is certainly suffering to make this happen. You can’t turn on us now. You can’t turn on me now.”

Yes. People had died at my hand. More than she knew. More than she’d ever guess. I have done many things. I’ve tried to help the cause. This was the best I could do.

“Nothing personal, Aello. But I disagree. That thing is safe. Going after it would be too risky. There’s no way to keep it out of the wrong hands. Sorry.

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