Everlife Trilogy Complete Collection: Firstlife ; Lifeblood ; Everlife by Gena Showalter

Author:Gena Showalter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

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“You can’t fight fire with fire. You must fight fire with water.”

—Troika

The next morning, a memorial service is held in Meredith’s honor. The courtyard of the Temple of Temples fills with people. I’d rather mourn alone, but Levi tells me attendance is part of my training, so I go. At my side, Hazel squeezes my hand and sobs. Steven reaches up to wipe away the tear tracks on his cheek.

Behind me, Kayla snot-cries.

“This is my fault,” she says between sniffles.

She blames herself, not me? What a pair we make.

Grief is a fire in my chest, burning and agonizing me. Sorrow is a bitter pill lodged in the back of my throat. My already broken heart is torn in two once again, one half in the Rest with Meredith. But I have my memories of her I will forever cherish. She loved me all the days of my life. She fought for me, and believed in me.

For her, I will live. I will live well.

I put my emotions on lockdown and stand back, watching the congregation. Surprisingly the other newbies are here. Raanan, Fatima, Winifred, Nico, Hoshi, Rebel, Sawyer and Clementine. If they’d spent any time with Meredith, I wasn’t aware of it.

Or maybe they’re here to support me? They take turns hugging me. Raanan even says, “I’m sorry for your loss.”

I’m touched, I really am, and it threatens to raze my defenses, but I somehow find the strength to remain stoic. I won’t break down. Not here, not now.

Meredith touched so many lives, but most of the crowd laughs as funny stories are shared about her.

Death ends a life, but it doesn’t end a love.

Mightier than a sword

Eager to bless those around her

Radiant, a Light for the world

Eternally loving and loved

Devoted to the end, she

Illuminated my life

Thankful, humble, true

Hopeful till the end…

After the service, after my training session, I spend a few hours in the Museum of Wisdom, searching for information about cyphers: secret or disguised ways of writing; codes. To put a message into secret writing; to encode. I look up each specific number branded in my arm…to no avail.

Clay keeps me updated on Dior. She’s doing well. And so is he. I expected tears when he learned about Meredith’s death, but he remained unaffected. “I’ll see her again,” he told me. “This isn’t goodbye.”

As the days pass, strangers in the street stop me to ask me who I want to win the Resurrection. Every time I answer with an uninspiring, “I don’t know.” I can’t think about me, me, me anymore; I have to think about my realm. What’s best for the people who so loved my grandmother?

When another battle breaks out in the Land of the Harvest—again over Dior’s boyfriend—I’m told to stay behind. I obey.

We experience a crushing defeat, more of our brave soldiers killed and Javier taken away from us.

Elizabeth returns from the battle injured.

Victor doesn’t return at all.

We search among the dead but find no trace of him. Leaders and Headhunters use the Eye to search for a signal from his comm, but again, there’s no trace of him.

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