Myth Protector Boxset by Jamie Hawke

Author:Jamie Hawke [Hawke, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Double Down Press
Published: 2019-12-25T22:00:00+00:00

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Our first goal was to get out of Egypt, but only when we had a destination. Our first step on that journey was to find a town with a railway station and that meant trudging across the desert at night, freezing if not for the warmth of the light Sekhmet cast upon us with her scepter. If she had the disc, she told us, we wouldn’t even notice the chill on the air.

“Before, when you said going dark was like being in a dream,” Sharon started walking closer to me, eyes looking lost in thought, “I don’t know. I’ve been thinking about it, and I don’t think that’s right. Not for those of us who’ve been there longer, or those who don’t know the difference. Some were born into darkness and have never left it. Imagine, if you will, being born into a ‘dream’ and not knowing what reality is. For many, it’s like that—they don’t know what’s considered just, or right, and the idea of doing anything other than what you’ve been raised to do seems impossible.”

“I get it,” Pucky said, walking up on the other side of Sharon and wrapping an arm around her, too. “My sister fell to the darkness. I’ve tasted it, and come back.”

“Will…” I started. “I mean, do you think Riak’s able to?”

“Come back?” Pucky stared out at the night, at the silhouette of Hekate where she walked slightly ahead of us. “I think she could, but don’t think she will. The problem is…” She glanced over to Hekate, and then Sharon. “It’s tough, once you’ve crossed certain lines.”

Sharon cleared her throat, Hekate glancing back with a look of contempt.

“What, you want a list of our transgressions?” the witch asked. “Because fuck that.”

“Of course not,” Pucky replied. “I was simply—”

“Simply judging us for the wrongs of our past,” Sharon said, but then held up a hand to Hekate. “And there’s nothing wrong with that. We’ve done what we’ve done, regardless of how we were externally influenced. And be honest, at times you embraced the darkness—you more than most, perhaps.”

Hekate shrugged, looking smug in the thought, and then nodded. “I’m a murderous bitch, but now I’m your murderous bitch. Doing ‘horrible things’ in a war is only horrible when done by or for the other side, no?”

“No,” I said, finally taking a stance. “Someone in war can torture, and it’s wrong. You can attack innocents, kill children to scare off your enemy. Wrong. Killing someone when taking them prisoner is an option? Wrong, ninety-nine percent of the time. But you’re right, you’re on our side now, and my thought on that is it’s awesome—but only if you’re going to do it the right way.”

Hekate looked affronted, but Sharon was smiling, as if I’d just said the most brilliant thing ever. I worried about Chris going off with the witch, but figured Elisa knew what she was doing if she was pairing them up. Or hoped she did, anyway.

We kept walking, changing the discussion to more

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