Nobility by Mason Dakota

Author:Mason Dakota [Dakota, Mason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dakota Publishing
Published: 2018-07-13T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Our drive was quiet—an ironic turn of events from our previous energetic conversation in the same car. I knew Chamberlain was angry, but I also knew he had more self-control than I did. We both knew I punished myself enough. I got blood on my hands while putting my friends in danger. I felt something dark grow inside of me.

Two men dead. The shame and guilt I felt came not from knowing they were dead, but from the pain in knowing I could easily kill again…maybe even come to enjoy it someday. There was an almost…sweetness to the act—like I’d enacted some manner of justice in the world—like fate decided I was the better man to be alive and every trouble those two men would cause was forever over with.

Knowing the darkness lurked inside me made me want to vomit.

Chamberlain pulled the car to a stop a block away from the Mayor’s office. A small crowd of reporters stood waiting for my arrival. If they saw Chamberlain, he would be discovered and executed. It would be a front-page story to have him spotted, especially if spotted in my company. Most Illegals didn’t make it past age two before they were discovered. Chamberlain had survived a long time, partly because he had the looks to blend in with a Noble crowd.

In our world looks could kill…or in Chamberlain’s case, save a man’s life.

I reached for the door handle and was about to say a cheap goodbye, and even cheaper thanks, when Chamberlain suddenly spoke. “Be careful, Griffon. You’re heading down a path from which I fear you won’t return.”

Look at him, he’s hated and hunted by the world just because he exists. And despite insulting him and putting his life at risk, he still worries for my safety!

“Relax, I got this. It’s nothing I haven’t handled before,” I said trying to make my voice sound light-hearted and carefree. It was probably the worst lie I’d ever told.

He shook his head and said, “I’ve noticed you’re changing very quickly these past few days. And I know it began when Gabriel gave you that mask. I know you must feel like you still have to prove yourself—that all of this isn’t beginning to affect you.”

“I said I can handle this, Chamberlain!”

“But I don’t believe it. I see my friend losing himself to an image he dreams of being, and haunted at the same time by a pain he can’t let go.”

“Is this your way of saying that I shouldn’t be Shaman or that I don’t deserve it?”

“That’s not what I’m saying, Griffon.”

“No, what you are saying is that you don’t believe in me. You think you could do a better job as Shaman. Well too bad, Gabriel picked me—not you!”

Chamberlain slapped the dashboard with the palm of his hand and shouted, “That is enough! I do not want that foul thing! I never have and never will.”

“Oh, don’t give me that, Chamberlain. We both know Gabriel saw you as the better choice. I was just the backup! He told me so last night.

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