Prime by C Amon Trant

Author:C Amon Trant [Trant, C Amon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Messenger, Medieval, coming of age, values, monsters
Publisher: C Amon Trant
Published: 2021-12-08T07:00:00+00:00

XVI

He sat for several minutes, but the peace and solitude of the garden did nothing to slow his pounding pulse.

He just abandoned his mother.

He could have protected her-

No. Teacher made him read many stories about Messengers using the Prime on Earth for anything but shifting. The Prime either didn’t work, worked poorly, or at least once, it killed the Messenger.

If he had stayed to fight, she still ended up in the ICU, and he could be dead.

So why did he feel like a coward?

Lela arrived at the appointed time. She was smiling, but her smile faded in an instant. “What’s wrong?”

He would not cry. He said nothing about Mom, but he pulled out the book and showed her the passage.

“Is that all?” She began her stretches.

“What do you mean?”

“Let’s get started.”

“You knew about this.”

“Of course.” She bent over in a most distracting way. “You worry too much.”

“Do you treat all the candidates like this?”

She stood up. “Don’t go there.”

“I need to know.”

“No, ye don’t.” Her expression softened. “I don’t know if we have something special,” then her face hardened, “but don’t mess it up.” She stretched. “Besides, no one pays any attention to that rule.”

He wanted to believe her, to assume everything was great, “But-”

“How did yer parents meet?”

It took a second, but he understood. Mom was Keeper and Dad was the Candidate when they met.

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