Resonance (The Bleeding Worlds Book 3) by Justus R. Stone

Author:Justus R. Stone [Stone, Justus R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Bucket Publishing
Published: 2014-12-09T06:00:00+00:00

12

History of the Soul

“Really?” Gwynn asked. “Die? Is that all?” He looked to Adrastia. “What are you playing at? Are you trying to give me the power to defeat Cain, or make me some kind of sacrifice?”

“Anything worth doing comes with risk,” Marduk said. “Especially when it involves power. Kingu, who you call Cain, has achieved a level which cannot be given—it must be earned.”

“What about you?” Gwynn asked Adrastia. “Are you staying for this?”

“I can’t come with you, that’s the whole point of asking Marduk. But I will wait here in the shop.”

“You’re sure about this?” Gwynn asked.

“I wouldn’t have brought you if I wasn’t. Too many variables have changed, and I won’t take any unnecessary risks with you. I can’t afford to take anything for granted—the world I knew will never exist again.”

Adrastia turned her attention to Marduk.

“I give you my most precious friend—don’t make me regret it. In the meantime, I’ll get some food and tea.” She shot a glance at Marduk. “You never had the best of tastes.”

She turned and walked out of the shop without glancing once more at Gwynn.

Almost a full minute passed after the door slammed when Marduk let out a huge sigh.

He shook his head but wore a smile.

“She can be terribly frightening when she wants to be,” he said. “I’m sorry if my bluntness frightened you. But you must know the Veil is a treacherous place and needs to be treated with great care.”

“I’ll do my best to trust you. But I sort of have issues after dealing with my grandfather,”

“Yes, I suppose you are justified feeling that way. But then, if you know anything about mythology, you should know most Ageless Ones have issues with family.”

“You?” Gwynn asked.

Marduk laughed.

“Well, I suppose you could say that. My story tells of my going to war against the primordial mother of the gods, Tiamat—”

“But that’s what you called Adrastia. Does that mean she’s…”

“My mother or grandmother?” Marduk said. “No, not in any genetic sense. Myths were born based on observations. Tiamat certainly seemed to be the oldest and most powerful of the gods. She held a mother-like sway over the true progenitor of our kind.”

“Mother-like sway…?” Gwynn’s eyes widened. “Cain? Or…Kingu, you called him? He’s your father?”

“Great-grandfather, actually. He sired Zeus when he went by the name Kronos. Even Woten could find your Cain in his bloodline if he bothered to look. Woten thought Anunnaki began due to the Veil suffering damage from the ones he called “The Catalysts.” You and Cain, apparently. But he was wrong. Anunnaki exist because of a bloodline that predates recorded history. The closer each bloodline was to the source, the more likely they were a Script or an Ageless One, or both. The ability thins over generations.”

“But then there should be thousands, maybe even millions, of people with our abilities.”

“Many have the latent gene. Mister Takeda discovered this in his experiments. His formula forces the gene into remission. And the antidote awakens it, even in people who otherwise would never become Anunnaki.

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