Second Contact by Guerric Haché

Author:Guerric Haché [Haché, Guerric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 35988977
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Published: 2017-08-06T00:00:00+00:00

“Gods, Ada, what the hell is that thing?”

She laughed. “A little piece of me, I guess. I hope it does what I want it to.”

Tanos rubbed his arms, as though he were cold. “It looks like a demon.”

Zhilik cleared his throat. “May I suggest a name?”

Ada raised an eyebrow. “Um, sure.”

Zhilik gestured towards the retreating golem. “There is an old human word for a vague, supernatural impression of someone - yourself, Ada, in this case. A wraith.”

“Wraith.” She let the odd word warble off her tongue. “Sounds good.” She looked up at the wraith in the tree and smiled. As it reached the crown it seemed to flatten itself against the bark, clinging to it like a sheen of black smoke. “I feel better now. I think. I - we can go. I’ll bring the other hauler in myself.”

Zhilik gave her an amused look. “You know, when I told you I did not know what would happen to the grove when we left, I was not trying to make you feel responsible.”

Ada nodded. “But I have power, and I care. That’s close enough, by my own judgement at least.”

The rest of them were silent for a moment, and Sam spoke uncertainly. “So you created a… wraith, to protect a cherry tree grove.” She pursed her lips. “Well, that’s great, but what’s next?”

Ada turned around, looking at Sam and Tanos. She felt the weight of the locator stone in her pocket as she turned, such a small thing.

“Next? Well, I’ll be needing more blood donors. Any volunteers?”

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