Submerging (The Starlight Chronicles Book 3) by C. S. Johnson

Author:C. S. Johnson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2016-02-12T07:00:00+00:00

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Submergence

The water pressed into me from all around. I opened my mouth and felt myself attempt to scream. Quickly, I realized that was probably not the best idea, and I briefly wondered if I had come all this way just to drown.

But before I could fight my way back to the edge, the water surrounding me transformed into a staggeringly bright light, no longer pressing into me, but shining through me, filling my heart, my eyes, and every inch of my being. I felt the heartbeat behind the starlight, resonating with the rhythm of my own, and a beat pulsated all around and through me.

I saw Eternity open up before me, and I felt the last remnants of Time fall away; life was in every breath, freedom surrounding every molecule, and goodness permeating the fabric of time and space and all the other dimensions. Gravity had a relative effect on my physical body, almost like I was giving it out, rather than being drawn in.

I felt a spirit of wisdom flutter by and understanding playfully whirl around me.

Faces began to form, light upon light in my bubble, and names came with them. I saw Alora, and Aleia, and even Adonaias, reigning above all. I saw millions of others, some Reborn, like St. Brendan, and starlings and souls and all of the beauty of creation, wearing robes of crimson and silver and gold. White flames of fire burned inside of my hands as the cool warmth washed over me.

And then I saw her.

It was my Lady Justice, in all the glories of my pre-fallen memory, as she played her harp, her face undaunted by the shadows I’d come to be familiar with on her fallen form. My heart nearly broke; my first question had been answered.

I was in love with her.

The truth hit me hard. In a world where there was no chance at covering up truth, and there was no bravado and no need to hide from vulnerability, I couldn’t hide it or deny my feelings.

It was still a surprise, even as it wasn’t a surprise.

I tried calling out to her. But her name was a voiceless whisper on my lips.

I don’t remember her name. But why? I wondered.

As I watched, a figure came up to me, one I didn’t recognize immediately. He gave me a cup full of water, offering it to me to drink. As I looked on at Lady Justice, my hands seemed to work of their own accord and I drank from the cup.

A wave of burned fuzziness swept through me as the last of my body passed away into fire.

The pristine white flame around me dulled into a red spark, as I felt empty pressure slam against me. Fire turned black and painful, as I was stripped of all my pre-fallen glory. My Starsoul began to dissolve, speck by speck; the skin dressing my inner being hardened as it chipped away, tossed to nothingness in the torrent atmosphere. My Soulfire remained, giving off a dark light.

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