The Awakening (The Fempiror Chronicles Book 1) by George Willson

Author:George Willson [Willson, George]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-10-17T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Fertid

Zechariah and David walked through the streets of Cerebdim, which were already beginning to show signs of the human populace stirring to do their daily duties. They wore the day travel cloaks, and they had again covered the Levi-Cart to make it look like a covered wagon of goods. So much had happened since they had left Cerebdim, it felt like more than just an evening had passed.

The people who walked past them gave them hardly a glance despite what David considered to be their odd appearance, but as a point of fact, they looked just like everyone else. Besides the strange floating vehicle they pulled behind them, Zechariah and David could be anyone in their dark cloaks, and these people were probably used to seeing Fempiror come into their town to the safe house run by the Fempiror, Ildritch, whether they realized it or not. As another point of fact, regular people probably stayed there with remarkable regularity and thought nothing of the covered windows.

He wondered if there was a family in Cerebdim who knew the loss his family must be feeling at this time. Had that son ever returned to tell his family the truth? Do they still wonder if he’s out there somewhere? Or was that son taken by the Tepish that Zechariah so worried about, never to return? Was he truly dead? Did Zechariah kill him last night?

Zechariah did not kill Tepish last night, though. He had killed members of the police force in Erim: just simple people doing their job to protect a town from the lunatic ravings of a madman. Zechariah was fully convinced that this was all the work of a faction called the Tepish – a faction deemed dead and gone by nearly everyone except Zechariah and his small circle of friends. David wondered if he was on the right side or not.

The pair walked into the alley that concealed the large door to the side of the Rastem Safe House. Zechariah walked directly to the well-worn spot on the wall and knocked. As before, the door opened to admit them and the Levi-Cart. Zechariah stowed the Cart, and then he and David removed their day travel cloaks and stored them in the Levi-Cart before moving quickly into the common room.

Ildritch looked up at them and then directed their gaze to Tiberius, waiting for them at a table. Tiberius looked amused more than anything else, which David found surprising considering the mess that Zechariah had created. He wondered if this would affect Tiberius and his Art of Jijunga business that rested in the heart of Erim.

They sat with Tiberius, and Zechariah briefly explained everything that had transpired since they left the council room. Tiberius said nothing but only nodded thoughtfully. As Zechariah spoke, Ildritch brought them all food and drink. Finally, when Zechariah finished with the chase through the trees, Tiberius smiled.

“Well, it looks like you really stirred them up last night. Good show.”

Zechariah shook his head in frustration. “I cannot believe how thick they are to sit there so blindly,” he said, trailing off.

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