The Exodus by Ali Winters

Author:Ali Winters [Winters, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ali Winters

Nivian had collected the watches from the others and dismissed them, offering to turn them all in at the same time. The stairwell up to the top floor was unusually quiet. She found Caspian’s door wide open when she reached his office. He stood looking out the large windows with his hands clasped and resting against his lower back. The curve of his shoulders showed the weight of stress he carried. She knocked, drawing his attention to her.

“Come in, and close the door behind you,” he spoke with little feeling as he waved her in.

“Caspian? Is something going on?” she asked. “A few Reapers were acting strange earlier, and now there’s almost no one in the halls.” Nivian passed her usual chair and walked up to the large desk that separated them.

Caspian sighed and rubbed his jaw. He looked tired. The ever-present confidence he always wore was overshadowed by worry.

“Yes,” he said after a long moment of silence. His eyes flicked to the bag that held the ten reaping watches her team had brought back. “There is a lot to cover. Please, have a seat and I will begin.”

It took her a moment to react. Turning in assignments never required covering much of anything. It was a simple process, fast when it needed to be. And until now, never covered more than a few words.

She gulped and quickly placed the watches on the desk in front of him. Her nerves on edge sang as they vibrated with energy. He ignored the bag and considered her, the tension threatened to strangle her.

Her tentative steps along the floor were silent as she walked backward to the chair.

“Thank you for expediting your assignment. It is of great benefit to the balance.” He started once she sat down.

Nivian nodded once.

“I will start with your most recent inquiry as it is the least complicated of things we must discuss.” He folded his hands on the desk as he leaned forward. “There is something going on, but I have not found the cause. Several Reapers have failed to report to their summons, a few have even failed to report back from assignments.”

“You don’t think it’s the Hunters attacking, do you?” Nivian blurted out, quickly slapping a hand over her mouth.

“If you had asked me a year ago, I would undoubtedly have said yes. Yet, I have not felt the loss of their energies as we do when it is by a Hunter’s hand. If they are being destroyed, then it is by a force I have never known before and cannot name. My best assumption is that something, or someone is detaining them. Though the only ones capable of that are Hunters.”

“I don’t believe they would do that. Why go through the trouble of starting an alliance when it’s pointless if this is their goal. There has to be something else.”

“Again, you are correct. No matter where a Hunter is, if a Reaper still exists within any realm, I would be able to pin point them within minutes.

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