The Last Archide Complete Series by Chad R Odom

Author:Chad R Odom [Odom, Chad R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chad Odom
Published: 2019-02-10T22:00:00+00:00

Sicari

Oryan’s eyes flickered open. Aside from the sheets he slept on, his room had been cleaned. Fresh fruit waited for him on a slender tray next to his bed. When Oryan arose, the wolf licked her lips excitedly. Scratching her head with both hands, he returned her excitement.

“Glad to see you, too,” he hugged her neck.

Oryan wandered the halls, looking for the usual hustle and bustle of people about their various concerns but he found nothing. Each room was neatly kept but, other than that, there was no sign of life. The soft slap of his bare feet, and the click of his pet’s nails, echoed through the empty hallways.

There was no sense of danger. Even the thought of Celeste was a pleasant one. He knew she was alright. He didn’t know how he knew, but he would be reunited with her soon.

His animosity toward Sicari had disappeared as well, and he could barely remember why he was so angry in the first place. Those things seemed trivial now. He would see Sicari soon and, when he did, he would be allowed to leave and find Celeste. After an hour or so in the seemingly endless garden, Oryan found a tree, sat down and shared some of his fruit with the wolf.

“Hello, Sicari,” he said under closed eyes.

“You’ve gotten better since our last meeting,” Sicari’s said.

“Or you’re more careless. I figured you’d show up. Apparently, you got my messages.”

“I got them,” he chuckled slightly. “Especially the last one. Poor Emais. He thought for sure you were going to kill him.”

Oryan opened his eyes and breathed out slowly. He had put his past behind him but that didn’t erase it. “I didn’t mean to hurt him. You fight something for so long, it’s hard to put it down,” he said softly.

“I know and so does he.”

“I didn’t even know his name,” Oryan said even quieter.

“You do now. I wouldn’t worry too much. As you know, we have the treatment of physical injuries down pretty well.”

Concern seeped from behind Oryan’s blue eyes. “Then he’s all right?”

Sicari smiled at him. There was warmth to it, much like Oryan had seen from Armay. “He’s fine.”

“So, was this my test?” Oryan asked.

“In a manner of speaking.” Sicari shrugged. “Anger is an addiction. Like any addiction, people don’t change it unless they want to. It had to be your choice.”

“What if I didn’t want to change? I could’ve killed that man.”

The wise teacher looked thoughtfully at his student. “No, you wouldn’t have. You’re not a killer.”

Oryan raised an eyebrow. “You really don’t know me, do you?”

“Maybe not, but she does and I trust her.”

“Who is she?” Oryan asked the obvious question. He hoped against hope that it was Celeste. Sicari seemed to know so much, maybe he knew about her.

“There’s a lot to tell, and it’s something worth telling, but there are things you need to learn from her and things you need to learn from me. Since she’s not here, you have to make do with me.

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