The Phoenix by J R Stone

Author:J R Stone [Stone, J R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-28T23:00:00+00:00

Sarah knocked on Seth’s door. She did not care if he thought it was inappropriate for the two of them to meet alone. She did not care about anything. She only wanted to talk to him.

Seth opened the door and was about to leave his room when Sarah pushed him back inside.

“Shh!” Sarah closed the door.

“Sarah–”

“I know what you think. But, right now, I don’t care, Seth. I respect you, but there are more important things going on than your fear of upsetting Tzeel.” Before Seth could oppose, she continued, “They plan to kill me.”

“What? Who?” asked Seth confused.

“Your brother and his wizards,” said Sarah between her teeth.

“Tzeel would never hurt you.” He had never seen his brother look at anyone as he looked as Sarah. There was no doubt that Tzeel was in love with her.

“Well, he did shoot me twice. I don’t know why you seem to ignore that,” she said bitterly. “He keeps telling me that he wouldn’t do anything to hurt me, but these wounds don’t lie.”

“Sarah, he killed Dionisius, whom we had known forever, simply because he punched you. Do you honestly think that he would let someone kill you?”

“He’s a fool then,” said Sarah bluntly.

When it came to Uno’s influence, Seth could not deny that his brother was not as independent as he wished. “Why? What was the plan?”

“They would take my powers from me and give it to your brother.”

Seth was truly shocked.

“It seems quite absurd to think that Tzeel didn’t consider the possibility that that would kill me, right?” she asked.

Seth swallowed hard. “Uno has a great influence on him, Sarah. Of course, when he went after you, he had no feelings for you. It didn’t matter for him whether you lived or died. Things have obviously changed.”

“You know what, Seth, I would never take you for a fool, but I guess I was wrong.” Seth raised his eyebrows. Sarah moved closer to him. “Your brother is playing us all. He’s putting on a show. I know where the other wizards went. I’m not silly. Uno realized that his tiny pathetic group of powerless wizards can’t handle me, so they went looking for more wizards, maybe some powerful ones to help them take me down. What’s Tzeel’s part in this? He needs to keep me here. He needs to keep me close. He needs to lie to me.”

Seth shook his head. He did not want to believe any of that. Tzeel was honest about his feelings for Sarah, he could tell.

“Are you playing the devil’s advocate or do you honestly believe that he has no feelings for you?” he asked her.

“I don’t know what to believe anymore, Seth.” Sarah looked away. She did not want to cry.

“You can leave if you want, Sarah. No one knows where your mother is. I’ll make sure your village is safe. Leave. Just go!” said Seth sharply. “Go!” he screamed. Tears ran down her face. “You can’t. You love him. You don’t want to leave,” growled Seth.

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