The Third Soul Omnibus Two by Jonathan Moeller

Author:Jonathan Moeller [Moeller, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Epic
Amazon: B00E6GWDOA
Barnesnoble: B00E6GWDOA
Goodreads: 20482797
Publisher: Jonathan Moeller
Published: 2014-09-28T23:00:00+00:00

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Days later, Raelum wandered the streets, his clothes stiff with crusted blood. Men took one look at his bloodstained clothes and his red eyes and headed in another direction. Even the guards refused to look at him.

Raelum didn’t care. He would wander until he collapsed from exhaustion or someone killed him.

“Boy.”

Raelum ignored the voice.

“Boy. Raelum!”

Raelum blinked and turned.

Sir Oliver Calabrant stood behind him.

“What do you want?” said Raelum.

“I heard what happened,” said Sir Oliver. “I had feared you dead or taken.”

“I wish I was dead,” said Raelum. “They are all dead and gone.”

“What happened?” said Oliver.

“Red Philip,” said Raelum.“He took Julietta, and the orphans, and shipped them to Carth.” Raelum’s hands clenched into fists. “I killed him for it!” He began to sob. “But it was my fault. I shouldn’t have helped you. I shouldn’t have helped them. If…if I had stayed away, Red Philip…he…he wouldn’t…”

Raelum found himself sobbing into Sir Oliver’s shoulder like a baby.

At last he managed to recover himself and pull away.

“I killed him for it,” he whispered.

“And does that,” said Oliver, “ease the grief?”

“No,” said Raelum, closing his burning eyes. “No.”

“It does not,” said Sir Oliver. “Revenge accomplishes nothing. And in the end, it does far more harm to you.”

For a moment they stared at each other, the grim Paladin and the ragged street thief.

“Come with me,” said Oliver.

“Why?” said Raelum. “Why should I not lie down and die?”

“Because,” said Oliver, “if you come with me, then someday you may have the chance to stop another man like Red Philip. Not for revenge, but for justice. For the protection of the weak. Someday, you will have the chance to keep something like this from happening again.”

Raelum wiped the tears from his eyes. He looked at the wretched squalor of the slums, the warrens where he had spent his entire life.

“All right,” he said.

Raelum left Khauldun, walking besides Sir Oliver’s horse, and soon left the city behind.

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