The Hunchback by Regine Abel

Author:Regine Abel [Abel, Regine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Esmeralda

The very heart of Vesta beat through my chest as incommensurable power flowed through me. I was the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, the embodiment of Divine Light made flesh. I didn’t need to see Kwazeem in the crowd to know this insane surge of power stemmed from him. He was both in and around me, lifting me to unparalleled heights.

The power of the Seraphs swirled around me, enhancing me further. They were battling each other for dominance, to claim me as their own. Phoebus’s presence alone crushed any would-be competitor. And yet, his valiant efforts to form a link between us crashed repeatedly against the formidable bond that already existed between Kwazeem and me. But even the High Seraph’s divine aura failed to rival how my Light responded to my Fallen. Whatever doubt might have lingered in my mind that Kwazeem and I were the two halves of the same whole vanished in that instant.

Lightning coursed through my body. Its sizzling coils spiraled around my bare arms and legs, and sparked at my fingertips. I acted as a conduit, absorbing the energy from the air, the elements, the ebullient crowd, and the divine aura of the Elohim, before transferring it into the Well. It greedily took all that I offered, its rings lighting up at dizzying speed. Even the Orbs hovering about the Maidens’ hands crackled with energy.

Just as my power was reaching its apogee, a horrendous tearing pain sliced through my chest and my bond with Kwazeem was severed. I cried out, and lightning struck me dead center in the chest, at the same place the pain had originated. Arms wide spread, head thrown back, my body froze halfway through the swirl I’d been performing. Electric tendrils shot out from my hands, each beam connecting to the closest hovering Relay Orb on either side of me, then moving to the next until the Orbs and I were connected with a single continuous beam. The tower in the center of the Well grew taller by a couple of meters before shooting out a blinding ray of light into the early night sky.

The people roared their approval, a celebratory chant rising through their ranks.

The beam shooting out of my hands stopped abruptly, and I collapsed to my knees, head bowed and palms flat on the glowing surface of the Well. Although the sharp pain in my chest had faded, a hollowness persisted where my link with Kwazeem had connected us. Despite the loud ruckus of the overexcited citizens, the strong flapping sound of large wings reached me moments before the muscular arms of High Seraph Phoebus closed around me.

His aura slamming into me felt like a shot of adrenaline. With my connection to Kwazeem severed, Phoebus’s Light poured into me with the violence of a river racing through a broken dam. A part of me hungered to embrace its purity and let myself become infused with his divinity. But Kwazeem’s face flashed before my eyes,

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