The Prophet's Daughter by Kilayla Pilon

Author:Kilayla Pilon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-08-10T22:00:00+00:00

“Why are you doing this?” I barked, pointing the gun at Isaac and glancing over Neil, who had sunk to his knees and was staring at

Jess’s still form. “I have no one, not anymore.”

“I don’t have a choice, you need to understand that.”

“There’s always a choice!” I stormed, putting my hand on the trigger.

“No, not for me there isn’t. I don’t have anyone else, Arin. I have the other disciples; I have to do what the Prophet wants.” Isaac stared at me, his eyes beginning to water. I looked down at his hands, unable to bear the pain written all over his face. “I’m sorry.”

“The Prophet? Disciples? Who the heck are they?” I asked my voice sharp and demanding. “Don’t spout your pathetic apologies to me.”

“He’s your father, your real father. The disciples are his followers, my brothers and sisters, Raiders as you called them.” His answer was slow, his wording careful.

“My father is dead,” I spat, having to show great restraint not to charge at him. “Your ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ killed him.”

“Arin, tell me, how much do you know about your mother and father from before?”

“I know they met when Mum was in High School, I know that he got her pregnant with me when she was seventeen. I know that she had me just months before the outbreak,” I answered, staring at Isaac, curious about why he would ask. Every part of me screamed to attack, to kill - to make him pay.

“Those people I told you about, the ones who killed the sick and the poor? Your mother was one of the people, Arin. Why do you think you never lived in one place for too long? The government wanted your mother and they wanted her dead for the crimes she committed.” Isaac spoke in a soft voice, each word chosen with great care. I could tell he was trying not to upset me, however his effort were fruitless. I was ready to put a bullet through his skull. “She was a fugitive.”

“We-well...” I stuttered, rejecting the information. “What does that have to do with the Prophet or whatever being my dad?”

“Because she took you from him. He met her while she was in high school. They were never together, but they did have you – and then he found out what she was doing. Your mother and the group she was in? They are the reason this world has become the hell it is and he wanted you back – he wanted to protect you from the corruption of this world. Your mother? All she wanted was to rid the world of anyone that wasn’t perfect in her eyes – of everyone gay, black, sick, poor… If they weren’t white, they were wrong to her and her society,” Isaac continued, staring me dead in the eye.

“How do I know you aren’t lying to me?” I asked, the pistol in my hand twitching.

“You don’t. But I know I’m telling the truth and my word is better than any.

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