The Skull Throne: A LitRPG novel (Kingdom of Heaven Book 1) by Cipriano J.A. & Kressley Conner

Author:Cipriano, J.A. & Kressley, Conner [Cipriano, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

15

We followed Hecate through the woods as the words Ori had just told me rang through my head. I had spent my entire time in this place not only thinking I was in way over my head but having Ori think it as well. The idea that she would start to believe in me, not because I did something right, but because I felt bad about doing something wrong, seemed a little off to me.

No matter. I was happy to have her confidence, especially since I had decided to stick around here until we took down the Shadow, whoever the hell that was. The kiss hadn’t hurt either.

Looking over at the armor-clad angel woman, I found her looking back at me.

“What?” I asked, swallowing hard as I kept pace right behind Ori.

“I just want to make sure you’re all right. There is no shame in needing a break. If you’d like to stop for a moment or two–”

“I’ve taken enough breaks,” I said, shaking my head and sighing at her. “The break I just took ended up with a kid from New Jersey dying. I don’t do well with idle hands, I guess.”

“That’s good to hear,” Hecate said, not bothering to turn as she addressed me. I could only imagine what she was going through. I had just murdered her former FWB. She must have been really pissed at me. “Because I think you’re going to be pretty busy going forward.”

“Forward to where, Hecate?” I asked, jogging just a bit and settling beside the ogre. “Where are we going?”

“Just a bit further,” she answered, pushing back a few errant tree branches. “When I went after him, it was because I was angry. Flexmaster was my friend, a very good friend. He had been here for a long time, and like you, he was only in this situation because I put him in it. I wanted Jackal’s bones to crunch in my teeth.”

“Ew,” I muttered but allowed her to continue.

“But, as I followed his scent, a question started to tug at me.” She looked at me. “The Jackal said he wanted some elixir, right? Something Aaron had stolen from him and drank?”

“Yeah,” I responded. “And he must have broached the subject with Aaron as well because he knew what I was talking about.”

A jolt of guilt ran through me right then. The idea that I had been able to speak to the guy only moments ago, and now he was a corpse staring up into the sky shook me.

I had done that, and nothing I would ever do would be able to fix it. All I could do was continue, to finish what Aaron started and hopefully make his death meaningful in some way he’d never be privileged to know about. The soft ping of a Sanctity gain alongside a red message in the upper part of my vision reading “Your Sanctity is already at maximum!” was oddly reassuring.

“That’s the thing,” Hecate said, taking a hard right, which I followed. “I checked his blood for magic.

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