Two (The Godslayer Cycle Book 2) by Ron Glick

Author:Ron Glick [Glick, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“I thought you said you couldn't predict anything anymore?” asked Dart.

“No,” responded the Witness. “I said I could no longer predict the path of anyone touched by whatever happened in Scollhaven.”

Dart had to curb her typical speed of walking, since the Witness insisted on not being rushed. He had grown accustomed over centuries of simply knowing exactly how much time he needed to get somewhere, and could always leave with ample time to arrive. There was absolutely no haste in the man's demeanor, and it infuriated the normally hyper woman.

The pair walked along the road, their destination visible little more than a few hundred feet down the hillside. It had certainly not been Dart's idea to visit this seaside community, but the Witness was difficult to refuse.

Dart had taken the Witness as far from civilization as she could manage. If she knew he was acting out of sorts, other immortals would, as well, she reasoned. And she was convinced that the Witness' sudden inability to see the future would leave him vulnerable to others of their kind who would rather not wait to see if his abilities returned.

And besides, Dart had rationalized, he's far more valuable to me alive than dead. It was most definitely not any kind of interest in keeping the witless immortal from harm.

For some reason, after the two of them had wandered for nearly a week through the countryside though, the Witness had awoken that morning insisting on traveling to the coast. And not just anywhere – he wanted to go to a town called Levitz. And he insisted they needed to be there by sundown.

Dart had argued against it until she was blue in the face, but the Witness only stared blankly in response. Once she had finished, he said simply, “You're going to take me eventually.”

It was said so simply and with such firmness that Dart could not doubt for a moment that the Witness was speaking through his strange talent to foresee the future. He saw her taking him to this foul-smelling cluster of huts that was little better than a fishing village sooner or later. She could either accept it now or waste time arguing, but she apparently would eventually agree regardless.

And so – with a sigh of resignation – Dart agreed. It took barely a thought to imagine the hillside above the small town and in less time than it took for the Witness to acknowledge her agreement, they were standing where she envisioned, looking down upon their destination.

“I wasn't in Scollhaven, but you couldn't see me coming, remember?” asked Dart.

“No, but what happened in Scollhaven moved out from the town to the rest of Na'Ril. You said yourself that word reached the coast within days of my settling there. I would not have settled if things had not changed, and therefore you would never have been told I was there.

“But I was wrong,” amended the Witness.

“You were what?” Dart stopped walking and pulled on the Witness' sleeve to stop him, as well.

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