Warrior of Adonai by D. A. Rice

Author:D. A. Rice [Rice, D. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-18T23:00:00+00:00

I had expected Gabriel to have been out here for a while. Years, in fact, but his whole life? How was that possible? My mouth dropped again as my mind reeled and he gave a low chuckle, “it would seem that it is my turn to tell a story. Get comfortable, lass, it’s a long one.”

11

Gabriel took a moment as he crouched on the balls of his feet near the fire, hands out toward the flame. He did not have gloves on, but then he probably did not need them. As the night cooled, I found myself shivering and scooting closer to the fire. It was not yet winter, but I could feel it coming in the end-of-summer air. The leaves were still green, however, and the days were still warm. We did not have seasons like we used to, especially inside the dome, where everything was controlled. My mother once told me that out beyond the walls, a winter could kill even the toughest warrior. Then again, she had told me that no one lived in the land between domes, and yet….

My eyes shifted to Gabriel, who took a deep breath, as if deciding just how much of his story he was willing to share. I waited, my arms crossing over my knees as I pulled them in front of my chest. My hair was pulled back. I had washed it in the stream, but there was only so much I could do with what I had. I had no doubt a good brushing was in order for it, but at the moment, I did not care. Isaac shifted before us, eyeing the deer meat in his hands before tearing it apart and eating it. He growled a low noise that caused Gabriel to smile sideways before he spoke, “I suppose I should start with my parents.”

He sighed as he sat back, turning his head towards me. His eyes held so much weight in them that I lay my head on my arms, saying nothing. “My father was an exile, kicked out from the Faraday dome when I was just a babe. My mother had been infected while pregnant, and they had hidden it from the government for as long as possible before it became evident of what she was becoming. My father locked her in the basement, hoping to at least get me out of her before she changed, chaining her up like an animal, if the stories are to be believed. After I was born, she went on a rampage and they killed her. They banished my father from the dome with me, an abomination. I did not look like a corrupted, but they did not know what to think of me, being born from one.

“My father took me into the wild. He became infected, but he did not change right away. Desperate for a cure, he found ways to inject corrupted DNA into my body, pushing me and training me. He was an elite warrior within Faraday once, my mother a scientist.

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