Augur of Shadows by Jacob Rundle

Author:Jacob Rundle [Rundle, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780578425696
Publisher: USN
Published: 2019-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

6:45 A.M.

HENRI’S HOUSE

“Henri! You’re going to be late for school!” His mother’s announcement startled him out of another deep sleep.

“Why can’t she let me sleep?” He mumbled as he got out of his bed to make sure that she didn’t come barging into his room.

“Okay, Mom. I’m getting ready now!” he yelled down the stairs to her. He despised that he had to get ready for school. An education seemed so trivial to him, right now.

Henri didn’t want to go to school. The only positive that he saw was that Siméon would be in class. A small part of him wondered why any of it really mattered.

“If the world was going to end then why would he bother to finish school? Go on a date? Go to college? None of this made any sense to him. Henri then decided that perhaps he should take a mental health day.” Henri tried to think of something else, but he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he was still a seventeen-year-old boy.

Henri walked down the stairs so that his mother could see that he was dressed for school. She wouldn’t think it was odd if he left the house early on a school day. He grabbed the lunch that she had made for him, and he yelled a few parting words:

“Thanks, Mom. Have a great day, okay?” he said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“You too, Henri. Tonight, we will discuss your college plans again, okay?”

“Mom, I don’t even know if I want to go.”

“Why? We’ve been planning this for a while, Henri. What has changed?” Henri knew that he couldn’t tell his mother anything that was going on with him; she wouldn’t believe him if he tried.

“Okay, Mom. We will discuss them again,” Henri said as he walked out the door.”

He knew his mother wanted him to pick a college closer to home so that she could keep tabs on him.

“Aren’t parents supposed to support their children in fulfilling their dreams?” Henri said to himself as he walked outside. He didn’t want to start another argument with his mom, but he couldn’t force himself to think about college when he knew that the Old Ones were making their way through the stars.

Henri made his way to the subway and jumped onto the train. He had a few moments of clarity about the past few months. This road would be the most difficult and dangerous thing he would ever do, and he didn’t know how it was going to work out.

He needed someone to discuss what happened in the Dark Place with. The Ancestors heard his desire, and Adhira responded to Henri’s call. Henri had become accustomed to having conversations in his mind.

“Child, I am always listening to you. What are you wanting to discuss with me?” Adhira stated gently.

“Well, I had an encounter with Kali Maa. Do you know who Kali Maa is?”

“Of course I know of her. All the divinities know of each other. We normally don’t interfere with each other’s territories, but we are all respectful of each other.

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