Aziel by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais [Langlais, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eve Langlais

Chapter 14

My dumb ass didn’t realize I’d marched myself into a prison until I eyeballed the simple room and realized Eoch didn’t follow. I whirled to see him outside the doorway.

“What’s happening?”

“You are being held until we receive Elyon’s judgment.”

“Excuse me? I don’t fucking think so.” I took one step, and the door closed. I bolted for the smooth section of the wall, and when it didn’t open, slammed my fists on it. To no avail. I did not get any satisfaction from hitting it either because the material cushioned my blow and stole all sound and impact—stupid living spaceship.

I shoved away from the solid wall and paced the room, spacious if one didn’t compare it to my oversized penthouse condo. It held a round thing that I guessed might be a bed—some stumps projecting from the floor around what appeared like a flat-mushroom-topped table. No window. Or screen. Nothing.

“Aziel!” I yelled his name. “You lied to me.”

He didn’t reply.

God did.

The glowing blob appeared before me and coalesced into the generic version of God we’d all seen in movies and on television. Long, flowing hair with a bit of a wave, the strands of it snowy white like his long beard. His ivory gown belted in gold, the same shade as his sandals.

“Blessed be, my child.” His deep voice boomed.

I snorted. “Could you be any more clichéd?” If he expected awe, he’d have to do better. “If you’re going to make a holographic version of God, it should be impressive.”

“You would prefer something else?” The shape melted and reshaped into something less human, everything about it sharper, the golden sheen of its skin metallic-appearing. The eyes were filled with blue and white lightning.

“That’s a little more believable.”

“You truly are a skeptic. I thought after our earlier meeting, you would have stopped doubting my might.”

“I have no doubt you and your cohorts are capable of things I can’t imagine. But I also think you’re purposely playing into the religious fervor that grips many on Earth. Unfortunately for you, I’m not that gullible.”

“Infidel.” The alien dispersed into motes of light that enveloped me, and the voice when it boomed echoed in my head.

Enough of your disbelief. I am God.

“You’re a god,” I corrected. “That doesn’t make you automatically mine.”

I am the only God that matters. You will respect my authority.

Wrong thing to say. It should be noted that after a particularly mentally exhausting day at work, I enjoyed relaxing by watching comedy. Especially the cartoon version. I went through a South Park phase, and if you knew Cartman, well, then…you’d understand my reaction when God quoted him.

I laughed.

And laughed. Probably not the brightest thing to do.

The motes of light heated. I’d angered the alien spirit that wanted my obedience. Yet how could I give it to something so arrogant? So convinced of its superiority?

How dare it demand I blindly follow? I resisted. Probably damned myself to Hell, and I didn’t care.

And it knew. Whatever the thing of light was, it had a vengeful side that didn’t appreciate my free will and sought to bend it by pain.

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