Beyond the Veil by Tim Marquitz

Author:Tim Marquitz [Marquitz, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781482665901
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

A handful of blocks from the alley, I found a ramshackle building that didn’t look like anyone had set foot in it in centuries. Though, to be honest, I didn’t have to look very hard. Damn near most of them in the area fit the bill for what I needed. After glancing around to make sure no one was watching from the surrounding area, the Eidolon somewhere in the dust behind me, I forced the door without making it obvious and went inside. Stale air hit me as I entered and sealed us in.

Whatever had happened to Feluris was more than just the recent warfare between God and his kids gone wrong. Much of the city was deserted, and it was obvious it had been that way a long time. While Rala and Vol sounded like true citizens, lamenting the violation of their world, it was painfully apparent there wasn’t that much to lose. Maybe it was one of those things where a person who has so little values it more, but I didn’t understand it. Desboren was a dump by even my standards, and that’s saying something.

I moved deeper into the building, letting my senses loose. Able to catch a flicker of Rala’s life force but no others, it didn’t seem as if anyone else was there, lurking in the dark. She might be different than the other Felurians—turning into a dragon is the very definition of different—but she was still an alien life form. If I could pick her up against my senses, I was fairly certain I could the others. It was just like pinging humans. There wasn’t much of an interaction, and they didn’t feel any of it, but it was clear they were about.

Rala watched me through slit eyelids. Her breathing had shifted to normal a while back. She was biding her time, most likely unsure of what I intended. I may have saved her from the Eidolon, just like she might have saved me from Cyrill, but Rala didn’t know me from spit. I let her have her paranoia by keeping my mouth shut, and set her down in a dark corner. Hoodie off, I laid it on top of her and wandered into the next room.

Even with as much as I missed Karra, I couldn’t see myself torturing Rala to get information, so I was gonna have to wait her out. If she wanted to talk, she’d do so when she was ready. If she didn’t, I was no worse off than I was now, which was hardy comforting but yet sadly consistent with the rest of my life. The status quo had been preserved.

I dropped down near a boarded up window, which allowed me to see the street outside through tiny spaces in the slats, and drew a slow, deep breath. Quiet voices drifted to my ears from somewhere nearby, and though I saw a couple of aliens walk by the house who I thought might be Eidolon, they just kept going without seeming to notice anything amiss.

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