Cin d'Rella and the Golden Apple by S J West

Author:S J West [West, S J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Watchers Publishing
Published: 2018-12-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The next morning, before I open my eyes, I know Coltan isn’t resting beside me because a chill has replaced his calming warmth. When I do open my eyes, they are immediately drawn to Coltan like magnets to metal as he sits in the chair behind Maximus’s desk. His brow is furrowed as he reads something in the book I left open last night.

“How long have you been awake?” I ask drowsily as I toss the blanket covering me off and sit up on the couch.

He tears his gaze away from the book to give me his full attention.

“Not long,” he says. “I had a leg cramp, so I needed to get up and walk it out. Then I noticed this book. Did you leave it here last night?”

“Yeah, about that,” I say as I stand up and walk over to him. “You won’t believe what I saw when I walked in here last night.”

Looking intrigued, he sits back in the chair and says, “Try me. What did you see?”

“I saw this book floating about three feet off the floor right over there,” I say, pointing to a spot about four feet in front of the desk. “When I walked in here, it was like an invisible being dropped it and ran away faster than I could see them do it.”

“That is strange,” he says, considering my account of the bizarre event. “And you’re sure no one else was in the room?”

“Not that I could see,” I reply. “Right before I opened the door, I heard a noise come from inside. Have you seen anything strange since you’ve been awake?”

Coltan shakes his head. “Not really, but this verse in the book looks like it was just written. The ink is still wet.”

I look down at the page and notice that more words have been added to what I read the night before.

“On angel’s wings will she rise until the ghost of The One returns,” I read aloud. “Not until she collects the treasures will all know peace and the truth of what once was and shall never be again. After the fall of angels, the world will unravel, and all the sins humanity has wrought shall be revealed.”

“The ‘she’ it’s referring to has to be you, right?” Coltan asks. “You’re the one who will be collecting the treasures.”

“That’s my assumption,” I say. “But it doesn’t sound very uplifting to me. These verses sound more like a warning.”

“Not all of it,” he tells me, sounding more optimistic than I do about what’s written. “It says once you collect the treasures, all will know peace. That’s certainly good.”

“Yeah, but ‘the world will unravel’?” I point out. “And ‘all the sins humanity has wrought’? Those words don’t inspire much hope.”

Coltan closes the book as if hiding me from the words will make me forget them for a little while. “Whatever wrote this obviously has some sort of connection to the books no matter where they are being kept. I don’t think we should be frightened of it though.

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