Eye of Re by Amy Sumida

Author:Amy Sumida [Sumida, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

“Tell me about this long and bloody day,” Re urged after we simmered down to cuddling on a hill.

“Oh, you don't want to know,” I sighed and snuggled deeper into his chest. “It's God Squad drama, we uncovered yet another plot to manipulate humans into war.”

“Well, now I really want to know,” he angled his head to see my face. “Who's doing the plotting?”

“A goddess named Disani and two gods; Gish and Qaus,” I said. “They're trying to escalate the war in Afghanistan into pure annihilation. We went in and destroyed a lot of their weapons and two bases of operation but we ended up killing quite a few humans, which ends up empowering the gods, just like they'd wanted.”

“Not good,” he sighed.

“No kidding,” I grumbled. “But we did the best we could. It's hard to think when bullets are raining down on you.”

“Why? You're gods. Bullets won't hurt you as long as you have a ward up. Unless you're not powerful enough to cast a personal ward?” He looked at me askance.

“I didn't know about personal wards,” I huffed.

“No,” he chuckled. “How did you not know? You've been in lots of battles.”

“Mostly with other gods,” I sighed. “This is the first time I've been shot at with machine guns.”

“Hmmm,” he mused. “Yes, that would be disconcerting. And a ward wouldn't last long against rapid fire anyway. Still, you have magic and that overcomes any man-made weapon.”

“Hekate pointed that out,” I nodded.

“She's a slick one; never folds under pressure,” he observed.

“She's engaged to Horus,” I added. “We're here to celebrate.”

“Really?” Re sat up straight, taking me with him. “Then we should be over there, celebrating with them.”

“Yes, we should,” I got up and held a hand down to him. He looked from my hand to me with a grimace and got up on his own. “Oh, it's like that, huh?” I chuckled. “Can't take a hand up from a woman?”

“Not from anyone,” he sniffed and offered me his arm. “I'm the Sun God-”

“Re,” I finished for him. “Yes, I've heard.”

“Do you think I'm a narcissist?” He asked in a musing way.

“I know you're a narcissist,” I confirmed. “I'm just not sure if it's entirely your fault.”

“But is it narcissistic, if it's true?” He cocked his head at me.

“Oh, why do I even like you?” I dropped his arm and gave him an annoyed face.

“Because I'm the Sun-”

“God, Re,” I growled. “Yeah, I got that.” I shook my head and walked away.

“Lala,” he whined but somehow it was still sexy. Then he caught up with me and took my arm back, wrapping it over his imperiously. “There's nothing wrong with being confident.”

“Oh, Honey,” I chuckled. “You passed confident centuries ago.”

“Well, as one does,” he sniffed. “I was one of the oldest Atlanteans who escaped the fall and the only member of the High Twenty who made it to shore.”

“The rulers of Atlantis?” I stopped and gaped at him. “You were one of the High Twenty?”

“See, now that's a more proper response,” he smiled smugly.

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