False Gods by Don Newton

Author:Don Newton [Newton, Don]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-11T22:00:00+00:00

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Eustas’ knees were killing him. He’d been on them for twenty minutes. She released his head, and he collapsed, catching himself on one hand, the other hand holding his face. He fell on his side, moaning.

Kavan stood up, clearly distraught. “I thought you couldn’t give anyone information, what was that?”

She turned to him as an old woman and spoke to him as a sixteen-year-old, morphing into a younger version of herself. She played with the red ribbons in her hair as she answered him, staring into space. “The K’Pa laws are for outsiders, and as I said before, Eustas has my blood in his veins—he is family. I would be his really-great-grandmother if you added a lot of greats.”

“You’re not so great if you turn him into a vegetable. Eustas, are you alright?” Kavan placed his hand on Eustas’ head. “Solium carium vertas.” Green healing magic spread across Eustas’ face.

Eustas’ eyes snapped open. Kavan’s face was so close to his it was a shock, and he pushed away from him with his heels, trying to get away. When he realized where he was, he stopped and dragged himself into a sitting position, refocusing on the Oracle.

She stood there, bathed in the soft white light of her overhead orb, smiling at him. “So, you know what happened now, but this is a process I’ve been keeping from you until you were ready, and you’re not done.”

“What else do I need to know?” he asked.

“You need to know why you don’t know,” she said.

“Know what?” He watched her morph into a five-year-old girl with shining blonde pigtails.

She grabbed his head with her right hand, her voice a whisper, “Everything...”

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