Lost Gods by A.M. Yates
Author:A.M. Yates [Yates, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.M. Yates
Published: 2016-02-29T06:00:00+00:00
Chapter 20
July 19th
Nine Days Later
CLASHING WINDS BUFFETED HER.
At times, she had the sense of falling. Then sheâd be whipped upwards again, as if sheâd hit a trampoline and had bounced effortlessly into the air. As often as it was dark, it was light. The pathways of the air gods shifted from pitch black to cloudy white to robinâs egg blue to blush pink streaked with purple and orangeâall the hues of the sky. Sometimes the clouds swirled close around her and she was assaulted by panic-filled memories of Fog God stealing her away.
But then he came to her.
Death.
For the last ten days, sheâd travelled the pathways. Air, water, earth. Every time, Death had been waiting for her. Each time he was more solid than the last, transforming from a voice, to a phantom-wisp of darkness, to a full-fledged figure, broad-shouldered and lean.
This time, he looked like one of those street performers in a full-body sock. Contours of a muscled physiqueâand a face and a mouthâhidden under a thin layer of black. She expected that by the time she was finished fixing the tribeâs masks, heâd have a fully visible body with eyes she could look into. What would Deathâs face look like? The question both terrified and thrilled her.
âSo much pain,â he said sympathetically. âYou should not be in such pain.â
Clutched in her hands was the mask of an air god. All around her, the wind swirled and nipped. The pathways were mute and gray.
âYou must face your fear,â he said. âYou must be honest with yourself. You, the Triuneâs daughter, the daughter of Death, my daughter, you should not feel this misery.â
His voice tugged at her, soothing the ache inside of her. As much as she hated him, as much as she wanted to run back to mortality, she wanted to stay and let his reassurances spread like icy balm over that pain.
âWhy do you keep meeting me here?â she asked. âWhy are you being so nice? What do you really want from me?â
âWhy should I want anything but for you to be happy?â he asked. âWhy should you want anything but that as well?â
âI donât know what youâre saying.â
âI think you do. Allow me to give you a bit of advice, dearest. Follow your heart, wherever it leads, even if it is to my door.â
She shifted back. âYou want me dead? Is that what this is about? Maybe you think if Iâm dead, the Covenant will be destroyed and youâll be free. Is that it?â
Deathâs shadow hands went up in protest. âYou could not be more wrong. I want you to live, Josie. I want you to live fully, not this half-life. Why do you deny yourself? Why do you deny your feelings? Why do you deny your own happiness?â
âIâm not denyingââ
âYou can lie to yourself, but you cannot lie to me. I know your life, Josie, from beginning to end. Iâve seen it in all of its infinite possibilities. Iâve sifted those possibilities through my fingers. You are so close, so close to realizing your full potential.
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