Mark of Chaos: A Science Fantasy Adventure by K.N. Lee & CJ Jordan

Author:K.N. Lee & CJ Jordan [Lee, K.N. & Jordan, CJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Roots Emporium
Published: 2023-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

My heart wretched in my chest.

My mind spun free of an sort of ties to reality. My spirit both rose and sank at the same time, without any real clue as to what direction it was meant to gravitate. I knew nothing about my life, not really. I had been told I was one thing, and then told something else entirely. I had been given the keys to a brand new existence, all the while being assured that it was even worse than the one I left behind.

The only thing I knew for sure, the only truth that transcended things and traveled with me from the old life to the new was the fact that Eden was dead.

It stood as clear to me as the suns overhead. It was true. It had to be—this hurt in my heart—this open wound in my chest that always accompanied me couldn’t be fabricated. There was no way. I knew this loss. I felt it so deeply that no spell could ever take it away.

If Raelyn was telling the truth about who I really was and why I did what I did, then the truth must have also been that my brother’s death had to be incorporated into the spell because pulling it out of my mind would have proven too impossible a task. He had to be with me there, because he wasn’t with me anywhere else.

Yet, here he was.

“Eden?” I asked, my body shaking as I took in the sight of him. “Eden, is that you?”

The man, his biceps as hard as the look he was giving me, scowled as he responded. “You dare speak to me? You dare look me in the eyes? Lower your gaze and humble yourself before I have you publicly flogged.”

My mouth went dry and my entire mind went blank. Whatever was going on here, I knew one thing for sure. It was almost certainly better for me to do what Eden said. The only problem was, I couldn’t get my body to cooperate. I couldn’t tear my eyes away from my brother. After all, I never thought I would see him again. I thought he was lost to me forever.

Only, this wasn’t him, not really. I knew my brother. I knew his heart and his spirit. He wasn’t this way. He didn’t speak or move this way. Something was wrong, and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.

“Is that what you want?” Eden asked, walking toward me with a glowering look in his eyes. “Do you wish to be beaten, peasant?!”

“Forgive him,” a voice sounded from behind me. Though I still couldn’t tear my eyes off the man, I recognized the words to have come from Raelyn. “She’s a simpleton, Reagan. She was brought in for scavenging for food on forbidden grounds.”

The man who Raelyn called Reagan, not Eden, narrowed his eyes at me. “A simpleton who managed to evade our guards and free his captivity.” He took another step closer. “A simpleton with the mark on her face.

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