Sever the Circle by Amanda Leanne

Author:Amanda Leanne [Leanne, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

"Now I am seeing or hearing things. Father John has begun to wear on me. And I speak to myself!" He shook his head, still looking about but slower, unsure. "A loon. They will think me insane. Walking about the forbidden woods and ranting at the shadows like a mad man. I can't…." His head shook vigorously.

I eased closer, wanting to hear every word, wanting to unravel the mystery of the man. I could feel his sorrow now, but it still had a layer beneath, something else...something darker.

"Is this what you wanted?" His words were whispered as he ran a clawed hand through his hair, angry at something. "Is this how it was always going to be?"

And then he spoke no more. He paced, growled, grumbled, but said no more words for me to try and conjure images and understanding. I took in a breath, calmed myself, and used my newfound strength to make him pay less attention to my current state than to me, to the person I was. I knew I could have made him see shoes and a different dress than the one he left me in the night before, but I felt a trill of danger in letting down the guard and exposing who I really was to him.

"Zariah?" I stepped lightly, moving toward him with caution.

He spun about. His face clearer to me than it should have been with only a portion of the moon shining upon us.

"You...again." His words were clipped, as if he had begun them with anger towards me but was attempting to dampen the effect.

I hadn't noticed that the smoke was thickening, the ground becoming less solid. Something, that thing, was not pleased at our interaction. I wanted to scream at it to explain, to tell me more and stop with the childish games. I knew, though, that would be too far, too much. I would scare away the thing I needed to begin the next step in life. I needed to create life, and gain all of my abilities. I wanted to taste the peak of what I could and would be.

"Are you well?" I moved closer so his human eyes could see my own.

"Well? No, not well. Not...fine. Not any of the pleasant things...and what are you?" His hand motioned to my clothing, stopping at my feet. "Why do you look so…"

"I was running in the wood. It's childish, youthful, but very invigorating."

His head cocked to the side, but his eyes stayed on my face. I could not tell what he was thinking as the acrid smell began to slink around us.

"It is dangerous and silly. Did your mother never instruct you on being a proper lady? Do you not know how to behave and to fit in with society and to function as they do?" His head jerked out, wildly jestering toward the town. "Why must you make things complicated?"

I shook my head. I felt a stab in my chest, something hurting me from the inside. The otherness seemed less important, less of a concern.

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