Spirit's Lullaby by J E Mueller

Author:J E Mueller [Mueller, J E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: YA fantasy
Publisher: J.E.Mueller
Published: 2018-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The room we were given was fairly cramped. Two twin beds, two nightstands, and a dresser were shoved in tightly leaving little walking space. I didn’t care. There was a bed! No hard ground, no dirt, and no bugs. I collapsed into it and let out a long sigh.

“You really suck at this camping thing,” Lydia teased, sitting on the bed closest to the door.

“I never said I was the camping type. Adventure is loosely in my soul.” I vaguely waved at her, not wanting to actually move to argue. “Why does getting answers mean I have to travel through mud?”

“You could have given up and stayed home,” Lydia mused.

I snorted. “I’m too much of a lost cause now. Damn that Key. She accidentally dragged me into this, defeated her curse, and now I’m still looking for answers.”

“To be fair, she was at it a lot longer than you have been,” Lydia pointed out kindly. “Your answers are here. I doubt Key liked where hers led her at first, but hey, it worked out. This can still work out too.”

Lydia wasn’t wrong. That didn’t mean I had to like the lack of quick answers, or all the camping the last five years had brought with it.

“True. Think we can really survive this?” I asked, finally moving so I could see her.

She hesitated. Her eyes shifted slowly around our small room before she looked at me. “I don’t know. There’s a lot going on. Things at play aren’t what I thought they were. Good and evil are meshed together, and the only thing I’m certain of is that I have no idea where my faith is.”

I sat up, surprised by her words. “Good is still good.”

“I’ve always known they were using us. But being used to fight evil since they would literally destroy our realm, upsetting the balance otherwise, was fine. Now, all these extra details. I just don’t know.” She pulled her legs in close, curling herself into a ball. “We’re just a source for them to survive on.”

“We’re more than that. So what if they live off of these weird energies? They want us alive as long as possible. That is still the greater good for us, even if it’s more complicated than we once knew.”

Lydia shook her head. “They essentially steal infants and force them onto their side. Even if it's to make them good, that just sounds so evil…”

I joined her on her bed and wrapped my arms around her. “This hasn’t been fun to learn. I’m sorry.”

“This is just all an absolute mess.” Lydia shook her head.

“I think we can still agree on a few good facts,” I told her, trying to keep some things simple. “If they are trying to kill someone to steal their soul they are evil.” Lydia nodded and I continued, “Killing someone to fulfill a bargain is also evil.” She nodded again so once more I added, “And a deer trying to eat your hair at two in the morning is horrifying.

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