The Antithesis- The Complete Pentalogy by Terra Whiteman

Author:Terra Whiteman [Whiteman, Terra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shatter Star Press
Published: 2018-12-25T22:00:00+00:00

O

DANGER

Yahweh Telei—;

PAWN TO D4.

Bishop to C5.

Knight to C3.

I sighed, watching Lucifer snuff my rook.

He smiled. “Don’t be so hasty.”

Pawn to C5.

Bishop to G4.

Pawn to C8.

I took back my queen. “Check.”

And as quickly as she came, she was murdered by a bishop. I wanted to cry.

“You’re getting flustered,” said Lucifer. “Take some time to think before you move.”

It was hard to think because I’d gotten less than four hours of sleep in two days. Reports, tours, presentations… I needed to hire an assistant or twelve.

It was late in the evening and I should have been in bed, but Lucifer and I had little time to spend with each other during the day. These tiny night time get-togethers were all we could afford. So here we were, seated in his study, battling fatigue for a game of chess. A televised screen flashed current events on loop behind us as we sat at a marble table, framed by bookshelves. The scent of wicker hung in the air.

I had showered twenty minutes ago, towel still around my neck. My hair was damp and this room was cooler than the rest of our estate, making me shiver.

“You look really tired,” Lucifer noted. “We should stop.”

“In the middle of a game? That’s sacrilege.”

“What game?”

I frowned.

My ears pricked at the beep of an emergency report from the televised screen. We were watching Heaven’s channel, but Lucifer had programmed our station to stream Sanctum’s news as well, displayed as scrolling headlines in a column at the side. He was mostly interested in their economic news. But then my eyes caught sight of one headline in particular:

ANGEL TERRORISTS KIDNAP REGENT AND HIS SISTER. TAE ELTRUAN FOUND DEAD AT SCENE.

“W-What?” I stammered, watching the headline scroll to the top, vanishing. I rubbed my eyes, wondering if I had imagined seeing that. Surely that couldn’t have—

But there it was again.

TAE ELTRUAN SLAIN IN LOWER SANCTUM AFTER ANGEL TERRORIST ATTACK.

“Lucifer,” I gasped.

He glanced at the screen, and then his eyes widened.

When that headline disappeared, too, Lucifer stood and reached for the remote, honing in on Sanctum PB. The screen switched to a live recording of an anchor in front of an industrial-looking facility, sirens glaring behind her.

We listened to her story, neither of us uttering a single word. When the live footage ended and a discussion started between two other anchors at Sanctum PB headquarters, Lucifer shut off the television. He sat there, stupefied, staring at the blank screen. So did I.

Without another word, he left the table and hurried for the door.

“Where are you going?” I called, starting after him.

“My office. Go to yours as well and check the status on each of your employees with diplomatic access.”

I blinked. “Why?”

“I need to identify those brutes before Eroqam shows up on our doorstep.”

Lucifer was right. It was only a matter of time before grief evanesced to retribution, and we would need answers at the ready.

But then I realized that Tae was dead, and I froze in the doorway. My legs felt wobbly and a wave of sadness overwhelmed me.

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