The Circuit, Book 1 by Rhett C. Bruno

Author:Rhett C. Bruno
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626818460
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2018-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR—SAGE VOLUS

Faith amongst the Faithless

A week had passed since Sage was recruited by Talon, and over that time she didn’t stray much from Julius’ metal shack. In fact, he was the only person she had even spoken to at all. Despite her protests, he insisted that he would sleep on the floor so that she could have his hammock. She reluctantly agreed, but avoided any other further, unnecessary conversations. He was Ceresian after all.

She spent her days praying whenever she could and trying to rest her body. All the aches and pains from the explosion on Mars had pretty much vanished, and even her head felt fine for most of every day.

When she was finally alone that morning, she rolled out of the hammock and got on both knees. It was dark, only a sliver of light slipping through the cracks of the shack’s rusty door, which barely clung to its hinges. There was no chance that anybody could see her.

“I am blessed with ground beneath me,” Sage whispered delicately. She extended her arms out and let the tips of her fingers touch the floor. There was a soft scratching noise as her artificial hand grazed slowly across the surface.

“Our Homeworld has been blighted by darkness, but we are the light,” she continued. “Those beside me, those beneath me, and above me. Ours is a collective unconscious, bound to each other and to the soul of the Earth. We are, all of us, shards of that Spirit, never alone as the dark void closes in. This day is yet another test of my conviction, but though the Earth may be wreathed in flame and shadow, she remains within me. May those who have left to join this essence guide my daily endeavors. Redemption is near. May my faith—”

Just as she began mouthing the final stanza of the prayer the shack’s door swung open. She rolled to the side, banging into the hammock, which began to swing as if she’d fallen off.

Julius burst into the room, but as soon as he did he threw his hand over his eyes. “Shit! I didn’t mean.” He took a big step back and closed the door halfway so that he could speak to her behind it.

Only then did Sage look down and realize that she was in nothing but her undergarments. She grabbed the ratty tunic lying in a pile on the floor and threw it over her head.

“Did I make you fall, Agatha?” he asked sounding every bit as embarrassed as Sage was. “I ain’t used to havin’ anyone here.”

“No!” she yelled. She quickly remembered that the fact that she was undressed was the only thing that kept Julius from seeing what she was really up to. “Well, yes. But, it’s…it’s okay.”

“I swear I didn’t see nothin’!”

She hoped to the Ancients that he hadn’t. “I believe you,” she said. “I needed to wake up anyway.”

“Well if you’re up, grab a pill from the cabinet and come outside. You can meet some of the boys we’ll be goin’ to battle with.

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