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Everything Begins Chapter 102
"Please, Baba, please do not worry. I will be all right. Mama and the others will be all right. And you may name me now if you wish. Mama will know the name you choose.""How will she know that?""The same way you know she is safe. I will tell her in a dream." The boy smiled. "I would like to know my name, Baba." Frank sat on the ground, and the boy climbed into his lap and hugged him tightly. "I love you, Baba," he said softly."You do not even know me, little one. How can you love me?""But I do know you, Baba. Yisu has given me knowledge of you, and I love you already. Even though I am yet unborn, I love you and Mama both." The tiny arms squeezed, and Frank returned the gesture."Adama," he said softly."My name?""Yes. Adama Mistri el'Frank el'Adama el'Altyara.""I like it, Baba. I will be proud to bear the name of your baba, and I will make you proud as well.""Of that I am sure, my son. Will you tell your Mama something else for me?""Of course, Baba."Ga'briyel's breath caught
Everything Begins Chapter 103
Telantes had spoken with Yisu moons before, and the Creator had told him how to create venom. Eighteen excruciating days passed while Ga'briyel's flesh and bones melted, but now, thanks to Yaksaya and his single drop, he was now immune to that as well."You cannot kill me, son of Sayatan. You cannot hurt me by piercing my body with fangs or claws, and that drop of venom you so graciously bestowed on me was my twentieth time being burned by it. Even that can no longer harm me. Telantes knew what he was doing as he caused me pain, and now there is nothing that you can do to me. My soul is safe from you, and there is no chance that I will let you harm my family." Frank put his hands on the rock behind him and pushed himself forward. Yaksaya's claws continued through the Anmah's body until its palm was flat on his chest. At that point, Frank reached down, plucked his sword from the snow, and laid it against Yaksaya's throat. "If I slit your throat, daemon, will it kill you and drive you f
Everything Begins Chapter 104
"Is it time, Sophyra?""I believe so, Mama." Ga'briyel's heart soared when his wife used the intimate title for his mother. It showed that they had truly accepted her into the family, and it made him relax a bit, but then Sophyra cried out once again, and he moved to her head."I wish you knew I was here, my heart," he whispered as he placed a kiss on her forehead and then took her hand in his. He felt every squeeze and grasp she gave him, but he knew that to her it was as if she was grasping at air.Hours crept by, and Frank Mistri felt completely helpless as his wife battled through childbirth without him. Then he heard Adama's voice again. Soon, Baba. You will see me soon. Five minutes, perhaps ten.Frank brushed Sophyra's sweat-soaked hair from her forehead and said, "I love you, my heart, more than anything in this world." He placed a gentle kiss on her cheek, and then pulled back in shock when she turned her face toward him so that their lips met. He groaned at the sensation and
Everything Begins Chapter 105
“Who is that?” Frank growled softly.“Rabarta Arthara, the Chief Minister of Basanta. Why, Sainika?”The Anmah said nothing but took one step toward the six men. The Chief Minister was looking at some fabric, but when Frank moved, his head snapped up, and his eyes fixed on the Sainika. He grinned, and his white teeth flashed.“Jana, clear the market, now!” Frank snapped.“Why, Sainika?”“Because there is going to be a fight.” Frank took another step toward the Azazil and drew his sword. Jana gasped when he saw the glowing white of the blade, and the Chief Minister’s grin disappeared abruptly. The five other men moved in front of him and unsheathed their own swords. The people in the market saw this, several screamed, and they all scattered into the streets. Jana had not moved, but Ga’briyel’s goal had been accomplished. There were no innocents around to worry about.“Yisu, kanba vol si e en sakorota. Veya Azazil lo tainon nun lenfi,” the Anmah said in a loud voice, and the Chief Minis
Everything Begins Chapter 106
Frank sank down on one of the many benches and looked up at Debhida as he stopped in front of him. “I felt it. I have the lovely ability to feel evil, my friend. Although I did not realize daemons felt the same as Azazil. I suppose I will just have to try the banishing phrase, and if it does not work, the creature must be a daemon. I only have twenty-one more of them to kill, after all.” He said the last with a grimace, and Debhida sat down next to him.“I hope you truly understand how much people appreciate what you do for them, Sainika,” the older Anmah said softly. “Everyone in this city was afraid of the Chief Minister and his men, and now we know why.” Debhida looked around the market, staring at the people with suspicion. “Are there any others here?”“Not that I have felt, but in a city this size, I may not be close enough to feel anything. Tomorrow I will walk the city and see what I can find out.” He looked at Debhida, who was still staring at the people going about their busi
Everything Begins Chapter 107
“A fine horse, Frank.”The Anmah smiled as he turned to face Telantes. “Yes, he is.”“His name?”“I do not know it yet. I am testing him to see if I want to buy him. The test is over, however. This is the one I want.”“Will you return to the cave for your tack? You know you are supposed to be headed south, not north.”“No, it will stay there for now. Perhaps I can stop at Torkeln and send someone back for it.” Frank sighed, and his smile faded. “I would like to see my family again.”“Have you not seen your son in your dreams?”“I have, but it is not the same. I want to hold him and kiss my wife and sleep by her side at least one night. One night, Telantes. Is that too much to ask?”“No, Ga’briyel, it is not.” The spirit tilted his head as he listened to Yisu. “Yisu says you may spend three days and two nights at home once you get there, but that is all. You must be on your way south after that.”“I know,” Frank said softly as he moved to the stallion. He rested his hand on the horse’s
Everything Begins Chapter 108
“Come on, Klyar, there’s nothing here, and I want to sleep in an inn. I’m sure you would prefer a stable to a clearing, too, so get moving.” No matter what Frank did--snapping the reins, digging his heels into the bay’s flanks, even dismounting and attempting to pull the horse down the road--Klyar refused to take another step, his eyes showing the whites, his ears pinned back, and his breath coming from his nostrils in sharp snorts. The horse was terrified, and Frank once again searched the area around them for any indication of what he was reacting to. Eventually, he saw something.In the middle of the road about twenty paces ahead, three figures appeared. They did not come from the forest, and they did not come from the direction of Torkeln--they just appeared, much as Telantes had the first time Frank saw him. These three were not Debaduta, however. The man was dressed in clothing that Frank had only seen in history books. He had on bright red trousers that clung to his hips but th
Everything Begins Chapter 109
Frank walked to the ladder, expecting to have to wrestle it next to the instruction books, but to his surprise, it glided smoothly across the floor on small wheels, somehow attached to the shelving high above him. He stopped it near the books, climbed to the top, and gathered the three books to himself and carefully climbed back down the ladder. He grabbed the spellbook he had been looking at as well and left the building. The door slowly shut behind him, and when he looked at the stone, he could not see any sign that there was a door there at all. He supposed that was a good thing in case someone blundered through the illusion spell and ran into the stone. He moved to Klyar, put the books in the saddlebags, swung into the saddle, and turned the stallion back toward the road to Torkeln.Riding through the night and into the next day, Frank finally came to Sarat. The road to Torkeln ran straight through the center of the village, and there were homes lined on either side of it. Klyar w