REBIRTH OF A WARRIOR

Chapter 41

She gasped aloud, reeling back from me, holding the mortal wound in her side. Disbelief marred her beautiful face as she fell to the ground, her remaining life pulsing out onto the forest floor.

“You are indeed a great man to not have allowed yourself to fall for the erotic wiles of the Vanah. I’ll give you that much of a compliment at least, Jasper .”

I wheeled around toward the voice. Across the clearing sat John on his horse.

“What’s going on here, John?”

John laughed, “I too am a great man, even though your grandfather chose to ignore it. This book that your grandfather and you would so casually have destroyed if not for me, is the answer to our prayers! It holds the keys to eternal life!”

He held the big book up that he had somehow taken from the central pedestal without me noticing.

“Its author is probably Satan himself or someone mislead by him, you fool! What knowledge do you hope to glean from it that’s worth your soul?”

“Spoken like a true believer of the Valley Lander versio