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“If you unmade me you can turn me back,” he said. “I’ll spare your life if you do that.”
“I’ve given you eternal life, my darling. A life I want you to spend with me.”
“I don’t want any part of a life with you. I want my old life back, now.”
“What was done cannot be undone, my darling.”
“So you won’t help me?”
“She’s lying,” Livvy said.
“How do you know?” Lee asked without lowering his weapon.
“Because she be talking,” Livvy said.
“I want you to be with me,” Phaedra said simply. “And that’s the truth. I’m the last of my kind. I want a mate, a consort, a real man who will spend eternity with me. Why would you want to be a mere man when I have given you what God himself refused to provide humanity? Stay here with me and become a god.”
“She’s lying to you, Lee.” Livvy’s strong young voice rang out clear. “She’s a lying ho, and you know it. She can fix you, but she won’t. She ain’t gonna do nothing for you. Do you think she did anything for those mens of hers other than to take their minds away and make them her slaves?”
“Are you going to listen to the ravings of a silly slave girl, Lee?” Phaedra persisted, “or are you going to spend eternity with the woman who truly loves you?”
“She ain’t no woman,” Livvy shouted, hefting the rifle up on her shoulder. “She a demon who’ll suck out the rest of your soul and make you her slave.”
“I know” Lee said, and pulled the trigger.
Phaedra blurred but her speed wasn’t quick enough to avoid the bullet completely. The bullet nicked Phaedra’s cheek. She shrieked in fury, then in an astonishing act, turned into dust which hovered briefly, then launched itself at him. He leapt away and the dust coalesced into a huge black bird and soared out of the cavern, cackling as it went. Lee ran to the mouth of the cave with Livvy following.
They watched, astonished, as the giant bird thing flew over the town, then across the bare breasted mountains and disappeared into the night.
Lee stepped up to Livvy and grabbed her by her biceps. “I thought I told you to stay with Michael and ‘Lijah.” He said.
“I did, until they fell asleep and I came looking for you.”
“And where did you get that rifle?”
“Remember that fool up in the rocks that was shooting at us earlier? I went back and got it.” She smiled and patted the wineskin looped over her shoulder. “I doctored the shells real good, and I’s glad I did because you’d be dead now if I hadn’t.”
“You aren’t going to leave me no matter how hard I push you away are you?”
“You said I was a free woman. That means I’m free to do as I wish. And I want to stay with you.”
Lee rolled his eyes up, and would have sighed if he had the breath. He rested his forehead on hers and said, “I’m glad you came.”
He kissed her then, gently, tenderly, and deep inside the destroyed husk of his body, his heart fluttered. He rested his forehead upon hers again and whispered, “Maybe I’m not as dead as I thought.”
Lee sensed they weren’t alone. He jumped back, his hand on the butt of his pistol. Livvy gasped. Three Comanche’s were standing at the entrance. They eyed Lee warily. The one in the middle stepped forward and said in perfect English, “Are they gone?”
“Yes,” Lee said. “The men are dead, the whore demon Phaedra took off. I don’t know where she went.”
“You talk good English for an Injun,” Livvy said.
“And you sound like an ignorant fool,” the warrior snapped. “I’m the chief of this band. I speak fourteen languages. Being a slave I suppose you speak only one, and badly.”
Livvy’s eyes blazed. “I ain’t no slave. Livvy Freemantle ain’t never going to be a slave again.”
“Then I advise you stop talking like one,” the man said.
“Shut up, Livvy, or you’re going to get us all scalped,” Lee hissed.
The Comanches stared at Lee. The chief said, “She turned
“If you unmade me you can turn me back,” he said. “I’ll spare your life if you do that.”
“I’ve given you eternal life, my darling. A life I want you to spend with me.”
“I don’t want any part of a life with you. I want my old life back, now.”
“What was done cannot be undone, my darling.”
“So you won’t help me?”
“She’s lying,” Livvy said.
“How do you know?” Lee asked without lowering his weapon.
“Because she be talking,” Livvy said.
“I want you to be with me,” Phaedra said simply. “And that’s the truth. I’m the last of my kind. I want a mate, a consort, a real man who will spend eternity with me. Why would you want to be a mere man when I have given you what God himself refused to provide humanity? Stay here with me and become a god.”
“She’s lying to you, Lee.” Livvy’s strong young voice rang out clear. “She’s a lying ho, and you know it. She can fix you, but she won’t. She ain’t gonna do nothing for you. Do you think she did anything for those mens of hers other than to take their minds away and make them her slaves?”
“Are you going to listen to the ravings of a silly slave girl, Lee?” Phaedra persisted, “or are you going to spend eternity with the woman who truly loves you?”
“She ain’t no woman,” Livvy shouted, hefting the rifle up on her shoulder. “She a demon who’ll suck out the rest of your soul and make you her slave.”
“I know” Lee said, and pulled the trigger.
Phaedra blurred but her speed wasn’t quick enough to avoid the bullet completely. The bullet nicked Phaedra’s cheek. She shrieked in fury, then in an astonishing act, turned into dust which hovered briefly, then launched itself at him. He leapt away and the dust coalesced into a huge black bird and soared out of the cavern, cackling as it went. Lee ran to the mouth of the cave with Livvy following.
They watched, astonished, as the giant bird thing flew over the town, then across the bare breasted mountains and disappeared into the night.
Lee stepped up to Livvy and grabbed her by her biceps. “I thought I told you to stay with Michael and ‘Lijah.” He said.
“I did, until they fell asleep and I came looking for you.”
“And where did you get that rifle?”
“Remember that fool up in the rocks that was shooting at us earlier? I went back and got it.” She smiled and patted the wineskin looped over her shoulder. “I doctored the shells real good, and I’s glad I did because you’d be dead now if I hadn’t.”
“You aren’t going to leave me no matter how hard I push you away are you?”
“You said I was a free woman. That means I’m free to do as I wish. And I want to stay with you.”
Lee rolled his eyes up, and would have sighed if he had the breath. He rested his forehead on hers and said, “I’m glad you came.”
He kissed her then, gently, tenderly, and deep inside the destroyed husk of his body, his heart fluttered. He rested his forehead upon hers again and whispered, “Maybe I’m not as dead as I thought.”
Lee sensed they weren’t alone. He jumped back, his hand on the butt of his pistol. Livvy gasped. Three Comanche’s were standing at the entrance. They eyed Lee warily. The one in the middle stepped forward and said in perfect English, “Are they gone?”
“Yes,” Lee said. “The men are dead, the whore demon Phaedra took off. I don’t know where she went.”
“You talk good English for an Injun,” Livvy said.
“And you sound like an ignorant fool,” the warrior snapped. “I’m the chief of this band. I speak fourteen languages. Being a slave I suppose you speak only one, and badly.”
Livvy’s eyes blazed. “I ain’t no slave. Livvy Freemantle ain’t never going to be a slave again.”
“Then I advise you stop talking like one,” the man said.
“Shut up, Livvy, or you’re going to get us all scalped,” Lee hissed.
The Comanches stared at Lee. The chief said, “She turned
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