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that’s about it.”
“I’ll feel it in the morning, but I’ll be okay. I’m just glad I was able to summon the scythe. Mom can’t summon a weapon anymore because her abilities are limited.” I rubbed my head. “This just got more complicated. You said you and Kaleb had to deal with one?”
Ruthie nodded. “The demon’s dead, but that’s two in one day and we haven’t seen anything but the RAs since the first day of school. Things are starting to heat up. I wonder why.”
Someone coughed as they walked by and a few people gave them a wide berth. Their paranoia showed as the group of people eyed the coughing person. The plague was spreading and instead of media myth, the idea of catching it was becoming very real. “Because the effects are getting worse. Their plan won’t be complete until Death is locked away.”
“The Plague is spreading and it’s not pretty. War will be next, then Famine, followed by Death.” Ruthie looked around. “I can’t tell you what to expect, but…”
“A lot of people will die if we don’t figure this out.” I finished her thought.
My mom stepped up. “But you may be forfeiting your own life if you pursue this.” She spoke through her clenched jaw. “You aren’t like the others, you’re not hundreds of years old. You’re eighteen. I won’t bury my child. I won’t let these creatures,” she gave a dramatic wave at Ruthie, “drag you into a war.”
“That’s her choice to make.” Ruthie stepped up, her face a mask of calm. “The life of one is not worth the lives of many.”
“Keep your thoughts to yourself.” My mom snapped.
I held up a hand, trying to stop any further arguing. “We’re going to go see a movie and then probably hang out at the hotel. I’ll be back to the dorms later tonight. Tomorrow, we’re going to enjoy the festival. I will enjoy my weekend, damnit.”
“I’m sorry.” Ruthie smiled. “You deserve a weekend of fun with your mother. Enjoy the movie, I’ll catch up with you later.”
Ruthie walked toward the parking lot and I turned to my mother. “It wouldn’t hurt you to be nice to her. She is my roommate after all.”
“That’s assuming I don’t drag you home after this weekend.”
I didn’t doubt she would try, but I knew I couldn’t just walk away from this. Not right now. And I wasn’t sure if I wanted to run from demons my entire life, there couldn’t be much of an existence doing that.
I walked into the dorm room after an uneventful rest of the evening with my mother. Kaleb and Ruthie sat on the floor looking over books. “My mom is sure that I don’t belong in this world.” I dropped my bag on the bed and sat down. “My feet hurt from walking, my car better be ready tomorrow.”
“The festival is all on school grounds, so you’ll be fine.” Ruthie said without looking up. “Did you know that Texas is thinking about seceding from the U.S., or trying to at least?”
Exactly what kind of books were they reading? I sat up and looked at them. “I had no idea. I don’t follow politics much. Why on earth would they want that?”
“Stricter border control, no control from the U.S. government, so on and so forth. They want to become their own tiny country.” Kaleb said. “We need to find War so this doesn’t turn into a disaster.”
I leaned on my hands. “They’ll have a hard time fighting if twenty percent of the population is taken out by the Black Death.” I closed my eyes to focus on the numbers. “At least half the state of Texas will die in the war, the other half will be infected, and they won’t win.”
Ruthie shrugged. “It’s still the start of a war. Imagine if the tides change and Texas won, then other states would think they can start a war and become their own country.”
It sounded like something that was Aeron’s problem, not mine. “We have to figure out where the horsemen are in the first place in order to start figuring out how to free them, or even if they want
“I’ll feel it in the morning, but I’ll be okay. I’m just glad I was able to summon the scythe. Mom can’t summon a weapon anymore because her abilities are limited.” I rubbed my head. “This just got more complicated. You said you and Kaleb had to deal with one?”
Ruthie nodded. “The demon’s dead, but that’s two in one day and we haven’t seen anything but the RAs since the first day of school. Things are starting to heat up. I wonder why.”
Someone coughed as they walked by and a few people gave them a wide berth. Their paranoia showed as the group of people eyed the coughing person. The plague was spreading and instead of media myth, the idea of catching it was becoming very real. “Because the effects are getting worse. Their plan won’t be complete until Death is locked away.”
“The Plague is spreading and it’s not pretty. War will be next, then Famine, followed by Death.” Ruthie looked around. “I can’t tell you what to expect, but…”
“A lot of people will die if we don’t figure this out.” I finished her thought.
My mom stepped up. “But you may be forfeiting your own life if you pursue this.” She spoke through her clenched jaw. “You aren’t like the others, you’re not hundreds of years old. You’re eighteen. I won’t bury my child. I won’t let these creatures,” she gave a dramatic wave at Ruthie, “drag you into a war.”
“That’s her choice to make.” Ruthie stepped up, her face a mask of calm. “The life of one is not worth the lives of many.”
“Keep your thoughts to yourself.” My mom snapped.
I held up a hand, trying to stop any further arguing. “We’re going to go see a movie and then probably hang out at the hotel. I’ll be back to the dorms later tonight. Tomorrow, we’re going to enjoy the festival. I will enjoy my weekend, damnit.”
“I’m sorry.” Ruthie smiled. “You deserve a weekend of fun with your mother. Enjoy the movie, I’ll catch up with you later.”
Ruthie walked toward the parking lot and I turned to my mother. “It wouldn’t hurt you to be nice to her. She is my roommate after all.”
“That’s assuming I don’t drag you home after this weekend.”
I didn’t doubt she would try, but I knew I couldn’t just walk away from this. Not right now. And I wasn’t sure if I wanted to run from demons my entire life, there couldn’t be much of an existence doing that.
I walked into the dorm room after an uneventful rest of the evening with my mother. Kaleb and Ruthie sat on the floor looking over books. “My mom is sure that I don’t belong in this world.” I dropped my bag on the bed and sat down. “My feet hurt from walking, my car better be ready tomorrow.”
“The festival is all on school grounds, so you’ll be fine.” Ruthie said without looking up. “Did you know that Texas is thinking about seceding from the U.S., or trying to at least?”
Exactly what kind of books were they reading? I sat up and looked at them. “I had no idea. I don’t follow politics much. Why on earth would they want that?”
“Stricter border control, no control from the U.S. government, so on and so forth. They want to become their own tiny country.” Kaleb said. “We need to find War so this doesn’t turn into a disaster.”
I leaned on my hands. “They’ll have a hard time fighting if twenty percent of the population is taken out by the Black Death.” I closed my eyes to focus on the numbers. “At least half the state of Texas will die in the war, the other half will be infected, and they won’t win.”
Ruthie shrugged. “It’s still the start of a war. Imagine if the tides change and Texas won, then other states would think they can start a war and become their own country.”
It sounded like something that was Aeron’s problem, not mine. “We have to figure out where the horsemen are in the first place in order to start figuring out how to free them, or even if they want
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