completely overwhelmed. On the wall, I’d handwritten the
names of everyone I murdered the night Cleon ordered me to destroy
a five block radius in DC. The area was completely filled with
writing, and I’d started adding the names to the adjacent wall as
well.
It was a reminder of what I could be, of my
power, of those who suffered the moment I stopped trying to fight
the fate Cleon wanted for me. The names were the first things I saw
in the morning and the last before I fell asleep. They watched me
slumber each night, and I imagined the spirits of those I’d killed
hovering around me.
I had nightmares every night, and it was rare
when I didn’t fall asleep crying.
My power had so much potential to do good –
and evil. The memorial had become my motivation to resist Cleon’s
directives and subdue the depths of my magic, so I never unleashed
the flood that could finish off what the gods started when the Holy
Wars began five years ago.
Dropping my gaze to the floor, I swallowed
hard and refocused on what I needed to talk to my only remaining
friend about. “Hey, Leandra. Something weird …”
Dizziness washed over me. My feet grew hot,
and the air around me sizzled with the scents of charred metal and
burning flesh. The brilliant white daylight pouring into my room
melted away, replaced by the dark night sky. I was somewhere else
completely. The ground beneath my feet was stone and resembled the
area atop the walls I’d seen once before.
Heat rolled over me and stung the inside of
my nose. I covered my nose and mouth and blinked ash out of my
eyelashes, unable to understand what was happening. Turning to face
the source of heat and light, I shielded my eyes and stepped
forward.
DC was on fire. Every last bit of it burned,
and gaping holes punctuated the cityscape where there was no fire.
The walls on which I stood were black, with much of them crumbled.
I took in the destruction, awed by its scope, and began searching
the ribbons for signs of life.
There were none. The fire gave off three
ribbons and everything else two, as if the entirety of the
population had been destroyed, along with the buildings.
This can’t be real. I turned away, towards the darkness stretching
outside the walls of DC as far as I could see. Smoke gagged me, and
I moved towards the outer edge of the wall. My attention followed
the twisting smoke towards the sky.
No moon.
No stars.
The skies were filled with nothingness I’d
seen once before in my life, in a vision of my past.
“What’s happening?” I asked aloud, praying
someone would answer.
No one was left alive to respond. I turned
all the way around again, and then I froze when I saw someone else
before me.
Adonis. His form was ghostly, faint and
varying shades of black, white and gray. He stood a meter from me,
not moving, watching with sadness in his gaze.
Brilliant light spread across the distant
horizon, bright enough to draw my gaze. Orange flames arced into
the sky from the earth and began to spread, devouring everything in
their paths as they raced towards the city. Behind it, nothingness
swallowed the ashes, chasing the flames and consuming
everything.
“Mismatch!” I cried, facing him again.
His ghostly form was gone. I was completely
alone.
DC burned behind me, and ahead of me, the
rest of the world was exploding into fire.
“Theta” is available from
wherever you purchase ebooks!
Also by Lizzy
History Interrupted
– time travel romance
West
East
North (2016)
South (2017)
Omega Beginnings Series
Alessandra
Mismatch
Phoibe
Lantos
Theodocia
Niko
Cleon
Herakles
Omega Series
Omega
Theta
Alpha (2017)
Theta Beginnings Miniseries (novelettes)
Silent Queen
Mercenary
Shadow Titan
People’s Champion
Non-Series – 2014 & 2015
Black Moon Draw
Highlander Enchanted
The Door
Water Spell (TBD)
Dragon Tear (TBD)
Lost Vegas Novellas – young adult post apocalyptic
Aveline
Tiana
Arthur
Black
names of everyone I murdered the night Cleon ordered me to destroy
a five block radius in DC. The area was completely filled with
writing, and I’d started adding the names to the adjacent wall as
well.
It was a reminder of what I could be, of my
power, of those who suffered the moment I stopped trying to fight
the fate Cleon wanted for me. The names were the first things I saw
in the morning and the last before I fell asleep. They watched me
slumber each night, and I imagined the spirits of those I’d killed
hovering around me.
I had nightmares every night, and it was rare
when I didn’t fall asleep crying.
My power had so much potential to do good –
and evil. The memorial had become my motivation to resist Cleon’s
directives and subdue the depths of my magic, so I never unleashed
the flood that could finish off what the gods started when the Holy
Wars began five years ago.
Dropping my gaze to the floor, I swallowed
hard and refocused on what I needed to talk to my only remaining
friend about. “Hey, Leandra. Something weird …”
Dizziness washed over me. My feet grew hot,
and the air around me sizzled with the scents of charred metal and
burning flesh. The brilliant white daylight pouring into my room
melted away, replaced by the dark night sky. I was somewhere else
completely. The ground beneath my feet was stone and resembled the
area atop the walls I’d seen once before.
Heat rolled over me and stung the inside of
my nose. I covered my nose and mouth and blinked ash out of my
eyelashes, unable to understand what was happening. Turning to face
the source of heat and light, I shielded my eyes and stepped
forward.
DC was on fire. Every last bit of it burned,
and gaping holes punctuated the cityscape where there was no fire.
The walls on which I stood were black, with much of them crumbled.
I took in the destruction, awed by its scope, and began searching
the ribbons for signs of life.
There were none. The fire gave off three
ribbons and everything else two, as if the entirety of the
population had been destroyed, along with the buildings.
This can’t be real. I turned away, towards the darkness stretching
outside the walls of DC as far as I could see. Smoke gagged me, and
I moved towards the outer edge of the wall. My attention followed
the twisting smoke towards the sky.
No moon.
No stars.
The skies were filled with nothingness I’d
seen once before in my life, in a vision of my past.
“What’s happening?” I asked aloud, praying
someone would answer.
No one was left alive to respond. I turned
all the way around again, and then I froze when I saw someone else
before me.
Adonis. His form was ghostly, faint and
varying shades of black, white and gray. He stood a meter from me,
not moving, watching with sadness in his gaze.
Brilliant light spread across the distant
horizon, bright enough to draw my gaze. Orange flames arced into
the sky from the earth and began to spread, devouring everything in
their paths as they raced towards the city. Behind it, nothingness
swallowed the ashes, chasing the flames and consuming
everything.
“Mismatch!” I cried, facing him again.
His ghostly form was gone. I was completely
alone.
DC burned behind me, and ahead of me, the
rest of the world was exploding into fire.
“Theta” is available from
wherever you purchase ebooks!
Also by Lizzy
History Interrupted
– time travel romance
West
East
North (2016)
South (2017)
Omega Beginnings Series
Alessandra
Mismatch
Phoibe
Lantos
Theodocia
Niko
Cleon
Herakles
Omega Series
Omega
Theta
Alpha (2017)
Theta Beginnings Miniseries (novelettes)
Silent Queen
Mercenary
Shadow Titan
People’s Champion
Non-Series – 2014 & 2015
Black Moon Draw
Highlander Enchanted
The Door
Water Spell (TBD)
Dragon Tear (TBD)
Lost Vegas Novellas – young adult post apocalyptic
Aveline
Tiana
Arthur
Black
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