chapter 19

Jezal

Victory. I'm almost done here. After so long bliss. Is this what it feels like to achieve your goals. I glance at Xavier still struggling with his dreams. It will be over soon. Shame. It truly didn't have to be this way. Sadly it's not them to blame. Their people made this choice knowing the burden would fall on the children.

His sister the noble warrior in a frivolous battle. One she only knows half the story of. And this girl, Alexis, strong and determined to live enough to kill. Uncertainty. I've not decided on the fate of these three. No not yet. I'll finish my story first.

"I come from the line of the Queen Sheba. She was brought to King Solomon court where she learned to communicate with the jinn, spirits of power which he had enslaved to do his bidding. In the process of bringing the queen the Jinn ifrit raped the queen and resulted in a child which led to a line of powerful children. It's the line that I come from. But once the King learned of the children he banished Ifrit sealing him away and all of his children. Only a few of us escaped the punishment. I hid for years until most wouldn't believe we existed calling the tales legends. Years,hundreds of them went by before the Europeans managed to capture me. They took me on a ship and I had to watch as they raped all the women killing us until I managed to muster up enough strength to call on a storm sinking the ship. I made it to the continent and met your people. I warned them of what was to come now that the Europeans were traveling to this place. I urged them to act swiftly, But they were peaceful people and waited until it was nearly too late."

"Then they came to me desperate and pleading. I promised them a weapon one that could protect them forever and keep the Europeans from taking this land ever. All I asked in return was the first male child from the chosen line. But after the weapon was released they betrayed our deal. Froze me in magic deeming me a witch and sealed me a place called Tartarus." She points at Sanniya "and looks at the results. Your people and" points at Alexis "even your people have been forced into small communities when this entire continent was theirs. The Europeans claimed it was their destiny to take this and slaughter the people. When all it was fear of greater things that allowed it. Destiny was my coming to this land. Destiny is my re-awakening when no more of my mother's children remain. The brief opening of my prison letting me flee. Destiny is my revenge that will erase the Europeans from this land then all lands until I pity them enough to allow them to exist in the caves they originally crawled from."

I scream releasing the rage remembering has brought. A pulse of energy pushes from me. It throws the girls off their feet. I pity them for being so weak. I glide to where Alexis is laying. I kneel the nest to her and touch her face.

"Alexis" I say and feel a spark of power rush through from her. And that changes everything.

I slide over to Sanniya and grab her shoulder stopping her arm. I reach into her coat pulling out the Dreamcatcher she was reaching for. It's a beautiful item but the same used to trap me. I snarl seeing it and it bursts into flames then ash.

"Now listen to me girl." I laugh " listen to your sympathetic Queen." I lean to her ear.