Chapter 157

“So I should have killed them all? So sorry I decided they might be more useful to us somedayalive,” Nathan said. “None of you are willing to give me a chance, even with what I did, even knowing I didn’t hurt any of our people?” He shook his head, turned toward the still open door, making Shiarra flinch. “The power I have, the things I can do now…I’ll show you that you don’t have to be afraid of me.”

He didn’t raise a hand this time or even twitch, just stood facing the outside until that darkness that had blanketed everything for so many days was broken by the first rays of sunlight. Jim didn’t even know what time it was, so hard to keep track lately, but maybe late afternoon by the way the sun hung in the sky as it shone brilliantly.

It was more than just the sun, though. The land started to shift too, to return to the way it should look, covered in grass, with trees, and god damn dandelions, and flat land instead of insane cliffs and drop-offs.