Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 8: Antagonists
It’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means – the next segment of the Thief of the Eclipse short story!
Click here to start reading at the beginning. Below is a brief refresher on the story up to now (contains spoilers):
Zelena has been offered a mission by Lazaro, a mysterious diseased man. He will tell her the truth about her father’s death if she steals memories from Father Remiel, her superior in the Eclipse Guard. Zelena stole the artifact from the caravan and must use it on Father Remiel.
And now, part 8.
Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 8: Antagonists
A flood of memories hit Zelena. She flew from one to the next in the blink of an eye, swept up in the current, unable to control it.
She saw a younger Lazaro fall in love.The young woman nursed him when his illness flared up. She saw the tender moment, the love, the happiness. It was enough for her heart to fill almost to bursting. Lazaro would get better and worse in an endless cycle, but the woman loved him all the same. Then the woman caught one of the illnesses Lazaro carried. Now it was Lazaro who nursed her. He tried over and over to use his power to heal the woman, but it never worked. The memories ended with the one Zelena saw in Lazaro’s head, the one where he mourned his dying wife.
Zelena was thrown back from Remiel by the force and emotion of the memories. The amulet burned hot against her skin. She had what she needed. It was past time to leave. As she stood up, she realized what memory she’d been thrown into.
Zelena stood in the middle of the hovel where she and Usha had hidden after their father’s death, the place where she’d murdered her sister.
Zelena closed her eyes, focused on leaving the dreams, and shifted. When she opened her eyes, she still stood in the hovel. The memory hadn’t changed and now the Usha ghost stood in front of her. Panic seized her. She closed her eyes and tried again. Nothing. And again. She was trapped in this memory.
“I have you now,” Usha whispered.
— to be continued —
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