by K J Carr
Finishing up, I glanced at the bill that Millie had dropped on the table. One coffee and one Nica’s Favorite. On the house. I chuckled to myself. My brother would remember me in all the important ways.
I put a ten on the table, tipping Millie for the food and then left the diner.
I walked over to the large oak tree, near where my parking space had been. The bench was still there, a new plaque near it. They had dedicated this spot to me. Tears came to my eyes.
Suddenly, a daemon appeared near the bench. Not Achilah, but I could almost smell the greater daemon on this one. It had been near him recently.
I glanced around and didn’t see anyone looking this way. I hoped that no one was looking out of the windows of the diner, so I stepped back behind the tree to make sure I would be undetected.
The daemon stalked towards me, his weapon, a very large dagger in hand.
I felt El drop into my mind, merging with me as our focus intensified. I called my sword and it appeared in my hand in an instant. TK appeared behind the daemon and bit his calf. With that moment of distraction, as the daemon looked down towards TK, I swung my sword. The daemon’s head came off cleanly. It was done so smoothly that the body stayed standing for a moment, while TK moved away from it, to my side. Then it fell, this time disappearing into dark smoke.
Huh. New trick. I stared at the sword, wondering if it had caused the body to evaporate.
No matter. Nothing to clean up was a good thing.
As much as I hated leaving Marcus, Vern, and Kaitie, this was why I chose to transition. To fight daemons. Achilah couldn’t keep coming after Transitioners. He couldn’t hurt any more humans.
I felt the agreement of both TK and El in my mind, as I teleported us back to the house that the Tennins had chosen.
Author’s Notes
I wrote Achilah after Immortal Decisions and while I was editing this book because I felt there was a need for additional information about him. He is a complex character.
In the back of my mind, I am thinking that I need to write some of T’Koran’s back story as well. If so, it would be placed between Transition and Vengeance. I haven’t decided yet, though, if this would be something I should do or not at this time.
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Other Books By K J Carr
Immortal Transformation Series
Immortal Decisions (Book 1)
Achilah (Book 1.5)
Immortal Transition (Book 2)
Immortal Vengeance (Book 3)