by Larkin, Matt
“And us? What will we do, Mac?”
“Well, lass … That’s up to you. We’ve both got schools to run. But as for personal time, I have a suggestion. It might be time to get to work on those babies.”
Rachel smiled. It might at that.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE
All I can say is this. History may blame the Pariah for Armageddon. But without him, no one would have been left to remember it at all. Armageddon came—and we won. The Adversary lurks on the edge of known space. Perhaps we will struggle against them for centuries. But mankind’s eyes are open. The door to the future stands wide open. And we have been given one last chance to make our own destiny.
Epilogue
Viscous fluid filled much of a Lotan ship, but they had dried out a chamber for human guests. In reality, the ships were symbiotic extensions of the Lotan themselves, though they had not bothered to explain that to humanity at large.
One of the seven-headed creatures manifested through the walls of Knight’s chamber. He preferred to think of it as a chamber, rather than a cell. He had seen enough of cells in his lifetime. And though the Lotan seemed disinclined to let him go, neither did they call him a prisoner, per se.
He had taken days to recover from his injuries and prolonged exposure to space, drifting at the edge of the event horizon. He’d drifted in so deep he’d thought nothing could reach him. But the Lotan were not like other beings. And time must have dilated around him—what seemed hours to him would have been days, maybe weeks to the rest of the world.
Knight rose from the floor to face the creature. “Did you send the signal I asked?”
“Yes,” one of the heads said. “It is. Sent.”
At least Phoebe would know he lived. Maybe he wouldn’t be able to see her again. Or maybe he would. He’d begun to think nothing was impossible, as long as there was life. And he was alive. Vibrantly, beautifully alive thanks to what Raziel had done to him. He was human, and he was something more. Injuries that should have killed a human had faded. Limitations that would have once bound him had been broken.
“Why do you keep me here?”
“Education. You shall. Be. Our Emissary. One day. A bridge between. Three worlds. First. You must. Learn.”
“Learn what?”
“Everything.”
Knight smirked. “Then we’d better get started.”
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX
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