Solomon's Jar
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She smiled. It was in part to cover her real thoughts. She had fulfilled her true role when he made the choice to turn away from the temptation of near ultimate power the jar may have offered. She knew Garin Braden was worried about what power he might derive from the relic. She’d worry about that another time. She felt certain Garin did not present an immediate threat.
By mutual accord they stood. He held out his hands.
“It’s goodbye, I suppose,” he said, “and not au revoir.”
“It’s better that way,” she said. “We both know it is. What we came together to do, we’ve done.”
“And a right lot of fun it was, too,” he said, with a cockeyed leer and music-hall Cockney accent.
She smiled and kissed him. “Yes,” she said quietly. “A lot of fun.” She blinked her eyes rapidly to clear them of sudden moisture.
“Right, then,” he said. “Goodbye, Annja love. And thanks for everything.”
“Goodbye, Aidan,” she said from low in her throat.
He turned and walked jauntily down the steps toward the vast and teeming city, leaving Annja standing alone in the shadow of Christ the Redeemer with his arms outstretched to the world.
ISBN: 978-1-5525-4605-5
SOLOMON’S JAR
Special thanks and acknowledgment to Victor Milan for his contribution to this work.
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