Read Syphon: Guardians of the Fractured Realms Online
Authors: Chad Kunego
Syphon: Guardians of the Fractured Realms (33 page)
Cora watched in fascination as the shield shimmered and shrank back down, disappearing into the ring as she straightened her arm. Looking back up, she noticed Samuel turning to walk away.
“Wait! I have so many questions for you…”
Turning back, he gave her what appeared to be a mischievous smile.
“Don’t worry. You’ll have plenty of time to ask me questions throughout your training.”
“Training?”
“Yep, because of what we had to do to keep the both of you from dying, you’re both going to become syphons. Welcome to the family.”
Cora’s mind went blank as Samuel walked away. She jumped slightly when Frank cleared his throat.
“Uh… Syphons?”
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Samuel gently knocked on the open door. Glancing in, he noticed Blythe looking down at her hands, shoulders slumped forward.
“Mind if I come in?”
Samuel waited a moment for her to respond, but after she made no response, he slowly entered her room. Quietly bringing a chair over, he slowly sat down in front of Blythe, waiting for her to respond.
“It’s not fair,” she whispered, not looking up.
“What’s not fair?”
Her head snapped up, tears running down her face as she met his surprised look.
“You don’t have to pretend. They already explained that it wasn’t love you were feeling before.”
Samuel tilted his head to the side in confusion.
“Huh?”
“Sybil told me why we were attracted to each other. It’s because I’m this wilder thing, or whatever it’s called. I was ‘pulled’ to you because of the aetheric energy flowing through you, so you don’t have to pretend anymore.”
Samuel leaned back in his chair with a sigh as she went back to staring at her hands.
“See, it’s true, isn’t it!”
Samuel reached out and gently lifted her hands in his own and gave a light squeeze. When she tried to pull away, he held them more firmly.
“Look at me,” he said softly.
Looking back up, he could see the sadness along with a longing in her eyes.
“I’m beginning to think Sybil only gave you part of the story.”
He lifted one of her hands up and lightly kissed her palm before continuing.
“Yes, because of our physiology, we were unconsciously drawn to each other, but,” he said as she tried to pull away again, “that feeling only makes you want to be near me. As in my general vicinity. It’s not an emotional thing.”
“I don’t understand…”
He paused for a minute to gather his thoughts.
“Would you want to walk down the street naked?”
“What! No! Why would you suggest that?”
“Would you feel more comfortable wearing cloths to walk down the street.”
“Well duh…”
Samuel smiled slightly.
“It’s like that. You’d just have a feeling of comfort being near me. The way we feel for each other, on the other hand, is entirely real.”
He watched as he saw the hope blossom in her eyes before a look of confusion set in.
“Then why would Sybil say something like that?”
“It’s a long story… but to make a long story short, we used to be a couple not too long ago.”
Blythe’s shoulders slumped slightly when he said that.
“So I’m what, your rebound?”
“No. I keep forgetting this is all new to you. Sybil and I broke it off nearly seventy years ago, give or take a decade.”
“That’s what you call not to long ago?”
“Comparatively speaking, yes. Suffice it to say, there’s nothing between us anymore.”
“Are you sure?”
Samuel smiled as he leaned forward to kiss her.
“Absolutely.”
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Samuel held Blythe’s hand as they walked into the library. Looking around, he saw people milling around the area. On the other side of the room, he saw Sybil giving Frank and Cora a tour of the place. As he made his way over toward them, he noticed Sybil give them a slight frown before heading in his direction.
“Blythe? How’d you get tangled up in all of this?”
“Hi detective Blanchett. I kinda lied to you earlier when I said I hadn’t seen him before.”
Samuel smiled at her as she looked at him. Looking back, he thought he caught another frown on Sybil’s face, but it was too fast to be sure.
Cora looked at Blythe with a stern look.
“Uh huh, thought so.”
“But—”
Cora’s stern look changed to a smile as she continued.
“No buts. Looks like this time you found yourself a good one.”
Blythe smiled before looking back up at Samuel.
“Yes I did.”
Samuel squeezed her hand slightly before looking back at everyone.
“Did Sybil fill you in on everything.”
Frank nodded at him.
“I’m still a little hazy on the how’s and why’s, but for the most part yes. I guess the next question is, when do we start?”
Samuel looked at all of them seriously.
“As soon as possible. This is only the beginning. Genevieve knew that either Damien was going to access the Arch, or that I’d have to pull out Michael’s sword. One way would have allowed direct access to the Akashic records, the other would just weaken the weave between worlds. Either way, she’s one step closer to her goal.”
“What goal is that?”
Samuel glanced over toward Cora.
“Basically, she wants to merge the realms back together and restore Eden to its former glory. And we have to be ready for her next move.”
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