Page 47 of Soul of a Woman


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“Because this time you will send me to Rhys’s home. I won’t try to warn him this time. I will save them myself.”

“Broni, you ask too much of me. Both of us would be punished by Mother.”

“Yes, but she would get over her anger with you, and I am willing to accept my punishment. Please, Father, I am begging you.” Broni, who never cried or begged, was asking for what she would not ask for herself. If she succeeded, Rhys would be reunited with his family, and Broni would be left powerless on Earth once again. Mother’s punishment would be inventive and painful.

Bronifelt Chronos’s will slipping. She was one of his favorites and she’d exploited the fact she was like a granddaughter to him. Broni saw the weakening in Chronos’s face and knew she had won. Getting to her feet, she reached out and gave him a quick hug.

She then braced herself for the travel backwards in time. If she had taken herself back in time, she would have had no form or substance. With Chronos’s help, she would be human again. Hopefully, this time she would be able to give Rhys his family back, but by doing so, she would break Mother’s law. Yet, if it was discovered, she was willing to pay the penalty.

A gust of wind opened the door and Mother walked into the room, her face a mask of fury. Immediately, Broni fell back to her knees.

“Thank you, Chronos, but Broni will no longer need your aid.” Mother’s sharp words had Chronos nodding his head helplessly as his wife glared at him, showing her displeasure.

“Yes, well, I am glad that is settled,” he said, disappearing before Mother could give voice to the recriminations Broni knew were headed his way for what he had been about to do.

Left alone with Mother, Broni didn’t know how to react. She jumped when hermother appeared by her side, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, staring down at her in disappointment. Broni swallowed hard, refusing to regret the choice she had made.

“You put yourself in danger of punishment when you tried to interfere by warning him that his wife and children were in danger. Going against my wishes once was bad enough, yet you’ve decided to court my anger by attempting to go back and do it again?” Mother’s harsh words drew her attention away from her mother.

“I can explain.”

“Don’t bother. There are no explanations that will excuse your behavior. I heard it all. You were going to face a murderer on your own without any powers, thinking you would save them for a man who does not care for you, who has repeatedly used you?”

Mother waved her hand angrily in the air and Broni found herself in Mother’s castle with the irate woman sitting regally on her throne.

It was never a good sign when Mother was sitting on her throne. Broni fell to her knees, showing respect. She was determined not to beg for leniency, especially when she saw none in Mother’s eyes. Her fury was palpable in the room. Mother’s temper was well known even by the humans. To witness it first hand, however, was a terrifying sight.

“Rise, Broni.”

Broni stood to her feet, keeping her head lowered.

“I’m very disappointed in you. You deliberately went against the rules of your kind, and when you didn’t succeed, you tried to come between me and my husband by getting him to go against my wishes.”

Broni had no excuses; she was guilty. She heard Mother get to her feet, coming to stand in front of her.

“What am I supposed to do? Look at me,” Mother snapped.

Broni lifted her head.

“I cannot make an exception for you. “ Her tone softened.

“I don’t expect you to.”

“You don’t intend to defend yourself?” Mother’s surprise was evident.

“No. I’m guilty. I let my heart guide me even when I knew it was wrong. I’m sorry I let you and my mother down.”

“Very well. Then I will tell you your punishment.” Mother sighed, going back to her throne. “The battle on Earth worsens, and I have need of your skills there. However, you will not have the advantage of your powers. There you will stay until my anger has subsided or you meet your death. Pray, Broni, that the latter doesn’t come first, or you will never see your family or the man you’ve sacrificed it all for again.”

Broni nodded in acceptance.

“No!” Broni heard her mother’s scream echo throughout the room.

“Be quiet, Fate. It’s only because of my friendship with you that I’m even giving her a chance.”

Pain surged through Broni’s body, and without even being given a chance to say goodbye to her mother, she was plunged back to Earth.

Broni found herself in a muddy cornfield where her thin white top and pants were soaked in moments in the pouring rain. She trudged through the maze of dried corn stalks, her bare feet sinking in the mud, slowing her progress. Thankfully, it was daylight outside, but it took her a long time before she finally stumbled out onto a patch of grass not far from an abandoned farmhouse.

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