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That wasn’tmythought.
The realization stunned me.
Someone else was in my head, but they were making my thoughts sound and feel as if they were mine.
“Who are you?”I roared into the cavern of my mind.
A giggle. That was the response.
It sounded like a child’s laugh, a sick and evil child—like a six-year-old torturing an animal and loving it.
“Get out. Now,”I commanded, and I felt the voice leave my head.
“Show yourself,” I spoke aloud in Angelic tongue. All beings had to follow a summons from that language, but so few knew how to speak it.
“You know my language.”
I scowled, stepping back and bringing up my offenses. This was the Messenger.
“You’re here for the prophecy.” I sneered. “I can feel the shame emanating from you. It’s loathsome.”
He was near the back, in the shadows. He hadn’t fully corporealized himself.
He was quiet.
I could feel him studying me.
I frowned. Something was wrong.
“How long have you been in my head?”
He jerked, his misty form spreading out before coming back together and firming. Finally, he spoke in hisses, “I’ve been with you since the beginning of time.”
The fuck?“What?”
“I can see your father’s been spreading tales. You should know better than to believe him.”
“I sensed his honesty.”
“I’ve always been with you, Kellan. I am you. I was with you when you went to him, but he drew you across the boundary. He knew I would separate, could separate from you.”
“The prophecy was about a fallen Messenger. The last messenger I battled put up more of a show, to be honest.”
“I am no messenger,” he hissed. “I am you. I am your darkness.”
“I’m a full demon. The only good in me is Shay’s bond.”
“That’s not true. You have layers of us, and you have neglected us over the years. You have remained topside, falling in love with a half-messenger. Your demon is coming apart.”
“You said you were able to separate when I went across the boundary?”
“Each time you do, more of us are able to separate from you.”
I wasn’t going to waste my time wondering what truth my fatherhadbeen speaking. I shouldn’t have been surprised he used deception. That was his job.
“Why would my father want you to separate from me?”
“Because he can call upon us. We are still leashed to you. We are a part of you, but he can call onusto do his bidding.”
