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Tsagasi chuckled softly.
“Why are you helping me?” I asked, rubbing my forehead with one hand. He was making my head hurt with all his talk of tangled webs. “You still haven’t really answered that.”
“I want to ensure your success.”
I released a heavy sigh. We sat next to one another on the porch and listened to crickets chirp all around us.
“You did well tonight, witness to creation. Better than I’d expected.”
I turned to him, my mouth gaping. “Why are you so surprised?”
“Your sex for one. You’re a female. A curious choice.”
Were the spirits all misogynists? “There have been female Curse Keepers in the past.”
“Yes, but not very many. Less than the number of fingers on my hand.”
I glanced over to see how many fingers he actually had. Five. “Why?”
He shrugged. It was a wonder he didn’t have a muscle spasm from all his shoulder rolling. “There is another question that is more important.”
“What question?”
“You must figure it out on your own.”
I groaned. “You’re talking in riddles again.”
“Try to figure out what that question is and ask me tomorrow.”
“Now that I have the power from being a witness to creation, do I still need to use the ring and the spear and the sword?”
His eyes narrowed and he leaned toward me, his gaze piercing mine. “As I already said, you needeverytool at your disposal. What works in one situation might not work in another.”
“So you’ll answer every question I ask?”
He laughed and sat back. “It depends on what you ask.”
“Ahone was there on the night of my mother’s death. Do you know why?”
“I was locked away in hell with the others. How would I know?”
“That’s not an answer.”
He grinned. “This is why I like you, Curse Keeper. You pay attention. I knew he was there.”
“And he let my mother die?”
He remained silent, his gaze intent on the woods behind the house.
“My memory of that night is coming back in bits and pieces.”
“Many things happened that night. You must try harder to remember. It is important.”
I nodded, picking up the sword next to me and laying it across my lap. I’d never been a proponent of citizens arming themselves, but holding the weapon gave me a confidence I hadn’t felt seconds before. “A Raven Mocker told my future and called me a vessel,” I said. “Does it mean that Okeus will get his way?”
“Fortunes and prophecies are purposely vague so that they can be interpreted in many ways.”
“You didn’t answer my question again.”
