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“Goddess of darkness, remember? It comes with some perks.”
“Like making the lights go out?” I hadn’t realised she had control over that kind of magic.
“I can make them come back on too.” She did something and the lights in the adjoining corridor flickered back on. “Now they’ll spend some time wondering about what’s wrong with them and won’t assume that someone used it as a diversion.
“Handy,” I murmured.
“I know. Now, let’s get to the soul.”
I nodded and headed down the corridor, trepidation building with every step I took.
After we did this, my entire life would change. Hopefully for the better.
CHAPTER17
Kuaket
The momentI stepped into the room containing the dead god’s soul, my own began to ache. I stood and stared at the bright light pulsing in the middle of the room, a little in awe of its power.
“Kua?”
“Sorry, it’s just beautiful.” I reached out a hand to see if I could touch it, but the soul recoiled. “I didn’t realise it would look like this.”
“Do you think all souls look like this?”
“I don’t know,” I admitted. “But I’d like to think so.” The idea that this was resting inside all of us was kind of beautiful.
Except for the fact that this god had been killed in order to fuel a cult of warlocks who wanted to destroy all of godkind. Though at least that goal kind of made sense now.
“Do you know who they are?” Abrax asked.
I looked at him, surprised to find a pained and sad expression on his face as he looked at the soul.
“No, I don’t recognise the way they feel, but that doesn’t mean anything. This could be my best friend and I might not recognise it outside of her body.”
“You have a best friend?”
“Of course I do.” I looked into the soul again. What would Skadi want me to do if this was her?
It was a silly question. She’d tell me that I was a fool for not killing the soul already.
I reached into my bra and pulled out the bag Seth gave me. I opened it, surprised to only find a fine black powder inside it.
“What is it?” Abrax asked, looking over my shoulder.
“No idea,” I responded. “I didn’t have a chance to really ask.”
“And we probably don’t want to know,” he muttered.
I nodded, seeing exactly what he meant. “But Seth said this would work, so we’re just going to have to trust him.” I stepped closer to the soul, feeling like I should be saying something to it.
“I’m sorry this was done to you,” Abrax said before I could say anything myself. “And I’m sorry I used some of your magic. I didn’t know what I was doing, and it’s something that will haunt me for the rest of my life.”
I reached out and put a comforting hand on his arm, hoping he realised that I didn’t judge him for any of what had happened to him. He’d made a decision when he was seventeen, and I couldn’t judge him on a version of himself from fifteen years ago.
“I don’t know if you can hear us,” I said to the dead god. “But we’re sorry that we have to do this.” I opened the pouch further and sprinkled the powder over the glowing ball of light.
It flickered and dimmed almost instantly.
