by Angela White
“Women trouble–it’s all over the camp right now,” Anderson quipped. “Glad I’m not in that mix.”
Zack didn’t respond, thinking that the truth–“You’re so rude, not even the whores will hook you up, Andy, so don’t stress over it.”–probably wouldn’t help in this case.
The extra weight Zack had been carrying around was gone now, and he was well liked–high up in the Eagles and gaining ground. Zack was certain his sons were watching, waiting for him to pick a mate, too, but Zack wasn’t interested. Despite the way he had mistreated his wife, he’d loved her. His heart wasn’t ready for the pain of picking a replacement.
Deleted Scene #3
Angela moaned, head tossing on the damp pillow as the dream called, pulled. She didn’t want to go, she wanted to remain here in the fog with her Brady, but there wasn’t a choice. It was growing, this power inside that fed from the hope and horror around her.
Letting out a defeated whimper, Angela sank into the grayness, surrendering. There was something she had to show him, something he had to understand.
Adrian stared over the side of the tall cliff, not worried even though he was ten stories up and the hard stone was slick from the salty sprays of the angry waves below. The ocean roared at him, seduced as it pulled him closer. If he could just touch it…
“You must be strong.”
Angela’s concern cut through his daze, and Adrian turned in slow motion.
The water crashed onto the rocks below angrily, protesting her interruption, but Adrian appeared not to notice.
“Why is the water only blue going south? Why isn’t all of it red?”
Angela smiled, appearing much like an angel with her white pajamas and flowing black curls.
“That is your path. Venture into the red, and death has you.”
“But where does it go?”
She shrugged, realizing the water was trying to demand Adrian’s attention from her, calling to him.
“It understands what this means, as well. Know now that it will never willingly let you cross, and yet, that is the way you must go.”
“Is there no place left here?”
She shrugged, timbre a soft, eerie echo. “That has not been revealed.”
“What about the blue? Where does it go?”
“That also has not been–”
“I need to know!” he shouted over the water’s roar. “I can’t keep them alive here!”
Adrian’s frustration fed the waves, and the sprays crashed harder against the rocks.
“Go away! Kill you! Never let you pass!”
He could hear the rage now, the buzzing in his ears. Below them, the red water began lapping the edges of the blue until the entire ocean as far as they could see, was as red as blood. Scarlet drops sprayed them from the crashing waves.
“There’s not much time.” Angela was fading, floating away from him. “You have to get ready!”
Adrian snapped awake, but sank down into his dreams quickly, the ocean distantly calling as the shadowy form of a sorceress danced for him.
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