He stopped and looked the last person in line face-to-face.
To this middle aged man, he sneered, “Pathetic creatures! Why you find pleasure
in His eyes is beyond me. You are powerless and frail. We are full of glory and
strength. We should be given the position of favor and should be allowed to
enjoy whatever we want! Why is it that we are degraded into serving you and are
forbidden even the simple pleasures you are allowed?”
The man heard nothing and remained standing in solemn
contemplation while Jeqon vented his emotion. Jeqon, however, felt much better
by ranting at the object of his antipathy. He turned and walked away with a smile
of supremacy on his face that quickly disappeared.
A voice resembling an echoing loud whisper surrounded him
from all directions, “You seem discontented tonight brother.”
Jeqon jumped and turned around to see who was speaking to
him. Although his masked his voice to the man, he vocalized his thoughts loud
enough for any Heavenly being to hear. Anger began to rise in him again from
being caught off guard for a second time during his brief earthly stint. He
could not believe he made such a foolish mistake twice. Setting his face, he
drew in a breath, ready to deal with another ‘lesson’.
“Don’t look so panicked. I haven’t come to reprimand you,”
the voice purred. This time Jeqon located its source from the alleyway to his
right. It smoothed to an elegant, friendly tone. Jeqon mistrusted his eyes as a
figure emerged from the shadows that resembled a shadow itself.
As the darkness stood there and solidified, Jeqon noticed it
was covered from the neck downward in full armor. Each plate was carved from
polished onyx and had rows of gems in a chaotic yet dazzling pattern that began
to glint in the moonlight. Ruby, topaz, emerald, and olivine adorned the plates
on the shadow’s chest while those covering each leg were set with jasper, lapis
lazuli, turquoise, and aquamarine. Furthermore, each plate of the mail was
surrounded by gold and silver trim that seemed to attach each one to the next.
The entire set moved without moving when one stared at it as Jeqon was now
doing.
The entire first chapter of The Corruption –
Book one in The Age of the Watchers – will be published on this blog throughout
the month of April.
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