“I know you will,”
Edward replied as he held her tight, breathing in her scent. “So…where do we go
from here?” Edward asked after she slid out of his embrace.
“We find my
friends,” Lilith replied. She pulled off her jumpsuit and threw it in the trunk
next to Edward’s. After Edward slammed the trunk shut, Lilith set the controls
that made the car invisible. “The air smells worse since the last time I was
here. I’ll be fine, but you might need to protect yourself.”
“I’m okay for now,
but tell me more about these friends of yours. Are they immortals?”
“No, they’re human
and part of the underground resistance, but right now we need to search for the
boat. They have it hidden near the dock.”
They finally
located the boat hidden under some torn camouflage
netting next to an old shed. It was a beat up small row boat and Edward was somewhat concerned that
they would sink before making it across the river. “Why not use your magic to
get us to the other side?”
“Did you ever play
chess?” She answered his question with one of her own.
“Yes”
“Well…the Creator
has decided to up the game with the Fallen One.”
“What are you getting at?” Edward wasn’t so sure he wanted to hear
the explanation and besides he noticed that Lilith’s color was turning pale. She
would need to feed and soon.
“I go into this
battle for mankind with a diminished power. The dice have been rolled and the new
rules for this game, set.”
Edward was angry. “How
are we to beat these men if your powers are gone?”
“By playing heaven
and hell against each other. Now hurry, I need to feed and soon.”
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