Daeton, but you’re talking about folklore. We don’t really have a bone blade made from our ancestors, and you’re certainly not taking one of your own bones for the job. I don’t see the relation between the fairy tale and the reality of our situation.”
She moved to the couch and knelt in front of him. “I know you’re worried, Pers, but there’s truth in the stories of your people, I know it.” Glancing at Cosmo she said, “I’m right, aren’t I?”
Cosmo nodded. “There is a blade made of bone, but it’s buried at the bottom of the lake.”
“What the Hades for?” Ekho demanded.
“Because the warrior knew it was too dangerous a tool to be kept within easy reach of those who might use it for harm. It was believed that the blade was carved from the bone of a Centaur who had been magically gifted. The blade by itself is simply a blade, but when it is covered in blood, it becomes a tool of unimaginable power.” Cosmo stood quickly. “If you need it, then you’ll have it, daughter.”
Cosmo strode out of the house quickly and Daeton stood with Perseus and Ekho. “I don’t understand how a blade made of bone is going to help,” Perseus said.
“I don’t know either, but I know enough about visions to trust what was said. If we’re in Cholas at sunset with the blade, we’ll survive to hold our children.” Daeton pressed her hand to her still-flat stomach. She hadn’t even had a chance to think about the pregnancy yet. If they survived the battle that loomed ahead, then she’d take the time to revel in it.
She and her husbands headed out of the house and walked toward the lake. She could feel that Perseus was still skeptical. He argued over her head with Ekho about their options, wanting to leave and find a place to hide. She knew that no matter where they went, whoever was after her was going to keep coming. If she didn’t face him or her head-on, then she’d lose everything precious to her, and she’d rather die fighting than face such loss.
Cosmo stripped and dove into the lake. A small crowd gathered as Daeton and her husbands stood and watched as Cosmo surfaced, inhaled deeply, and dove again, repeating the actions several times. Each time he surfaced, he moved closer to the center of the lake. When he finally reached the center, he inhaled loudly and deeply and disappeared under the surface.
It seemed like ages that he was underwater. The crowd grew uneasy, many of the Centaurs voicing concerns that Cosmo had been under too long, that the lake was too deep in the center for anyone to reach it. Several males had begun to remove their clothes to go hunt for him when Cosmo burst from under the water with a great gasping breath and lifted a long, pale object above his head.
“Holy Hades, he found it,” a Centaur named Hylis said with awe in his voice, “he found the Blade of Aster.”
Chapter 5
Perseus watched as his papan swam from the lake, his face red with exertion. When he stood up in the shallow water, Perseus and Ekho moved quickly to him and helped him onto dry land. He fell to his knees with the object clutched in one hand, as he gulped in big breaths and shuddered from head to toe. Perseus’s moman laid a blanket around his shoulders.
“I didn’t think I would be able to find it, the water is so murky at the bottom,” his papan said. “But then there was a faint red glow and I knew it was lighting the way for me to find it.”
Cosmo lifted the object and Daeton knelt before him to take it in her hands. It was a crudely carved blade about eight inches long with a thick handle. Perseus knelt next to his wife and looked at the blade. It was grayish-white with dark lines and grooves along the surface.
“We can leave this realm, sweetheart,” he said, trying once more to shake her from the desire to listen to her vision.
She looked up at him, her brown eyes narrow with
She moved to the couch and knelt in front of him. “I know you’re worried, Pers, but there’s truth in the stories of your people, I know it.” Glancing at Cosmo she said, “I’m right, aren’t I?”
Cosmo nodded. “There is a blade made of bone, but it’s buried at the bottom of the lake.”
“What the Hades for?” Ekho demanded.
“Because the warrior knew it was too dangerous a tool to be kept within easy reach of those who might use it for harm. It was believed that the blade was carved from the bone of a Centaur who had been magically gifted. The blade by itself is simply a blade, but when it is covered in blood, it becomes a tool of unimaginable power.” Cosmo stood quickly. “If you need it, then you’ll have it, daughter.”
Cosmo strode out of the house quickly and Daeton stood with Perseus and Ekho. “I don’t understand how a blade made of bone is going to help,” Perseus said.
“I don’t know either, but I know enough about visions to trust what was said. If we’re in Cholas at sunset with the blade, we’ll survive to hold our children.” Daeton pressed her hand to her still-flat stomach. She hadn’t even had a chance to think about the pregnancy yet. If they survived the battle that loomed ahead, then she’d take the time to revel in it.
She and her husbands headed out of the house and walked toward the lake. She could feel that Perseus was still skeptical. He argued over her head with Ekho about their options, wanting to leave and find a place to hide. She knew that no matter where they went, whoever was after her was going to keep coming. If she didn’t face him or her head-on, then she’d lose everything precious to her, and she’d rather die fighting than face such loss.
Cosmo stripped and dove into the lake. A small crowd gathered as Daeton and her husbands stood and watched as Cosmo surfaced, inhaled deeply, and dove again, repeating the actions several times. Each time he surfaced, he moved closer to the center of the lake. When he finally reached the center, he inhaled loudly and deeply and disappeared under the surface.
It seemed like ages that he was underwater. The crowd grew uneasy, many of the Centaurs voicing concerns that Cosmo had been under too long, that the lake was too deep in the center for anyone to reach it. Several males had begun to remove their clothes to go hunt for him when Cosmo burst from under the water with a great gasping breath and lifted a long, pale object above his head.
“Holy Hades, he found it,” a Centaur named Hylis said with awe in his voice, “he found the Blade of Aster.”
Chapter 5
Perseus watched as his papan swam from the lake, his face red with exertion. When he stood up in the shallow water, Perseus and Ekho moved quickly to him and helped him onto dry land. He fell to his knees with the object clutched in one hand, as he gulped in big breaths and shuddered from head to toe. Perseus’s moman laid a blanket around his shoulders.
“I didn’t think I would be able to find it, the water is so murky at the bottom,” his papan said. “But then there was a faint red glow and I knew it was lighting the way for me to find it.”
Cosmo lifted the object and Daeton knelt before him to take it in her hands. It was a crudely carved blade about eight inches long with a thick handle. Perseus knelt next to his wife and looked at the blade. It was grayish-white with dark lines and grooves along the surface.
“We can leave this realm, sweetheart,” he said, trying once more to shake her from the desire to listen to her vision.
She looked up at him, her brown eyes narrow with
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