Page 54 of Sett and his King
This was it. The secret to my freedom.
“He couldn’t do it. Horus was too strong, too powerful, and Ra? He paid the price with both body and soul."
My heart sank.
"I'm so so sorry.” I squeezed his hand back and caught his tear with my other hand before it fell on his lap.
“Before he perished, Ra gifted me his power. The gift of sand magic. It was how Ra was able to resist Horus. Sand offers clarity as much as it obscures. So I tricked my brother, pretending to be subjugated by him once again until I got close enough to trap his power inside the scarab. Then I killed him body and soul, just like he'd killed Ra.”
Sand magic.
Was that answer?
And did that mean Sett had to die to get it? Because I didn’t like the sound of that. I didn’t like it at all.
“I thought it worked. For five thousand years I thought he was dead. Obviously I was wrong. He must have evaded death…somehow.”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d made a deal with the devil.”
Sett chuckled but not from amusement, but despair.
“If the devil was real, maybe I’d agree. I don’t know how he escaped death, but I do know he can’t get his hands on that scarab. It holds all of his power and if he gets it back, he’ll be unstoppable.”
He was already unstoppable. I couldn’t imagine how much more ruthless and stronger he could get.
"We can’t let him get it,” I said and Sett nodded. “I…I think I need your help." My throat tightened before I even managed to finish my sentence.
“What do you need?" he asked.
I tried to speak the words that had been haunting me since I met him but…they were unspeakable.
“Drew?” He leaned closer. “What is it?”
I couldn’t tell him. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I couldn’t. I couldn’t tell him what I was supposed to do. But…
Maybe I could tell him what I’d already done.
"I betrayed you," I said and trapped my mouth shut as if it had been an accident when in truth I was shocked it had worked.
Sett stared at me without blinking.
The hairs on the back of my neck rose and a chill ran down my spine.
He was going to hate me.
He was going to hate me so much.
"I betrayed you twice. I…I killed you twice,” I said, tears running down my face before I could stop them. “He told me to summon you and make you get the scarab and then I was instructed to kill you. I did. I did and took the scarab to Horus. He killed me too. And every time it happens I wake up back here, with you. I don’t know what’s going on but I killed you and I hate myself for it and I don’t know how to stop it from happening again.”
“I know,” he whispered.
“I know you don’t remember it, and the day keeps resetting itself but I killed you. I’m a monster.”
Sett grabbed me by the chin and forced me to look him in the eyes but it was impossible with all the tears blurring my vision.
“Did you hear me, Drew? I know?” he said. “I remember.”
"What?"
