Page 70 of Sett and his King
“He wasn’t himself. He didn’t mean to deceive you.”
Sett stepped in front of me, raising a hand over me protectively and I could have cried right there on the spot.
I hadn’t had anyone in my corner like that in so long, I’d forgotten what it was like to not be alone. To not have to face everything all by myself.
“Relax, kid. I don’t care why you came to me. I only care that you did. You think I didn’t know you were keeping things from me? I may not have been able to read your mind, but I could read everything else about you. You think I don’t know what a god’s servant looks like?” Mother Red Cap’s stone-cold expression softened and she prompted us to have a seat around the fire as she sat back down and crossed her legs, staring at us both.
I took another step and sank down onto the seat opposite her trying not to let my relief show.
Not that it helped when she could literally pick it up from my mind.
“Has anyone told you you think too much?” she asked.
“I fear for the people you’ve been dealing with if you think this is thinking too much.”
She didn’t respond, just held my gaze as if challenging me to think something worse. Something bad. Or something inappropriate.
Sett sat next to me and leaned over to grab my shoulder. “Are you okay?” he asked.
Mother Red Cap smiled.
“What now?”
“Nothing.” She put her hands up.
“If it was nothing you wouldn’t be smiling wickedly like that.”
She chuckled. “I was just thinking…you broke him very quickly. It usually takes them a few more days.”
She turned from me to Sett and I narrowed my eyes.
“What are you talking about?” I asked even though I knew exactly what she was referring to.
“Don’t worry, my dear. It’s nothing bad. I love to see it.” She turned to me and puckered her lips into a cheeky smile. “Now tell me. What can I do for you? You can’t possibly need another god, could you?”
I shook my head and studied her eyes as if daring her to let me in onherthoughts. I’d heard so much about her and yet even after my second interaction with her, I couldn’t quite figure out her angle.
“I need you to help me break my bonds from Horus. I need…I need to find a way to stop him from taking control of me for good.”
Her gaze turned to the fire burning between us and it gave her eyes an eerie glimmer that danced along with the flames.
“That…is beyond my means, I’m afraid.”
My heart sank.
“What do you mean beyond your means? You’ve been around a long time. You can’t tell me you don’t know of anything, not a single resource that could help me?”
“If your master was human, a witch, or a Nightcrawler, I could help you…” She clicked her fingers. “Like that. But a god? That’s way beyond my powers and knowledge.”
I shook my head.
“No. It can’t be. You’re lying.”
Mother Red Cap smirked and glared at me again.
“Do I look like I care enough to lie?”
“You might not know, but you don’t need to be insolent,” Sett growled beside me.
