Page 83 of Sett and his King
The scarab’s legs dug into his skin, gold flecks flew from within the jewel and wrapped around Horus like a ghost. I didn’t care what happened. I didn’t care who died anymore as long as he did.
Just like when Sett had tried, Horus came back to life, no longer under the influence of my power and he yanked the scarab off his chest as if it was a mere toy. He looked at me and before I could say or do anything, he punched me and I flew across the room. Pain exploded all over my back and I caught my breath, unsure when I'd be able to draw another with the way my lungs burned.
I looked up just in time to see Horus and Sett's weapons clashing between them, causing sparks. The room filled with men far too strong, far too powerful and far too insane for me to deal with all on my own and as soon as Sett noticed, he withdrew and came up beside me.
This wasn't how things were supposed to go. Things were supposed to end tonight. With the necklace on me things were supposed to go our way. But…
Once again, he’d been one step ahead of us.
“Why, thank you Drew. You’re a faithful puppet after all.” He opened his hand to reveal the scarab and a knot formed in my stomach. “Now kill Sett for me, will you?”
I braced myself for impact. I held my breath waiting for his order to wrap its dirty claws around me but it never came. I glanced at the necklace around me and breathed a sigh of relief.
It worked. Ithadfucking worked.
But at what cost?
I turned to Gene, lying dead on the floor, his eyes still wide and white from the shock of his body torn apart so quickly, so suddenly.
His glasses were cracked and his beautiful smile, it had vanished, never to light up a room ever again. That wasn’t supposed to happen either.
“I’m sorry, asshole, but I no longer take my orders from you.”
Horus raised an eyebrow for a moment before he shrugged and threw the scarab to the floor. He stomped on the magical siphon and crashed it with the back of his foot.
Magic exploded all around him. Goosebumps crawled along my arms and the back of my neck. The ghostly blanket I’d seen before now became more and more visible until it stuck to his body like a golden armor.
Fuck!
“Oh it’s good to be back,” he said with a long sigh as if he’d just drank the world’s most hydrating glass of water.
“Kill them all,” he commanded with a resounding voice that made me feel smaller than I’d ever felt and immediately the men behind me came for both of us.
“Nah, I won’t let you win. Not again,” Sett growled and launched at his brother while I rolled out of the way and toward Anubis, my lungs on fire and my heart racing.
The god of the dead cowered when I reached for him, looked at me with fear in his eyes. I felt sorry for the guy. Iwasthat guy. I waseveryguy in here. We were all the same.
But I couldn’t take it anymore. I grabbed Anubis’s scythe from his feet and I launched at Horus too.
"It's cute you think you can defeat me. You're outnumbered, Drew," he said.
"Who said I was trying to defeat you?" I snarled and blocked his axe, pushing him back.
Before he could do anything else, I spun around and faced Sett, scythe at the ready.
All it took was a nod and he knew what he had to do. What we both had to do.
I brought my scythe down on his heart and he brought his khopesh down on mine and we gazed into each other's eyes as life drained out of both of us in seconds.
But it was okay.
It was time for a do-over.
Sett
Iheld my breath.
My heart ached so much I couldn't take the pain. It was too much. Too strong.
