Chapter 90: Paradox - Sacrificing to Hastur!
-Then she... she said the names,- Selene’s white dragonish scales trembled as she hissed.
-Stop!- Kai hissed loudly.
He needed a moment to think about it.
This was the decisive moment, he knew. This was the point of no return. If he went through with it, then there was no point in not chanting those words. Only at this instance, Kai could change the course of his future.
Burn the paper, forbid Selene to speak about all of this, and kill Meg as soon as possible.
These were the only sane thoughts Kai wanted to have but had he ever gotten what he wanted so easily?
What? Scared, Blood Demon? A voice sneered within him, testing his courage and what his name stood for. Giving up on Power so easily? The Elite Ability, the Worth, you think they are so easy to get?
No. They weren’t. Having them was also the reason that Kai knew how difficult it was to get them into the Primordial World.
Kai licked his lips. Sweat had drenched his back, and above his head, the stars shone paler than ever. -Tell me- he hissed. -Don’t speak in one go, though. Pause in between.-
Kai had no way of telling how these things worked. But if he had learned something from his future self, then he knew the moment he would chant those words, the prophecy would come true. So Selene hissed, breaking her voice now and then, and he kept writing. Words after words appeared on the paper, forming a sentence.
When Kai completed the last line, his face crumbled.