Free Souls of the Never: A Fantasy Scifi Romance Time Travel series, with Dragons, Elves and Faeries. (Tales of the Neverwar Series Book 1) by CJ Rutherford, Colin Rutherford Page A
Authors: CJ Rutherford, Colin Rutherford
matters to discuss with the Council, but tell Marissa I won’t be late.”
Kon bowed before leaving the room.
Hallor had been chosen to lead the Council, but he had also been chosen to carry out another far more important task... It was he who was to ensure the release of the magic and the destruction of the Veil. So the great Olumé had told him in the visions. But he had been warned by Olumé to move slowly and secretly, to bear the burden of fear upon his own shoulders, knowing panic would sweep the land if it was known the time of battle was so close. Hallor knew he had to remain in power long enough for the Veil to be broken, for according to Olumé, his plan had failed utterly and magic was the universe’s only hope.
A small part of him quailed at what he might be forced to do, but someday, soon, he would have to deal with his daughter.
10 – Switzerland – Alice through the looking glass
Two years earlier
Jason had thought tomorrow would be the greatest achievement of his life. The culmination of his life’s work in the lab, brought to fruition in the experiment planned for the following morning. But as he lay here in bed with his wife slumbering in his arms, he knew he’d just surpassed it. Well, technically it had been a two-person job, but this little detail didn’t prevent him from feeling the elation and pride within as he looked down at his beautiful and pregnant wife.
As she stirred, he remembered with regret the time lost with Katheryne, his daughter, and he made a vow then and there to make more time for this new life growing beside him. In fact as his wife woke up he made his first tentative step along this path.
“Hi, you two,” he murmured as he kissed her gently on the forehead.
Alice McNair laughed. “Don’t tempt fate, it might be twins, or triplets,” she said, mischievously. The completely unconcerned look on his face must have shocked her as she sat up abruptly. “That wouldn’t bother you at all would it?” she asked.
“Nope,” he chuckled, smiling widely, “in fact, I’ve made a decision. After tomorrow’s experiment I’m going to retire, well, semi-retire at least,” he added on as a look of disbelief appeared on his wife’s face.
“How can you say that Jason, I mean, what you do, it’s important, it’s—” but Jason interrupted her.
“What I do is almost finished. Once my theory is proven tomorrow, I can let Jules and the others continue the day to day work while I get to sit back on my laurels for a while,” he said, smiling.
Alice grinned back at him. “Hmm, I don’t think there will be much time for sitting on any laurels, seven and a half months from now.”
Jason chuckled and pulled her closer, putting his hand on her stomach. Their schedules lately had made her news all the more remarkable. They’d seen each other only twice in the last two months, so that meant...
“Paris,” he said. “We made this little one the weekend in Paris didn’t we?”
Alice put her hand on top of his and smiled. “Well, let’s face it, we had enough practice at the time, remember?”
Jason grinned at the memory and leaned in to kiss his wife.
“Why don’t you come with me in the morning?” he said, “I mean, it probably won’t be anything much to look at but it’d mean a lot for me to have you there to see my final triumph!”
Jason sat up straight and raised one pointed finger in the air in what he obviously thought was an impersonation of pure brilliance. Alice, however, took one look and hung her head in her hands, giggling furiously.
She looked up once she had recovered to see him smiling at her. “OK, my nutty professor, I’d love to come. I haven’t seen Jules in ages anyway.”
She smiled wickedly at him as she pulled him to her.
“But for now, let’s see what sort of final triumphs we can get up to, just the two of us.”
*
The next morning
Jason looked on as his teams carried out the final calibrations. All had been
Kon bowed before leaving the room.
Hallor had been chosen to lead the Council, but he had also been chosen to carry out another far more important task... It was he who was to ensure the release of the magic and the destruction of the Veil. So the great Olumé had told him in the visions. But he had been warned by Olumé to move slowly and secretly, to bear the burden of fear upon his own shoulders, knowing panic would sweep the land if it was known the time of battle was so close. Hallor knew he had to remain in power long enough for the Veil to be broken, for according to Olumé, his plan had failed utterly and magic was the universe’s only hope.
A small part of him quailed at what he might be forced to do, but someday, soon, he would have to deal with his daughter.
10 – Switzerland – Alice through the looking glass
Two years earlier
Jason had thought tomorrow would be the greatest achievement of his life. The culmination of his life’s work in the lab, brought to fruition in the experiment planned for the following morning. But as he lay here in bed with his wife slumbering in his arms, he knew he’d just surpassed it. Well, technically it had been a two-person job, but this little detail didn’t prevent him from feeling the elation and pride within as he looked down at his beautiful and pregnant wife.
As she stirred, he remembered with regret the time lost with Katheryne, his daughter, and he made a vow then and there to make more time for this new life growing beside him. In fact as his wife woke up he made his first tentative step along this path.
“Hi, you two,” he murmured as he kissed her gently on the forehead.
Alice McNair laughed. “Don’t tempt fate, it might be twins, or triplets,” she said, mischievously. The completely unconcerned look on his face must have shocked her as she sat up abruptly. “That wouldn’t bother you at all would it?” she asked.
“Nope,” he chuckled, smiling widely, “in fact, I’ve made a decision. After tomorrow’s experiment I’m going to retire, well, semi-retire at least,” he added on as a look of disbelief appeared on his wife’s face.
“How can you say that Jason, I mean, what you do, it’s important, it’s—” but Jason interrupted her.
“What I do is almost finished. Once my theory is proven tomorrow, I can let Jules and the others continue the day to day work while I get to sit back on my laurels for a while,” he said, smiling.
Alice grinned back at him. “Hmm, I don’t think there will be much time for sitting on any laurels, seven and a half months from now.”
Jason chuckled and pulled her closer, putting his hand on her stomach. Their schedules lately had made her news all the more remarkable. They’d seen each other only twice in the last two months, so that meant...
“Paris,” he said. “We made this little one the weekend in Paris didn’t we?”
Alice put her hand on top of his and smiled. “Well, let’s face it, we had enough practice at the time, remember?”
Jason grinned at the memory and leaned in to kiss his wife.
“Why don’t you come with me in the morning?” he said, “I mean, it probably won’t be anything much to look at but it’d mean a lot for me to have you there to see my final triumph!”
Jason sat up straight and raised one pointed finger in the air in what he obviously thought was an impersonation of pure brilliance. Alice, however, took one look and hung her head in her hands, giggling furiously.
She looked up once she had recovered to see him smiling at her. “OK, my nutty professor, I’d love to come. I haven’t seen Jules in ages anyway.”
She smiled wickedly at him as she pulled him to her.
“But for now, let’s see what sort of final triumphs we can get up to, just the two of us.”
*
The next morning
Jason looked on as his teams carried out the final calibrations. All had been
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