Free Origin (Eternal Sacrifice Saga Book 2) by Dylan Quinn Page A

breath.
    “Because I can. Come on, Jules,” I tilted my head. “Everybody keeps shit from me. Don’t be that way. What do you mean?” I bent down, practically upside down, and peeked at him. “Please?”
    “Fine.” He growled. His eyes went wide, as did mine. “I’m sorry, Chayah.”
    He lowered his face, doing his Respect his Elder thing. Despite the fact I wasn’t liking this conversation, I was beginning to figure out how to get what I wanted with these Eternals.
    “I’ll forgive you if you tell me what you mean by dead.”
    “You already know. You’re just refusing to admit it.”
    “Know what?”
    “Think about it, Chayah.” He stared. “How does a human become Eternal?”
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    “Remie Samuels and Phoebe Kinkaid, you have drank of the Fountain of Life, sealing your Divine union for this time. As leader of Genesis and by authority of the Elder Council of the Eternal realm, I now pronounce you Gemini, Twin Souls. And as Chayah, Eternal Mother of humanity, I pronounce you husband and wife, for this time. And all Eternity.”
    I held back a tear.
    “Remie, you may kiss your beautiful bride.”
    Remie took Phoebe’s cheeks into his palms and gave her the sweetest damn kiss I’d ever seen.
    I melted watching my family seal their Eternity. And at my hand.
    Phoebe and Remie were so adorable together, eyes closed, foreheads resting against each other.
    Phoebe opened her eyes and peeked over at me. “Thank you,” she mouthed under her breath.
    I bowed.
    “May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Remliel Samuels.” I got a wave of goose bumps at my own declaration. “And as my gift to you, Remie, you are off Eternal Duty for one week. Take your wife somewhere nice.”
    “We have a gift for the Gemini.” Gabrielle came up to Phoebe, handing her an envelope. She leaned over and whispered into Phoebe’s ear.
    Phoebe took Remie’s hand, and they strolled down the aisle toward the exit of the Great Hall.
    I blew out a hard breath as they disappeared out the door.
    “You okay, love?”
    “No.” I sighed as Cade wrapped his arms around me. “We need to talk.”
    “Yes. We do.” He kissed my cheek. “Come. Let’s go home and take a walk. Aperiesque ostium.”
    Lacing his fingers with mine, Cade created a portal into Aravot. We moved through the bridge wind, landing on the terrace of our home.
    I inhaled the warm air, breathing in the amazing scent of my flowers in bloom. I wondered if they were always blooming.
    The lavender sky in the Eternal realm was unreal.
    “Why is it purple?”
    “What?”
    “The sky. I know why earth’s sky is blue. Why is Aravot’s purple?”
    Cade squeezed my hand. “Because it’s your favorite color.”
    I smirked.
    Cade led me down a path toward the Angel’s Arch. “It’s true.”
    I eyed him and smiled. “Okay, wait. So, explain how Aravot works. If there are different levels of the dark realm, are there different levels of the Eternal realm, too? This can’t be all of it.”
    “Of course not, there is so much more to the Eternal realm, but this plane is ours.”
    “Ours, as in yours and mine?”
    “For Genesis.” He nodded. “When you chose to Eternalize, you were permitted to design your own plane. It represents all the things of the earthly plane you loved. Including wildlife, vegetation. Even the color of the sky.”
    “Wow. That’s so weird. Why isn’t there night?”
    “I’m unsure.” He narrowed his eyes.
    I couldn’t help but laugh. His faces were comical, to say the least.
    “What about my name. Why Zoe?”
    He grinned.
    “What?”
    “You allowed me to give you a new name.”
    “You named me?” I chewed on my lip. That was seriously sweet.
    He nodded. “We agreed our time as Adam and Eve had come to an end. We had evolved. So our titles and our names should as well.”
    “So why Zoe? And do I always come back as Zoe?”
    “Yes. Zoe means giver of life. And wisdom in some languages. I couldn’t think of a more fitting name for the Eternal