Odyssey Project Chapter 5: Echoes and Promises

Kaylin clutched her skull urging the throbbing behind her eyes to cease. She exhaled the breath she hadn't realized she had been holding. Her body quivered with adrenaline. Destruction; it all made sense now. She was a weapon, and Darus needed her.

The darkness faded, washed away by flashing lights as she stumbled from the train once more. She was in a city now, the rush of foot traffic and vehicles echoing off glass buildings.

"It's disgusting."

Darus was standing a few feet away. Kaylin studied him. His body was rigid his jaw tense.

"You created it," Kaylin murmured walking across the street. He trailed behind her.

"It should be mine to destroy then." They brushed passed a clot of people who paid them little more than a glance. "Everything I once loved...everything we swore to protect, and they waste it."

Kaylin smiled, "They just don't know that's all." She paused. Hours ago she had been one of those individuals,   had been gifted for a chance at a normal life, but he had robbed her of that. Ignorance had been a reprieve Darus could never fathom. "You're jealous that's all this is."

She felt the warmth of his hand and the strength of his grip on her shoulder. "You will destroy them for me, you will destroy everything they've tarnished."

Kaylin shuttered, "I won't do it. I won't give you any further satisfaction."

Darus chuckled, the throaty sound of his voice sent a chill up Kaylin's spine. "You will. I've broken you before my love, I can do it again." His grip tightened on her neck and he wrapped his body around hers.   Kaylin was paralyzed. The city began to melt around them as the light train devoured them once more.