Page 289 of Seer Prophet

I turned and stared at Kat, wondering suddenly if she was in on this.

She looked just as stunned as me, though.

More so, maybe, since she really had no idea what was going on. She also stared at me, understanding bleeding into her light brown eyes. She looked from me back to the Revik lookalike, then back to me… almost like she couldn’t decide if she was looking at the real Revik or not, and expected me to confirm or deny who he was.

Averting my gaze, I faced the Terian body I’d known as Ulai.

Remembering he’d been the one to initially train me in sex for the Lao Hu, on the orders of Voi Pai, I felt my face flush hot, even as my mind tried to wrap around this again, to make sense of it. I knew Revik would not like this at all, but I shoved that from my mind, too.

I’d shared a bed with this fucker. For months.

At the time, I hadn’t really cared who I slept with?not after Revik asked for a divorce and kicked me out of his life for the second time in less than two years.

I fought with the timeline, too, with Ulai being in Beijing after Feigran was unified, when we thought no more Terian bodies existed.

My mind tried to make sense of it, to piece things together in an order that made any kind of sense. When had he been created? Did Salinse do it?

“No.” Ulai shook his head. The grin on his face grew. “No, no, precious girl. No. Father did it. Father had bodies for me.Waitingfor me… for when I came back.”

“Father?” I blinked, frowned, then clarified, “Menlim?”

He nodded vigorously, looking so much like Feigran I could only swallow, nodding in return. I didn’t really understand, but I supposed that was a conversation for a different time.

“Bins and bins of bodies,” Ulai/Feigran added cheerfully. “So many. But all tied together different now. Merging in and out… like liquid. Like goo.”

He made a mushing together gesture with both palms, grimacing.

Frowning slightly, I only nodded again. “Okay.”

“All gooey. Even more gooey now.”

My frown deepened. “How didn’t I know you, Terry? How didn’t I see it? I see you so clearly now?”

But he cut me off.

“No, no.” He shook his head, pursing his lips. “Different then. Dragon’s coming. Dragon’s coming, so it’s all different now. All the pieces are gooey.”

I nodded, although I had no idea what any of that meant. Questions spun in my mind, fighting to be picked apart, to be understood… but I knew I wouldn’t get answers here.

“Terry?” I stared at Ulai’s face, then at all three of them, feeling that sick feeling in my gut worsen. “Terry, what is this? Why am I here?”

All three of the male seers laughed.

The sound echoed in the high ceiling of the sunken living room, despite the shag carpet. I could only stand there, listening to them, staring from face to face, seeing Terian in each one.

Watching them now, all I could think was?Revik was right.

We were crazy, coming here.

I was crazy, thinking finding Terian could ever be a good idea.

Chapter53

Nightclub

Revik walked into the darkened club, flanked by Chinja, Dalejem, Jax, Loki and Surli.

He left most of his people outside.

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