Page 184 of The Gods Veiling
She shrugs slowly. “I don’t know.”
I listen keenly to every detail she relays about the two so-called dream visits Mellcom had and how in the Gods Veil, Derivius swore it wasn’t him but he’d find out who.
I do believe that. There’s much I could say about our off-the-wall mentor, but he’s not one to lie. He’ll straight up tell you he isn’t going to disclose what information he doesn’t want to, but he doesn’t lie when he does talk.
There’re multiple gods powerful enough to enter someone’s dreams. That’s one way they relay their messages, so it’s not a small group to narrow down. It’s not going to be easy.
“What else happened in the Veil?” Amick asks.
Thayla’s eyes lock on Creed’s for an intense moment. I try to read what’s being said silently, but neither of them gives anything away.
“I’m not quite ready to talk about that just yet. I still need a little time to figure some things out for myself.”
Amick nods, satisfied with that. He usually does appreciate people taking their time to figure out what they can for themselves. More questions than answers drive him nuts.
I don’t voice my disagreement, but it eats me up not to know. Something happened there, and it affected us all. I know that for a fact it isn’t just our new amount of power that released.
I feel myself changing. I see it in my brothers.
I just don’t bring it up to them.
“So multiple gods are fucking with all of us, huh?” Riven tosses his hand up and lets them slap down on his thighs loudly.
“It’d seem so. I’ve been warned multiple times now by both Derivius and Seismet that there are things happening in the realm and we’re at the center of it. I don’t understand why, though.”
“Seismet, does he converse with you often or normally? Or does he just drop some ominous lore every now and then?”
She smirks at me. “I’m Seismet’s Godly Companion. He dropped that truth on me while we were flying. He told me about Verlet and you all as well.”
“Big-mouthed damn Veilatara,” Riven grumbles.
I already knew that. Every obvious sign was there when we went to the meadows. I just needed to know if he had told her or not yet.
“We are. I wouldn’t say it’s a secret we keep as it’s pretty obvious to any of the Meadow Hands when we go there to visit, but it’s also not something we just share with everyone.”
“Understandable and I agree. I don’t necessarily want anyone to know about Seismet and me. Although I’m pretty sure him bursting into the Abandon and flying me away is going to have people talking.”
“It will, but more so behind your back.”
“I figured as much…”
We each drift into silence and sip our drinks. The awkwardness that had lifted is slowly starting to creep back in again. None of the four of us want to make the next comment. I really don’t. She seemed so tense admitting to us that a god is toying with her life.
We’ve been dealing with that all our lives. That isn’t detrimental news to us. Whoever that god is, they’re nothing compared to the ones who fuck with us.
“Do you all regret having me as a Binder even more now?”
“What?” Creed, Amick, and I ask, as Riven confidently says, “No more than Ialready did.”
“I don’t believe you know how to read social situations very accurately.”
My entire face scrunches up as I tilt my head at Amick. Thayla bites her lip before covering her mouth with her hand. His comment to Riven is so serious that I know he isn’t being sarcastic, but I’m one hundred percent positive he doesn’t see the irony in it.
“None of us regret that you’re our Binder—”
“Don’t speak for me.”
“Shut up, Riven,” I say, throwing my hands up at him. He rolls his eyes and crosses his arms over his chest. “Speaking for everyone but Riven, I’m telling you we don’t regret that you’re our Binder. I’m sorry you’ve been here this long thinking that we felt stuck with you or that we have to babysit you. You hearing our highly emotional conversation that first night was just that. Highly emotional.
