Spark of Flint

Chapter 16

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Janet's P.O.V.

I am getting ready for bed. I am not looking forward to it. It has been one informative day. I am glad mom ended up okay and that she sat between me and Kaiden. I kept sneaking glances at Titus. We find out that he saved Scarlett from her own blood clan that was trying to kill her and her parents for having her. She was born in Spain from her Spanish mother and Chinese father. Her clan did not like outsider blood in the clan and breaking that was death to the whole family. He said he saved her on a whim. She volunteered to be magically bound to him. That is why her life span is longer than a normal human.

I am very tired but anxious at the same time. After grandma got the Titus and Sally settled in the living room, she came and checked up on me, closing the door behind her. 

"What is going on? You seemed on edge ever since it was agreed to finish the dream tonight." she asked.

"I have this strong feeling that I started all this. I am scared to find out the truth. I am scared that everyone will hate me for it." I confessed.

Grandma sits next to me.

"I don't think that they will hate you for it. How about I sleep in here with you, like old times?"

I nodded my head yes. She lays in bed with me. It did not take long before I was asleep.

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I am in a shine looking place with candles all over. It is a small building about 10 ft. by 10 ft.(304 cm. by 304 cm.) with dark wood. It has a mixture of Asian and western architecture that is beautiful. I am looking at a little box with a shiny glass piece on it. 

"Hello, I am Amaya. This is a magic record device that saves moments in time and memories that it did not actually record. I am making this because I know he will come after me for what I am about to do. I will explain it all the best I can for you all to understand. But I cannot let him have his way any more. He is evil and has affairs then he kills them in brutal ways. I tried to warn the women before it was too late but few heeded it. He never forces them to come back or stay. The more greedy ones think they can take my spot as his wife. This makes it more entertaining for him. He even encourages it before they die. Those last longer than most. 

He is not a bad leader. He protects the town from monsters and bandits. He keeps the tax at a reasonable rate too. The town's people do not know of his cruel ways. The servants are sworn to secrecy. My maidservants are my only friends.

There is a thing called a soul mate here. Once you find your other half you have this urge to keep them close. Whether or not you love them or not. If you fight the urge and run because you reject it you will be in burning pain. But they have this power over you. They can break the soul within your body and kill the body. Then keep you close without worrying about feeding you or caring for you. They can do as they pleased. This is taboo but it is still done.

Women here don't have a choice. In my part of the world, we do as the men tell us. Freedom is what we are given. Some are lucky and have true freedom. While others are kept like dolls on the wall. Everything was decided for them. Or something in between. I have freedom within the walls of the estate. I can do anything I want. I have a few rules to keep.

1. I cannot have any kind of male relationship. 

2. I cannot leave the grounds without permission from him.

3. I cannot interfere with his private life directly. 

4. We must have tea once a month.

I unknowingly broke one of the rules once. He gave me poison and watched as I slowly died. Just as I was on the brink of death, he saved me in a bright light. I didn't know this could happen. He threatened me that he would kill me if I broke any of the rules again. He never did tell what rule I broke. 

From all the evil he commits, I have to stop it. He is only getting more powerful in the amount of magic. I sit and stand by no more. Right here in this shine, one of the gods of this world came down and answered my prayer. He took mercy on me and wanted to stop my husband from becoming a great evil in our world. That god gave me a poison that will kill him but not allow his soul to leave the body. The god told me that I can get a second chance at life for helping him put my husband in a heavenly prison. I must cut my soul apart because the place he will be sending me, the bodies won't be able to hold large souls as mine. I decided to take the rooted evil that can't be changed away and blend the remaining salvageable parts with mine. Hopefully, it will be better in the long run. I will stay myself and make 3 in a sense new souls. We are to have our monthly tea in a few. The god promised that the poison won't hurt me."

I turned the device off. I walked out of the shine and dismissed the staff, having them retire to their rooms. He always made me do the work instead when it was just us. In the tiny building where he likes to have tea, I prepare the poisoned tea leaves to be brewed and set the food the servants gave me. We have to be close like this once in a while or it hurts us both. Then I brew the tea.

I set the device somewhere hidden. Just as he walks in the door that is open behind me, the tea gets done. I heard his foot steps long before he got to the door. I put the device in a cluttered area. The tea brewing table was right next to it. So, it was not odd for me to be there. He sits on the floor on a seat cushion. My body covered what I was doing. 

"Tea, woman." he demands.

I pour him some tea in a tea cup. He ignores me and waits for me to drink the tea first. I pour some and drink it. He waits a few minutes to see if it's poisoned then drinks it himself. We don't talk. We never do. After a bit he falls into a peace death and slumps over. More than he deserves for he is a devil without a heart. I drag his body so I can get to work. Keeping the fact that I need to have him in front of the device. Otherwise the other  3 won't know what is happening. I cry because I love he somehow. I cry cause I killed him. I am sorry for those I did not have the guts to save and wish for forgiveness. 

I took my husband's soul out of his body. Broke a piece of his black soul and had my hand go inside my body like a ghost. As I move my hand across my body I start to scream at the top of my lungs; it feels like I am being stabbed with a red hot burning knife. My other arm supports my weight but the extreme pain has my elbow bent where my head almost touches the wooden floors. I take some time to recover, then combine his black soul with the other half of my white soul. The color of the soul reflects their good and bad choices in their life. I kneaded the 2 colors together. I take out the hardened parts that are pure evil. I don't want them to start off evil. After taking all the hardened pieces out I form 3 small grey balls. They are all part of the same soul. I put them off to the side on the device where they are sent to the god that helped me. 

"You Wretched Bitch!" the pile of evil rocks and glass screams as it forms a circle in the air coming off the floor.

"I had to stop you. I could not let you kill as you pleased anymore. One of the gods took pity on me and has allowed me to split our soul and go to another world. We were 2 people sharing one soul. Now, there are five people sharing one soul."

"How fucking dare you! I will gather you and them then torture you and them for what you have done!"

"You will have to find a way to that world in order to do that out of many. Oh, and out of your prison." The woman replies.

"WHAT PRI--" and the evil soul disappears mid sentence.

The god that took pity on the woman appears.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes"

"The god of that world is waiting. Come now."

I follow him through a blinding portal to my next life.