Why I Left and Why I'm Leaving

Chapter 25

[Warden Jerome's POV]

I'd hate to admit it, but I kind of liked Mitch. I know it's wrong, but I wish his sentence had lasted longer. His voice was... Nice. Kind of cute. It would crack at the end of sentences sometimes.

[Seto's POV]

All the lights in my mansion were set to dim. I can't believe I was stupid enough to let Lisa go in there alone. But I am kind of curious as to this 'magical' friend of Bashur's. Maybe it was that world's equivalent to me.

I smiled half-heartedly at that. It's not the best joke.

There is a world for every choice made. Then from each would be another choice, another world. The worlds with the newest choices branched closer to the original world. Each world has it's own sorcerer, and each sorcerer possessed it's own level of power. If neighboring worlds were to come close enough where people could pass from world to world, it was the sorcerers' duty to make sure no one passed through. When someone passes through the world, if they meet themselves in that world, it could cause a disruption destroying those two worlds and a few near them. If a sorcerer for the world failed to prevent that from happening, he would be executed by the Galactic rules. A new sorcerer of less power would be put in charge of that world every time.

I hadn't had to be replaced since I became the sorcerer of this world. I've seen sorcerers come and go in neighboring worlds and the world I had sent Adam and Ty to had failed their duty several times, so the best sorcerer there would be the equivalent to a student sorcerer in training here.

I tripped over the last two stairs and fell on my face. Whenever I get to thinking too deeply, I lose track of this world. It's a wonder I've survived as the sorcerer in charge this long. I stood up and fixed my hood. I felt like I wanted to cry, but I haven't been able to.

Knock knock knock.

I walk over to the door. Isn't my mansion invisible from the outside? I'll have to recast the spell in a minute. I pull one of the doors open and see a 20 year old girl with dark brown hair. She's staring at the ground, obviously not aware I'd answered the door.

"S-Seto." She starts. "I-I'm sorry for what I did two years ago. I w-was just o-overreacting." I saw a tear of hers fall to the floor. "C-Can you f-forgive me?" I feel my eyes tear up for the first time since Lisa's death and knew I had to forgive Valerie. I fling open the door and envelope her in a hug and she hugs back, shocked. I practically hang off of her and cry my heart out to her. All those months of not crying, not having a reason to cry, all those months come rushing out and we embrace each other as two broken souls.

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