Sun Stealer. Walking In Circles by A. Mani Read Free Book Online

life?” I yelled at her.
                  “You are not a victim Almas. You are just paying the price of your crimes”, she answered apathetically.
                  “And what about your crimes Sia? Do you ever look in the mirror? You stupid cloak may hide your face but it can never hide the truth. God, I swear I would have killed you if I could!” I raged.
                  “But you can’t”, I could feel her smile even though I couldn’t see her face.
                  “How come you are immortal?” I yelled at her.
                  “That, my child, is a very long story”, she sat down the ground.
                  “Well, I have all the time in the world and for the last time, I am not your child!” I urged her to speak.
                  The old witch took a deep breath in and began with her story.
                  “At first, I didn’t understand it myself. Here I was, lying under the collapsed walls of Didam- Valley and I was very much alive. I could breathe. I could move. How could it be? I got out and decided to stay close to the valley for a while. Then it hit me. During the days we had been preparing ourselves for the battle against the Nomadic tribes, I used to snoop around their camps, in hope to find a clue to what they were after. I found nothing but some old potions that I didn’t recognize and decided to take them with me. I am a witch after all”, she sighed.
                  “So this was how we had turned into immortals? The Nomadic tribes held the formula for eternal life?” I asked.
                  “It was the lake. They had poisoned the lake. You were already immortals when you refused the offer”, she explained to me.
                  “This is how our wild cats became immortals…” I mumbled.
                  “Why us? Their leader kept talking about breaking the cycle somewhere along the future”, I said.
                  Sia laughed aloud.
                  “And you were waiting my child? You were waiting for the moment to break the cycle?” she kept laughing, “It is okay Almas. Most people do. Life is what happening while we wait for the right moment. I bet you live in the valley, right? You cannot make a change as a passive audience of life Almas. You need to participate in it and if you can‘t beat them, join them!” she stated.
                  “What about Dark beast? He kept saying he was weak. What did he mean? I thought he gave the baby in exchange to eternal life. I have accused him of the worse crime of all, a crime he did not commit…” I cried.
                  “He thought he betrayed you with Eve, when they walked together to the lake while you left to feed the baby. He doesn’t know he didn’t even make it to the lake. He fell into the immortal sleep long before they even got there”, she explained.
                  “And that is how you did it. When everyone was sleeping, you came and stole my baby”, I fell to the ground.
                  I couldn’t bear any of it but I kept on asking.
                  “So why did they do it? And Sia you better tell me the truth or I swear, I will take a picture of your face and spread it out on every network that exists!” I yelled at her.
                  “Because you had broken the cycle!” she yelled back, “Cant you see? You had already achieved what the leader was trying to sell you. You had a united land with no animosity. You changed history while they did everything in their power to preserve it!”
                  “Why would they want that?” I raised my voice, “You don’t make any sense, Sia!”
                  “Haven’t you learned anything my child? All the years we had spent together inside the valley and you still don’t get it. Every