The Guardian's Protector: The Chamber of Souls by Debbie Kowalczyk Read Free Book Online

Tom is not what you think. There’s no dark force after him and I’m no Protector!’
    ‘How are you going to fight if you don’t invoke the light?’ Winston chimed in.
    Amy turned to him, astonished. ‘Fight?’ she spat and then looked back at Adaizi, who gave him a reproachful look. ‘I’m not a fighter! I won’t ever want to fight and I certainly won’t help train my child to fight, if that’s what you think!’
    ‘You’re fighting me !’ Adaizi said.
    ‘That’s different…I’m not who you think I am. In fact… okay …let’s say I am the Protector…I quit! How about that?’ Amy said, hoping this would persuade the woman to leave her alone.
    ‘You don’t want Tom ?’ Adaizi asked, knowing exactly what she was doing with her fake, innocent tone.
    Amy’s face hardened as fury burned inside. ‘I do want Tom. He’s my son!’
    ‘He’s our saviour,’ Adaizi said. ‘A marvellous creation. Born brighter than the Decision Maker himself. As benevolent as the Dogod is evil.’
    ‘Stop!’ Amy snapped. ‘You’re talking about him as though he’s some kind of magical weapon! I won’t have it! He’s a baby! A human with feelings!’
    ‘You have fire in your belly. An inbuilt protective instinct!’ Adaizi said, undisturbed by Amy’s tone.
    ‘Enough!’ Amy snapped, her patience past its limit. ‘You need to leave us alone! You’ve even got Jack living with you,’ she shot to Winston. ‘I’m telling him!’
    ‘I’m sorry, but that’s against the rules,’ Adaizi stated. ‘If you tell him anything, I’m afraid I’ll be forced to take his memory.’
    Amy stopped dead, her tone lowered. ‘You…can take memories ?’
    ‘Yeah,’ Adaizi said. ‘But I don’t want to have to do that.’
    Amy looked for a flicker of a lie in Adaizi’s sparkly eyes but once again they remained honest.
    ‘I…want you…to stay away,’ Amy said, tears welling in her eyes.
    ‘Sure,’ Adaizi said. ‘I’ll let you alone for now, but when the time comes, when you realise the truth and are ready to claim the powers that are waiting for you, and certainly if you and Tom are in any danger, be sure to shout my name.’ A bright bubble of light opened around Adaizi and, after the bubble contracted, she was gone.
    ‘She always does that, man,’ Winston said in a jolly manner. Amy glared at him. ‘She’s cool really…once you…get to…know…’ His voice dropped to a mumble.
    Amy stared at the space Adaizi had just occupied and concluded that Adaizi may well have been telling the truth about herself, but the rest of it was ludicrous. The evidence didn’t matter, the validation mute, the fact that she had to believe Tom was a magical being who had to fight an evil soul—a Dogod—and that her precious baby was destined for a life of pain. She just couldn’t and wouldn’t accept. Adaizi was wrong and she would prove it!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                         CHAPTER 4
                       THE CHANGES
     
    As weeks passed, Amy’s ability to be aware of her surroundings grew stronger. There was nothing she didn’t take note of, no sideways glance she didn’t catch. Studying Tom’s behaviour dominated most of her time. Amy noticed that Tom was wary about Luke at a distance and scared if he went too near, and that he was never relaxed while he was around—which, thankfully, he wasn’t much of late.
    Luke had lost his job but was still out of the maisonette all day. He was also out each night. He said he was looking for a job, but Amy wondered how he’d impress anyone looking the way he did; he’d lost all interest in his appearance. Though she still didn’t believe he was influenced by dark powers, there was a definite change. Amy felt herself becoming more attached to Tom and focussed on their relationship and less invested in her own relationship with Luke. Luke’s hours away from home and Amy’s