Aurora Magazine 2019

of the Creed along with their parents – dead; bodies twisted in ev - ery which way and some disfigured beyond belief. Kairon retched violently. He drew his arm across his mouth to try to get rid of the horrible taste in his mouth and caught movement in the corner of his eye. Cendred made eye contact with him, an incredibly crazed look in his eyes, and took off, disappearing in the night before Kairon could react. What Kairon hadn’t failed to notice was the stone around Cendred’s neck. It seemed darker as it pulsed and glowed with a deep crimson, a completely different color it had been before. In that moment, something shifted within Kairon. They took on the name Creed as a remembrance of all they’d lost and split up. Barakas searched for Cendred with an unyielding vengeance plot written out just for the human who betrayed them. Kairon on the other hand, looked for answers about the stone and about the effects of magic on one’s mind. He slowly set out to rebuild the Order of the Creed, but he also studied all he could about magic in his free time. In his own way, Kairon would help others and remain just. And he knew that that had been what he’s been missing until now: A purpose. A cause.

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