“Our first plan of action,” Astrea smiled, “is to find more allies to join our cause. We then, going after Amari’s judgement - which has rarely been wrong - put our targets on Whami. All evidence points to him being a possible Creator - which means that he has caused every ounce of pain that has ever happened in your lives. Amari and Josh can choose who they would like to recruit.”
Chet Sterling attempted to speak of. “The last I saw of Whami, if you are referring to the Liverpool-hating boy with the purple hair and the T-shirt, he was merely a child.”
Amari interrupted. “How do you know he hates Liverpool?”
‘He walked like a Liverpool hater.”
Astrea made a gesture. “If you may, now. Sterling, my dear, have you forgotten that you are not above fighting - not above killing children?”
“That was for self-gain. I have left that path, given it up! I will never return there.”
“And we are taking you down a new, better path. Or are you afraid that some of the things we must do will… say… tempt you? into old ways?”
Chet growled. “You can’t dictate what I’m capable of and what I’m not!”
“But the Creator can. And you don’t want to be controlled by someone else, don’t you? You like to have the control… to yourself.”
Josh spoke up. “Enough arguing. Amari, who do you want to recruit?” He motioned over to Amari, who had a smile, a cheeky smirk on his face. “Oh. I have a truly devilish idea.”
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So sorry for the double ping, but I finally got the chapter out after 19 days of dead silence! This is some of my best work, and it is also the last in the Xeter saga.
There will be death and betrayal.