Seirs, Soul Guardians Book 5 by Kim Richardson Page A

face. “Why do
you ask?”
    Kara shook her head and
leaned back. “No reason. It’s nothing, never mind.” She bit her
lip. “Is there more in the prophecy about me ? Or this special
angel?”
    “ No.” The elder shook his
head. “But it is as clear as rain to me. You are this angel, Kara, and we
need your help. The Sensitives are a dying race. Only a few are
born every year, and girls are very rare now. And with the killings
and the kidnappings of the children, our chances for survival are
slim. You need to make things right again. You must stop Lilith
from finding the second piece.”
    “ What second piece? What
are you talking about?” Kara glanced back at David. He leaned
forward in his seat; his face was intense.
    Kara turned back to the elder. His
bony knees stuck up from under the blanket like knives. “I’m not
sure what you mean. Is this part of the prophecy too?”
    Elder Otis shook his head. He lifted a
shaking hand. “Give me your hand, Kara Nightingale.”
    He offered his bony white hand to
Kara. Reluctantly, Kara took his hand into hers. She could feel his
long yellow fingernails in her palm. His hand was
ice-cold.
    The elder squeezed her hand with a
firm grip. Kara was surprised at his strength. He cleared his
throat.
    “ You must stop the demon
princess, Lilith...before it’s too late. Just like her father
before her, she is filled with hatred for living creatures—but what
is worst is her toxic hunger for power. She wants to rule over all
things. She plans to exterminate all Sensitives and enslave all
mortals with her army of Seirs and demons. If you do not succeed in
stopping her, all free people will be murdered or enslaved. There
will be no peace for Earth until Lilith is crushed.
    “ She has in her possession
a weapon of great power. You have already witnessed its
devastation.”
    Kara frowned and nodded. “The madness
of the villagers in Dirleton,” said Kara after a long pause. “I
knew she had some sort of weapon. I remember seeing something
glowing blue in her hand.”
    “ Yes. She has acquired the
first piece.”
    “ The first piece? There’s
more than one? What is this weapon?”
    Elder Otis’s eyes were sad. He
loosened his grip on Kara. He glanced down as he spoke and closed
his eyes. “Thousands of years ago the archangels created a weapon
to control the humans—a terrible weapon called an Arath, a blue
diamond cube of unimaginable power. But when they used it, they
felt a terrible shame about what they had done. The archangels
decided to break the weapon into two pieces, two pyramids of lesser
power, and to hide them in two remote places of the world.
Centuries later, the archangels had forgotten about them, but
somehow Lilith learned of this weapon. She has already discovered
one piece. If she discovers both pieces, it’s enough to annihilate
the entire human race. She will be as powerful as a
God.”
    “ That can’t be good for her
giant ego,” interrupted David loudly. His laugh caught in his
throat as Santo shot him a vicious glare. David glanced over to
Kara and shrugged innocently.
    “ The weapon responds to the
will of the user,” continued the elder calmly, as if David hadn’t
interrupted him, “which is why this is so grave. If the operator is
evil...then the weapon becomes evil. If Lilith gets her hands on
the other piece, no one...and nothing...will be able to stop
her.”
    The elder’s eyes filled with tears
suddenly, and he was unable to continue for a moment.
    “ Kara...you must get the other part
of the weapon before she does. All will be lost if you fail.” Tears
trickled down his face.
    A lump formed in Kara’s throat, and
she squeezed the elder’s hand gently. It pained her to see him cry.
“I will find it, I promise you. I will find this weapon and get the
children back. I swear it.” She shifted her weight and leaned a
little closer. “Elder Otis, do you know where the other piece
is—?”
    BOOM!
    Both front windows exploded in