Chronicles of Eden - Act IV Read Online Free PDF Page A

Outerlands, I didn’t want to scare you away if you knew the truth. I lied about being human, yes, but not about being in trouble. Those two man-eaters really did kill the humans I hexed into taking me to Ashwood. They were going to eat me too.”
    Luna blinked then looked at her with disbelief.
    “Hexed? You hexed those humans into helping you? They weren’t really your parents? You just put a spell over them?”
    “Of course they weren’t my parents,” Emily reasoned with a shrug. “They were just some travelers that came through this town, so I decided to use them to go someplace where there were more men for me to have sex with. It would have been strange for me to just wander into a city alone, so I used those humans as fake parents so nobody would suspect that I was a witch.”
    Luna’s eye twitched a bit as she stared at the witch with a stunned expression.
    “Um… but… huh?” she squeaked out.
    Emily nodded then looked down with a solemn gaze.
    “It was horrible,” she sadly continued. “Those damned monsters killed those humans before they could take me to the city, and what was worse was they took me by surprise. I had my other focuser off at the time during my nap and I couldn’t get it back before I was forced to run for my life. I had to leave it behind while I ran in fear of being eaten alive.”
    Emily gently rubbed her ring with one finger before Luna glanced to the ring then to Emily with bewilderment.
    “Your… focuser?” she asked.
    “Yeah, the other ring I had like this one,” Emily said holding her hand with her ring out to show it. “It’s what lets me use my magic. Luckily I always like to have a safe refuge to retreat to in emergencies, so I left this one here in case I ever needed to come back. I was even luckier that we ended up here of all places. It’s almost too perfect, now I have my magic again, and it’s all thanks to you.” She paused then held her hands out in front of her, with the eyestalks leaning closer and examining them for her.
    “Still, I’ll have to go back and grab the other one I left behind. No sense in leaving it out there.” Lowering her hands she then smiled at Luna, with the tentacle eyes turning to her again, causing the butterfly girl to tremble slightly in fear. “But thank you for bringing me here though, now I at least have my magic again.”
    “Um… you’re… welcome?” Luna replied nervously.
    Emily giggled while she just faced Luna with a blank stare behind her eyes, with the tentacle eyes swaying around as they gazed at the surroundings without ever blinking.
    “This is indeed a great turn of events,” Luna praised. “But it still pales in comparison to me finding you, Luna.”
    “Me? Why?” Luna asked shakily as the tentacle eyes rested on her again.
    “Luna, I meant what I said,” Emily gratefully said. “I love you, you’re so special to me.”
    Luna looked at her curiously as the witch walked up to her and held her hands.
    “I never had anyone, anyone , care about me so much before,” Emily explained. “It was the most incredible thing I’ve ever felt. Not even my own daughters make me feel that way. Hell, they never even come to see me anymore, I don’t think they care about me like you do.”
    Luna blinked then looked at her with an awkward smile.
    “Daughters? You… have daughters?”
    “Why yes, I have seventeen of them,” Emily replied with a nod. Luna looked at her with surprise as the witch tilted her head with a coy smile. “Truth be told, I’m 139 years old, and I’ve had many daughters in that time, with hopefully many more to come.”
    Luna stared at her with an open mouth as she was rendered speechless, with Emily then showing a gentle smile and shaking her head slowly.
    “But you, you’ve made me feel so loved, so happy, more than I ever thought possible. I mean it, Luna, I truly do love you so much.”
    Luna looked at her with a mixture of wonder and concern then slowly smiled a