The Solitarian: Part 1 of The Amaranth Series Read Online Free PDF Page B

He felt that they would commit crimes and try to eliminate the regular human race. Basically he was afraid of the unknown. And he was definitely afraid that human kind would become extinct when the Amaranthines spread throughout the world. Just think if they went around screwing numerous amounts people to create more of themselves. I am not sure if I actually believe this magnificent tale that I am being told but I will humor him and provide my undivided attention.
    “Have you ever created a mate for yourself?” I ask.
    “No. I was close to it but her…after that debacle, I never wanted to put anyone else through the hell that I have had to endure. I created this solitude so that The Order could not find and kill me. I wouldn’t want my wife to live like this.”
    “But…you’ve been alone for…”
    “Ninety three years.” I cover my mouth to stifle shock.
    “How? How have you survived here for so long, alone?” I purse my lips.
    “Very carefully. I stay out of sight and I do not interact with others.”
    “Oh my goodness. That is so sad. Have you ever revealed this to anyone beside me?” he drops his head and stands. I watch as he circles the room and pauses over by the sack. Once again he rummages through it and retrieves three more pictures.
    “This is Lady Cortina Malden. I met her at a school in Troyes. She was so beautiful. She was as intelligent as she was intriguing. I swear that my heart stopped beating the moment she said hello to me. Her hair was the same reddish color as yours. She even had your eyes. They were a brilliant shade of brown.” I love the way he breaks up the word brilliant. He speaks with elegance and ingenuity.
    “Hazel. My eyes are hazel brown.” I inform him.
    “Hazel brown. She was tall and distinguished. Gentlemen from any part of this country would have been honored to have acquired her hand. Especially because her parents were members of the cabinet. Her father was reluctant to accept the request, but eventually they both grew to love me. My mother worked diligently to make sure that we were matched. She convinced Lord Malden that I would be a great husband for his daughter. And the fact that we were wealthy jewelers seemed to help as well.”
    “Wow.” I say as I listen carefully to his story.
    “I loved her so much McKenna. She was everything that I hoped she would be. I wanted an eternal love like my mother and father. After all of the years that they spent together they looked forward to forever. That is a hard thing to accept.” He pauses and then continues. “Before my parents were able to explain the role of The Order and who they were Cortina was murdered by a Falconer.”
    “Oh no!” I shout.
    “I was helping my father create gold bands for the wedding when it happened. They figured that she and her family were aware of what we were and didn’t want her to be ‘infected’. They killed the entire family. I never got to explain the whole thing to her. I never got to hold her in my arms after making love to her. It was something I looked forward to.” He turns his face away to hide the moisture stirring inside of his luminous peepers. I feel sorry for him. “My parents and I packed up and fled. We escaped to La Havre and sailed to Weymouth. We purchased another shop and worked there as jewelers until they found us and murdered them. I sailed back to La Havre and did not settle until I ended up here. And that was 1920.”
    I don’t respond right away. I’m still trying to comprehend everything that he revealed to me, and decide if I believe that this could possibly be true. Humans that live practically forever? Impossible. I grab the basket and take out the Marquis de Montesquiou 1904 Vintage Armagnac that I slipped from my dad. I place a glass across from me and one in front of me and pour. I chug a glass back and cringe from the hardened flavor. He sits down and in one big gulp he drinks it all. I hurry to pour him another. I take a pair of cigars from