Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3378

"I would like to thank Magus Verhen for what he did for us." Borj said while looking Agra in the eyes. "But I’m the lucky one. I remember nothing and his actions only benefitted me. It’s your choice, dear."

"Please, Mommy, no." Liru started to sob. "Keep him away. Make the darkness stay away."

Hearing her son’s terrified cries broke Agra’s heart and changed her mind.

"Tell Supreme Magus Verhen he can come to visit us at his earliest convenience." She said.

"Is now okay?" Shay asked.

"More than okay." Agra swallowed hard and tried to appear calm.

Shay talked briefly in her amulet and less than a minute later, someone knocked on their door.

"Mom, no!" Liru tried to run to her but Borj held him in a bear hug.

"It’s alright, baby. You stay there." Agra stood up from her chair, feeling the wooden floor turn into a tar pit.

The few meters she had to cross stretched and deformed into a long tunnel that seemed to never end. Raising her feet was a struggle, her heart beat faster and faster as if she was walking to her death.

’You can do this.’

She said to herself.

’If not for yourself, do it for Liru. Do you want him to keep living like this?’

Agra took a deep breath, steadying her knees and focusing her vision again. She reached the door with a few strides and opened it before fear could make her second-guess her choice again.

"Good morning, Lady Agra. Thank you for receiving me with so little notice." The voice of the man standing on the other side wasn’t the same as the nightmarish creature that haunted her dreams.

The clothes weren’t the same. The Voidwalker armor was shapeshifted in the form of Lith’s Supreme Magus robes and uniform. The face wasn’t the same and even the black blade on his hip was missing.

Yet Agra would have recognized those eyes among a thousand.

One glance at those eyes was enough to bring her back to that day and awaken her fear. She could almost feel the wind caressing her skin past her torn clothes and the cold sweat drenching her body.

"Lady Agra?" The kindness in those words broke the illusion, bringing her back to the present.

"Not the same." The voice was human, not the howling of the wind.

"I beg your pardon?" The man, not the creature, narrowed his eyes, which were warm and compassionate, not cold and full of spite.

"Nothing." Agra shook her head, half in denial and half to shrug off her inner demons. "Please, come in."

"Thanks, but I don’t think it’s appropriate." The man pointed behind her and Agra risked taking her eyes off him and following his finger.

Liru was shaking and sobbing. He was so scared that his voice came out in a whisper of jumbled words that didn’t make sense.

"I insist." The vision steeled Agra’s resolve and her tone. "You have my permission to come in."

Lith complied and she closed the door behind him.

"Please, say what you have to and leave."

"I just wanted to apologize for how I behaved toward you and your family, Lady Agra." Lith said. "I know that nothing I do or say can change the past. I won’t try to explain or justify my actions, Sir Borj.

"I’m sorry, Liru. You’ve been named after me and I’ve failed you. I hope that one day you all will believe these words."