The Aledan's Children, the sequel to Psi Factor is currently in the hands of beta readers scheduled for release sometime this fall, so I thought I would share a snippet from its prequel Psi Factor:
Oh Hankura! We did this terrible thing to him. It's our fault that Jamerin suffers now. I should have listened to you. She mused guiltily.
No Chelle---you
were right not to listen to my fears. We
couldn't just stand there and watch Orin die when we knew there was a chance we
could save him. We didn't know anything
like this would happen to our son.
Yes, but we
should have suspected when it was over.
If it weren't for the strength of Jamerin's life essence, we would have
all died. Yet, it still barely seems
possible that this could have happened to him.
Jamerin was barely conceived---just a few cells. How could he know? How could he remember in such a vivid detail?
I don't
know. The only explanation is fantastic,
yet it's the only theory that remotely makes sense… Unless we are to believe in divine
intervention…
You think the
event was somehow etched into his genes? Chelle stirred and looked into his eyes
incredulously. That idea seemed almost
more fantastic than divine intervention.
I know. But do you have a better answer? We certainly haven't shared that terror with
him otherwise.
He responded. I believe that
somehow this nightmare is tied to the genetic psi factor. If we could find that we could find the
answer.
"Chelle…?"
He murmured, dropping down on one knee in front of her. Framing her oval face
in his hands he spoke her name softly again and reached gently into her mind.
As her eyes came to focus on his distinct handsome features, they brimmed with
tears. Then she fell into his arms and they were sitting on the thickly carpeted
floor clinging to each other while she wept softly against a shoulder.
Tears
filled his own eyes and he felt no shame in them. His pain was as great as
Chelle's, and for a time it overwhelmed them both as they understood what was
happening to their first born son.
Oh
Hankura! We did this terrible thing to him. It's our fault that Jamerin suffers
now. I should have listened to you. She mused guiltily.
No
Chelle---you were right not to listen to my fears. We couldn't just stand there
and watch Orin die when we knew there was a chance we could save him. We didn't
know anything like this would happen to our son.
Yes,
but we should have suspected when it was over. If it weren't for the strength
of Jamerin's life essence, we would have all died. Yet, it still barely seems
possible that this could have happened to him. Jamerin was barely
conceived---just a few cells. How could he know? How could he remember in such
a vivid detail?
I
don't know. The only explanation is fantastic, yet it's the only theory that remotely
makes sense… Unless we are to believe in divine intervention…
You
think the event was somehow etched into his genes? Chelle stirred in looked
into his eyes incredulously. That idea seemed almost more fantastic than divine
intervention.
I know. But do you have a
better answer? We certainly didn't share that terror with him otherwise. He responded. I believe
that somehow this nightmare is tied to the genetic psi factor. If we could find
that we could find the answer.
And you think we might find it on Velran?
I think it would
be a good place to start. It would also
be a good place for you to complete your Physician's certification. You are every bit as qualified as me. I'd say it was about time we made it
official.
Right now,
nothing seems more important than healing our son. It will be just something to fill my time
until he is well and has been taught to control his awesome dawning power. We can't risk him hurting anyone like he hurt
Nalina again.
Yes and the
biggest problem will be finding a way to get us all to Velran. Now that the Arius Mran has been sold, we
should have enough credits for the journey---if we can find passage.
That's going to
be difficult because of what we are and because of the children.
Yes. Hankura returned ruefully.
Most people aren't as bigoted against psi paths as they were on Aledus,
but there are still plenty of people who are superstitious or leery of us. He sighed.
Chelle leaned
back to stare solemnly into his stark emerald eyes. It's because they don't understand. If they could only know what it's like to
know another human being the way I've known you ---to love the way we have
loved each other…
Hankura felt her
hand caress his cheek as Chelle regressed from a conscious, verbal level to a
more purely emotional one, expressing implicit tenderness and explicitly erotic
imagery. He saw himself as she saw him
physically pleasing and intellectually stimulating, and she saw herself through
the eyes of his love---partner, friend, and lover, mother of his children. Hankura
felt the inner warmth of the light shining in her blue eyes and smiled
serenely. Then he met her soft seeking
mouth with his own, reveling in the miracle that unfolded between them.
Touching her through the
bond of their minds as he kissed her and caressed her supple body, he found and
gave comfort and reassurance until the pain began to recede for them both. They kissed and caressed for a time on the
soft thick carpet. Then they stood and
began divesting each other of their hindering clothing...
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