Ancient Kings (The Young Ancients)
“The first was to stand there staring at it like a moron, with his mouth hanging open. For about three seconds he did that pretty well, so he moved to his second action, which was to move in front of his wife, using his body, and the shield he'd worn to bed to protect her.
Tiera's friend Regina popped into his head then, since his sister done almost exactly the same thing, when an explosive weapon was used. It hadn't worked. Then again, the girl hadn't had a shield on herself. That was a mistake... of course. One that he'd made. All the way around.
Her death was, in many very real ways, his fault.
He'd trusted Sandra Morris to act like a reasonable person and not go around blasting people with weapons of war in the commons of a school. It was also his failure in that he hadn't made certain that the girl, so connected to his own family, had a shield of her own. True there was a lot of blame to go around on that one, but it hurt suddenly, even as he should have been standing there in awe and slightly gibbering as the sky stopped glowing finally.MoreLess
Tiera's friend Regina popped into his head then, since his sister done almost exactly the same thing, when an explosive weapon was used. It hadn't worked. Then again, the girl hadn't had a shield on herself. That was a mistake... of course. One that he'd made. All the way around.
Her death was, in many very real ways, his fault.
He'd trusted Sandra Morris to act like a reasonable person and not go around blasting people with weapons of war in the commons of a school. It was also his failure in that he hadn't made certain that the girl, so connected to his own family, had a shield of her own. True there was a lot of blame to go around on that one, but it hurt suddenly, even as he should have been standing there in awe and slightly gibbering as the sky stopped glowing finally.MoreLess
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