Avery the Immortal: Part One (special preview)

I sniffle slightly, the heaviness that the more used to hold on me was slipping away. It was still there but it felt like sun light. I raised my eyes, lifting my forehead from the floor. Ahead of me I saw a little lamb drenched in a radiant light I had never seen before. I lifted myself further from the ground as the little lamb came towards me. It nuzzled into my palm then licked the tears that still clung to my face. It’s eyes were like gemstones filled with colors and light I had never seen before.

I stroked the lamb’s head, slowly starting to smile upon it. 

“You see me as you need to see me,” the voice says. “That is alright. No one can truly see me without some sacrifice.”

“What are you?” I whimper. 

“I am beginning and I am end. I have seen the dawn and I will see the evening.” The voice says with a chuckle. “I am what I am, and I can be what you make of me.”

The little lamb gazes up at me, inching close until it is laying in my lap. “Are you a god?” I ask timidly. 

“I have been called that. I have also been called a demon. I am good. I am wicked. As I said, I can be what you make of me. The priests and priestesses here think that you may know me well enough to answer them on this question.”

“Why are you here?” I ask softly. “If you are these things why stay here?”

The voice is silent and the lamb lifts their head from my lap. “I could go anywhere, couldn’t I?” Their voice is even and gentle. “I was told that humans were temporary and therefore unimportant, but I grew curious about you. I watched humans for a long time and I had never seen such strange, bewildering things. I was drawn to you and so I stayed with you. All I have ever wanted was to help, serve, even love you.” The lamb nestles back down. “Who are you?”