The Primordial Record novel Chapter 2036

Chapter 2036: The Price For Power

Eos was silent as he went through everything that Nyxara had told him. He inspected the connection between the Soulwraiths and all the other Primordials, not moving for months.

Finally, he sighed and then looked away, "Your plan has merit, but there is something that we need to address before we begin hashing out the small details... what if they are aware of your hunger, Nyxara?"

Nyxara pursed her lips in thought, "Even though it might not appear to be the case, I have cultivated a sense of shared loyalty between all of us. I am sure that some of them might be suspicious, especially Xyris, who knows me the most, but they would always be in doubt, and in that doubt would be the space you need to strike."

Eos smiled, but it did not reach his eyes. "You want me to be the villain."

"Of course, you were always going to be the villain, Eos. Look at you, in many ways, you are a parasite. You began as Rowan, and you slowly ate away all that he was, all that sacrifice just to stand with me... to be worthy enough to be my ally. In this story, you have always been the aberrant factor, and you should know all of this by this point."

"If you are going to be making me the villain, if you want your brothers to hate me enough that they would give you their powers, then you will have to dig deep, Nyxara, and show me everything. I want all the memories of all your births, I want to know the things that made you cry at night, and when the time comes... when I begin to kill them, I want you to weep for them."

Eos gestured, and a crucified concept appeared in his hand. He had gathered all of those tortured concepts, and he did not free them yet, because he knew that in their pain, there could still be purpose, and now he had found a use for one of them.

"Your plan is good, but there are still many places that it can be perfected. Doubt is not enough, in your heart, I shall place... Mercy."

Nyxara flinched, and this time, she was not pretending; her eyes went wide, and she was about to protest, but Eos did not let her speak,

"Your heart is cold, Nyxara, and there are things you do not understand about life. Perhaps you believe that my killing your kin is enough to grant you their powers, but that is not the case. They have doubt in their hearts, and this is enough for them to hesitate, and for them to give you their power, you have to show them something they have never seen before."

Nyxara paused, "What do you want me to show them?"

"Hate," Nyxara, "I want you to show them real hatred for me as I tear their beating hearts from their bodies and break them to pieces on my altar of pain. I want you to scream as they scream, and then they shall see your pain, and their powers would be yours."

Nyxara growled like a caged beast, "Do not test me, Eos, that... thing would poison me."

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