The Demon of Egypt: Imhotep's Story by Amber Riel (reading an ebook TXT) 📕

the demon. She began transforming from a human to wolf. Her dark brown eyes stared at me with delight.

          “Stay away from me,” I warned her.

          “I’m faster than any man on this planet and I’m stronger than any beast alive. I can kill you within minutes. You have nowhere to run.”

          “I warned you this would happen,” Grim appeared. “She’s dangerous. You only have yourself to blame.”

          “Go away,” I muttered.

          “Stand up, Imhotep,” Nala’s voice spoke but the tone was different. I turned to face her and noticed the blood was gone from her mouth. She had cleaned herself but there was something odd about her. She didn’t try to attack me and she didn’t bother to threaten me.

          “Make me,” I replied.

          “I’m not Nala,” she answered.

          “You sure look like Nala. Your voice isn’t any different.”

          “Just because I look like her doesn’t mean that I am her,” she responded with a hint of anger.

          “Then who are you?”

          “I am Vanessa… Nala’s conscience,” she let out a small sigh.

          “You’re not doing a good.”

          “She ignores me. I try to explain to her what will happen if she’s not careful but she’s stubborn.”

          “Okay so? Why are you here anyways?”

          “To try to convince you to change.”

          “I don’t need to change… besides if you do exist then why doesn’t anyone else know about you?”

          Vanessa dropped her head. “Nala doesn’t let people know I’m there. She doesn’t want anyone to think she’s crazy. I know you see dead people and she does too. Of course, you both don’t want anyone to think that either of you are insane.”

          “Okay… how are even here then?”

          “Because I can travel through dreams, it’s the only way I can make myself known to people but sadly I can’t choose whose dreams I can appear in. Grim wanted me to talk to you.”

          I laughed quietly and shook my head. “Why?”

          “We both believe that if you change for the better and possibly decide to worship the Hebrews’ God then you’ll be in good hands. Nala is evil and even though I try to get through to her she shuts me out. It has to be something you choose, I see the good in you but you have to see it too. You could be a good man… an honorable man and you could find a woman who isn’t already engaged to another.”

          “You think I should break things off with An-”

          Vanessa grabbed my right hand. “You make your own choices but in the end when you’re face to face with God you’ll be wishing that you made a better judgment. You’re heading toward Hell and believe me-Hell isn’t a place where you would want to be.”

          “What do you know? You’re trapped in a dungeon.”

          “It’s not my choice.” The next thing I knew Vanessa had kissed my forehead.

 

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Publication Date: 03-31-2014

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