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Chapter 21: Diving Deeper

Once the woman disappeared from his sight, Mykel was left standing feeling bewildered. His mind tried to make sense of the information she had implied. Ria had been The Keeper before him and she had been his mentor. Everything he learned about his powers, the curse and The Echo had all come from Ria.

There had not been anyone more giving than her. Ria was the kind of soul that would risk her life to help another, no matter how dangerous it could be. Mykel had not met anyone like her over the last few centuries. At least not until he came across Desmond. Someone who was willing to put themselves in harm’s way, even when they weren’t expected to.

It had been that trait of hers that had Mykel so incredibly attached to her despite their eventual fate. Ria had done all she could to prepare Mykel for when the time would come to become the next Keeper and had never allowed the fact that she would die in the end, bother her. The two had been inseparable from the moment they met.