Keeper's Knowledge (Balancer's Soul cycle) (71 page)

“Is this true
, Hatchling
?”
Sorono
looked at
her
directly.

“It is. The first time we met I was a teacher at a school and he was a student. I asked him a single question and his peers mocked his perfect answer.
It wasn’t until we fell in love did things
…
change.
”

Connor suddenly altered
the
current
subject and his voice changed to curiosity. “Sorono,
why were you so shocked to see me if you knew I was
already
a Harmonizer?”

Sorono chuckled.
“Because I wasn’t expecting our meeting to be so soon. Since you were the first human Harmonizer
,
I wasn’t expecting for us to meet for another eighty or a hundred years.”

“By that time I would have been an old man or even
died of old age
.”

Sorono shook his head slowly w
h
ile keeping eye contact.
“You are wrong in your assumption. You would have been the very first immorta
l human.
I know you liked
exercising
as you grew up
, much more than anyone else
.
I was the exact same way.
Your body was undergoing
a catalytic
process and it required the perfect
and ultimate
body.
Your instincts knew what was going on
,
even if you didn’t. You had gotten to the point where extensive and difficult exercises had become as easy as breathing
,
otherwise you wouldn’t have lifted a Changer so easily at the
young
human
age of
thir
teen
.
That is why your muscles are so
extensively
developed.
”
Sarah
could
n’t help but look at the extremely large
muscles wrapping around
her
.
“
Your body was preparing for your gifts to come into
fruition
, but this pro
c
ess wou
ld have taken decades to blossom
.
”
The large hazel eyes of the Head
Elder looked down at Sarah
.
“You, my de
ar, caused his powers to evolve
within months rather than decades. When you blended your soul with his, you developed his unique abilities as powerful as his
are
. His physical strength an
d energies have been balanced in
you so your soul wouldn’t be destroyed. Unconsciously he gave his power
s over
to you so you wouldn’t die
from the burden he would have put on you
. The only true difference
between your gifts
is that his instinct cannot be
duplicated
as you can already
attest
.”
Her
heart
was thundering at this news. Her
throat was dry and
the
only comfort was being so close to Connor.
She
couldn’t have believed how ignoran
tly dangerous it was to be mated
with
her
one true love.

Head
Elder Amphrite stood and
her green eyes
looked confused. “
Head
Elder Sorono, I’m confused. You said a moment ago that
this, Chil
…Connor would have been the first immortal human. What about us? Didn’t Balancers Evolve to become immortal?”

Sorono glanced at
Sarah’s
mate
and he said
“I’ll let Connor tell you since he has already figured it out.”
They
looked
t
o see Connor’s knowing smile
looking at
the
Head
Elder
and former Greek Goddess of the sea
.

“It is relatively easy to figure out by just watch
ing
how everyone reacts with one another.
But it wasn’t until the story we heard that my hypothesis makes sense.
Like you, normal Keepers have certain affinities to certain elements.
T
heir strengths are just a little bit more and they can use
all
the elements to an e
x
tent
, but
some elements can be used easier
than others. T
he differences are more binding
for you Balancers though compared to them.”

Connor
’
s voice became lectur
ing
and everyone was hanging on his
every
word. “When the First Keeper up at the mouth of the mountain sent out the Keepers Call and he took his bond
back once we entered.
I figured Keepers can give
over
their abilities
as well as take
them away
. Since I have
also
seen the Keepers
manipulating
the elements themselves I’ve hypothesized that during the time when Keepers guided humans they became lonely because of how short
the
human life
span
was during those times
. So they probably decided to give their power to the first woman who became a Balancer.
It could be possible because everyone’s origins
originally
stemmed from the Hallowed Mother and would be compatible to an extent.
All of the women here are her descendants.
” Sarah
looked around and saw every single female Balancers jaw hanging. “Whoever it was who did this to the woman
,
literarily
changed her body and
those of her descendant’s
. Haven’t you all wondered
why you are all
hairless from the neck down?” Sarah
felt
her
features
flaring with heat at his boldness. “You have all evolved physically so your bodies can use their special abilities.
That means getting rid of as much excess as
possible and adding to certain strengths.
It is evident on
how
your
men become hairless once they become bonded to you
,
after you fuse their souls with
yours
. Or about how you and your mates can only breed daughters? When you fused souls with your mate
’
s, you
physically
changed them so they can only give you more daughters. And finally
how come
you die the very moment your mate does? Because you have all become limited to evolve to a certain
extent.”

“Connor
,
everything that you have said is completely true.”
It became so quiet that a feather landing would sound like an explosion.
“
But t
here are only three pieces
of information
missing
from
your explanation
.

“
First
ly
, there were
originally
two women and they were the most loyal to our secrets. It was
one and a half
million years ago when they were given the gift of immortality. Two Keepers gave
up
their lives over to the two women.
One life was a tragedy and two wasn’t a coincidence.
Since then I have outlawed the use of granting Immortality
at the cost of another’s life.

“
Secondly, those limitations you spoke of were a byproduct of the transfer. The one
s
who lost their lives couldn’t give everything over otherwise the human’s bodies wouldn’t have been able to contain the surplus of energy and the result would have been four casualties
, but even with the missing transfer the Keeper who transferred their power became unstable and died hours later
.

“
Third
ly
, we had to choose women because if we chose a male he would be too impulsive in
his
mating
requirements
. Females are more choosing in who will be their
eternal mates and their children would have a better future. As you also said when a male becomes mated he gives only daughters to their mates. How did you figure that out?”

Connor laughed and Sarah
could feel it reverberating thro
ugh
her
. “Easy enough to explain;
It has been proven that
the
father determine the sex of their offspring. Balancer women only have daughters, so I knew that they physically change their mate’s sperm to only give daughters. It is as simple as that.”

“Simple? You and I have been the only ones to recognize that trait. Look at all of the mother’s in this room.”
Connor looked around and could see their shocked expressions.
“Look at them. They have been searching for a logical answer for their entire lives. You have just given them what they have needed.”

“Alright, but I need you to clarify something. I know Balancer’s and Changers cannot become one, but why is that
? Aren’t they also descended from the Hallowed Mother as well?

“Yes and no. Yes they have roots to her, but their virus prevents their spirits from being removed from their body. We can use our abilities to affect the world around us, but Changers can only alter themselves
from within
. We will be eternally blocked from blending together because their virus prevents it and an unmated Balancer must blend her soul upon her first mating or else she won’t survive the surge of energy without finding her balance via the mate’s soul. It is tragic, but impossible.

“Now may I ask a question?”

“It will dep
end on what you want to know.” Sarah
said
defensively
while her husband was reflecting on what he learned
.

Sorono grinned.
“Alright, I would like to see the extent of your
current
abilities. What can you do that no other Balancer can?”

She
sat straight up and spoke evenly. “That is an acceptable question. You have all seen my mate use all five elements. Well I can as well.”

Sarah
reached down and grabbed Connor’s armguard and slid out one of the metal plat
es and sat the rest back down. She
manipulat
ed the metal over the palm of her
hand
, shaped
it into a bowel
and
returned it
back
to its natural state
and slid it back into his armguard
. Next she
pulled the moisture out of the air and into a small water ball
over the palm of
her
hand
. Connor tilted his head back and
she
gladly dropped the water down his gullet.
Jillian
giggled at that.
She
then made a small ball of fire and made it dissipate back into the air.
She
collected the dus
t and small bits of sand from their
surroundings and made
a small mound of dirt between them and Sorono. She
stood up and used Pressure to lift
herself
a foot off the ground
and
dropped back down
to
return sitting back in Connor’s lap.

“Our sonar is on a new level as well. Connor figured out how to bring it to the next level after being only shown once.”
She
looked up at Connor and smiled. “Should we show them together?” He smiled back.

They
both sat straight up with
their
eyes open. In
her
mind
she made her
sonar pulse rapidly.
Her
vision turned from color to black and white, but instead of seeing only what was in front of
her she
could now see in every direction
all at once
.
She
then felt Connor’s pulses hitting
her
body. It felt like the mos
t subtle of breezes caressing her
skin.
E
verything above and below
her in the room was revealed, but she
only con
centrated on seeing this room. She
could see the heartbeats of everyone picking up speed once they saw
their
eyes.
Sarah knew their
eyes were glowing
vividly
. Some moved uncomfortably while oth
ers remained frozen in place. Her
family was watching
them
with a playful smile, but it was a little offsetting to actually see their
facial
muscles pulling the skin to make a smile.
It was so strange, but amazing to see such details. Sorono watched them
patiently and there wasn’t a hint of surpri
se in his heartbeat; from what she
could tell.
She
then stopped the pulses and so did Connor.