Girl Enchanted (Book 2 of The Girl Trilogy)
from.”
    They both nodded and the giant spoke
in his low frightening voice, “We read about that version of the
prophesy that you mentioned. Both ways achieve the same goal. If
the serpents kill Adam, they can have you for themselves and
produce a son with his soul.”
    The zebra girl interjected,
“Originally, Lord Shaul and Lord Aver thought it was disgusting to
mate with another breed. They wanted their offspring to remain
genetically whole. Serpents know that crossbreeding is a sin and
though they relish in committing crimes against God, they consider
the serpent genetics to be superior to all. At the time of their
decision, they would not even consider breaking their genetic
line.”
    Shifting his large body in his seat,
the giant cut in, “But, now with the siren songs controlling their
desires, all they want is to breed with the Eve tri-breed. They
cannot control their passions.”
    “ But why have they not
killed Adam considering he must be a romantic threat to them? He
was the husband and soul mate of Eve after all. Adam must be her
rightful partner.”
    The zebra girl answered, “I am sure
they want to terminate Adam, but they probably want to wait until
they produce a son with the Eve tri-breed. If they are not
successful, they may need the Adam tri-breed in order to complete
their task.”
    “ So you’re saying that once
they have a son with Eve, they will kill the Adam?”
    The zebra girl smiled, “Yes, at least
I hope so!” She and the giant laughed again.
    I thought it was strange, sociopathic
behavior to want Adam dead just for telling them what he believed.
People are like that too. For some reason, very few want to know
the truth. Most just want to do whatever the hell they want and
bend reality according to their own desires. I could relate in that
sense actually. All I wanted originally was to go away with Shaul
and leave the world both a mixture of good and evil so that we
could enjoy our lives together.
    Their desire to wish Adam dead made me
think that his story was true. The crossbreeding of two or more
species must defy the universal laws. It’s not as if he wanted that
to be so—he was a crossbreed himself, after all. If it was just
nonsense, why would they hate him so much? If it wasn’t true, then
they would likely just think he was a fool, maybe they would even
pity him. Maybe his talk could even annoy them. But, no—they think
he should die.
    I looked at the giant trying to catch
a tiny fish in his aquarium with his hands. “Can I ask you
something?” I asked hesitantly.
    He turned to me abruptly. In a loud
snappy voice that almost sounded like a roar, he said,
“What?”
    “ I was just wondering about
you.”
    He caught the fish and gobbled it up.
“What about me?” For a moment he looked around. I imagined he was
looking for another fish to eat.
    “ It’s just that aside from
another giant that I saw, everyone else in this facility is a
crossbreed of some sort. Are you?”
    He and the zebra girl both laughed
heartily again. “You don’t know who he is?” The zebra girl said.
Her blue eyes looked at me sharply. I hoped she wasn’t going to
light me afire.
    “ Uh, well—no, actually.” My
body tensed as I waited for her reaction to my response.
    To my surprise, she simply smiled and
said, “He is Goliath!” They both laughed again.
    “ Who?” I paused for a
moment. “Oh, are you referring to the biblical
character?”
    The zebra girl rolled her eyes. “Of
course. Who else would we be talking about?”
    I didn’t want to come across as
ignorant, but I must have been day dreaming during that bible study
class at Patravia’s church. (I couldn’t call her mother anymore—not
after learning she was just a ploy in the serpents’ plan. “Didn’t
one of the Hebrews kill Goliath?”
    The giant growled at my statement. I
sure was glad he was trapped in his cage and couldn’t get me. “That
arrogant David, under the name of God…” he said, “As our fight was
to

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