street. He turned
to see what’d so frightened them. The monster from the day before
slid its beak through Ilgrin’s trail of blood. It seemed confused,
glancing at him once before screeching and continuing after his
attackers.
‘ Okay,’ Ilgrin
whispered. ‘Get up.’ But his body refused, the loss of blood having
left him light-headed and weak. ‘Get up,’ he panted, finally
rolling over onto hands and knees to crawl away from the road. But
to do so had been a mistake. The creature must’ve thought him as
good as dead, but now that it had seen him moving it banked sharply
in his direction. With what little strength remained, Ilgrin dove
behind some dense shrubbery lining a rickety old fence. Spots
played across his vision as the creature descended and darkness
closed in.
Revelation 12
7. And there was war in Hae'Evun:
Mi’Chael and his silts fought against the Devil, and the Devil
fought with his silts, and prevailed not, their place could no
longer be found in Hae'Evun.
8. And the great demon was cast out,
that old silt, called the Devil, and Sa’Tan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast out into the Earth for eternity and his
silts were cast out with him.
12. And I heard a loud voice speaking
within the Ways, Therefore rejoice, ye Hae'Evun, and ye who dwell
there. Woe to the inhabitants of the Earth and the sea! For the
Devil has come down unto you, having great wrath, because he
knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13. And when the
Devil saw that he was cast unto the Earth, he persecuted a woman
who could bring forth no child.
14. And to the woman was given the
white of the middle eye, that she might escape to the frozen
places, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and a half
time, from the face of the Devil.
15. And the Devil cast out darkness
from the silent bodies after the woman, that he might cause her to
be carried away in death.
16. But the Ways helped the woman, and
the Ways opened up at her fingertips, and she caused the Devil
great distress, his will being fruitless against her.
17. And the Devil was wroth with the
woman, and went to make war with the remnant, which keep the
commandments of Maker, and have his eternal blessing in the frozen
places where he hath sent them.
Scriptures of the Holy Tome
CHAPTER Eight
Master Fasil
S eteal
picked herself up, dusted off her dress, and gazed into the clouds
in time to glimpse the silt fading against the declining sun. A
moment later, she was surrounded.
‘ Are you all right
there, missy?’ a man asked, placing a hand on Seteal’s
shoulder.
‘ I’m fine.’ Seteal
turned to face a middle-aged man in attire befitting a commoner.
His breath was foul and his flesh was that of someone who’d spent
too many years in the sun, but his eyes were kindly so Seteal
adjusted her tone accordingly. ‘I’m sorry. You startled
me.’
‘ It didn’t hurt you,
did it?’ The man narrowed his eyes worriedly. ‘Pretty little thing
like you.’
‘ No, I’m fine, thank
you,’ she reassured the man, all the while discreetly trying to
wipe away tears.
‘ How rude of me,’ the
man grunted. ‘I’m Master Fasil.’ He took Seteal’s hand and kissed
it gingerly.
‘ Seteal,’ she
replied, retrieving her hand a little too hastily for common
courtesy.
‘ And whom, may I ask,
do you belong to?’
‘ Belong to?’ Seteal
cringed. ‘I’m afraid you’ve been mistaken. I don’t belong to
anyone.’
‘ Pretty little thing,
but none too bright,’ Master Fasil belly laughed. ‘It’s always that
way with the better ones.’
‘ I really must be
getting back,’ Seteal excused herself.
‘ That’s exactly my
point!’ Fasil bent over and laughed so hard that he belched. ‘I
left my carriage by the road on the other side of the field and I’d
hate to see you getting into any more trouble. I’ll give you a ride
wherever it is you’ve got to go.’
‘ Thank you, but no,’
Seteal
to see what’d so frightened them. The monster from the day before
slid its beak through Ilgrin’s trail of blood. It seemed confused,
glancing at him once before screeching and continuing after his
attackers.
‘ Okay,’ Ilgrin
whispered. ‘Get up.’ But his body refused, the loss of blood having
left him light-headed and weak. ‘Get up,’ he panted, finally
rolling over onto hands and knees to crawl away from the road. But
to do so had been a mistake. The creature must’ve thought him as
good as dead, but now that it had seen him moving it banked sharply
in his direction. With what little strength remained, Ilgrin dove
behind some dense shrubbery lining a rickety old fence. Spots
played across his vision as the creature descended and darkness
closed in.
Revelation 12
7. And there was war in Hae'Evun:
Mi’Chael and his silts fought against the Devil, and the Devil
fought with his silts, and prevailed not, their place could no
longer be found in Hae'Evun.
8. And the great demon was cast out,
that old silt, called the Devil, and Sa’Tan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast out into the Earth for eternity and his
silts were cast out with him.
12. And I heard a loud voice speaking
within the Ways, Therefore rejoice, ye Hae'Evun, and ye who dwell
there. Woe to the inhabitants of the Earth and the sea! For the
Devil has come down unto you, having great wrath, because he
knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13. And when the
Devil saw that he was cast unto the Earth, he persecuted a woman
who could bring forth no child.
14. And to the woman was given the
white of the middle eye, that she might escape to the frozen
places, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and a half
time, from the face of the Devil.
15. And the Devil cast out darkness
from the silent bodies after the woman, that he might cause her to
be carried away in death.
16. But the Ways helped the woman, and
the Ways opened up at her fingertips, and she caused the Devil
great distress, his will being fruitless against her.
17. And the Devil was wroth with the
woman, and went to make war with the remnant, which keep the
commandments of Maker, and have his eternal blessing in the frozen
places where he hath sent them.
Scriptures of the Holy Tome
CHAPTER Eight
Master Fasil
S eteal
picked herself up, dusted off her dress, and gazed into the clouds
in time to glimpse the silt fading against the declining sun. A
moment later, she was surrounded.
‘ Are you all right
there, missy?’ a man asked, placing a hand on Seteal’s
shoulder.
‘ I’m fine.’ Seteal
turned to face a middle-aged man in attire befitting a commoner.
His breath was foul and his flesh was that of someone who’d spent
too many years in the sun, but his eyes were kindly so Seteal
adjusted her tone accordingly. ‘I’m sorry. You startled
me.’
‘ It didn’t hurt you,
did it?’ The man narrowed his eyes worriedly. ‘Pretty little thing
like you.’
‘ No, I’m fine, thank
you,’ she reassured the man, all the while discreetly trying to
wipe away tears.
‘ How rude of me,’ the
man grunted. ‘I’m Master Fasil.’ He took Seteal’s hand and kissed
it gingerly.
‘ Seteal,’ she
replied, retrieving her hand a little too hastily for common
courtesy.
‘ And whom, may I ask,
do you belong to?’
‘ Belong to?’ Seteal
cringed. ‘I’m afraid you’ve been mistaken. I don’t belong to
anyone.’
‘ Pretty little thing,
but none too bright,’ Master Fasil belly laughed. ‘It’s always that
way with the better ones.’
‘ I really must be
getting back,’ Seteal excused herself.
‘ That’s exactly my
point!’ Fasil bent over and laughed so hard that he belched. ‘I
left my carriage by the road on the other side of the field and I’d
hate to see you getting into any more trouble. I’ll give you a ride
wherever it is you’ve got to go.’
‘ Thank you, but no,’
Seteal
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