“The atmosphere surrounding the pit was thick and fetid with cold sweat, anticipation and a lust for death. Flickering yellow light cast from hundreds of burning torches lit terraces filled to capacity with the populace of the twin cities, thousands of eager excited faces screaming at the macabre spectacle playing out below them. Mahra could see most of what was happening on the floor of the pit from where she perched on the head of a stone gargoyle, the heat generated by the thousands of bodies... as it rose in a heavy stench washing up over her, seeming to drive the weather back and form a seal against the encroaching night. Casting her gaze from the pit, Mahra studied the crowd seeking out the Warrior Queen, finally spotting her in a slightly raised area on the northern terrace. Morgasta was dressed in her customary black. A full-length dress, black and filmy, floated about her, rising in a high stiff collar to frame her pale neck, the white of her skin making her face luminescent in the dancing torchlight.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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