Escaping Fate
“Forced to begin walking by the guards behind her, she trudged up the steps. She counted each step she took in her mind. She counted to keep herself from screaming at the guards and the crowd and Fate itself. She looked at her feet to shield her eyes from the stinging smoke swirling around her body, and struggled to keep from looking at the top of the stone staircase.
It was a morbid desire to look at what awaited her, she knew, but in the end could not keep from giving in. She glanced up to the... plateau above her. The billowing smoke barreled down at her, and she knew it came from the great sacrificial altar standing in the center of the mesa. It waited there year round, reminding the city of their commitment to the gods.
At the sight of the smoke her stomach turned and she quickly lowered her head unwilling to face her future. She feared the smoke, but she knew it was the least terrifying item that awaited her at the top of the stone staircase.
She kept walking up the steps and watched as the smoke grew larger and the fire that produced it came into view.MoreLess
It was a morbid desire to look at what awaited her, she knew, but in the end could not keep from giving in. She glanced up to the... plateau above her. The billowing smoke barreled down at her, and she knew it came from the great sacrificial altar standing in the center of the mesa. It waited there year round, reminding the city of their commitment to the gods.
At the sight of the smoke her stomach turned and she quickly lowered her head unwilling to face her future. She feared the smoke, but she knew it was the least terrifying item that awaited her at the top of the stone staircase.
She kept walking up the steps and watched as the smoke grew larger and the fire that produced it came into view.MoreLess
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