Shadows of Time: Shadow Maiden
“She had stopped, transfixed, as he and Amaeya came crashing in behind her. The color had faded from the girl’s face and her mouth hung open in horror.
Merrick reached out to grab her but froze when his eyes caught a familiar green gaze.
The queen!
Instead of the beauty he beheld in his vision, he was met with a withered husk of a woman. He opened his mouth to speak, but the words were cut short—the queen slipped from the window as if she had been nothing but an illusion. Merrick shook his head,... trying to make sense of what he had seen.
The girl suddenly cried out, bringing Merrick back to the present. He grabbed her by the arm before she could do anything foolish.
“We must go!” He words sounded harsh in his ears.
“Yes, you really should be going.” A shadow pushed past the motionless curtains and stepped out before them. A pale angular face sneered out from beneath a heavy hooded cloak.
“Perhaps you would like to come see where your mother’s gone to?”
Merrick could taste the foul magic in the air.MoreLess
Merrick reached out to grab her but froze when his eyes caught a familiar green gaze.
The queen!
Instead of the beauty he beheld in his vision, he was met with a withered husk of a woman. He opened his mouth to speak, but the words were cut short—the queen slipped from the window as if she had been nothing but an illusion. Merrick shook his head,... trying to make sense of what he had seen.
The girl suddenly cried out, bringing Merrick back to the present. He grabbed her by the arm before she could do anything foolish.
“We must go!” He words sounded harsh in his ears.
“Yes, you really should be going.” A shadow pushed past the motionless curtains and stepped out before them. A pale angular face sneered out from beneath a heavy hooded cloak.
“Perhaps you would like to come see where your mother’s gone to?”
Merrick could taste the foul magic in the air.MoreLess
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