The Garnet Dagger
“As they gathered up his body, they watched me like I was some animal waiting to strike down another victim. At their departure, the door clanked shut.
Coldness seeped into my bones, having nothing to do with my surroundings, but everything to do with Celeste.
I had to kill her. Why did she have to die? She was an innocent. More so than I was.
The guards whispered, arguing that our people would be better at my death. Nearly did I call out to them to annihilate me. But this was a selfish reason. ...In death I’d not have to kill her.
Another change of the guards before Nivel rushed down the stairs with Jaris poised at the top. “The council agrees, you’ve not failed them.” He nodded toward Jaris. “So the situation is rectified, I’ve been ordered to travel with you to finish the purifying.” His robes flew behind him as he ran to my cell.
“Release him into Nivel’s care,” Jaris shouted from the top of the stairs, then turned and left.
“Now,” Nivel said shaking the bars on my cell, “we don’t have time for formalities.”MoreLess
Coldness seeped into my bones, having nothing to do with my surroundings, but everything to do with Celeste.
I had to kill her. Why did she have to die? She was an innocent. More so than I was.
The guards whispered, arguing that our people would be better at my death. Nearly did I call out to them to annihilate me. But this was a selfish reason. ...In death I’d not have to kill her.
Another change of the guards before Nivel rushed down the stairs with Jaris poised at the top. “The council agrees, you’ve not failed them.” He nodded toward Jaris. “So the situation is rectified, I’ve been ordered to travel with you to finish the purifying.” His robes flew behind him as he ran to my cell.
“Release him into Nivel’s care,” Jaris shouted from the top of the stairs, then turned and left.
“Now,” Nivel said shaking the bars on my cell, “we don’t have time for formalities.”MoreLess
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