The Last Days of Lorien
“I felt smashed stone, the wetness of my own blood in my palms, the acrid tang of smoke against my still sightless eyes.Sound returned faster than vision. It was a ringing in my ears, the exact opposite of the hypnotic, unfettered emotion of Devektra’s music. This was concussive, earsplitting.In agony, I clutched my head to force it out but the pain kept rising.The club had been bombed.Then more sound emerged through the tinnitus-like buzz.Moaning. Screaming. Crying.I turned my head left and rig...ht, trying to find a source of light, anything to help me figure out what had just happened.That’s when I saw the fire, rising up the entrance wall, small but getting bigger.It wasn’t until I tried to stand that I realized I was on the ground floor of the club, not on the mezzanine. I turned around and saw that the entire balcony had been knocked from its struts, smashed like a dropped dinner plate on the floor of the club.No, I thought. No.Not just on the floor of the club. On top of a mass of crushed concertgoers.MoreLess
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