Creative Writing: Witch Hunt

“B – But…” she trembled in fear as she recalled the day during prayers, the very minute it the chamber was discovered in an unused part of the abbey. It was part of the temple that people avoided, all temples had it, well the temples she spent time in. Some sort of overwhelming power or presence that often made the most pious man doubtful of his choices. Years before Cassandra and her mother came to the temple, it was used as the original prayer room. Though not really a renovation, before the manor was built, the chamber that they use for daily prayers and meals was a room allocated for the royal family when they came to visit. Before the manor was built for the royal family to spend time in when not at the capital. Afterwards a few walls

“That we are in the dark and we are all in mortal danger… either by the Lacorians or whatever is stalking these halls,” licking her lips she glanced at Brennan realizing his thoughts were trailing towards Cassandra as were her own. She wondered how long it would be before the enemy discovered the child. Vera knew the king and queen very well and knew that though the child was unexpected, they would welcome him or her into their family and even allow Brennan and Cassandra to marry so their child wouldn’t be viewed as an illegitimate heir to the throne. She glanced at him one last time with worry about the future but saw that he had already put thoughts of the future away and was again ready to deal with what lay beyond the

Brennan’s own ancestors had been such traitors and after a long war bringing great misery that lasted more than a decade Ganthrow had become an independent nation. It was only after that that other nations followed Ganthrow’s actions and all too soon, Lacore had been pushed back onto an isolated spot of land, far to the North on the Continent of Zathen. Yet even to this day, they still boasted a huge army with military skill that could rival Marcathia. “Do they really think they can control something like the thing or things that are holding us trapped and hunting us?” “To expand their territory, I wouldn’t put it past them, and who knows what some of the clerics of Ritchar would do.” Brennan responded. “Do you remember a couple of years back? The Kershaw Empire integrated three surrounding countries into their empire by invading them. They killed all the members of royalty, nobility, and the politicians that ran those countries, right down to the servants and their families, and hung the corpses up in the cities as a warning not to resist their might. They only care for wealth and power, using fear to dominate and control their subjects.” “Surely they would realize that they are simply being used by the Blood Knights and the Yathimati?” Wayne