Adventures in Time by Annie Seaton

Author:Annie Seaton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: immortality, steampunk, biomes, Amazon jungle, steampunk series, annie seaton
Publisher: Annie Seaton
Published: 2018-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

THE SONOROUS BEATING of a drum heralded the entrance of the Holy Five, the leaders of the Kilmarnock chapter of the Council of the Great. A dozen or so white-cloaked men of varying ages sat on benches arranged in the center of the Great Hall. Dougal and the one other young member of the order had prepared the seating, lit the sconces and filled the jugs with ale.

The red wine was on the front table and covered by a white cloth. Dougal and his fellow usher stood flanking the entrance and when the drum stopped beating, each lifted their side of the heavily embossed red curtain as the Five walked slowly into the Hall.

After they had taken their seats at the table, Dougal and his fellow usher acted as cup bearers and filled their goblets with the ale, before lowering their heads and backing to join the other men seated on the benches.

As they sat, the leader of the Five stood and reached for a manuscript on the table. He unfurled it with great ceremony and his deep voice echoed across the large Hall as he began to greet them in French.

Dougal watched as the manuscript unfurled, taking care to keep his face solemn. He observed their Leader as he greeted the gathering. A tall man of indeterminate age gripped the manuscript with long, bony fingers. His skin had a faint tinge of yellow as though he had recently suffered an illness. Long white hair trailed past his shoulders and his matching beard fell almost to his waist. A white surcoat fell to the floor, and a large red cross on his chest was just visible behind his long white beard. Dougal smothered a smile; the archaic dress would draw attention to the Leader if he were to be observed outside the castle. His robes befitted a Knight from the twelfth century rather than the progressive times they were now in. However, it was the eyes of the man that caught his attention. His cold, expressionless eyes seemed to look into your very soul.

Dougal shivered as the old man pinned him with his gaze—it was almost as though he could read his thoughts—before turning his attention to the parchment in front of him.

I certainly pray that he cannot.

“Good evening, my lords. I welcome you unreservedly.” He held up the manuscript and briefly reverted to the language of the Knights Templar

“Je me félicite de cette charte”

I welcome this Charter, Dougal translated in his head, while some of the Scottish knights looked confused

“Tonight we are here for two purposes. I have recently been summoned to the Council of the Great in Edinburgh and have been advised our chapter has attained the forty first degree of perfection.” Two of the old men on the front table gasped and the remainder of the Five looked at each other in confusion.

“Yes, my fellow knights, the Unutterable Degree.”

Dougal turned his head and glanced at the men who were sitting in the front row with him. Expressions

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