Kargaroth by Mark B. Frost & Andrew Bunny

Author:Mark B. Frost & Andrew Bunny [Frost, Mark B. & Bunny, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732825208
Publisher: Icerabbit Publishing
Published: 2019-01-03T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26.

Where Life and Death are Same

A knock sounded at the office door of the Lord Cardinal, the latest of several that had gone without response. This time the visitor did not accept the silence. The door was opened, and a voice pierced the peaceful darkness. “Lord Aveni, I’m sorry to disturb your rest but there is an emergency.”

Aveni tapped a crystalline apparatus on his nightstand and a soft white light filled the room. He sat up on the edge of the bed and rubbed his eyes.

“We would have let you sleep,” one of his aides continued, “but it’s one of the Grand Councilors. We fear that if you do not come soon the patient will die.”

He rose from the bed and walked to the where the Staff of Ainshen leaned against the wall. He lifted it and used it to support his weight, then slowly walked to the door.

“I’m too old for these hours, it would seem. My legs scarcely want to carry me. I assume this is about Myris again? His new spirit must have degenerated more quickly than I anticipated.”

The aide responded as they walked down the hall leading back to the infirmary. “No sir. It’s Lord Abaddon. Lord Atheme brought him in a few moments ago. It looks as if he has been cut in half and pieced back together. It’s no small miracle that he has not died already, but he needs such serious work that he may already be a lost cause.”

Aveni nodded. “I’ve seen Abaddon through many horrific injuries in the past. We won’t make any rushed judgements where he’s concerned. What of Atheme’s condition?”

“It’s hard to say. I would not have judged him far better than Lord Abaddon, but he would not check himself in. He said he was going to wait in his office.”

“He has doubtless been through quite an ordeal. Would you do me a favor?”

“Of course, Your Holiness.”

“Find Lady Serene and tell her that Atheme has returned and is in his office. She will go to see him, and her own healing powers are formidable. Atheme will accept her help, if not ours.”

“As you wish, Lord Aveni.”

The aide turned and headed on his way down a side hall. Aveni stopped before the door of the infirmary and took an unsteady breath, drawing energy from his Staff. It was nearly depleted of holy energy from having used the Miracle so recently, but even the little remaining bolstered his body and made him feel years younger. He opened the door, and immediately several aides rushed over and led him to one of the small emergency rooms.

* * * * *

Upon receiving news of Atheme’s return, Serene made her way swiftly to his office. With the stress of the Kargaroth situation weighing on her mind and unable to help, she had turned to Jessandra for company. She had thus spent much of the day at the Emle estates, remembering the lighter side of her personality. Now that Kargaroth was back within Felthespar’s walls, the seriousness of her mission returned wholly to the forefront.

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