Maiden of the Hollow Path by Shar Khan

Author:Shar Khan [Khan, Shar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTY: WELCOME THE RESISTANCE

SHAHINA awoke to darkness.

She was laying on her back with reams of curly black hair cascading off her pillows, struggling to gauge how long she’d been here.

It was a frightful thing being caught in war these days. Ever since her ailment, any sudden move caused a wave of anguish she thought to have accustomed herself to with no avail. Instead of harming herself or triggering long forgotten wounds, she decided to stare at the vernacular ceiling with the Seven Pathra’s looking down upon her.

They were all accounted for from Pathra Zaigon, Lady of Magick to Pathra Olit, Lady of War. They were depicted in the regality of their brown flesh. Naked bodies were swept over the large canvas with hands clutched to their bosom and teardrop eyes raining Vehden’s blessings over whom they sought.

“My favorite is Pathra Menmar, Lady of Chastity.” Shahina startled at Crogan’s hoarse rumble. He was sitting just by her bedside. He sat up from his casual slouch, leaving his legs spread and the chained bindings of his wrists obnoxiously clanging together. “She took her vows for Vehden, but not in that ‘my one true love is god’ bullshit. She relinquished all manner of temptation so she could support those who needed her most.”

A flicker of candlelight revealed his grown beard and disheveled hair. There were small bags under his eyes, yet the smallest, kindest smile touching his lips. “I’ve been unconscious long enough for you to start reciting lore on dead Pathra’s, now have I?”

“Don’t flatter yourself, Rukhezzi. It’s only been two days.”

Shahina carefully rose into a seating position, feeling nothing but common aches that came with heavy sleep. “They bound you to heal me against your will.” A statement, not a question.

“I delivered you here. You were treated for severe arcari poison and by no doubt is your brother waiting for me to finish the job,” he raised his hand as she made an attempt to speak, stilling her outrage. “I assume that makes me a liability as much as it does you?”

Shahina stared at him through furrowed brows. She should’ve been detesting the man that severed the joints of her hip, but then, hate took a lot of energy and Shahina seemed to reserve that only for herself.

There was something different about his disposition, the last day having been a whirlwind of words spoken and unspoken, dreams better left undreamt, even. She didn’t know if that was all a construct of her mind or willed into the world around her.

She reached under the heavy sheet to massage the throbbing knot that’d amassed at her side, frowning. “Turning on Arfan is a foolish idea.”

“But an idea nonetheless. Should we strike up a bargain, it would play in our favor.”

“Our?” Shahina asked with a scoff, “You’ve come for revenge. Make it right.”

Crogan furrowed his brow. “You have a strange fascination with death, my lady. Let me make it clear to you that, with your luck, you’d probably be damned to walk the Hollow Path.

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