The 4th Secret by R.D. Shah

Author:R.D. Shah
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781911591689
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Published: 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

A hushed silence fell across the waiting onlookers crowding the walls of the twenty-metre-high domed rotunda as the initiate was led in through a side passage carved into the rock and then on towards the three thick wooden posts arranged in a triangle protruding from the floor. Accompanied by two heavily built male escorts garbed in white ceremonial gowns, the initiate – barefoot and clothed in nothing but a black woollen robe – struggled against the yellow rope binding the wrists. The black canvas hood secured tightly around the prisoner’s head was held in place by a noose around the neck made from natural fibre, its loose ends hanging down behind like a braid of hair.

The escorts dragged their inductee to the designated position and untied the constraints before each taking a wrist and securing it to the metal rings which were attached to the posts on either side with thick iron screws. With arms splayed out either side, the initiate continued to struggle furiously in an attempt to break free, but after a few feeble attempts the captive’s body went limp and seemingly resigned to the fate awaiting it. The escorts now grasped the two pieces of rope dangling down the initiate’s back and tied both ends tightly around a third post fixed directly behind, so the noose pulled the victim’s head firmly upright until no slack remained.

With a few short tugs, and satisfied that all the ropes were fixed correctly, the two escorts made their way to the edge of the rotunda and took their place silently amongst the other spectators.

Somewhere high above, the low monotone of a blown horn rang out to signal for one of the spectators to make his way towards the captive. Dressed in a dark purple robe secured around the waist with a gold tassel, the man approached the initiate and outlined the sign of the cross with both his index and middle finger before turning to address the audience lining the edges of the room.

‘Once again we have in our midst a person plucked the depths of sin and seeking reconciliation,’ the man announced in Russian, his tone gruff and raspy. ‘Many times before have we seen one of our own undertake the right of passage: the hard path… the righteous path. The path to enlightenment.’

A soft murmuring of agreement rippled around the arena as the master of ceremonies raised his hands and smiled. ‘And now we are blessed with this opportunity to save yet another soul from the clutches of a world that seeks to wallow in the foulness of Lucifer’s bile … A world that takes gluttonous pride in the filth and debasement that only false gods can offer … A bleak world that has been raped of its last vestiges of salvation and now stands on the precipice of destruction. A destruction that will finally cast out the sinful and raise up the righteous to bask in the Lord’s warmth for all eternity.’

The murmurings now amplified into a

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