The Ice People 1 - Spellbound (The Legend of the Ice People) by Margit Sandemo

Author:Margit Sandemo [Sandemo, Margit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Katrin Agency
Published: 2013-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Before he began, the man at the other side of the fireplace took a deep breath.

“I suppose you’ve heard of the first Tengel, that he and some other families fled to the Outfarm Mountains. I believe this was back in the 1200s. I’m not quite sure what my notorious ancestor was up to but he’s said to have entered a pact with Satan so that he was able to cope up there in the wilderness. I for one tend to believe that he had a knowledge of witchcraft from before. He was supposed to be a man with a peculiar appearance, short and stocky but nevertheless stately with black hair and penetrating eyes. Nobody knows which branch of ancestors he hailed from. There’s no reason to believe that he was of a foreign race. He is said to have committed horrific acts in order to get in contact with The Evil himself – and that many of his incantations were read aloud over a pot in which he boiled his brew the likes of which the world had never seen before.”

Involuntarily, Silje’s glanced at the pot on the fireplace. It seemed harmless in itself. Tengel’s penetrating look rested on her.

“Having entered the pact with the Devil, Tengel buried the pot, cursing the spot. Then he said that The Evil himself had said that a few chosen among his descendants were to inherit the gifts he himself had been given – and that one of his descendants would have more supernatural powers than the human race had ever known. The curse – because it is a curse, Silje – could only be lifted if the pot was found and dug up again.”

“Has it been found?” she asked in a low voice, seeking his glance in the twilight behind the smoke and the glow of fire.

“No, because no one has any idea where he dug it down. He was away for thirty days and thirty nights, from one full moon to the next, when he entered the pact with the Devil. He could have been far up in the mountains and he could have been on the other side of them. Far away. But they say he changed appearance after the horrific encounter. He somehow crouched, became shorter and broader – if you know what I mean – mean and cruel to look at.”

“Do you believe all this?”

“Up to a point,” he said, reluctantly. “I certainly believe that he did it, that he made every effort possible to find Satan. That I believe in. But whether he actually met the Prince of Darkness nobody knows and I myself doubt it very much – although he asserted till his death that he did. I for one believe that he was of the kind who lives to shock people. And perhaps he believed that he had met Satan. Many pious people have asserted the same thing. And I think he simply made up this bit about descendants inheriting his abilities. He probably knew

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