The Invasion by Carrie King & Caroline Clark

Author:Carrie King & Caroline Clark [King, Carrie & Clark, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Http://CazClark.com
Published: 2019-01-28T23:00:00+00:00

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The blade slipped into and through the woman’s body so easily that he almost imagined that it hadn’t caused any damage. Surely, she must be a spirit and therefore unharmed. However, as he pulled the blade free, the blood welling from the hole he’d created proved that theory wrong. The woman had gasped as he’d stabbed her. Now, as the red painted sword shook in his hands, she slid to the ground, clutching the wound and struggling for breath.

Colborn gazed in horror, what had he done, as she lay there with her lifeblood leaking from the gaping hole in her chest.

What have I done?

He’d never even wounded anyone before, and now it looked like he’d gone and killed this woman. Perhaps he could help her somehow? Or take her someplace where she could be healed? But as he stared at the ever-widening pool of blood soaking into the earth, he knew it was hopeless to suppose that she would survive. There was nothing he could do. Sword shaking even more he backed away. What could he do? Turning he found his feet running, carrying him back the way he’d come. His original plan was forgotten in light of this new horror.

“Colborn Olufsson!”

The voice was strong and commanding and his feet stopped, almost tilting him forward to fall to the ground in shock. Slowly he regained his balance and turned.

The woman was lying in exactly the same place, evidently still dying, but her piercing eyes glared at him with animosity. Without her lips moving, the words seemed to come from the air itself.

“Colborn Olufsson you have erred greatly in spilling the blood of this daughter of the land! By my pierced heart and by the power vested in my person, I curse you! You will pay the price for your monstrous deed. May your path ever lead you off-track. May you ever be blinded by mists and miasma. May your blade rupture in your hand, and may you find the charred and smoldering end that this day’s work has earned you!”

Colborn’s blood turned to ice but he didn’t wait to be cursed more. He turned again and ran for his life, staggering over grassy hillocks and leaping over rocks and ditches. He ran as if all the warriors in the land were chasing him.

When he was a mile or so away, he darted behind a large stone and sank, panting, to the ground. It was all he could do to simply try and recover his breath for a few moments. Once his heart had slowed slightly, he rested his head on his bended knees and tried to figure out what he should do.

Oh, what bad luck that he should encounter such a strange woman and then accidentally kill her! And now she had cursed him! He wasn’t totally sure whether the magic of this foreign country would work on him, but it certainly hadn’t sounded pleasant. Especially the part about the charred and smoldering end.

Now that he was away from the

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