Vixen Hunted by Christopher Kincaid

Author:Christopher Kincaid [Kincaid, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Published: 2015-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

"Watch her dress." The man's breath tickled Sister Tera's ear. Timothy and the red-haired girl walked down the hall.

The scar on the man's cheek pulled her gaze too much. Tera tore her eyes away and followed the man's finger.

What was she thinking? She was a nun. She felt the hard whitewashed stone beneath her fingers as she leaned around the adjoining hall.

"I've never had cinnamon rolls. What are they?" The redhead asked.

Timothy kept silent.

"No need to be pouty, Timmy. You were not the one who had her hair pulled."

Tera glanced at the man beside her. He nodded. She turned back to the hall.

The girl continued to natter. Did her head scarf just move? "Hey. That smells nice. Is that the cinnamon roll thingie?"

"Yes, it is a sweet. One of my favorites actually," Timothy said.

Tera's breath caught. The redhead's skirt flapped and revealed what looked to be a red tail tipped with white.

"I like sweets!" Yes, it was a tail!

"That doesn't surprise me," Timothy said.

Tera turned, and the man's small amulet caught the light. The sister knew what the symbol meant. A cross flanked by a sword and a branch could only mean one thing: this man was a member of the Holy Inquisition.

"It is as you said," she whispered. "I saw a tail. It was red and had white on its tip."

"She is the demon I hunt. I need your help, sister. I do not want violence to come to this house of God."

"I will do whatever I can to help you, Inquisitor Tahd." Sister Tera swallowed her excitement, her voice quivering with it. A young nun in a faraway abbey actually doing something vital for the Church! She wondered if she was going to wake up to find this a dream.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Watch. We have to let the prey think itself safe," the Inquisitor said.

"I won't let this demon corrupt the abbey. Everyone needs to know!" Tera shifted to stalk away.

Tahd's hand clamped her shoulder. His smile lacked mirth. "A good sentiment, but letting everyone know will chase off the demon. Do you want it to corrupt a village? Your sisters are safe. There is no place better to stop a demon."

"I hadn't thought…Oh, I'm sorry. You must be tired after such a long journey. Let me show you to your room." Tera led the man away, struggling to walk with the grace becoming of a nun. She wanted to jump and sing. To think, she found the purpose she dreamed about in this out-of-the-way abbey.

Nothing ever happened here, outside of farmers taking shelter after a storm last summer. Tera supposed most abbeys were boring, but a nun could still do more than a wife. If she didn't leave her home, she would likely live in a hut with a baby on her hip by now. What could be more important than stopping a demon from threatening people? The memory of that tail sent chills through her. Only demons had tails. God granted prayers in odd ways.

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