War God's Will by Matthew P. Gilbert

Author:Matthew P. Gilbert [Gilbert, Matthew P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2019-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

The Master stared into the pool, amused at the suffering of the invaders.

The servant asked, “Does it please you, Master? I thought it would be better this way, slowly, instead of crushing them outright.”

“Yesss,” the master agreed. “Their fear is sweet.” It dipped its claw into the black pool again, sending ripples over the image, and licked at it. “I have changed my mind. I want them alive. It is fortunate for you that you delayed.”

The servant shuddered, an involuntary spasm of fear at the realization of how close it had come to making a fatal mistake. But it smiled, too, at its own cunning.

“I am a good servant,” it crooned. “You are capricious. I try always to anticipate you. To please you.”

The master tapped a talon on the stone rim of the pool, thinking that perhaps it might still be amusing to kill the servant, but dismissed the notion. It was difficult to find a servant smart enough to anticipate. It would be foolish to waste this one now.

“I am pleased,” it said. “Bring them to me. I would speak with them and smell their fear. Perhaps they have knowledge. Then we will rend them and make them into art.”

The servant touched its head to the floor, hissed its compliance, and scurried from the room.

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