War in Colgilor by Colin Gibbons

Author:Colin Gibbons
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brown Dog Books

‘Why should I help him? I don’t need to: as I say, I’m safe here and allowed to do as I please. What possible advantage would there be? Let him fight his own battle.’

‘Yes, you may say that, but if the Great Wizard wins, then he will want to eradicate the whole of Colgilor of evil, and that means you and me will be doomed.’

Madea screwed up her already wrinkled face and rubbed her wart-covered chin with her long, bony fingers. ‘Yes, that’s possible, but I still think I will be safer staying here.’

Baba Yelka was becoming very agitated. ‘Have you forgotten how evil and bad-tempered the Dark Wizard is? And maybe his guards couldn’t reach you here but he has promised that if I don’t come back with you, he will find us and torture us before killing us in a slow, painful death, and I certainly don’t doubt his words.’

‘Very well, I will come with you, but first of all I must wait for Hadra to return. She has been very good to me, keeping me safe, and to be honest, we have built up a trusting friendship.’

‘Ah,’ sighed Yelka. ‘Was she one of the group of Harpies that escorted me here?’

‘No, they were her guards. If you like, she rules the area. They obey her orders. She left first thing this morning with them, but she must have spotted you and sent them to bring you here. She must have gone off hunting but she will be back.’ She ambled over to the back of the cave. ‘You must be hungry after your journey. I’ll see what Hadra has in her store.’

‘Hungry?!’ exclaimed Yelka. ‘How could you eat anything in here? The smell is overwhelming: in fact the whole of the area is covered in a shroud of rancid smell,’ she said as she walked over to join Madea. ‘What is that!?’ she screamed, pointing to a crumpled figure lying on the ground.

‘Oh that, it’s just a carcass that Hadra has been feeding on. All the flesh is gone: that’s why she must be scanning the area for a meal.’

Yelka shuddered at the thought, but before she could reply there was a loud screeching sound coming from outside, followed by a heavy thud at the cave entrance. Yelka held her breath as the sound of rustling and shuffling filled the cave, and Yelka gasped in despair as Hadra entered. The Harpies that had escorted her were big but she was a huge monster, totally blocking out the light that had been filtering through. Although her face was that of a beautiful woman, it was cold and soulless with ice-cold, green eyes that stared right through Yelka, sending shivers down her spine. Her head and shoulders were covered in small, fine feathers, but her huge wings were made up of the most magnificent, coloured plumage, and the fine feathers at the front covered her whole body right down to the largest, longest claws imaginable.

She stood looking Yelka up and down before turning to Madea.

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