William of Archonia: Redemption by Jarod Meyer

Author:Jarod Meyer [Meyer, Jarod]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Autumn Arch Publishing
Published: 2017-02-13T18:30:00+00:00

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The next week proved to be no easier. It seemed a new ailment befell someone new each day. It grew so bad that they allowed her to forego her laundry duties in exchange for her healing skills. She had already re-wrapped Trisha’s arms twice, and now she was caring for a child who had been bitten by another child’s projections. Jonas’ leg was nearly healed, but at least three people had succumbed to heat exhaustion. Angelica began to wonder if this really was heaven, or just another life she would have to suffer through like everyone else.

On the fortieth day of their journey they crested a hill, and she saw the lake. To say it was large would be an understatement. Julia had not exaggerated. Angelica shielded her eyes and spotted a little spec of land far out in the middle of the water.

That must be the wayshrine.

The water of the lake was a greenish blue, and broken by small, lively waves. The coastline was smooth, making it look almost unnatural, but the trees and the brush dotting its periphery gave it a beauty Angelica would never forget. The trees where exotic looking palms with an array of peculiar looking fruits dangling from the branches. The terrain was pulverized sand so fine that it felt as though you were walking on cotton. It was white and made the whole place look very tropical.

It took them the remainder of the morning and into the afternoon to close the remaining distance. People rejoiced when they reached the water, the children running headlong into it, splashing each other and laughing. Everyone else moved to set up camp. Angelica stopped to watch the children playing in the water. It appeared to be relatively shallow where they were playing, the water only knee high. She saw their hair and their clothes weighted down by what must have been the intense gravity fashioned by the creators of the pilgrimage. Children threw handfuls of water and sand into the air only to watch it fall back heavily into the greenish spray of the lake water.

She watched Julia cross the threshold of the gravitational field and stumble under the weight of her own body. Angelica chuckled nervously, realizing that if someone stronger and more experienced like Julia struggled so mightily, then she likely had no chance. The realization that she could not complete the journey to the island made her insides sink. With her heart pained by this prospect, Angelica decided to help the others set up camp.

The fortieth night came upon them much as the last thirty nine had, with the exception of a gentle breeze and a cool spray from the nearby water. The fragrance of salt and palm trees took Angelica back to the Gulf of Mexico, where she had vacationed as a child.

The camp became boisterous again, the merriment of her fellow pilgrims extending out over the emptiness of the lake. Angelica chose to seclude herself yet again. Julia had already gone to her tent to meditate, no doubt exhausted from the children.

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