Legacy of the Blood (The Threshold Trilogy) by Kanno Callie

Author:Kanno, Callie [Kanno, Callie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 2013-11-25T00:00:00+00:00

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Adesina was so shaken by what she had seen, she did not realize that she was being pulled into another Dream.

She was standing in a darkened room. The only source of light came from a handful of flickering candles. A dozen robed figures stood in a circle around the form of a Qetza that had been staked to the floor.

“O immortal ones of darkness,” intoned one of the robed figures. “We beseech thee to grant unto us power and life for our sacrifice on thy behalf. Take the soul of this monster and use it to expand thy reign through all of eternity!”

The Qetza gave a moaning hiss, and Adesina realized in horror that it was still alive.

Shouts sounded from outside the walls, and the doors shattered into thousands of splinters. Two Qetza flew into the room, their feathered wings stirring up tempestuous winds. They opened their fanged mouths and shot out bolts of lightning at the robed figures.

Within moments, all of the humans were dead.

“Demon-worssssshipping filth,” hissed one of the Qetza.

“Issss Ssssalasss sssstill alive?” asked the other.

The first Qetza examined the one staked to the floor. “Only jusssst.”

It lowered its snake-like head and bit into its dying comrade. Adesina almost shuddered in revulsion, but she stopped when she realized what was happening.

The injured Qetza began to glow and its wounds began to heal. It slowly raised itself up and shook its wings to free itself from the remaining stakes.

“Sssssalassss, my brother, how were you captured?”

“They had kidnapped a child and goaded a venomoussss sssssnake into biting it. I ssssenssed itssss disssstressss, and I wissssshed to offer healing to the child.”

The second Qetza shook its head. “Foolissssh brother of mine! How could you fall for sssssuch a trick?”

“The child would have died,” Salas protested. “I wanted to sssssave it.”

“The child died anyway,” hissed his brother, “and you were almosssst sssssacrificed to a demon.”

A milky tear rolled out of one of Salas’s large eyes. “Yessssss, the child died.”

“We are fortunate that the patron demon did not come to the resssscue of thessssse humansss.”

The first Qetza snorted. “No demon would risssssk itsss own sssskin for mortal sssservantsss. When will the humanssss learn thissss? They are choossssing masssters that care nothing for them.”

“Poor humanssss,” wept Salas. “They do not undersssstand the gravity of the choicessss they make.”

“Oh, they undersssstand,” muttered his brother darkly. “That is what makessss them ssssso dangeroussss.”

“Come,” said the first Qetza. “Let ussss leave thisss place of darknesssss.”

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