The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Golden Yarn by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Seven Seas
Published: 2019-02-03T07:00:00+00:00

The force dragging her was far stronger than she’d ever expected. Alex sank, helpless to fight against this thing. Through the murky water, she could not see her assailant’s face. But she could see a knife sticking out of him. She knew it was that man again and was astonished he could attack her like this with his injuries.

The man pulled Alex with raw strength. It was like he’d set roots down at the bottom of the water. Struggling for air, she swallowed a sickening amount of water. Her consciousness began to fade.

“If you won’t love me, then we must die together.”

As she retched, desperate for air, a man’s voice came to her.

“I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die!”

“Somebody, help me!”

This time she heard echoing women’s screams.

Oh, Alex realized. This was the voice of the man attacking her, and the screams of the souls of the women he’d murdered. Their fear of death, their anger at the one killing them, all of these emotions festered in the marsh’s depths.

Image after image floated into Alex’s mind, then vanished. A distressed woman shaking her head—the man, his love rejected, his dejection fading to rage. A woman’s face in the darkness, twisted with fear, her mouth open wide—the man’s knife stabbing into her, over and over. A woman who lay in a puddle of blood—the man, sobbing fearfully at his own actions before screaming and running away.

He reached the marsh that the locals dared not enter. Memories from that point on were hazy, scattered.

Memories…this man’s memories? I thought I didn’t have a knack for the sight.

As Alex wondered, a high-pitched girl’s voice sounded in her ear.

“Hey! Let’s go back!”

Suddenly, Alex found herself standing in the forest. Trees surrounded her. She was not yet at the marsh.

“This is impossible, Ashley,” a girl’s voice said.

Alex jumped at the familiar name and looked around. Nearby, a light swayed feebly. Alex walked towards the light, as if drawn to it. The voices grew louder and more distinct with every step she took. She recognized one of those voices.

“I know. This marsh is too much for me.”

“Then—”

“But I think I can save a single soul. It might be dangerous, but—”

“Why do this? You don’t know the person who wrote that letter!”

A tiny little girl, barely tall enough to reach Ashley’s waist, tried to stop her. She must have been Ashley’s familiar. She was trying to block her master’s path, but there was a glint in Ashley’s eye. She looked only forward.

“True, I don’t know her, but I understand her pain. She couldn’t save her sister. She couldn’t do anything. I know how much that hurts, because I abandoned my own sister,” Ashley said.

“You didn’t! You just happened to be the one chosen as a student!”

“No. I could have stayed behind with Alex, and I chose not to do that. Do you know why? Because I was hungry for knowledge. I wanted to know more, to know all kinds of things. The moment I saw a path forward, I forgot all about my sister.

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