INTRO

A Story by Monica Sieler

Dedicated to the Nitschke Girls... Who always encourage and inspire me. 

Introduction

The moon had reached the peak in its trek across the night sky. Stillness laid it’s hand over the world. Or so it seemed...

Deep in a forrest the sound of running feet broke the glass silence. A young woman tore her way through the brush and trees. Sweat gleamed on her skin, her skirts were shredded by the branches that clawed at them, her feet and legs were bloody, and her heart pounded like a war drum through her body.

How many miles had she run? Too many.

She was almost to the brink of her endurance, but she must press on. Terror and love fueled her. She was getting close, but her greatest fear was that it might not be close enough. 

There was beast was on her heals. Charging it’s way over the land that only minutes before had stretched miles. It’s yellow teeth sunk into any flesh that stood in the way of it and the woman, the prey. Its tiny bloodshot eyes caught sight of her auburn hair as it reflected the moon’s silver light. A greenish foam oozed from the corners of its mouth.

A howl went up from the beast, sending a last rush of adrenaline through the woman’s body. In front of her not twenty yards away was her grail. A pillar of mist, swirling blue and glittering in the moonlight. Hope filled her, the gap was closing. She heard a snap and her neck cracked back. In a last, subliminal effort she flung what she had held on to so tightly, out in front of her. Into the unknown. 

Within seconds her life ended, but she had fulfilled her mission. 

They were safe. Neva and Ivo were... somewhere far away.