control the Ironidium Knights!”
With a shriek, Lúthien lunged for the doorway. Running as fast as her legs would go, she headed for the courtyard. She had to find Warden Morwen! Looking over her shoulder at the clanking sounds of armor, she saw two Ironidium Knights fly around the corner chasing after her. Lúthien knew if she could get to the secret passage she could get away. Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted as Knight-Captain Valandil walked up the steps in front of her. Screaming in panic, Lúthien came to a sliding stop wrapping her arms around the Knight-Captain’s armored waist in relief.
“Knight-Captain Valandil, they’re going to kill me!”
“Princess, what’s wrong?”
“You’ve got to save me!” Seeing the approaching Ironidium Knights, Valandil drew his sword protectively pushing Lúthien behind him.
“Halt! What is the meaning of this?” Coming to a stop in front of the Knight-Captain, the knights sheathed their swords as the nearest spoke without inflection.
“The King has commanded that the Princess be brought to him in the library.”
Lúthien felt Valandil body suddenly stiffen at the guards words. Incredulously, she watched as the Knight-Captain sheath his blade. “What are you doing?” Brusquely shoving her in front of him, the Knight-Captain roughly grabbed Lúthien by the upper arm. As he began dragging her back down the corridor, she pleaded with him not to take her back.
“You’ve got to believe me, Valandil. These knights are traitors!” As the two Ironidium Knights fell in behind them automatically, Lúthien screamed trying to get him to listen. “Don’t let them get behind you, they can’t be trusted!”
Looking into Valandil’s eyes, Lúthien’s cries of protest died on her lips. The slacked jawed expression on his face made the blood run cold in her veins. Fearfully, she began struggling to break out of his powerful grasp. Inexorable Valandil dragged her back to the corpse-white creature in the library wearing her father’s face. The beast’s evil red eyes glowed in wicked glee as the Knight-Captain came to attention in front of him. Without batting an eye, Valandil saluted holding the Princess out for him to take.
“My liege, I have delivered the Princess by your command.” As the tears ran down Lúthien ‘s face, she looked back and forth between the Knight-Captain and the horrifying creature in despair.
“The good Knight-Captain cannot hear your cries, sweet Princess.” Seeing the stricken look on Lúthien’s face, the monster’s guffawing laughter filled her ears once more. “Oh, I’m sure somewhere the real Knight-Captain is trapped inside watching helplessly as his body betrays him, unable to do anything to stop himself from following my orders.” Lúthien watched in horror as the beast reached into the pouch at its waist. Carefully it pulled out a green glowing crystal shard between two of its long sharp claws cackling evilly.
“This, little Princess is what makes them mine.” Before Lúthien could react, the creature stepped forward in one smooth motion. Grabbing her by the throat with its long clawed hand, the monster lifted her into the air in one smooth motion.
Choking for breath, Lúthien beat her small fists against the beast’s muscular wrists as its long tongue licked the side of her face. In a low guttural purr the creature spoke tauntingly into her ear. “I’m going to enjoy ripping the flesh from your bones as you scream your pretty little head off.”
“Aaarrrggguuusss tooo meee!”
Hearing the screeching war cry echo throughout the room, Lúthien did the first thing that came to mind. Reaching for to the magic that she’d worked with her entire life, Lúthien grabbed the creature’s massive wrist with her small hands. Focusing her will, she gasped out a word of command with her last breath.
“Rafmagns Hendur!”
Chapter Six
Location Earth / Larissa Evans:
At first, they had all thought Thera had erupted once
With a shriek, Lúthien lunged for the doorway. Running as fast as her legs would go, she headed for the courtyard. She had to find Warden Morwen! Looking over her shoulder at the clanking sounds of armor, she saw two Ironidium Knights fly around the corner chasing after her. Lúthien knew if she could get to the secret passage she could get away. Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted as Knight-Captain Valandil walked up the steps in front of her. Screaming in panic, Lúthien came to a sliding stop wrapping her arms around the Knight-Captain’s armored waist in relief.
“Knight-Captain Valandil, they’re going to kill me!”
“Princess, what’s wrong?”
“You’ve got to save me!” Seeing the approaching Ironidium Knights, Valandil drew his sword protectively pushing Lúthien behind him.
“Halt! What is the meaning of this?” Coming to a stop in front of the Knight-Captain, the knights sheathed their swords as the nearest spoke without inflection.
“The King has commanded that the Princess be brought to him in the library.”
Lúthien felt Valandil body suddenly stiffen at the guards words. Incredulously, she watched as the Knight-Captain sheath his blade. “What are you doing?” Brusquely shoving her in front of him, the Knight-Captain roughly grabbed Lúthien by the upper arm. As he began dragging her back down the corridor, she pleaded with him not to take her back.
“You’ve got to believe me, Valandil. These knights are traitors!” As the two Ironidium Knights fell in behind them automatically, Lúthien screamed trying to get him to listen. “Don’t let them get behind you, they can’t be trusted!”
Looking into Valandil’s eyes, Lúthien’s cries of protest died on her lips. The slacked jawed expression on his face made the blood run cold in her veins. Fearfully, she began struggling to break out of his powerful grasp. Inexorable Valandil dragged her back to the corpse-white creature in the library wearing her father’s face. The beast’s evil red eyes glowed in wicked glee as the Knight-Captain came to attention in front of him. Without batting an eye, Valandil saluted holding the Princess out for him to take.
“My liege, I have delivered the Princess by your command.” As the tears ran down Lúthien ‘s face, she looked back and forth between the Knight-Captain and the horrifying creature in despair.
“The good Knight-Captain cannot hear your cries, sweet Princess.” Seeing the stricken look on Lúthien’s face, the monster’s guffawing laughter filled her ears once more. “Oh, I’m sure somewhere the real Knight-Captain is trapped inside watching helplessly as his body betrays him, unable to do anything to stop himself from following my orders.” Lúthien watched in horror as the beast reached into the pouch at its waist. Carefully it pulled out a green glowing crystal shard between two of its long sharp claws cackling evilly.
“This, little Princess is what makes them mine.” Before Lúthien could react, the creature stepped forward in one smooth motion. Grabbing her by the throat with its long clawed hand, the monster lifted her into the air in one smooth motion.
Choking for breath, Lúthien beat her small fists against the beast’s muscular wrists as its long tongue licked the side of her face. In a low guttural purr the creature spoke tauntingly into her ear. “I’m going to enjoy ripping the flesh from your bones as you scream your pretty little head off.”
“Aaarrrggguuusss tooo meee!”
Hearing the screeching war cry echo throughout the room, Lúthien did the first thing that came to mind. Reaching for to the magic that she’d worked with her entire life, Lúthien grabbed the creature’s massive wrist with her small hands. Focusing her will, she gasped out a word of command with her last breath.
“Rafmagns Hendur!”
Chapter Six
Location Earth / Larissa Evans:
At first, they had all thought Thera had erupted once
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