THE FLAMES IN THE SHADOW

elling in the Temple of Ordess, herded out of a corridor with haste,

d, she was hitching up the skirt of the dress with her right hand. In her left hand was a brazen can

g to the candlelight, possessed the fluidity of polished leather. She halted in front of the oaken d

een locked from the inside of the room. Peals of rat-tat came up at the door. Nonetheless, the eyes of

eriousness. Fear was like blood coursing through every blood

s lying supinely. Anrik, who stayed busy with shouts whilst making raps on

d, gurning with the premonition of the dejection of all the seers who were in the temple, and, as there wa

vi!” Anrik shouted. “ Open the

avail. As she turned frustrated, she roared and then slapped the door several times. Befor

kened Tarvi. Thus, Tarvi took notice of the startling afternoon and the gloom in the room. The door of the room wa

arted slightly. Her eyes narrowed whilst lightning coruscated, too eager to dwell upo

ready to make the gloom go away by magic. She opened her left hand, whereupon a large tongu

ever, they were a carcass to a boar even now. Tarvi rendered her eyes open and made for th

ld be likened to a measureless pall of smoke that seemed fairly close to fruits. She saw despairing leav

movement of the doorknob. To her eyes, somebody was trying to enter the room unbidde

the door even as she kept turning

l was calling and rapping on the door, Tarvi had a hunch that something h

welling in the Temple of Ordess, had turned hopeless. Tarvi quickly

que as her younger sister. Tarvi was a powerful occultist like Zeranah. An

ster, she was not a seer and was not very good at u

me. The thunderclaps stayed disturbing and horrifyi

man had not desisted from pounding at the door. She was rendered perturbed a

!” Anrik

e, let alone pine for an answer that could not be created by the

as a flash, Tarvi hastened to the door. She closed her left han

e keyhole, and, just after she set the door wide, she n

y tiresome. Here eagerness went out of the sibyl, altho

ence at the sanctuary at o

tched her by the forearm, hence she could quickly leave no more. She t

rongly forced back the bewilderment of hers. Tarvi’

go,” Anr

vi breathed. “Is this abo

an irate frown on her countenance. “The weather we see n

ell me,” Ta

ou,” Anrik replied. “Sumi

ng that terrible

She vainly freed herself from Tarvi’s grip when she ess

ed. She relinquished the grip reluctantly. The sibyl began to herd a

lculated to browbeat Anrik into saying what should be kept unv

to Ordess by oath and responsibility. Anrik, having moved over ten yar

k, “I would be on my way to

the passage, moreover, just after she m