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