FORGED THROUGH DARKNESS

yes as though he were lost. They studied each other in silence, without blinking, without looking at anything

you die

ything; and when he finally spoke,

cloud of sadness in his eyes. "Five men on

ath, son," said the old man

he have done against five armed men? What could he have done when they stabbed at his heart? A lump shot up in his throat and his eyes teared up. And then he raised his voice and wailed bitterly, so bitterly t

en that murdered

hey stormed into my house out of n

have too many

The bulb was shining very brightly, reminding hi

hers enemies," he c

r, his body vibrating as spasms swept thro

a dead m

voice piercing the air. "What happened to me? Th

l," said the old man.

t under

e in my compound arguing how to share my land between themselves, and that was the moment I rose from the bed where my lifeless body had been covered, waiting to be interred. I watched them from the window. They were laughing and drinking palm wine and even singing! And I said to myself, 'Why do my own chi

ape?" David w

the chance to,"

ecame o

m the first to the last." And th

nd mocking his fallen assailants before he himself breathed his last. He remembered susurrecting at sunrise, completely whole, completely healed, without

after David has disposed of the bodies of his dead

ortality," the

d where he sat. All the door were

ight into his eyes, "I received the signal and came looking for y

rse

ve for all eternity with all the evils of the

don't und

d died when he died. The old man explained the origin of this curse, saying something about blood and water from the Indian seas. The old man also mentioned the power David now possessed: the powe

ted. "I want to die! I want to go!

e old man now

led your ow

t. And frankly, if I were still human, I wouldn't have killed them back. But I had risen from the

now," said David

ifference to those you once loved," said the old

of Sharon and

to awaken some tenderness, some affection for this girl who had abandoned her own people and threw in her lot with him, giving him her life, her all. Heck, they were going to get married in two months. They had it all planned out, how they were going to live forever in each other's arms, burning in the fires of affection, making love like they used to, having children, enjoying his new fortune. The

torm rising in his bloodshot eyes, an

your father; they ended you. But

t there's one good thing - if it can be called a good thing at all - and it's that you can avenge yourself and your father. Not like that woul

was bristling with fury. "Who sen

, David wondered the amusement was all about. But then he looked at th

ome with immortality,

father's grave, I'll feed their flesh

t of his house, leaving the

man moaned, "the insuffer