Salvation: Chapter Five “I’m sorry that had to happen to you,” Piers caught up with Gadreel, voice low, after the tools had been stored. Gadreel shook his head tiredly, settling down on the ground in front of the dwellings. “I understand that I broke one of the rules of this place. I had to acceptContinue reading “Wounds”
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Hands
Salvation: Chapter 4 Gadreel was re-introduced to the constable’s yard. The other prisoners had since put down their tools and transported the slightly smaller scraps of rock to slightly different places and put away their hammers in the shed, lock replaced by the man on duty. The clouded sun had crept past its highest point,Continue reading “Hands”
Stairs
Salvation: Chapter 3 After the first meal of the day came more hammering. Gadreel had begun tightening his muscles and blinking his eyes tight through the sound of each nearby hammer strike, but the feeling soon abated. It wasn’t long before the blisters on his hands grew elsewhere, bursting and leaving a cold slickness uponContinue reading “Stairs”
Stones
Salvation: Chapter 2 Gadreel awoke, curled up on the hard wooden surface. Someone had placed spare clothes over in him the cold of the night. His body shook nonetheless. When he had arrived, he was without any covering. The people of this land, he spied from far away, covered themselves at all times. On theContinue reading “Stones”
Feathers
Salvation: Chapter 1 “There’s a strange man speaking nonsense,” was one of many reports that day. It took little time for the constable to come across him, then to bind his arms and cover him and finally drag him back. They held tight to his shoulders despite his lack of resistance. “In here,” the bossContinue reading “Feathers”