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The world is changing...The Dragon Queen Stir's in her prison... The Red Lord's forces move in the shadows... And the Gods have returned... The Voldin go about their normal lives, Unaware that their existence is hanging by a thread... Between the Chaos and the Voldin stands Benedict... But can the legend protect his charges, or will he be sucked beneath the wash of evil as it floods across the land.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	15 octobre 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781785380068
Langue	English

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Fron Maer ........................................................... î Tîe Page ........................................................ î Pubîser ïnormaîon ................................... îî he Propecy O Daîon............................... îîî

Benedîc ................................................................. 1 Proogue ......................................................... 1 Caper One ................................................ 11 Caper Two ................................................ 24 Caper hree .............................................. 33 Caper Four ............................................... 44 Caper Fîve ................................................ 57 Caper Sîx .................................................. 66 Caper Seven.............................................. 71 Caper Eîg............................................... 82 Caper Nîne ............................................... 91 Caper Ten ................................................. 97 Caper Eeven .......................................... 102 Caper Tweve.......................................... 109 Caper hîreen ....................................... 114 Caper Foureen ...................................... 123 Caper Fîteen.......................................... 130 Caper Sîxeen ......................................... 145 Epîogue ..................................................... 169

BENEDICT

Book One Propecîes and Games

Jackson Benne

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Benedîc hîs dîgîa edîîon pubîsed în 2014 by Acorn Books www.acornbooks.co.uk

An împrîn o Andrews UK îmîed www.andrewsuk.com

he rîg o Jackson Benne o be îdenîIed as e auor o îs work as been assered în accordance wî e Copyrîg, Desîgns and Paens Ac 1988.

A rîgs reserved. No par o îs pubîcaîon may be reproduced, sored în or înroduced îno a rerîeva sysem, or ransmîed, în any orm, or by any means (eecronîc, mecanîca, poocopyîng, recordîng or oerwîse) wîou e prîor wrîen permîssîon o e pubîser. Any person wo does any unauorîsed ac în reaîon o îs pubîcaîon may be îabe o crîmîna prosecuîon and cîvî caîms or damages.

he PropHecy Of Dailon

From He Age of Dreams, before He War of Corrupion

he kîng and queen sa rîse up, And smoe e and benea eîr Ires.

From îs and, born o us and need, From e beas bu made o man, sa come eîr desrucîon.

Bearîng e marks o Voacmîr and Voacmon, And wearîng eîr crowns o Ire.

Wen e Ire burns în eîr ear and e sword o power burns brîg în eîr and, he kîng and queen sa be broug down rom e eîgs.

Prologue

he Irs sar began o gîer în e eary nîg sky, as e wîn moons o Janar rose majesîcay o ake eîr rîgu pace în e cour o e Gods, and o conînue eîr sacred duy o guîdîng os sous ome o e Heavens. Hîg în e mounaîn passes, on a paeau were once e gods o men, ong sînce gone rom mora memorîes, made eîr omes and were or eons ony e wînd dared o respass, sîx sadowy Igures cîrced a wînd worn recanguar sone aar a sa aop our once perecy sperîca sones, one paced a eac corner, and began o can în a anguage ong gone rom e mora word. As e empo and voume o e canîng began o încrease, e sadows began o sow în eîr oer wordy precessîon, seemîng o gîde o a sop, one on eac sîde o e aar. Wîîn wo mora earbeas sîence descended on e sma gaerîng, noîng made a sound no even e wînd, unî a sadow unseen î now, deaced îse rom e dark recesses creaed by e anîquaed coumns a rose rom e very bedrock o e ear. he sadow Lowed, as î on a cusîon o aîr, owards e waîîng aar, and în îs arms î carrîed a împ, naked woman o abou sîxeen cyces wî ong Lowîng Lame red aîr a woud ave reaced pas er waîs î se ad been abe o sand. As e newy arrîved sadow approaced e aar, one o e orîgîna sadows, wîc seemed dîmînîsed someow by e presence o îs new one, reaced ou and depressed one o

ony wo înscrîpîons raîsed în reîe rom e res o e paîn unadorned sone. he înscrîpîon unreadabe by any mora seemed o resembe a orned beas, e îkeness o wîc ad ong gone rom e memory o man. As e sadow reeased e depressed scrîp, sîx oow copper needes sowy exended rom e La surace o e sone, en îs job done, î Lowed back o îs pace around e aar. he young woman’s împ body was paced on e aar and as er body weîg was aowed o come o bear, e needes pîerced er skîn and er îe’s energy began o Low rom er body wîc regîsered no sîgn o e paîn e needes mus ave caused. he bood Lowed rom e base o e aar and began o poo în a sma renc a was carved în e Loor o îs aowed pace. Wî e emergence o e Irs o îs îquîd e sadows began o can în e same ongue as beore bu wî a one a was more peadîng and a empo a was muc aser. Above e aar, dark couds began o coaesce were once ere ad been ony cear sky, and e wînd began o bow as î î was ryîng o erase e scene rom e îsorîes o îme. he new sadow raîsed îs arms and began o can în couner poîn o e oers, îs one demandîng raer an peadîng. As î sared e wînds grew Iercer, unî e very words were dîssîpaed beore ey et e darkness a ormed em, and î e words coud ave been eard, ey woud ave been accened by e îgenîng a was emergîng rom e angry couds above. he woman’s breaîng began o sow as er îe began o ebb away, unî Inay î sopped. hîs was wa e sadow was waîîng or, or în îs and appeared a dagger o sîmmerîng sîver, saped în e îkeness o a beauîu naked woman and a srange beas enwîned ogeer as î one, a was punged îno e woman’s ear beore î bea or e as îme. Sîence descended so compeey a î was deaenîng, and în îs wake a îg o sîmmerîng back, darker an e dead o nîg, suckîng în e îg around î, began o sîne wo ands above e sîver

dagger. For Ive earbeas î was ere and was gone, as î î adn’ been, aowîng e sounds o e nîg o encroac once more. ï was repaced by a sma spere o brîîan îg a was Iery red în coour a rapîdy expanded unî î was as arge as a rîpe waer meon. Once î ad reaced îs u sîze î began o cange, becomîng soîd. On îs surace appeared varîous eaures o ear and waer. he ba began o roae and as î dîd on îs surace a sma do o wîe îg began o puse. As e sadow waced î was joîned by ree oer pusaîng îgs a ooked îke sars wînkîng în e nîg sky. “ï îsss done. Sssend word o e armîesss, î begînsss.” Commanded e newes sadow. he sound was peasan, deep ye comorîng, and compeey ou o pace în e surroundîngs. he sîx sadows meed îno e nîg eavîng eîr eader aone. hen anoer sadow deaced îse rom e rocks and sood waîîng, unmovîng. “Take as many asss you need. Kî em and reurn e cîdsss body o me.” he sadow and e ba o îg dîsappeared as î ey were someow conneced. Now aone e sadow kne on e ground and owered îs ead o e poo o bood a was begînnîng o congea în îs cod în aîr. From e sadows a consîued îs ead a ongue, îke no anîmas, emerged and began o ap a e Luîd. Wen îs îrs ad been saed î rose back o îs u sîze, sreced, and began o aug “Sssoon. Sssoon my ooîsss onesss.” hen removîng e carcass rom e aar î merged back îno e sadows rom were î ad come. he wînd owed îno e voîd et by e Igure as î ryîng o wîpe away e evens o îs nîg.

Ony momens passed beore ere appeared a îg, jus a do a Irs a sone wî a e brîgness o e sars, wîc grew în eng, srecîng unî e eîg o a a man and en expandîng o ake on e sape as we.

he beîng a appeared coud ony ave been caed a women by any wo saw er ere, or e beauy o îs presence was beyond a wîc man coud dream. he ru was a se was neîer man nor woman or er peope ad ong sînce et beînd e need or pysîca orm. Se was Vodîn, o e race men caed Gods. here were ew o er peope et în îs word. Se wore ong Lowîng robes a ouced e Loor and radîaed e same îg as er ace. On er ces, în sîver, was e a crescen o a wanîng moon. Se approaced e aar wî suc grace a you woud ave been ard pressed o e se ad moved. Se reaced ou a deîcae and owards e bood-saîned op and rom er Ingers Lowed a web o sînnîng sîver. he web seed on e aar and sowy sank îno e op, en dîsappeared. Se owered er and and ouced e surace. As se ouced î backness began o craw up er arms sarîng a er Ingerîps. Paîn ouced er perec ace and se cosed er eyes and began o gow wî even more înensîy, and en adîng back o norma, se erased e backness rom er arm. Se raîsed er deîcae and o er mou and paused, înkîng. Se spoke în a ongue a woud ave meed a man’s ear. “hey ave grown sronger, and boder o ave perormed suc rîgs ere în eîr od empe. ï may be oo ae o sop wa ey ave se în moîon ere oday,” We mus sî ry, or we are bound o em as ey are bound o us, or î no or us ey woud no be. he dîsembodîed voîce appeared rom e aîr. he Women nodded er ead and vanîsed în a Las o îg. he wînd owed wî sîgy ess erocîy now as î e mere presence o e beîng ad eased îs Iu mînd. Ony sîgy.

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he black and wIte bIrd watced te scene unfold, and ten wen Its curIosIty ad been satIsied It took to te wIng In searc of sometIng small and sIny.

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he bood sopped drîppîng rom e severed neck o e cîcken e wîc ad a od o by e ee. Se ay down e carcass on e coppîng board, and en ook e back bow a conaîned e bood and crossed o e ornae ova mîrror a ung above e ear. Se ad ung î ere so a wen se evoked îs powers er raî body woud be warmed by e gowîng embers. Her body wasn’ wa î used o be, mînd you se, oug; er body adn’ been wa î used o be or more an 500 years. Se dîpped e ben and age corruped îndex Inger o er rîg and îno e bood and began o scraw arcane symbos around e ouer edge o e mîrror. As se worked se mumbed o erse word’s a ad no compreensîon, save o ose amîîar wî e ar o bood magîc and ere were ew î any more amîîar an se. Se Inîsed er scrawîng en doube-ceckîng em; se paced er bood soaked Inger ono er oreead and drew e symbo o e eye o vîsîon. hen se cosed er eyes and uered one o e words o power. he eye began o gow, as dîd e symbos on e mîrror. hen e cenre o e mîrror began o sîmmer as î î was made o waer a was beîng geny sîrred by e wînd. From e cenre o îs waer camness seed, urnîng e reLecîve surace pear wîe. he wîc kep er eyes su, or se was înked o e mîrror beyond mere sîg and se was abe o see wa ranspîred ere. A pîcure began o orm.

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