The shadowed power of Darkness would sink to its own level
and nourish the thoughts of like kind in a person’s mind, and renew them until
they grew strong enough to gain expression.
Fear, doubt, guilt, greed, and jealousy were just a few of the negative
emotions and thoughts, which could be nourished by the Darkness. Once these negative thoughts took root and
started to grow, the Valkea could pour more energy into her effort so the dark
thoughts would throttle any possible resistance and gain mastery over the
mind. Inducing madness at this stage of
control took only a minor effort if she had to push that far. She had never failed in her control mind
games and was smugly anticipating her victory over these fools.
The Valkea continued to weave her dark energies around
Carra’s caravan until the foremost riders came into view. Her veil obscured some of her view, but she
could make out the dark shapes of the horsemen against the snowy background. With an imperious wave of her hand, she
silently ordered her soldiers to prepare for the attack. Her lips twisted into a contorted smile in
anticipation of victory when suddenly her heart convulsed with pain when the
shouted chorus of the Queen’s chant reached her ears. She staggered and one of her lieutenants reached
for her arm to steady her.
“Punish them!” she hissed angrily as she pulled away from
his grasp. “Kill them! Kill them!”
Whispers buzzed down the slope as her orders were quietly
relayed to the archers. Soon the Valkea
was rewarded with the sounds of battle and she watched with a renewing sense of
pleasure at the scene of chaos enfolding below her. Laughter and snickers broke from the lips of
those around her when they took note that Rodal’s archers were shooting blindly
up the slope. From that angle the arrows
struck harmlessly against the rocks.
“So much for the might of Wesperos,” her chief lieutenant
mocked. “They’re utterly helpless!”
“Let’s make a new altar supported by their bones,” suggested
another.
The Valkea joined in the ensuing laughter and stepped a bit
farther out on the ledge to get a better view of the killing.
All of the laughter and jeers came to an abrupt halt when an
unexpected flood of arrows started landing on the slope, actually hitting and
killing her archers.
“No!” she screeched in outrage at seeing the unexpected
carnage on the slope.
For a second time, these idiots were besting her
fighters! It was time to put a stop to
it. The Valkea drew up to her full
height as she screamed in fury and then stretched her arms and pointed down the
slope at her enemies. Gathering her will
she sent the full force of her powers of Darkness down to crush them. They were going to pay!
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