Snakes and Ladders-26
This was hard to come back to. I started this as a present to Wren who had very quickly found herself a place as a dear friend in my heart. I’m sorry it’s taken me this long to put another one out and they’ll be coming out probably infrequently so I hope everyone is patient and understanding.
Wren…. We love you, we miss you.
Chapter 26
*Before……
“No, you’ll be protected.” She passes me the sword in that knightly over her wrist way.
“Me?”
“Wren, you are Erendae, Wren Phoenix yes and I’m here able to unspell this warded box on this mission and theirs is a blade form and you think that this wasn’t something the gods set into motion? This blade was meant to be your sword Wren.”
I take it and stare at it and step back and charge it up and there’s this red-gold light that shines out of the bird decoration with raptors scree and its glowing red…and there’s little tufts of flames coming off of it.
I’m not even hot holding it.
I’m not sure about the whole gods thing since I’m kind of a Christian but this…this looks a whole lot like one of those flaming swords that an angel might have had.
I’m kind of scared of this and yet…
Was this meant for me? Is this a sign?
I have good people here looking at me and nodding like this is.
I cut the power. And look up? “I’ll try; I’ll do my best to keep them safe.”
*And Now……..