June

Issue 33

    It came to him, softly.  Barely a whisper, it drifted across his consciousness.  Not as urgent as some he had answered, not as immediate or as insistent, but more powerful for that. He heard sorrow in the whispered cry. Fear and the lonely desperation of a bewildered soul. It touched his heart, and Ambriel knew he could not forsake the call.

    The cosmos stretched before him, a glittering strand of stars and suns. A multitude of worlds, the Creator's handiwork displayed in all its glory. Ambriel narrowed his focus, seeking. An image formed, a blue and white sphere, wrapped in cloud. Yes.  There. A city street. A figure huddled in a doorway. He shuddered at the touch of evil that washed towards him. He was not the only one to hear the cry.…