April

Issue 31

       Kaitlyn cowered on the threshold of Aelfric's chamber.  One look at his face told her reality wasn't going to match her glorious dreams.  A crackling green nimbus flamed around his close-shorn scalp and his dark eyes blazed.

         "You fool!"  He grabbed her arm and jerked her into his workroom.  "Get inside.  Don't you realize the war has reached us?  Even this castle's not safe; the enemy's black magic is too near."