The rage of the Lamia
Prologue
Will felt the hot breath on the back of his neck, the anticipation of death upon him. Then it was gone,
will slowly turned and looked Horace in those blood red evil eyes as he convulsed and fell to the floor.
In Horace's chest was an arrow, a ranger's arrow which could only mean one thing. Halt! Will felt a rush
of relief and started his slow shallow breaths again. He looked up and met the eyes of his mentor, his
father. Will broke down and sank to the forest floor sobbing into his hands, streams of hot, moist tears
streaking down his face as Halt came to kneel next to him. Will had been so frightened and scared of dying
and it was his friend that had tried to kill him. Well he wasn't really human anymore, was turned into one
of the bloodsucking Lamia's. Halt helped will up to his feet and whispered.
"It's alright will, he's gone."
"I'm going to kill those bastards that made him like that, even if it kills me."
"Revenge isn't something that you should act on when you're hurt." Will looked down at himself and saw
slashes all over his arms where Horace had tortured him when he ran past at a blinding speed. He had
bruises all over his cheeks and a trickle of blood was flowing down his face from his eyebrow. He looked awful.
Will looked down at Horace's body, the back of the arrow prodding out the back of his shirt, the pool of blood
that lay near his face from a rock that he had cut it on when he fell down, down into the depths of darkness
where the shadows beckoned and guided him in. And then he fainted.
Halt shook will's body but he didn't respond. Halt slung will over his shoulder and started walking up to his
ranger horse, Abelard. He mounted and put Will in front of him. They rode off into the descending sunlight,
away from the sun and into the night. They reached the cabin and Halt flung open the door and lay Will on
the bed, getting a washcloth and some water. Halt cleaned all of Will's cuts and thought. 'That boy is always
getting into trouble; he's like a danger magnet. Oh well, he'll want revenge soon and I have no doubt that he would
kill them all but the only thing I'm worried about id him losing himself on the way, giving into the shadows of the
night.' Will then opened his eyes, a blood red as he stared into the eyes of Halt, his enemy.