Sunday, October 8, 2023

Day 281 - The Outlaw III

 The Outlaw III
Matthew Ryan Fischer
 
I will not add to their ranks, Ariadne thought. Over and over, she repeated it like a mantra. Perhaps the one thing that kept her going. The dead were all around. She would not add to their ranks. Selena would only slow her down. But she would not add to their ranks. The lords and ladies, and Brother Janus too, all were in pursuit.
Karla and Delania worked in the kitchen and were chased by a demonically possessed cook. Ariadne paused to send a shot through the cook’s skull. She would not add to their ranks. Not tonight. Not these women.
“Stay close and follow me!”
When did I become the hero, she wondered. These women have never had to fight or flee or battle for their own life before. They would only slow me down, she thought, but I can not leave them… They would all die. And if they die…
Ariadne didn’t finish the thought. She already knew. She could not let any of these women fall, for to fall meant they would raise back up as something sinister. The dead were already mighty and the night was long, and she would not add to their ranks.

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