Judgement: Shadows and Light, #1
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In the shadow of Mortwood Forest dwells the most prolific murderer of the Kingdom. The curse he carries, however, may also make him their saviour.
In a world where magic is lost and innocence is stolen, a prophecy begins. The darkest intentions hidden within every man's soul are exposed, as Shadows and Light, and only one has the power to Judge them.
But he is not what you expect...
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Judgement - Hayley Camille
I am never alone.
But I am lonely.
So lonely that some days I search for my reflection in the forest stream as company. My skin is pale and my eyes are like a storm in the night, or at least, that is what someone told me once. I suppose that is what I see in my reflection, in the day. But at night, if I were to look again, I would see something else entirely.
Although you never see us, we are always here. Waiting.
My creatures follow me at night. Sometimes I feel them so close behind me, the hairs raise on my neck and I can’t help but shiver. They hide from my sight, which seems the most ironic of illusions, as I, myself, have never been seen by anyone alive, but them. Yet the kingdom suspects I am here, in the same way that I recognize the trails of my followers. While I remain invisible to my enemies I am safe, so perhaps it is that way too, for them. There is safety in loneliness. So I don’t seek them out.
While I hunt those men with the darkest hearts, the creatures watch me. In the trees and on the ground. In the air. Even within the water.
Bright eyes, scales and padded feet trace my movements.
Swift-beating wings and hearts mirror my own.
Claws and teeth pull me into shadow.
They hunt me, but never kill. Nor do they crave the flesh of my victims.
They only seek me out and protect me when I am overwhelmed by the agony of my own grief. It hurts me, you see, to kill those that kill others. My magic takes its price in pain, and each murder I commit cripples my mind and body, sometimes for hours. It is then, even though I can’t bear witness to it, that I love the creatures of Mortwood Forest for their care. They blanket me with soft fur and warm feathers and hide my body away from the retribution of the Kings men. So adept are the creatures at their duty, that I have still never been found.
I have killed so many men. They come to the forest plotting dark deeds and lay in wait for travellers and innocents. The most ruthless men bring their innocents with them from the city and those are the hardest to kill. Not for the act of the murder itself, but because I am left with a witness to my actions. I am also a murderer, after all.
The innocent’s pose more