Today's Day 2 of the Flash Fiction Blogfest. You have until Wednesday to post your entries, if you haven't done so already. Here's my entry to the blogfest. It's a continuation from my short story "Eclipse" found in The Best of Raven and the Writing Desk.
Between
Dark and Light
Lightning flashed and killed the
Sorceress Mordetta.
Despite the passing weeks since that
fateful day, Raven could still see that murderous bolt. Kirken, the Magician, had
complete control over the city now, and Raven had helped him.
But not anymore.
Her fingers tightened around the sword’s
handle. Her father had not only created this sword but died from its sharp
bite. But why did the Magician have it? Kirken had told her the Sorceress had
stolen the sword and killed her parents, but now Raven wasn’t so sure. How else
would he have the same sword?
Raven stole the light, and the
castle plummeted into darkness. Her feet padded catlike down the halls. Electricity
tingled throughout her body as she reached Kirken’s study where his lone candlelight
shone bright against her self-made night.
“Where did this come from?” She
steadied the sword—end pointed toward Kirken—and released her magical hold on
the light.
He glanced toward her and the sword
before he turned the next page in his book.
“Tell me.” Raven had expected him to
be surprised, shocked, even possibly defensive, but his cold indifference
caused her to shiver.
“You’ve made up your mind about me,
have you not?” His finger caressed the paper.
She had. The Magician was supposed
to be their savior from the cruel Sorceress, but Raven knew he just wanted to
kill off the competition. He used her, whether or not he had a hand in her
parents’ murders. The sword lifted, and her arms trembled under its heavy
weight. She had been a thief, but Kirken had created a killer.
Light exploded and blinded Raven
before she could deliver the final blow. The people would be kept in the dark
about their new ruler.
Raven had failed.
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