Mar 31, 2013
Temporal Extortion
"So what will it be?"
The words rang hollow. He was asking me to sacrifice myself. An ultimatum asking for my very life force, else the stars twist and planets malign. I wasn't a savior, nor a martyr. I practiced the black magic just as he, but never thought he'd betray me like this, betray THEM like this.
In a few short moments I had already decided. If I let him do this, thousands of people would fall into famine and decay. Thousands more would riot and run havoc. If I let him do this, he'd have the throne in a stranglehold and the free world would be next. Then he'd slip back into the nether and be reborn on another plane of power. If I was alive, maybe he'd take me with him.
"Go ahead. The move is yours."