Shadows of the Vow
"By the blood that flows from the womb of betrayal,
By the ashes of the women we buried unseen,
I vow to the Order of the Crimson Shadow,
To keep my heart from the touch of a woman.
To drink no affection, nor taste the wine of desire.
To build no home, plant no seed,
For love is weakness, and weakness, death.
As my father vowed, so I vow…”
A slash across my palm. Blood dripped onto the altar.
Then fire erupted from the cracks in the ground, and the robes began to burn. The torches screamed. The altar bled.
I woke up choking, my chest soaked in sweat, my breath ragged.
The room was spinning.
The sheets of the bed where I laid were tangled, soaked. My skin felt like it was crawling. Like the v
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