Beyond Night
“From the smoke of this altar, humble and simple, bless us to stop the hearts of all Romans, here and forevermore across the earth, all the days of our lives.”
She stood and stepped aside, the folds of her robe showing any close enough to see that the combined heart was afire.
The Picts moaned as one and uttered the name of their goddess, “Roan!”
Tancorix’s face twitched at the invoking of the goddess and stepped forward to say, “Rise and take up your arms, tribes of Pictdom. We shall go forth and slay them all to the last man.”
“Shall we?” a male voice called out, breaking the eerie silence.
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