Where Ashes and Oaths Collide
She bucked beneath him, and for a moment, the stone beneath them groaned as if the earth itself were reacting to her fury.
Suddenly the four statues around the fountain began to move, breaking free of the stone. “Capturing me will not be so easy,” Estrela said confidently. “Even the Gods could not stop me now.” Luz released Estrela, rolling to his feet in one fluid motion. He did not look at her. He looked at the statues. They were massive, caved from sandstone. As they broke free of their pedestals, their surfaces cracked with the movement and the stone ground gnashed. Each one held a weapon– spears, shields, heavy maces– and their eyes were empty sockets that seemed to watch everything at
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