clearly as I did.
I hesitated even to draw breath in case they heard me. I don’t know why I still hid amongst the shadows, why I didn’t just stroll out and make myself known?
Okay I did know, it was because of what I had seen, or thought I had seen just a moment before. The tension between them was clear, even from this distance it seemed to vibrate from them, an invisible shield of anger.
I felt a little nauseous but I pushed it aside, I couldn’t give in and rest just yet, I needed to make sure I hadn’t been seeing things. I was really starting to think that I might in fact be suffering from concussion – damned horse!
The dark haired man moved, slowly raising his hand, his entire body strung tight as a bow, until it rested on Roberts shoulder.
His hand began to glow.
At first I thought it was perhaps the suns reflection from his watch or a ring but then Roberts shoulder took on the same iridescent shimmer and before long both men were bathed in an impossible aura so bright I had to squint to see them clearly.
Robert stepped back quickly, striking the mans hand from his shoulder, the glow instantly extinguished.
My skin prickled as I registered the look of terror on Roberts face.
The dark haired man saw it too, his head cocking slightly to one side before he turned and ran, tailed instantly by Robert. They moved so fast and in such a way that their outlines began to blur making it hard to follow their movements, they were graceful and ghostly, and not… human.
I blinked twice, I was really beginning to question my sanity, and then in another blink the dark haired man turned in a flash, tossing Robert over his head as easily as a bear tosses salmon from the stream. I gasped, Robert wasn’t a small guy, yet this man had thrown him as though he weighed nothing at all.
Landing neatly, Robert rolled onto his feet, turning in an instant to face his enemy once more. The other man didn’t pause, instead racing at incredible speed towards the tree line just ahead of me, he moved so fast I couldn’t tell if his feet even touched the ground.
Backing up quickly, I felt myself come up against a tree. The man stopped only a few yards to my left, apparently still unaware of my hiding spot amongst the shadows. Robert stood in the centre of the field, his expression bleak.
“You shouldn’t fight me you know,” the dark haired man laughed, “Your fight isn’t with me it’s with them.”
“Well perhaps you can tell
them
what I think.” Roberts voice was surprisingly light.
“You have no choice Robert, I don’t need to remind you.”
“I won’t be going.” Roberts voice dropped to a growl, I felt my skin crawl at the sound of it, menacing and deep.
“Yeah you will, there’s no choice in the matter.” The dark haired man smirked.
“There’s always a choice,”
“Not for us, you knew this, you’ve always known this, we’ll be seeing you soon.” he tilted his head to the side, eyeing Robert while three separate emotions seemed to play out across his dark face, curiosity, anger and something else, sympathy perhaps?
“Interesting”, he snickered, his voice chilling, “Perhaps we’ll be seeing you sooner than you think.” he turned his back and sprinted through the trees, so close I could feel the breeze from his passing.
Almost instantly the birds started singing again in a deafening chorus, the leaves rustled in the breeze and the sounds of the world came back to me again, had they ever stopped?
It took me a moment to breathe.
What had I just witnessed? I wasn’t even sure I could trust my own eyes, it didn’t seem… possible.
How could they move like that? How could they glow? It wasn’t normal, it wasn’t human!
The world began to spin and I stumbled away from the tree, looking for somewhere to sit.
My feet collapsed under me and my head swam, the dark was closing in. I bent my knees and tried to put my head between them, the buzzing in my ears grew louder and my vision
I hesitated even to draw breath in case they heard me. I don’t know why I still hid amongst the shadows, why I didn’t just stroll out and make myself known?
Okay I did know, it was because of what I had seen, or thought I had seen just a moment before. The tension between them was clear, even from this distance it seemed to vibrate from them, an invisible shield of anger.
I felt a little nauseous but I pushed it aside, I couldn’t give in and rest just yet, I needed to make sure I hadn’t been seeing things. I was really starting to think that I might in fact be suffering from concussion – damned horse!
The dark haired man moved, slowly raising his hand, his entire body strung tight as a bow, until it rested on Roberts shoulder.
His hand began to glow.
At first I thought it was perhaps the suns reflection from his watch or a ring but then Roberts shoulder took on the same iridescent shimmer and before long both men were bathed in an impossible aura so bright I had to squint to see them clearly.
Robert stepped back quickly, striking the mans hand from his shoulder, the glow instantly extinguished.
My skin prickled as I registered the look of terror on Roberts face.
The dark haired man saw it too, his head cocking slightly to one side before he turned and ran, tailed instantly by Robert. They moved so fast and in such a way that their outlines began to blur making it hard to follow their movements, they were graceful and ghostly, and not… human.
I blinked twice, I was really beginning to question my sanity, and then in another blink the dark haired man turned in a flash, tossing Robert over his head as easily as a bear tosses salmon from the stream. I gasped, Robert wasn’t a small guy, yet this man had thrown him as though he weighed nothing at all.
Landing neatly, Robert rolled onto his feet, turning in an instant to face his enemy once more. The other man didn’t pause, instead racing at incredible speed towards the tree line just ahead of me, he moved so fast I couldn’t tell if his feet even touched the ground.
Backing up quickly, I felt myself come up against a tree. The man stopped only a few yards to my left, apparently still unaware of my hiding spot amongst the shadows. Robert stood in the centre of the field, his expression bleak.
“You shouldn’t fight me you know,” the dark haired man laughed, “Your fight isn’t with me it’s with them.”
“Well perhaps you can tell
them
what I think.” Roberts voice was surprisingly light.
“You have no choice Robert, I don’t need to remind you.”
“I won’t be going.” Roberts voice dropped to a growl, I felt my skin crawl at the sound of it, menacing and deep.
“Yeah you will, there’s no choice in the matter.” The dark haired man smirked.
“There’s always a choice,”
“Not for us, you knew this, you’ve always known this, we’ll be seeing you soon.” he tilted his head to the side, eyeing Robert while three separate emotions seemed to play out across his dark face, curiosity, anger and something else, sympathy perhaps?
“Interesting”, he snickered, his voice chilling, “Perhaps we’ll be seeing you sooner than you think.” he turned his back and sprinted through the trees, so close I could feel the breeze from his passing.
Almost instantly the birds started singing again in a deafening chorus, the leaves rustled in the breeze and the sounds of the world came back to me again, had they ever stopped?
It took me a moment to breathe.
What had I just witnessed? I wasn’t even sure I could trust my own eyes, it didn’t seem… possible.
How could they move like that? How could they glow? It wasn’t normal, it wasn’t human!
The world began to spin and I stumbled away from the tree, looking for somewhere to sit.
My feet collapsed under me and my head swam, the dark was closing in. I bent my knees and tried to put my head between them, the buzzing in my ears grew louder and my vision
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