Friday, December 27, 2024

Flash Fiction # 467 -- Windbound/2

 


That made a clean circle for Hwan.  He looked at the Goddess for a long moment and then at his hands, no doubt considering the power he had carried.

"May one ask a question?" he said.

She nodded and waited patiently for the question.

"Why?" He began and then stopped again. Courage came to his face. "Why didn't you stop me before I got to the Emperor's Palace?"

"What you carried remained wrapped in magic and hidden behind potent seals. It wasn't until someone in the palace opened it, that we realized a dangerous power was loose on the world again. We higher beings might join forces to get it, but our powers would create

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