If I didn’t get out of her hands there, I was going to die on them, and in a few days, the people in the hamlet where Bill’s grandfather lived would find my body naked and crushed. Go back to where you came from, or at least hide in the woods until it passes.”
Soon I was alone in the middle of the road and I looked around, puzzled, wondering what to do. It stopped galloping in front of me and looking frightened behind it said in a guttural voice, “Run! For I am the only one who has wings and can lift the offering high enough to throw it on the rocks in the middle of the river.”
She was silent for a while, then said, “Usually we sacrifice someone from outside our settlement, but when no one shows up, we sacrifice one of our own. So a few days later, I ended up at Liam’s grandfather who, when he heard that I wanted to go to Mistveil, first tried to get the idea out of my head. She was naked, and I saw that she had a perfect body. Just as I was getting completely discouraged, the mist began to clear and above me, the sun rose.
