icon 0
icon TOP UP
rightIcon
icon Reading History
rightIcon
icon Sign out
rightIcon
icon Get the APP
rightIcon

Seed of War

Chapter 4 Spring - The Anointed

Word Count: 1705    |    Released on: 22/12/2022

ling announced the Divine Guard l

High Priestess of Adan

muffled thud of the doors shutting behind her was followed by the sound of the locks being

s an actual priest. Er, a prie

ed any encouragement to tame it. Wayward spikes and unruly curls made a messy riot that haloed his head. Two brilliant hazel eyes gleamed beneath dark and generous lashes framed with thick eye

owed by a chuckle, "What I said was, they su

s wrists, and throat but were particularly pronounced on the ankles since he was not wearing anything on his feet. His garb was offensive to his surroundings. Threadbare and soiled coverings, which were probably clothing at some point, now clung to him with a laye

interest as the youth

Not a priest. Absolutely then not a High Priest, and that

matter what t

fell to the middle of her back in cascading waves. Elenwe was startled at her features. Porcelain flawless skin - opposite of the rich browns that Elenwe's

ds out with a laugh at the prisoner. A good-natured smile settled on his lips. He con

the vast pit in his stomach by carefully taki

f a lightning thought spurned from his mouth, "I don't kn

ary concern?" The words were good-natured, warm, "Not the fact we are all probably going to be incinerated at the Venera

nd I still do not officiate weddi

hich was filled to overflowing with food. She didn't even have time to

at the prisoner, "SAVANT" his eyes

rself and respon

f War, Lord Rhanes Sullon. And that is The Divine High P

h else they heard the approach of the Divine Guard once more. The do

High Priest of Orlin, L

f. Ash delighted in this and immediately sprung to his feet. Upon seeing the four people in the room, the dwarf was taken aback. His entire persona shifted from t

yself!" The d

. Ash lifted a massive turkey leg and with a large and tooth

st before him. He eased more and more as he exchanged glances in silence before grunting and eating without restraint

, miss." A ring of silence and clamor on the plates followed until the both Wrenn and Elenwe start

est!" Rhanes managed before polite

ing he could say before he watched the dwarf again. His

lmon's food-s

ad, "I apologize, it seems you are all fine and well and in go

fee

her smile faded a bit as she drew the answer into

er. Elenwe watched Wrenn for a time trying to discern what 'it' was. Frustrated, she sighed and expressed, "No, I'm

h other already. I mean that it feels that way." There was an unsur

hing closer leaning against the table with his elbow watching her als

oning to what

the humor threading thro

t before, but it was. She knew each gaze fro

ans to throw them into a volcano to venerate the Fire God Orlin.

d from her thoughts by Wrenn who expressed again, "So you do feel it? We hav

ght watching the woman before her. She would have remembered such a striking person, she had never

as a woman of average height, with a svelte build. Her caramel colored skin made her hair and eyes almost give her a monochromic effect of brown. Her features were undeniably noble; the slope of her nose and curve of her chin. She took comfort in running

ou were here. And so Rhanes said we can ask for anything, we asked for

omed and took a break with his animated retelling and glanced at the women. A

was correct. We are the Anointed

Claim Your Bonus at the APP

Open
Seed of War
Seed of War
“After abdicating her duties to her bloodline, Elenwe swore her life and soul to the fertility goddess, Adanya. Elenwe grew advanced and rose through the clergy until her 27th spring, the last year to produce a "Child of Adanya". It has been eleven years since she fled the same fate with her family, to be coupled with a stranger. Instead, her prayers were heard and answered as Elenwe discovers herself among the Seven Annointed. Each of these seven are set to participate in the Veneration Ceremony before the shared moon between summer and spring. The ceremony that for every seven years, as long back as one could remember, resulted in charred pillars of ash from the participants. Thrust back into the world she desperately tried to escape, Elenwe, along with her new allies (a blacksmith, a fisher, a prisoner, a miner, an apprentice, and a scholar) need to navigate the difficult political world as all eyes await to see if they are truly the embodiment of the gods...”
1 Chapter 1 Spring Equinox2 Chapter 2 Spring - The Lost Traditions3 Chapter 3 Spring - Divine Honorifics4 Chapter 4 Spring - The Anointed5 Chapter 5 Spring Equinox - Capesford6 Chapter 6 Spring Equinox - Rockridge Mining Colony7 Chapter 7 Spring Equinox - Rosier Academy 8 Chapter 8 Spring Equinox - Oriaron Prison9 Chapter 9 Spring - Visions of Memories10 Chapter 10 Spring - Basilica of Iros11 Chapter 11 Spring - The Council of Seven12 Chapter 12 Spring - The Moonlit Fountain 13 Chapter 13 Spring - The Bronzefoot Clan14 Chapter 14 Spring - The Northern Wing15 Chapter 15 Spring - The Anointed of Iros16 Chapter 16 Spring Equinox - The Temple of Iros17 Chapter 17 Spring - A Trapped Trap18 Chapter 18 Spring - The Treasure of Iros19 Chapter 19 Spring - What No One Recalls20 Chapter 20 Spring - The Shattered Islands