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I hadn't had a peaceful moment since the incident in the Arctic. I...I tried to bring her image to mind, tried to remember how she looked in the waters. I formed a prayer of gratitude, interspersing prayers from her tome. Whenever I spoke her prayers, I sensed her near me, overshadowing me. But her presence was stronger this time, more intimate. Perhaps because of my gratitude. I thought I felt a slender hand on each of my shoulders. My head fell back as her power took hold of me. She laid a darkness over my sight. Her touch tightened the strings of the pouch I still wore around my neck. Then the ghost of her lips brushed my own. I wanted to kiss her in return. Then I heard a shout, a great cry that rose from the river. I opened my eyes at once, but I was alone. The spell had shattered. ~~~~ Following a harrowing incident in his childhood, Cedric Sanguiness was sent from his lowly home to live with his uncle, Archpriest Rodger Sanguiness, the Dean of the University of Paris. As the rigors of study and Rodger's expectations mount, Cedric finds solace in the library, drowning his mind in the mysteries of theology. On one such escape from his burdens, Cedric discovers a small tome, hidden away behind the eldest bookshelf in the archives. No words are stitched into the binding. Only one phrase is scratched upon the inner cover. "Mother of the Sinned." Within its pages lie prayers to Lilith, mother of the Fallen Angels and Lost Demons. As the days pass, Cedric's fascination with her ancient rites takes hold of him, propelling him on a quest to find her to prove to his uncle that Fallens exist. And to win the love of the Mother of the Sinned. #Fantasmical #Fantasmical2023
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