Blood and Sand

Great Desert of Skulls

Tarmenwatched as time seemed to slow to a crawl, as the blade of the dark robed woman descended above his head, ready to give him the final kiss.

Glimpses of the lush jungles of his homeland, flashed in his mind, the song of the shroud rang heavily inside his soul, and he knew he was not long for Son's garden.

He caught sight of the young travelling woman, the witch, and their eyes crossed, as the assassin's whip took another chunk of her flesh, this time in her shoulder.

He saw her eyes flash again and a huge wave of dust and sand exploded from her feet outwards in all directions, as she screamed in pain.

He blinked as the world spun as he and everyone else were thrown backwards with the force of the wind she commanded.

The blade struck him deep in his left arm, piercing and cutting through his bicep where it lodged against bone and muscle as the dark hair woman crashed against him, as the two were sent tumbling across the oasis with the force of the winds.