Authors: Joshua Ingle
Sanctuary (23 page)
“Yes. I’ll send five of my other most trusted followers with you. They’re in lesser positions, so they’ll defer to your leadership. I wouldn’t normally send you to do this task after your failure in the last Sanctuary, but I trust your hatred of Thorn more than I trust you.”
“Failure? Thorn? I’m not following.”
Wanderer sighed—for emphasis rather than for breath. The tic at the edge of his mouth seemed to intensify. “There’s something dreadful that I fear the Enemy—” He seemed to think deeply for a moment. “Yes, the Enemy. There’s something dreadful that He might do, not because He accepts Thorn or wants him back in any way, but rather to spite me and my ambitions.”
“What are you saying?”
“I’m saying that in the Sanctuary to which I’m sending you, there’s a slim possibility that Thorn will show up. If he does, kill him. He’ll stay dead this time.”
“You’re speaking nonsense, Wanderer. Thorn is already dead.”
“Dead, yes. But thanks to you, he’s not entirely out of the picture.”
THORN’S STORY CONTINUES…
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Joshua Ingle is a pathologically curious sci-fi and fantasy geek. The Thorn Saga is his first series of books.
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