One of them, she is equally certain, is her destination.
Chapter Two
The gods are gone,
The gods have left,
And in their absence,
We are bereft.
Hell hath opened
Demons flood in
And we, our gods,
Have forsaken.
An Orphan’s Lament
Unknown
The entity haunting Mercy’s mind is eerily silent as she approaches the temples on the hill, though Mercy somehow knows that it approves of her course.
The site of the gods’ earthly homes, it had said at the gatehouse. But no longer. No longer. So, what interest does Mercy have in visiting the temples? In truth, she doesn’t. Yet,
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