Annabel is the last surviving member of her circle. The circle fell at the siege of port Tanith. She only survived because of bad luck. Early on in the siege she was wounded enough to be pulled from the line but not enough for magical healing.
One night in that cold winter her mentor visited her while she was healing. They spoke long into the night on what it means to them about being a druid, everything that happen the artifact was taken from the ice witch and every last minuet lessons her mentor could think of. The next morning he fell protecting the wall.
She in one of the last pockets of fighting in the city and time was running out. Not wanting to sit around to die she told the solders that she could shape change and carry enough supplies for her self and one other. The solders drew lots who would survive and the youngest one was to survive.
That was when trooper Cuu drew his sword and gutted the young solder. Taking Annabel hostage he said he was the one to survive and they can al... Cuu found it hard to speak around the crossbow bolt that appeared in his neck.
The marine shouldered his cross bow as he walked down the stairs from the roof. kneeling next the young solder and he closed her eyes. The only ones left were the mortally wounded. leaving only Amell the sniper Annabel the survivor able to make the run.
They fled down the coast. Surviving by odd the job they made their way south. They had to trust each other. In trusting each other they grew fond of each other. Then came the talk. Annabel wanted to search for the artifact that caused the siege to fight the witch that destroyed her people, while Amell wished to find his people first. Hurt that Amell blamed her mentor for the siege, she left to fallow up on a lead.
now Annabel searches for a way to kill a witch that drains magic, a cursed artifact and to pass on her peoples knowledge of the wilds.
Annabel is the last surviving member of her circle. The circle fell at the siege of port Tanith. She only survived because of bad luck. Early on in the siege she was wounded enough to be pulled from the line but not enough for magical healing.
Outside the Lines Fantasy – A collection of self published fiction stories.