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The Tidings of the Old Gods
100 Faces in 100 Stories — No13
1 min readJan 14, 2023
My legs couldn’t take me fast enough to the altar. You laughed as you sped after me, but I outpaced you easily enough to be the first to throw my coins below Adunna’s crumbling feet.
“You cheated!” you cried out, and I grinned back at you as if I hadn’t a care in the world.
“Adunna gifted me wings on my ankles,” I said. “She rewards her loyal followers.”
You stared up at me — and then a shadow darkened our path.
“Such loud children,” came the familiar voice of the goddess. “Did you need to awaken me from my slumber?”
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