For a Useless Bag of Silver

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For a Useless Bag of Silver

By Suzi Chase, October 15, 2015

https://www.susans.org/2015/10/15/useless-bag-silver/

It continued to advance menacingly, the intensity of its malevolence now abundantly clear through the divination. Equally clear was its full awareness of me and its knowledge that there was nothing in my paltry arsenal that it needed to fear. I continued retreating, up the steps of the tiled dais until I came into contact with something hard and could back up no further.

I always hoped I would face my death with no regrets, but my thoughts then were lousy with them. So many times in my travels, I'd attempted some bold but foolhardy quest, figuring my loss to the world would have been inconsequential. This was especially true after I'd given up on invoking Ariel. I felt I had nothing to live for.

But now I could be my female self whenever I wanted to, and life had become precious. How was I willing to throw it away for a useless bag of silver? And not just my life, the lives of three others who trusted me to keep them safe.

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Something a little different, for those who love fantasy. I used to write fantasy a lot, and recently I found myself inspired.