𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 ||ONC 2024

Chaoskuss

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Chaoskuss

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Imperial Russia kills her heroes quickly- and she does not show mercy.
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    Arkady Bessmertny's destiny has already been decided.
    Banished to the caucasus for his liberal beliefs, he is fated to die in the bloodbath of a cruel war and sacrifice himself in the name of the tsar.
    His punishment is as devastating as it is simple.
     
    But soon Arkady has to realise that there are far more terrible things than the blazing guns of the Circassians and the wrath of his tyrannical superior.
    For ghosts creep in the old walls of his fortress and blood soaks its  mortar as wailing shakes its stones.
    They are all signs of a terrible truth.
    
    Old, long forgotten darkness is rising, ready to swallow the entire empire.
    But  it is the same darkness that flows in Arkady's blood.
    After all, he is more than a miserable officer and the illegitimate son of a count.
    
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    Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2024 under the prompts 3 and 36All Rights Reserved

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Imperial Russia kills her heroes quickly- and she does not show mercy.
    ▪︎▪︎▪︎
    Arkady Bessmertny's destiny has already been decided.
    Banished to the caucasus for his liberal beliefs, he is fated to die in the bloodbath of a cruel war and sacrifice himself in the name of the tsar.
    His punishment is as devastating as it is simple.
     
    But soon Arkady has to realise that there are far more terrible things than the blazing guns of the Circassians and the wrath of his tyrannical superior.
    For ghosts creep in the old walls of his fortress and blood soaks its  mortar as wailing shakes its stones.
    They are all signs of a terrible truth.
    
    Old, long forgotten darkness is rising, ready to swallow the entire empire.
    But  it is the same darkness that flows in Arkady's blood.
    After all, he is more than a miserable officer and the illegitimate son of a count.
    
    ___
    Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2024 under the prompts 3 and 36

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