Sinead’s fear turned to relief then joy when, as the gloom lifted, she recognized the creature standing before them. It was the Hound of Hellidore. He who had saved her from the Minotaur back in the Maze of Mandoran. But hadn’t he been slain? She rushed to embrace him, but his resolute bearing restrained her and instead she bent down to pick up the Orb.
As she did so, it rolled beyond her reach. Sinead scuttled after it, scooping it up as it came to rest. Sinead straightened up, finding herself standing before a face, etched in stone, its expression contorted in agony. She stepped back in horror. It was the face of the Gatekeeper.
Sinead whirled around and found the Hound’s golden eyes staring back at her. He lowered his head and gave one sharp bark. Moonsprite pawed the ground. We must go!
Sinead flung herself onto Moonsprite’s back.
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Previous episodes of Sinead’s Final Quest an epic tale, unfolding in tiny 150 word increments.
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Too interesting, but too short. I hope the next installment is coming soon
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Ah yes, but my self imposed challenge was to write my saga in 150 word instalments. although I suppose I didn’t set a time frame for myself. Mmm. 🙂
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How many chapters till now?
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This was number 33.
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I’m looking forward to the book.
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Eventually! 🙂
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The Gatekeeper should have stayed with Sinead. The Hound lives and returns? I don’t speak hound language but Moonsprite does. The team is off again.
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We never found out what delayed The Gatekeeper but we don’t want to find out, do we? But of course I’ve brought The Hound back; he’s much too good a character to waste. And off we go 🙂
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Yes!☺️
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This is my fist time reading your writing. It’s incredible and extremely interesting – I’m now off to read more and see what this is all about. I’m so excited!
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What a wonderful compliment. Thank you! Hope you enjoy browsing through 🙂
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And the gate keeper who even knew the territory… Be careful, Sinead!
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Yep, dangers abound!
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I knew the orb rolling wouldn’t end in anything good – marvellous theatre. Get going, Sinead!
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At least they have the protection of the Hound now, (I hope).
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I knew the hound was going to help them out again…or is he? 🤔
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Fingers crossed! We’ll find out next week 🙂
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Wow a relief.
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So far, so good 🙂
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Yes. Wow. You are an amazing story weaver.
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How very nice of you to say, Kritika! Thank you 🙂
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Pleasure is mine 🙂
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Wow! This is great. Just love the style of writing. Very intense.
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Thank you so much!
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