Chapter 3
Aislinne
The little boy shivered. “I thought the Woormik ate them.”
“What is a Woormik?”
The old man chimed in. “It’s what they call the monster.”
“What monster?”
“I believe it’s more a man than a monster. Though I have never seen it up close.”
Rain’s face tweaked in confusion.
“The enforcer for the King. Some say it’s a monster. But I think that is puffery. I would guess it’s a warrior. Much like yourself, except bent on evil.”
“And this Woormik works for the King?”
“Yes, doing the King’s dirty work. Making sure no one defies the King’s power.”
Rain remembered Janal’s comment about power and the law of the land. “Who is this King?”
“King Runechild. Although he is really the Archbishop of the church, he has elected himself King.”
“Elected?”
“Made himself the King.”
