The Point of No Return — Narra Hermes #2

Ralph Schilden
8 min readMay 19, 2018

A reader-interactive fantasy story

Chapter 1 — Part 1: Narra was on her first paired mission with Alastair as a thief. They had to steal a death roll’s head and deliver it to a mysterious man, Hurraz. Yet, after Narra stole the head Alastair was chased by spear soldiers and injured before he reached the magical stone wall that would open only for 10 seconds for them to escape. Narra watched all this happening and decided to risk her life to rescue Alastair.

Chapter 1 — Part 2

The sun hung in midair, casting three long shadows on the pebbled road. The predators had locked on their desperate prey, injured and immobilized.

Narra was trembling behind the white stone wall, holding tight to her dagger that kept slipping from her hand because of sweat. A surge of blood went through the body, knocking her head as if urging her to throw herself into the fire. She panted heavily, waiting for the best time to strike.

The two soldiers approached Alastair, one pointing a spear at him and the other balling his fists ready for a fight. Alastair crawled on the ground in pain, looking straight ahead at the white wall where he was supposed to meet Narra. His sight blurred but was clear enough for him to position the two looming shadows behind him.

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Ralph Schilden

Writer of science fiction and fantasy, thinker, traveler, musician, and data scientist. I die with a story but arise from another.