Caleb
I had never held much belief in the gods. Even when my mother demanded that I awaken at first light to pray to them, I met her requests with defiance pretending to be mumbling prayers whilst in reality I was simply spewing incoherent utterances in my sleep. She would later discover my mischievous ways and give me a thrashing of a lifetime making me loathe the gods even more.
Tonight, as the blood moon glared over us, I closed my eyes momentarily and sent a word to whatever benevolent supernatural beings that were present so that they might at least come to our provide succor.
"David...where is that noble wretch! We need the crown! "
"Watch it...he is still my son."
"And our prince..."
Kelvin huffed in annoyance and darted his attention to me.
"Should we c
