Tears appeared falling from his eyes. He was helpless once more. He had no escape, no matter where he’d go. The whole idea made his breathing erratic, that his mind began throwing flashes of memory from the past.
A large bearded figure was looking down at him. He could only see the old guy’s mouth, since a shadow had covered the fellow’s eyes.
“Stop whining! You are the successor for the power of the guardian hound, you cannot be weak. The fate of this town rest on your shoulders. So enough with that pathetic face!”
The many voices that were buried deep within his mind resurfaced. All of them, one by one, crawling out like some hungry demons from the far recesses of his soul.
And then there was that cane that started slamming into his head, then his legs, then his sides.
“Stand up, th
