Chapter 5
The Blood Red Roses
Mayax sat solemnly upon a large, cold stone seat, detailed with elaborately carved etchings, in front of a massive, organic edge, black granite slab that served as his work surface. It was piled high with books, scrolls, papers, candles, potions, iron mixing pots, sacrificial tools, a huge cauldron in the center that bubbled with some sinister concoction, and amazingly, a very impressive computer setup with five screens. The sparse items were set within the dark, stony, shadowy confines of his vast, lonely living quarters. There was a fire pit in the middle of the barren floor with a circular iron cage around it and a roaring bonfire inside. There were also rows upon rows of ornate bookcases with shelves that stretched up into the void of darkness above, but
