“This is not right,” Malcolm said quietly. “Souls should not be damned in a trap like this, they should be able to depart for the next life. Something is very wrong.”
“Might we be able to help?” Suggested Raoul.
Keldron shook his head. “This is beyond anything we can comprehend, my friend. The answers lie elsewhere, and certainly not in this village. There is nothing we can do but watch them in their sorrow and torment. Let us go back into the house, and try to get what rest we can.”
The remainder of the night passed slowly. Whatever they did to ease their discomfort at the sights revealed to them that night, nobody could sleep. Keldron spent the night gazing out at the village, and as the darkness receded with the first promise of dawn in the Eastern sky, he felt nothing but relief. Da
