‘Do not turn back!’ he shouted urgently. ‘Believe me! Trust me! We must go on!’
Some were too afraid and could not trust him. They turned back, but those that followed him did so for the strength and the conviction in his voice. He apparently knew something they did not know, in a way they did not understand, and they trusted him.
* * * *
The princess screamed as she saw the sea rise up from its bed and, red as blood, form into a wave as wide as the horizon.
Horrified, they watched it as it rose and rose and then, break and roll towards the shore.
The cloud was over the moon now and the only light came from the red glow in the north and its reflection on the gigantic wave.
Those who were still on the plain could not see it coming, but those who had already reached the slopes of the m
