The Legend of the Seeker: Trinity

Chapter Eight: Light

In a small house, five women are seated around a table; sowing. The door suddenly bangs open to reveal Denna. "Do as I say and only some of you will get hurt." The women look to each other as Denna enters the house.

Richard is on a hill looking down at the house; Cara, Zedd, Trinity, and Kahlan behind him. . "The trail ends here. Denna must be in there."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Cara asks.

"If she doesn't have the compass with her we need to find out where she's hidden it. We can't risk killing her. Kahlan, if we draw her out, you can Confess her." He looks over his shoulder to Kahlan then whips his head back around at the sound of women's screams coming from the house.

"There's no time." Kahlan says.

They jump off their horsebacks and race towards the house.

Richard kicks the door to the house open and holding the Sword in both hands enters. He looks around trying to find Denna, when he doesn't he looks down and his face shows horror at the sight of five dead women on the floor. They hear a horse outside and turn to look. Richard sees a horse ride away with a woman in white leather on the back of the horse. "Denna." He turns to Zedd. "See if there are any survivors, help them if you can." He goes to exit the house but leans heavily against the doorframe grasping his head as he groans out in pain.

"Richard?" Kahlan asks. Richard squeezes his eyes shut and opens them a few times in obvious pain. "Are you all right?"

Richard lets out one more groan then pants. "I'm fine. Let's move." He goes out the doorway and Kahlan, Cara, and Trinity follow.

Denna is riding on the horse quickly, Richard, Kahlan, Trinity, and Cara all in pursuit. Richard eggs his horse to go faster.

Zedd is above one of the women, sees she is dead, and closes her opened eyes. "May the Spirits watch over you." He gets up from the woman.

Richard riding hard trying to catch up with Denna; Kahlan, Trinity, and Cara are riding hard as well just trying to keep up. Richard closes the distance between the two of them, makes a leap off his horse and knocks Denna down to the ground. Cara and Kahlan slow then stop their horses. Richard gets up and scrambles over to where Denna has fallen. He flips her over and sees that it is not Denna; instead it is the fifth woman from the house in Denna's white leather and her hair in a braid. Her hands are tied together and her eyes are open in death.

Richard looks at the woman with shock. "It's not her." He looks up with confusion to the three women.

"Zedd." Kahlan gasps.

Zedd walks over to another woman; she has a bloody hood pulled up around her face. He takes her shoulder and prepares to turn her over. His eyes go wide at the face that he sees.

"You know your magic is useless against at Mord-Sith." She turns to face him and jabs her Agiel into his neck causing him to cry out in pain. As he goes down to his butt she stands up over him. She removes the hood and strikes him across the face with her Agiel; he gets knocked out due to the blow. She gives a cold smile to the sight of his immobile body.

Richard and the women are now riding fast and hard back to the house.

Richard enters and looks around. The quilt that the women were working on is now hanging on the wall with a message written in blood on it. "I have the Wizard. Follow me and he dies." They all stare at the quilt with frustration.