This little short story was written for an anthology entitled "Words to Music". Each story in the collection was inspired by a randomly chosen song. I was allocated "(I will follow you) Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie. This was the result. I've modified the story very slightly from the version in the anthology. Enjoy.

New Adathen lies besieged. The Lord Protector is far away; Lady Tethys must command the fortress of the Women's Regiment. None but a Daishenic Knight might escape the siege alive and have the courage to return; Lady Tethys has only one such paladin. But the mystic laws of knighthood are clear: one may stand alone against all comers, and three may begin a sacred quest only that seven should complete it. Luned Adathen and Ailen Utryce take the quest, to ride with Sir Armitage in search of three noble barons to break the siege. The last of these three, they know, must be the cursed Baron Moruna.

'Sally was my Summer Girl. I buried her in the last golden days of the year. It was time to go looking for my Autumn Girl.' Come and look inside the mind of a killer.

Humanity’s desire to be immortal is finally fulfilled when Stuart and Nick, two mischievous yet brilliant young men, figure out a way to reverse age. Over the next few years, they sell life to the aging population and build Phoenix Corporation: one of the biggest companies in the world. With Life Centers across the globe, people can prolong life but death still remains unconquered. When an accident at a Life Center throws the city of Hamilton into chaos, nothing stops the spreading death and madness. Stuart and Nick struggle to find the real reason behind the mysterious phenomenon. Will humanity pay the ultimate price for evading death?

The brave knight Sir Kay goes off looking for more dragons to slay, but when he finds one, things don't go quite as expected...