Chapter 1
The Seven Scorpions ~ continued from Chapter 1 | You Will Be My Instrument
The viper swayed from side to side as the rattling continued. The woman cradled seven scorpions in her hands.
“False priest,” she whispered at him. She bit off the head of one scorpion then another. “False words.”
She wiped her mouth as the arachnids fell to the ground.
“You, priest, do not know whether these creatures are evil or ward off evil.”
The viper’s shadow grew larger on the cave wall as the rat- tling continued.
The woman, the fiery vision, began to stroke the viper’s head while the snake calmed itself as it began winding its long tail around the woman’s feet.
The priest huddled in a corner with eyes downcast. “False priest,” she said again.
The fiery vision, the goddess, raised her arms as the morning flooded in to beat back the darkness. The viper slowly coiled around her waist and then crawled onto her head where it perched glorious in the sun’s rays.
“I am The Mystical Rose, mother of Nitzevet and the light of the burning bush, who sees all and will not let spirits nor demons harm thee, little one.”
She glared at the priest.
“My sweet child, the light of The Rose will guide thee and the path of The Rose will lead you from east to west and beyond. Fear not, my little one, for you are the one true scorpion.”
A halo of light illuminated the fat baby as he lay quiet.
Then the Mistress of Magic called her seven scorpions by name and they came to her: Tefen and Befen came to her side, while also came Metet and his brother Mesetef and in front Petet, Theter and his brother. And with them she went fearlessly into the light.
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