The Day of Screams and Blood

This short story is a prologue to THE SILVER SICKLE. THE DAY OF SCREAMS AND BLOOD (Short Story): Rain seldom falls in the desert city of Dyn, but when it does, it floods the streets. All six-year-old Farissa wants to do is slip through the courtyard gate and jump in the puddles, yet she's forbidden. An escape presents itself so she takes it, but when she opens the gate she lets in the alien goddess, Gira, who forces a blood test on everyone in the house. Farissa’s blood is discovered to be consecrated and therefore owned by the goddesses. Violence descends on the house. Farissa is changed forever by the day of screams and blood. Little do they know that Farissa's consecration will alter the kingdom's destiny.