The abandoned house had seen its glory but now… every wall was covered with soot. The glass windows had shattered and creepers climbed wildly over the walls. Rodents and small animals ran around unhindered. Brambles grew all around the house. In the morning, the house was shrouded in the gray and purple lights of the morning before the sunrise.
In a circle he had drawn in the middle, lay a carcass of a wild beast. He chanted and put his hand above the carcass. He pulled his dagger out and poked his finger with it. A blood drop fell on the carcass. He extended his hand for others. One by one, he poked the tip of their finger and dropped the blood over the skeletal remains of the beast.
