[TRC] The Heralds of the White God (NC17, AU, Kuro/Fai Syao/Saku) 15/20

Title: The Heralds of the White God chapter 15 - Into the Fire
Rating: M
Warnings: None this chapter.
Summary: In which Kurogane has an encounter with a camel, and Sakura malingers due to voices.
Author's Notes: I'm playing fast and loose with time and distance again. With only two people to provide for, two camels ought to be able to carry enough water for weeks. And indeed, logically their journey through the desert should be one of weeks, not days. But I think my audience would start to get bored with that, and it stretches the limits of credibility how long I can have Sakura delay her destiny.

( Sakura had learned that once she'd made up her mind, there was very little to actually stop her from going where she pleased. )

~to be continued...

Omake:

Generally, Mysterious Mental Whispers Are Not A Good Thing

Have you had the dream again? the voice whispered in Sakura's mind. A black goat with seven eyes that watches from the outside. There is no escape. Not in this life. Not in the next.

Sakura gargled, eyes rolling back in her head as foam flecked her lips. "Mar'kowa tallol ye'tarin," she sputtered, hands clawing the air. "We are nothing! Tulall par'okoth. Far'al, ka'kar. The void devours!"