The Clockmakers Promise

When you aren't sure..... cast! - monday micro-fiction

“I told you I would find you.”

She looked at him, eyes filled with fire.

“Where do we go now,” she asked, terrified.

“Cast the stones, surely they will lead us to the door,” he said. Hiding his fear that his code might glitch and toss them into the abyss in between time.

She opened the small velvet pouch and poured the stones into her hand. They fell between her fingers, tumbling to the floor. A glow like firefly light, revealed the answer. They ran, as the clocks began to chime and the algorithm sputtered.

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