The Devil's Curve...

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We had heard of The Devil's Curve for years, but we never thought it more than a wild rumour. So when Charles and I found ourselves staring at the illuminated entrance of the famed "Mouth of the Devil", we had little else on our mind than the rumoured treasure to be found within its walls. As involuntary steps took us closer to the shiny entrance, time seemed to stand still, and the story of the dark treasure came once again to my mind...

It is told that a sorcerer once lived in this town, and that he had kept his dark practices a secret due to enforced laws against the practice of sorcery. For years he had successfully lived among the people, with no one suspicious of his presence, until he had come undone by that sickness that even great sorcerers are not immune to; the love bug.
It is told that he had fallen for a slave girl, but her master had refused her permission to marry him. For even thinking of marrying and becoming free, the slave master had punished the slave girl badly. This had infuriated the sorcerer who then used his magic to bring a deadly flu upon the slave master.
This action had then revealed to the people who he truly was, and the king had ordered him banished, and the slave girl was hanged. Upon news of her death reaching the sorcerer, he had cast a spell on the King's entire fortune, and had hidden it all in a secret cave; "The Devil's Curve".
It is told that the cave can only be illuminated for ordinary eyes, under the light of a full moon...

This was the first full moon in decades I thought, as we stepped into the Mouth of the Devil...

#SladenSpeaks

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Written For @lymmerik's Cliffhanger Short Story Contest

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