Dura necessitas
Tanais fell into oblivion, but suddenly she imagined that behind the curtain somebody hides.
Getting up, she approached the heavy velvet curtain and abruptly withdrew her hand to the side.
There was no one behind him.
Hesitated, she smiled shyly Tanais his suspiciousness, drew the curtain and turned around.
In just a few paces from her stood Tomiris.
Tanais startled and blushed under the mocking gaze sorceress.
- Do not be afraid - Tomiris said. - I just want to show you his palace.
- What else has not found?
- You've been busy. I do not know anything.
- You followed us?
- I have no need for this. Let's go to.
They proceeded through a suite room, competing with each other riches and luxury furnishings, and finally reached the halls, in comparison with which all previous looked miserable hovels.
Throughout the dimly shining gold, they glittered and sparkled with myriads of multicolored sparks gems in the air spilled the sweetest fragrance of oriental spices and lush folds of drapery hung down from the most exquisite fabrics.
On the marble dais glittering diamonds and gold huge throne.
Tomiris down on silken pillows, and only Tanais noticed that black curls the sorceress sparkles with diamond diadem.
- You know who I am?
- You're a pagan goddess, whose temple once stood on this site. But your name I do not know.
- It is not necessary. I am the goddess, where people worshiped for thousands of years. They worship and to sacrifice long until Jesus appeared. People believe in this God's fool and stopped believing in me ... And the gods, in which no one believes, die. And I would lay in my sleep, like death, until the end of the world if those who do not believe Jesus is not resurrected me. Again I broke out the fire on my altar, and human blood stained his back my altar ... And the gods who sacrifice with fire and blood, raised up ... I do not want to come back again into oblivion, and I came into the fight with Jesus for souls. .. What he can offer to his faithful, except for vague promises of retribution beyond the grave? People do not tend to believe in something that can not be obtained immediately. And I will grant me a believer in the strength and power, wealth and glory, happiness and immortality. And now I ask you: Are you willing to worship me?
- No.
- Maybe you did not understand, to give up anything? Think again.
- I do not speak twice.
- Well, that would have been proud to offer ... - Tomiris made a careless gesture, and some mighty tornado suddenly picked up the Tanais, whirled and raised high above the ground ...