Phillip turns to the bushes nearby and glares. There will be no coat catching on fire tonight.

Phillip will let her go. She may be a good test subject later.

Phillip frowned as he rubbed his backside. Last night, some witch got over zealous and actually tried to attack him.

Phillip walked slowly towards the doors of the cathedral. He kept his gaze forward and his composure together as he passed Followers and -

-Warriors of Glavius. As he passed one of the priests, he barked out an order. "@DivinusLilin, come with me. Leave your duties to Brother -

@DivinusLilin -Markus." Through all the chaos, he must keep control. The second he slipped up, showed any weakness or doubt, the Striga would gain -

@DivinusLilin -the footing they needed to take over the island. This being the case, he ignored any unneeded questions or statements from the people -

@DivinusLilin -about the actions that had just taken place. Once the two of them reached his private chamber, the prophet quickly closed the door and -

@DivinusLilin -leaned against it. "Thank Glavius," he breathed, sounding exasperated.

In a cave by the sea, a man awoke as a drop of water dripped onto his face. He groaned as he sat up, every inch of his body aching. The -

-feeling was similar to when he had fallen down the steps of the church as a child. How did he get so bruised? His crimson eyes opened to-

-take in the bleak surroundings. Gray stone walls surrounded him. A ways off, he could see the light of day. Outside, he could hear the -

-calling of seagulls and the crashing of waves. It then hit him that he had been fighting a Striga woman. With a new look of panic, he -

-glanced around, wondering if the red-haired woman was still there. His sight found no such person. He appeared to be completely alone. -

-If he was alone, this would be a good if a time as any to check out this new place. He rose to his feet with as much grunting and groaning-

-as when he had sat up moments ago. After dusting off his robe, the man made his way to the cave entrance. As he walked, he wondered why -

-no one else was around. Maybe his captor had gone to do something and thought he would have slept a while longer. All thoughts of that -

-were dashed as he found out exactly where he was. His hand reached out and firmly gripped the cave entrance. The words he was going-

-to speak caught in his throat. There was no way of escaping this alive. The woman had purposely left him alone. He was in a cave in a -

-seaside cliff. If he wanted to run away, he would have to jump to the ocean hundreds of feet below. Glavius damn it.