Story for the Day: Retribution

Here is the next chapter in the new Haanta novella "Tales from Frewyn: the Opera". Enjoy!
Retribution
                For twenty minutes did the Den Asaan sit at the door to the theatre, his sword in his hand and his mind rapt in rumination. Those who observed him wondered at whether he were preparing for a duel or if he were saying the Haanta Haakhas in honour of those he was on the precipice of decimating. Some of the spectators watching from the peristyle were unaware of the giant's...