“Bargaining with the Sidhe is dangerous. They can’t be trusted!”

I ignored her.

“I want to live forever,” I told them.

“Then we’ll give you a form that will last through eternity,” they replied.

Now I stand here in the circle, one stone among many, watching the aeons drift past.

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Bill lives in Aberdeen, Scotland. As he rises to the top of his profession, he awaits with morbid curiosity his inevitable fall from grace.