The Deacon with the Third Eye

By

Zeeshan Mahmud

The deaconess had a third eye. She hid it well behind her hood. It was of course nothing she was ashamed of. Worse comes to worse, she will admit it is a rare case from birth. As she calmly read the letter, which had a single line: ‘Richelieu is dead’, she realized her time was up. She needs to disappear fast into the engine.