The Wolves of Gryning: Prologue - A Fox's Tale
**Prologue: A Fox's Tale** The feeling of being watched began at the door. Inside, walls echoed with the quiet clamor of evening, and smoke wound its hazy way between rafters. It was a cozy inn, that much was undeniable; Gryning's denizens always...
She Woke Up In The Woods
She Woke Up In The Woods She woke up in the woods. There were trees all around her. They grew closer together than in the parts of the woods she knew. Darkness enveloped her like a fog, but at least that part was normal -- she came to the woods...
Thin Ties: Pt. I
Thin Ties Pt. I Pinefall is a little town in Northwestern California, past the San Francisco Bay, past the Mendocino Redwoods, past even Eureka. It is so far North, in fact, that it borders on being an Oregon town. Pinefall is squirreled away...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 25
Chapter 25: The Wedding Feast So it was that the royal wedding came to pass. It had arrived on short notice, and just on the heels of the Lord Khiifa's funeral, leaving the beasts with very little time to prepare. The main keep had been a source of...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 24
Chapter 24: The Pyre The attempt on Besegrare's life was on everybeast's mind the next morning. Word had spread quickly, but the identity of the assassin was yet unknown. This had aroused serious suspicion. Who could have done such a thing? The wolves...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 23
Part 3: The Storm Breaking Chapter 23: The Attempt Many beasts now roamed those halls who had lost their trust in Besegrare. He had been welcomed to the crown as a hero, because of the tyrant he'd slain. But they had never examined whether the...
The Wolves of Gryning: A Vixen's Tale Pt. III
Interlude A Vixen's Tale - Continued "That's enough for now," Jula said. The vixen stood and cracked her back loudly, then yawned. Luna put down her pen. She stretched her hands, feeling the muscles twitch. The sheaf of papers next to her had...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 22
Chapter 22: The Red Warrior in the Southern Kingdoms They sailed a day. Finally the Conqueror passed between the channel where they would make their first stop. The cliffs of the Fractured Isle formed a distant wall to their right, the coast of the...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 10
Chapter 10: The Shadow Comes For Irda In all of their travels, the only sign they'd found of the enemy was the time Nashil had suffered her episode. Tanda insisted that the Foxwoods had been crawling with the dead. He emphasized this turn of phrase,...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 9
Chapter 9: A Cruel Trick That Nashil loved her, Valdigt knew. It had been apparent from almost the first moment they met, and though that had been only a few weeks ago, the days they'd spent together were joyous. Passion came swiftly - so swiftly they...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 8
Chapter 8: The Immortals The River of Ash is the longest river in the Northern Kingdoms. It originates in the Lake of the Moon, which itself is located in the mountains along the Rim of the World, less than a hundred leagues Northeast of Hollow. The...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Mark of Death is Made Foxes in tow, they traveled. The Kvalsdimm was less a forest and more an infestation, the thick trees so close and so tall that there was little room for light. But the abundance of trees began to thin and a little...