Warrior's Blood, Chapter 6: Catch and Release
Dave picked up his backpack and pulled out a flashlight and two ponchos. He put one on and gave the other to Jim, then clicked on the flashlight, opened the door and walked out into the rain. As soon as he and Jim were outside,...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 5: Fallout
A sickly cough echoed through the cave, rousing Carnoc from sleep. He squinted for a moment and yawned, then opened his eyes and waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness of the cave. It was nighttime again, and the rest of...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 4: Dragon Hunting
Jim spent most of the evening working to restore the book while the rest of his team transferred the skeleton into the storage facility he'd rented. Progress was steady and he managed to prepare about a third of the pages, but they had to...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 3: Council
Carnoc watched as Chris and his twin daughters disappeared indoors. He didn't mind the twins, really; they always seemed to be so full of energy, and their happiness was infectious. But asking to ride a dragon... He...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 2: Family History
Chris drove slowly back towards his house, worry dampening surprise, excitement and every other feeling he could have had. There were a lot of implications to what had just happened, and pretty much all of those implications were bad...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 1: The Ruin
Jim winced as the wheel beneath him fell into a ditch that cut across the mountain trail. The truck was still for a moment, but after a little strain from the engine the wheel forced itself out of the rut and they continued on through the...
[Commission] Over Her Head
Iris snapped a paw out and grabbed one of Adhara's horns, giving her snout a little tug and pulling the striped dragoness off balance. "You can't just tell me something so vague about how you're 'going somewhere' and leave it at that! Tell...
The Witch's Demand - Part Two
Mordannis groaned and opened his eyes to see an unfamiliar human, a male with armor and a spear, standing in front of him. He was back in his cell and the wall between his and Kanelle's had reappeared, but aside from the magical collar and a chain...
The Meaning of Strength - Part 4
Juneas followed Asara back around the castle and down the stairs to his cell, the chains that linked his shackles clinking as they dragged along the ground. She still seemed unhappy, if her lashing tail was any indication... probably some combination...
The Meaning of Strength - Part 3
It wasn't Asara but his guards who finally released him the next morning, though by the time Juneas was set free he barely had the strength to move. He just groaned and shifted to a more comfortable position as soon as he could, throat...
Debt - Part 2
Jada's sleep was light and fitful, and when she did sleep she dreamed of dragon after dragon mounting her, thrusting into her over and over again and making her writhe and howl with pleasure. Finally she woke up again, panting through her nostrils and...
Snatched
Adara's head snapped up when she heard the _thrum_ of beating wings overhead. She scanned the area outside the window, the tip of her scaled tail twitching--was her client really _this_ early? She had been hoping to grab a quick lunch before the...