Chapter 9 The Goddess of Self-Hatred
The Goddess of Self-hatred Chapter 9 Azrian thought she already knew how to fly. Apparently, she didn't. Zuu'ma led her to a high cliff and pushed her off. She screamed, flapped frantically, and nearly fell to her death - but Zuu'ma took her by the...
Chapter 8 Birdie Tits
Birdie Tits Chapter 8 The Nahet was surrounded by grassland the dogs called Khava Plain. How such a dry stretch of land came to rest alongside the wetlands of Nahet could only be attributed to ancient foxes and their magic. It was said a great battle...
Chapter 7 The Handsome Asshole
The Handsome Asshole Chapter 7 Etienne lay on his face with his backside in the air, his eyes hooded as the stranger's tongue bathed his erection, soft balls, and the tight pink knot straining between his hard buttocks. The handsome stranger was slow...
Chapter 6 Tremendously Stupid
Tremendously Stupid Chapter 6 Etienne made love to Decius far longer than he had originally intended to. But then . . . it was always that way. By the time he was dressed and climbing out the window, it was five in the morning and the sun was coming...
Chapter 5 Good Luck
Good Luck Chapter 5 Azrian didn't leave the Nahet immediately. She knew Ti'uu would protect her from Ayni's wrath and rode Meba as fast as she could back to the giant tree in which she, Nhlahla, and Sampson lived. She could see the glow of Sampson's...
Chapter 4 Go
Go Chapter 4 The spirit clacked its beak angrily. "Good. You aren't so simpleminded as not to recognize one of your betters." Kneeling on all fours, Azrian remained still and kept her eyes on the grass. She could see the spirit's taloned feet slap...
Chapter 3 The Terrible Beauty
The Terrible Beauty Chapter 3 Azrian let her giant moa bird carry her at a break-neck speed through the dark and murky paths of the Nahet Fens. The moa's great talons sloshed through the mud and water; its beak clacked in joy; its flightless wings...
Chapter 2 Don't Go
Don't Go Chapter 2 Donica didn't know Etienne was aware, but he knew there was an entire archive under the castle, an endless corridor of file cabinets containing record documents of every prisoner ever to set foot in the castle dungeons. The...
Chapter 1 Nor Perhaps Ever
Nor Perhaps Ever Chapter 1 Etienne was twenty years old and still hadn't married. While it was common in Kingdom Varimore to marry by age sixteen, Etienne simply refused and had been continuing to refuse for four years. It wasn't because Princess...
Epilogue
Epilogue The light was so bright, Aina couldn't see. Everything was white, and rising around her ankles, she could feel the damp thickness of clouds. All around, voices were singing, and she could hear wings rustling as birds flew in silhouette...
Chapter 44 A Light in the Darkness
A Light in the Darkness Chapter 44 Deep in the murky heart of the Nahet Fens, old Fassil sat within the gloom of an enormous tree, the hollow trunk of which he had made his home. Already, he had constructed furniture, shelves, and chairs. Small...
Chapter 43 Good News
Good News Chapter 43 Aina sat beside Red Mane in the carriage as it bumped along the cobbled road. Outside the window, rain pelted the streets in endless symphony, and the hooves of the horse pulling them along seemed to fall in rhythm with each...