Darkened Skies: Chapter 1: Crimson Sky
The elve's brown robes flowed just as easily with her fluid foot steps. it truly looked like that she was a dancer, so good at that her movements did not distract her focus. all her motions flowed into the next.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 15
The chamber was dark when they entered. Nusha squinted, her eyes quickly adjusted to the gloom. It was a wide, spacious room, and all around the edges were crates, piles of clothes, and weapons. The Akaviri army had clearly used this room for storage,...
I Applied for a Delivery Job and Got Turned Into a Flying Reindeer?! The Revenge of Mari Lwyd: Chapter Eleven
**Chapter Eleven** The ramshackle old house stood with its front door hanging open, the entryway somehow as dark as a cave even though it was broad daylight outside. Looking at it, a chill ran down Justin’s spine, and the invisible fur above it stood...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 11
For once, Nusha was the one who didn't want to sneak around. Karme had suggested that they climb over the wall, like they had when they escaped Bruma, to get inside the countess' castle, on the assumption that news of their escape would have spread...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 6
This was not what Karme had expected from the Imperial City. Why exactly they had come here, she was beginning to wonder. Nusha had been sceptical, but Karme was sure that the answer to their quandary lay within the walls of the city. Her parents had...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 13
"Tun-Na." Nusha practically spat the name out. He had always been a thorn in her side. She had hoped that once they came of age, went their separate ways to complete their assignments for the Brotherhood, that they would at least be able to slip into...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 10
Karme expected to plunge into darkness, but the sewers were filled with a faint natural light, just enough to see by. Which could only mean one thing: they were almost to freedom. Once she was sure they were safe, her emotions took over. Hot tears...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 14
Karme was greeted by a skeleton as soon as she stepped inside the fort. She readied a fireball realising that this one was well and truly dead. She approached carefully, in case it changed its mind, but it stayed on the ground. There was a piece of...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 9
At first, Nusha had plotted, trying to figure out a way to escape. But nobody escapes from the Imperial Prison. Her cell lacked a window, and the open slit in the opposite cell only provided strong light for a few hours per day. She took to sleeping,...
I Applied for a Delivery Job and Got Turned Into a Flying Reindeer?! The Revenge of Mari Lwyd: Chapter Sixteen
**Chapter Sixteen** ** ** Mari Lwyd peered out of the culvert, watching the sun sink below the horizon. A raspy breath escaped her mouth, sending little plumes of smoke spiraling in the air in front of her. It was almost time. Just a few more...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 8
Karme had never been this exhausted. In the last day they had fled from vicious skeletons, traipsed through the underbelly of the Imperial City, and were now sneaking from street to street, dodging guards and battlemages. She had to give credit to...
I Applied for a Delivery Job and Got Turned Into a Flying Reindeer?! The Revenge of Mari Lwyd: Chapter Fourteen
**Chapter Fourteen** ** ** Justin froze. His mouth opened to call for help, but the sound lodged itself in his throat. Mari Lwyd's skull was sitting on top of the queen sized bed before him, and as soon as he entered the room, two pinpricks of...