Sampson and Devilah #8
I've never asked you anything about your past, but... the dark brotherhood?" | [!
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 4
"I request an audience with Countess Arriana Valga." The castle guards blinked at her. She cleared her throat and repeated herself. "I request an audience wi--" "We heard you the first time. But you can't just waltz in here expecting to see the...
The Assassin's Dark Tales-Chapter IV: Welcome to the Family
Pushing the heavy door, he began his new life to the dark brotherhood.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 3
Nusha didn't raise the topic of what would happen once they arrived in chorrol, but she was sure karme would refuse to come to the dark brotherhood sanctuary.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 7
Hieronymus Lex had seen a lot in his time as captain of the city watch. He'd apprehended a vendor who was poisoning his competition, he'd quelled a horde of goblins who attempted to invade the city through the sewers, and he'd watched the Thieves'...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 12
From Dragonclaw Rock they made quick progress westward. With the snowstorm gone, they could talk more freely, and Karme filled Nusha in on the history of the Akaviri invasion. It was comforting to recall details from her tutoring, and it excited her to...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 5
The amulet that he'd ordered the dark brotherhood to collect, the entire reason he was so far from home, up to his neck in arrogant imperials and testy orcs. it was sheer luck that he had even managed to track her this far.
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,...
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
"the dark brotherhood knows what you did: betraying your mission, lying to them. colluding with this... creature." he gestured dismissively at karme. "news of your adventure has gone all the way up to the black hand." nusha knew this, of course.
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...