Death's Blood Ch. Sixteen: Insurance and Woe
Sixteen: Insurance and Woe (I remember my first official spar. To make me feel not so alone, I met the wolf that would be a dear friend. As fortune would have it, _he_ was my first sparring partner. I was thirteen then, and he was only maybe a year...
Death's Blood Ch. Fifteen: Orphans
Fifteen: Orphans (What a bond I had grown with the leopards and the lions. However, I felt alone, not seeing canines in the dormitories. I knew a few teachers that were canines, but I knew no other employees of the sanctuary. Then again, there were...
Death's Blood Ch. Twenty: Recovery and Unveiling
Twenty: Recovery and Unveiling (For the rest of my first year on the grounds of Tamashi Kadorikyo, I forgot why I was there to train. If it were not for Kana, I would have unknowingly pushed myself too hard, even during days off from classes. The...
Death's Blood Ch. Six: Inside The Smoke
Six: Inside the Smoke (I knew just what my mother and Clement would say when I wanted to help Gaston. I was tempted to take the butcher knife and storm in that house, to stab the man attacking him. I was smart enough to know that no pup was to be...
Death's Blood Ch. Five: Loyalties
Five: Loyalties (This was a rare sight. Clement came home one Spring night, looking more tired than normal, but wearing a grin. It wasn't just Sunday night, when we got to have real meat and decent broth, but there seemed to be more coin leftover...
Death's Blood Ch. Four: Paving The Way
Four: Paving the Way Riding a train again, to Ventine, to the one oasis in this country that I know. It's been considered an oasis for the temples among nature. Based on pictures I've seen of oases, this is the odd one out. This time, I intend to...
Death's Blood Ch. Three: A Friendly Contract
Three: A Friendly Contract (The day was as foggy as any day in winter is known to be. As predators, we were the lucky ones even when we could not even afford firewood. Even at this time, I stole. We had enough blankets to keep us warm at night....
Death's Blood Ch. Eight: The Burdens We Carry
Eight: The Burdens We Carry (I heeded what my mother and Clement told me. The only thing that I could do was keep on living. Over that summer, I was still isolated all the more, thinking that I could die tomorrow and nobody would care. I felt like...
Death's Blood Ch. Seven: The Hunter's Heart
Seven: The Hunter's Heart (The day spent at Tenebra Angela Concert Hall was one of the best days of my life. I had the music sink in and hummed what I could remember of what was the symphony written by a man whose personal tragedy was the motivation....
Death's Blood Ch. Nine: Costumes
Nine: Costumes (School had been getting no better now that Gaston was out of my life. I had just passed the grade, and now I couldn't concentrate, knowing that I would never see his face again. I had realised, too late, that I loved him. I was...
Death's Blood Ch. Fourteen: Demons' Blight
Fourteen: Demons' Blight (Per the advice written by my mother and step-father, I held off on reading her book and what papers they saved for me. Instead, I opened up to the others and tried growing. For the weeks to follow the High Priestess giving...
Death's Blood Ch. Thirty: Homecoming
Thirty: Homecoming "Lord Lowell, "You should be aware by now that crime in Knightsedge is now under MacNiadh's control. You must also expect in a note some erudite speech about...