A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 7
Strong Soul was expecting Paradiso Four to be a grungy and run-down planet, full of pirates and thugs, and the entire journey across hyper to the coordinates that Stargazer provided, she was wondering what they were going to find when they arrived,...
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 4
There were so many goodbyes that had to be said before they could finally depart Mss'ranaw, and Strong Soul sat in her now-familiar right hand seat in the bridge of the Mrr'tani Pride, reflecting on just how many friends she'd made in the short time...
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 1
Part 1 - Refugee "Again!" Stargazer's voice sounded louder than she remembered from his time on the Mrr'tani Pride, filling the hold with a tone of authority that he rarely used in her presence. It was only when they were practicing as they were now...
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 14
The corridor was bustling with Mrr'tani going from one task to another, and after the first time Strong Soul was here, she'd learned the rhythm. It helped that the steps in this intricate dance were already mapped out in her head moments before any of...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 14
Chapter 14 The bridge of the Mrr'tani Pride felt crowded, but it didn't bother Strong Soul nearly as much as it would have before they landed at Avalon. Strong Soul and Night Star sat in their usual seats with Stargazer sitting behind them in what...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Strong Soul untied the knot just beneath her bent left ear and unwrapped the shemaugh from around her head. Sand fell from the woven cotton to the deck panels as the main hatch closed behind her. She was starting to get used to being...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Medics were waiting at the hatch as the ramp lowered, looking up into the ship when the door opened. Stargazer wheeled Night Star out on one of the counter-grav dollies they usually used for moving cargo. On the way down, Strong Soul had...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 13
Part 3 - Mother Chapter 13 One week had passed, and Meriah was already sick of the inside of the hospital room. They'd made a great deal of progress on programming the software that controlled her new leg, and she was up and able to walk around with...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Time didn't seem to matter where Meriah was, and flashes of awareness blended with dreams and nightmares. There were images of times long past, playing in the forest with Lyria as she was taught the rudiments of keeping game. More recent...
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 8
The Spacer's Legs almost exactly matched the image in Strong Soul's mind of how she thought it would look. Garish neon lights covered nearly every surface, and though the clientele was generally washed, they presented an image of a particularly rough...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 15
Chapter 15 Sitting atop a stack of cargo containers in the hold, Strong Soul had a good view out the open hold doors. She sat and watched as the robotic heavy loaders made their way in and out of the Mrr'tani Pride's hold, carrying out some of the...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 19
The pain was back when Strong Soul opened her eyes. The lights had yet to be turned on in their small room off the boiler room, but even in the darkness, she felt like something was boring through her eyes and into the back of her skull. She couldn't...