A Silvergate story (Chapter 10/11) - Drowned
-- Here he comes. Meleth nudged my hip with his elbow, and I stood to attention. The living relic advanced at a slow, crumbling pace. Every five minutes or so, a cloud would grant us a few moments of shade. The rest of the time, I had to endure the...
Iron Moon
The moon rose proud among the low, mist-like clouds floating ominously over the somber, strong trees of the ancestral forest. It bloodied the horizon in a potent forewarning of the events to come. The ancients called this special autumn evening the...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 9/11) - Belonging
I allowed events to unfold. I had to act as if I knew nothing of the assassin. I decided to make that the policy in my mind as well. It granted me a special satisfaction to watch Red dive me while lunging with his staff. I repressed my laughter. Didn't...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 8/11) - Truce
I woke up with the Manachar account over my face. I put it aside. It pulled my owner away from his slumber as well. I was lying halfway over him. One of his black scaly arms held my waist. I pushed it away. I pushed the blankets away. I pushed away...
Black and Gold
The ragged predators squirmed on their knees, despite the chains binding them to each other in a line, and to both walls. The disturbing and unholy chanting of the crimson hooded figures of this insane rabbit cult mounted into a crescendo. Some of the...
Alliance
Nyman played with his hooved fingers on top of the smooth oaken table. He tried to improvise a nice rhythm to his tune, but it was chaotic, and his makeshift drum was meant to hold plates, cups, saucers and cutlery, not make music. It appeared to...
The Legend of Derris
The legend of Derris began on a day that, to him, seemed rather ordinary. The sand burned the pads of his heavy paws, but the large and usually vigorous wolf couldn't muster the energy to care. On hot blinding days like these, it seemed that the...
Wolfhair: Verity
At his altitude, on top of the White Wall, Nercur felt the wind howling through the crenellations. It blew through his black fur, bending the tips of his ears and making him shiver. He blinked multiple times to protect his eyes from the freezing bite,...
Nilo Seethes
I bit my lip, but gave no indication that I was in any sort of agreement. Drez grunted impatiently, inclining his chair backward as he crossed his scaly legs over his desk. He nearly knocked his laptop down to the floor. -- You know that your master...
Nilo Breaks
This all happened before I got close to Sorham and became his friend. Before our absurd study nights to prepare for tests my dragon didn't care about, where I spent more time playfully teasing and stripping than assisting him in revising anything;...
Wolfhair: Hero
_Pure hatred. He couldn't remember who he was, but he knew the feeling didn't belong to him; he merely witnessed it from the inside. He was stuck with it. It festered violently, oozing black agony while images of a familiar battlefield seen from above...
Wolves in Winter
The old clock behind the broken protective glass ticked softly as the minute hand moved to indicate 8:31 pm. The invitations specified 6:00 pm. Sarial realized he was hungry. The smell of delicious turkey had faded, and the meal was undoubtedly cold....