Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 13 - Broken Pearl
Part 13 By all accounts, Adras Kale wasn't a particularly good Basitin. He was scrawny and short, nearly a head shorter than his comrades, and his hearing wasn't particularly sharp either. He was also a terrible soldier, his footwork was...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 12 - Lie
Part 12 "I... think I'm going to leave the island." Marien blinked in surprise. "What? "Y-yeah." Hazel said after a moment, staring down at her hands. "I think I'm going to leave Basikal." "Why? Where would you go?" "I... don't know. I was...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 11 - Poison
Part 11 By the time Conrad reached the top of the stairs leading out of the tavern basement, Shani and Jabarian had vanished. Tray stood at the top of the stairs, clutching at a deep cut on his right arm. "What happened?" Conrad demanded,...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 10 - Rendezvous
Sieg and Marien Part 10 - Rendevous What the rest of the world called winter could more realistically be called the rainy season on Basikal Island. Cold winds blew across the ocean from the southernmost reaches of Mekkan, combining with the...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 9 - Climbing Uphill
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 9 - Climbing Uphill In truth, what the people of Basikal Island called 'Caster Mountain', wasn't really a mountain at all. While it was the highest peak on the island, it was really just a steep, rocky...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 8 - Heat
Part 8 As Marien awoke she could tell immediately that something was different. Her body seemed to vibrate, every strand of fur tingling with energy. A powerful warmth radiated out from her core, and her mind was filled with but one thought. "I...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 7 - The Hearth
Part 7 - The Hearth With a loud, groaning yawn, Marien's eyes slowly slid open. Outside of her window she could see just the tiniest hint of the sun starting to rise above the eastern horizon. Swinging her legs over the side of her bed, Marien...
Teela and Bruik - Bells (A Basitin SideStory)
Teela and Bruik - Bells For those living within the Hearth below Basikal city, it was a night like any other. The hour was late, the children had been tucked into their nests and were dozing peacefully. The adults were either lounging about and...
LINKS - Chapter 8 - Plateau
Luke visibly shuddered as he helped Eloise drag Bill's body into the stable. It wasn't that he was any stranger to death, he saw bodies all the time, but there was something very different about this body. Despite the wound on the man's neck, there was...