Chapter 10 - Seduction
**Burn Down the Tower: Chapter 10 - Seduction** "In all the time I've known you, Siro, you've never dressed me up like this before," I said with a grumble as I got 'dressed' in the clothes that my friend had decided to loan me for the evening. I...
Chapter 16 - The Revolution and the Soldier
**Come to Dust III Chapter 16 - The Soldier and the Revolution** The day started out innocently enough at Tri's shop. "There's a weapons depot on the army base at the presidio," the multicolored fox told me with a happy wag of his tail, fishing out...
Chapter 27 - We Continue Ever Onward
**Chapter 27 - We Continue Ever Onward** I never take for granted a warm bed. Growing up, I always had a small bed and a thin blanket and it was even worse at sea. The bed I had back at home was nice, but it wasn't anything like this...
Chapter 17 - Loss
**Come to Dust Chapter 17 - Loss** _"AVERY!"_ I found myself screaming at the top of my lungs. _"AVERY!"_ I tried to run to the building that had his body hanging from the chimney. I could see him, I could make out my friend, but he was so...
Chapter 11 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell III
**From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell** Being a "man of blood," as my father would often say, means you have to always be aware of your appearance. You must always treat a social event as important, the people attending as people on the chess...
Chapter 9 - Allies
**Chapter 9 - Allies** After spending more time at the Black Sock gang's headquarters, I felt better about going up against Mordecai and Crossbell Industries. For the first time since I lost Bensley and Gideon, it felt like I had people on my...
Chapter 17 - Hidden Truths
**Chapter 17 - Hidden Truths** "God!" I cried out and tensed before collapsing into a roll and onto my back. The man that had previously been under me purred while panting and looked over at me with those remarkable hazel eyes of his. I...
Chapter 2 - Brat and Breakfast
**Chapter 2 - Brat and Breakfast** San Francisco is a lot of things, especially cold and wet in the early mornings. The fog that rolls in across the city reminded me of the fog you'd see when on a ship moored in the harbor, but the chill from...
Chapter 7 - Trials and Tribulations
**Chapter 7 - Trials and Tribulations** The world spun around me as we walked. If not for Tri I'm certain I would've fallen face first onto the paved street. I could hear other voices near me, familiar voices talking. "Is he all...
Chapter 14 - Overwhelmed
**Chapter 14 - Overwhelmed** I hated the cold. I work in the heat of fires and homes, so usually I'm sweating my bollocks off even in the dead of winter while working in the chimneys and the homes of people who could afford me services. ...
Chapter 15 - It's Complicated
**Chapter 15 - It's Complicated** Tri's angry voice echoed against the walls of St. Andrews, which was empty this time of the day. "Of all the stupid things you could do in this world, Lucas, you somehow find the most stupid! What were...
Chapter 11 - Workplace Relationships
**Chapter 11 - Workplace Relationships** Weeks passed by without much of anything happening. Work, sleep, study with Tri...things of that nature. He had started to show me some martial arts techniques, and was also teaching Lucas and his...