Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 21 - The Opening Volley
Part 21 "No." "No?" Sieg's hands curled into fists, his ears pressed flat against his head. "No deal." Bruik tilted his head. "But this is what you wanted." "I thought it was. Marien wants... needs, to go to war... and as much as I hate...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 15 - Sara Silver
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 15 - Sara Silver "Sir?" "mmMmmMmmmm" "Sir, I'm sorry to disturb you." "V-Valen? Is that you Valen?" "No sir, it's Bruik. Sir, are you awake." With an irritated sigh, Kent's eyes slid open....
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 27 - Jabarian
Part 27 As Shani entered the Manor, she could tell merely by the tone of the voices around her that the tide of the battle had begun to shift. The air was thick and heavy, and Shani could hear the distant sounds of timbers and support beams...
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 22 - Embers are Stoked
Part 22 Teela pulled aside the curtain leading into Alwyn's quarters. "Love? Everyone is assembled." Alwyn sat cross legged on the floor, her eyes closed, gently humming to herself. Her long hair was no longer tied into a braid and flowed down...
Links - Chapter 34 - Departure
CHAPTER 34 - Departure The first thing that came to Azee as she awoke was an intense pounding and throbbing in her head. Each beat of her heart felt as if cannonballs were ricocheting merrily about in her skull. The sound of carriages and...
LINKS - Chapter 30 - Silk and Slaves
Bright morning sun poured through the windows of the hotel as Luke, Eloise and Azee sat around a small, white table on the balcony just outside their room. On the table in front of them was a cheery breakfast of fruit, bacon, toast, and multicoloured...
LINKS - Chapter 22 - Debris
In the vast expanse between New Burleigh and Red Rock city, night was a time of silence and stillness. Animals crept through the scrub, darting from shadow to shadow, while insects chirped their songs into the darkness. The heat of the day faded away,...
LINKS - Chapter 31 - Iron
CHAPTER 31 - Iron Of all the buildings in New Burleigh, the Iron Games Arena was certainly amongst the largest and grandest. The Arena was built in the shape of a crown, and constructed from great slabs of stone hewn from the surrounding mountains...
LINKS - Chapter 42 - Broken
Chapter 42 - Broken “Ten!" The slaves gathered in the yard of the Windhill slave quarters winced as the crack of a whip once again split the early morning air. “Eleven!" Fray stood in the centre of the yard with her hands tied around a...
LINKS - Chapter 37 - Ending
Links - Chapter 37 - Ending The morning air was wet and cold as Azee crawled out from under the cart. Raindrops pattered down upon her head from the trees above, a miserable grey and cloudy sky just barely visible through the leaves. Luke was...
Links - Chapter 32 - June
CHAPTER 32 - June “Answer your questions?” June raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms. “Or what?” Eloise took a single step forward, her finger curling around the trigger of her pistol. “Or I will kill your staff, one at a time, while you...