Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Nine
The world was wind, blood, and steel. Sadik gripped the haft of his sword, the cavern sky reeling in a violent circle as he flipped through the air. Dusksong carved a wicked star into Rushan’s intestines. They were locked together, connected by guts...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Five
They began to follow the branch. It had come straight down through the earth, much like an arrow, breaking the crust of Acheron’s streets and stabbing a wound deep into the world. If Sadik had to guess, he would say that only a fraction of the...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Forty Four
Sadik found that he could block the world entirely. As he stood in the elevator, trying to ignore the strain of centrifugal spin, he raised his hands in front of his face. The planet disappeared from sight. He pulled his hands apart, holding them just...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Six
Blue lights pulsed in the darkness, like a field of blighted stars. The ground rushed into sight. Sadik landed on his sandals, rolled onto his shoulder, his bronze armor scraping against stone. He came out into a crouch, his sword braced at his side....
Paper Wings, Chapter Eight
“You ready?” Further ahead, the open quad of Saint Carver High was still wet from a sudden rain, one of the very few it had received all year. Water dripped from the edge of a concrete bench. A trash can laid toppled in the grass. Leaves scattered and...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Forty
They sprinted through the tunnel, dripping blood with every step. Concrete broke and fell. Glass fixtures shattered, raining shards upon their heads. There were wires, faded posters, rows of windows that had once looked upon a vista, but now saw only...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Forty Two
They woke to a blaring alarm. Needles retracted. Breath fogged into glass. Sadik gasped, injectors in his arms, metal fingers in his legs, all of them ripping away with his sudden awakening. His body was healed, and he nearly yelled in shock. Nearby,...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Forty Six
The mansion groaned with age. Despite her relinquishment of godhood, Kavaia did not much care for living in squalor. She was already ill-suited to living in a house designed for mortals, and the fact that this one had laid in a sunless ruin for...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Forty Three
The world fell away. At first, the rate of ascent was disorienting—the ground leaped back, and the floor buckled upward, like a wave passing beneath a ship, causing a wave of dizziness to come over Sadik’s mind. His legs grew heavy. When he stumbled...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Twenty Nine
“This is Immortal Two,” Sadik said. “Do you copy?” Besides his armor, he typically only wore a pleated skirt with sandals. The heat of the desert prevented much else. Now, there was a scarf on his head and a bandana over his nose, with a collection of...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Forty Five
Kavaia ascended the stairs, smiling gently. After the arduous journey back to Acheron, and all the chaos of the intervening week, she had quietly come to a decision—it was time to relinquish her dress. The soft linen had long been ruined by strife and...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Four
His sandals echoed across the temple. The sound bounced against the walls. It flickered through the candles. Across the wooden altar and painted columns, the god of war’s approach became like that of a pounding drum, beating a steady rhythm across the...