Chapter 15 Defiance
Shou was starting to lose count of the number of times she’d woken up bound and gagged this week, although the circumstances for this morning seemed far more pleasant than most of her previous encounters. She was on her bed, without any clothes, and...
Filled with Regret (Ch. 12)
#42 of child of the sands what's this?!? a double upload? i mentioned looooooong ago that i had two chapter drafts, i just needed shou's help to finish them. we actually managed to get both finished! extra goods!
Chapter 14 Aftermath
Dominic stared at the still-smoking ruins of the warehouse his goons had taken Shou. It was a total loss, but he had insurance, and could invest the net worth elsewhere. He didn’t mind the building. No, what he minded was that out of the dozen armed...
Chapter 13 Sparks into Kindling
Nikolak found Shou tied up in a basement, surrounded by men unfamiliar to her who reeked of violence and greed. It didn't take cognition to realize that this was bad; even the mindless had nightmares. Vaguely, she recognized that Khaesho and Kalokin...
Old friends (Ch. 12)
As expected, lunch with Dominic was pleasant. He had a seemingly inexhaustible font of anecdotes and crazy stories, to the point that Shou would have accused him of making some up if she hadn't grown up with him. After Khaesho's stiff, anxious...
Resonance (Ch. 11)
Khaesho found a nice park bench, crisp autumn air ruffling his hair pleasantly. He sat cross-legged, Kalokin gripped in his left hand, Nikolak entwined around the fingers of his right. It wasn’t a firm grip, mind you, but a gentle and careful, the way...
Haunted by the Past (Ch. 11)
#41 of child of the sands cots hiatus is officially over! i have no idea how often i'll be able to work on it due to a suicide course load this semester, but i'll maybe find time in between classes.
Down among the Dead men (Ch. 18)
#50 of child of the sands this chapter serves as a sort of climax for book two, and things will certainly calm down after this, for a while, but don't relax too much.
Foreword/Synopsis
Backstory: child of the sands originally started out as a spur of the moment role play between myself and [
#22 of child of the sands do you know, when writing something long and drawn out, that moment that you've been foreshadowing pretty much ever since the story started? now, do you know the moment just before that.
Dance
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Wayfinder's Journals (1)
#55 of child of the sands an excerpt from the travel journals of johana wayfinder, one of the few americans given undisputed access to bellosia.