Granite and weak forces
Edan was a dreadful squire. There was no way around it: he was a hindrance. The stout, short-furred canine looked at me with his usual puzzled air, as he held the reins for both of our mounts. The young stable boy who was waiting on us appeared...
Hinterland
It was a long, winding path of beaten earth, twisting around and between the grassy hills that rose beyond the immensity of the plains enclosing the capital city. Behind me, I couldn't see the walls, but a tiny little speck of the Quiet Palace's...
All in
The old sunblasted walls rose soullessly from the sands in the rosy light of dawn. The impressive, but slowly crumbling arcades lead to complex sets of stairs and passageways, which would soon allow rich and poor alike to quickly find seating in their...
Eight seconds flat (2/2)
Seec offered a subtle, but genuine grin. That was exactly what he wanted to hear. -- My loincloth. -- Oh. Sure. Ayyal crouched to one knee, and worked to lift the thick vestment back up to Seec's waist. He had undressed him. As it turned out, the...
Eight seconds flat (1/2)
Ayyal inched forward through the long, yellowing grass. The cheetah's slender body easily dodged the dry branches and the barely visible rocks that might have tripped him. He crawled low, silent in his flawless focus. From his vantage point on top of...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 11/11) - Dreams
-- How do you plan to rule? I talked slowly. I gazed at the Outsider. I desired a real answer. The reptile became quiet. His arousing touches persisted. The hand that abandoned my collar began to squeeze my nipples. The tremors in my rigid sex...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 10/11) - Drowned
-- Here he comes. Meleth nudged my hip with his elbow, and I stood to attention. The living relic advanced at a slow, crumbling pace. Every five minutes or so, a cloud would grant us a few moments of shade. The rest of the time, I had to endure the...
Iron Moon
The moon rose proud among the low, mist-like clouds floating ominously over the somber, strong trees of the ancestral forest. It bloodied the horizon in a potent forewarning of the events to come. The ancients called this special autumn evening the...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 9/11) - Belonging
I allowed events to unfold. I had to act as if I knew nothing of the assassin. I decided to make that the policy in my mind as well. It granted me a special satisfaction to watch Red dive me while lunging with his staff. I repressed my laughter. Didn't...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 8/11) - Truce
I woke up with the Manachar account over my face. I put it aside. It pulled my owner away from his slumber as well. I was lying halfway over him. One of his black scaly arms held my waist. I pushed it away. I pushed the blankets away. I pushed away...
Black and Gold
The ragged predators squirmed on their knees, despite the chains binding them to each other in a line, and to both walls. The disturbing and unholy chanting of the crimson hooded figures of this insane rabbit cult mounted into a crescendo. Some of the...
Alliance
Nyman played with his hooved fingers on top of the smooth oaken table. He tried to improvise a nice rhythm to his tune, but it was chaotic, and his makeshift drum was meant to hold plates, cups, saucers and cutlery, not make music. It appeared to...