Icebound - Chapter 19
**NOTICE: \<Insert standard adult-content disclaimer here\>. Please see tags before you continue reading.** **Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading.** It seemed like hours had passed before the boy began to warm up. The rain and hail had...
Icebound - Chapter 17
**Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading.** The air in front of them turned brighter than the sun for the barest moment. It was accompanied by a sound like tearing paper or crashing cymbals, louder than anything he'd ever heard before. For a...
Icebound - Chapter 16
**Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading.** His feet were starting to get sore. He'd have thought that the last week or so of travel on foot would have toughened his feet at least somewhat, but that clearly wasn't the case. Over the last few...
Icebound - Chapter 15
**Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading ~ Autumn Equinox.** The next morning, Aiden came to with a kink in his neck. His face felt strange as he sat up and he reached up with one hand to brush dry pine needles off. His legs and face were...
Icebound - Chapter 14
**The North Ride, 1372 DR. 20th day of The Fading.** The ruins of the wagon train hadn't changed. The smell of death was heavy in the air, and he wrinkled his nose. Aiden looked over at Scruff, who was standing on the side of the road. Scruff turned...
Icebound - Chapter 12
**The North Ride, 1372 DR. 20th day of The Fading.** The bones in his hands, feet, and face were making sickening cracking and popping noises, and his skin felt like someone was trying to pull it off, flaying him alive. It was all he could do to keep...
Icebound - Chapter 13
**The North Ride, 1372 DR. 20th day of The Fading.** The second survivor Aiden found had propped himself up against a wagon wheel. He didn't remember the man's name. As Aiden walked over, he saw blood all over the place and a bloodied arrow sitting...
Icebound - Chapter 11
**The North Ride, 1372 DR. 20th day of The Fading.** It was late afternoon, perhaps three hours till sundown, and the dust from the road was beginning to tickle Aiden's throat. He cleared his throat and spat to the side of the road. A whiff of...
Icebound - Chapter 8
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 3rd day of The Fading.** That evening Aiden lay in bed, gently petting Scruff on the back of the head. Everything that had happened in the past month was incredible, really. Mages throwing lightning bolts from the sky. Being...
Icebound - Chapter 7
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 3rd day of The Fading.** When Aiden awoke, his pains were mercifully muted. His arm didn't hurt nearly as much, and must had been properly set, splinted, and wrapped judging by the way it felt. His mother must have given him a...
Icebound - A Word From The Author
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Icebound - Chapter 6
**Cormanthor Forest, 1372 DR. 1st day of The Fading.** _The full moon bathed him in it's pale illumination from high overhead. The light of the stars high overhead twinkled in the night sky. Everything else around was dark, and he could not see...