Juryokine: Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Two "I can't believe this," Toke whispered. He sat in the chair beside Wayli's bed, hunched over so that his chin almost rested on the mattress. Boam stood with his back against the wall behind him, not saying anything. Wayli's...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Three "Quiet," Zashiel whispered as they crept toward the warehouse. She had zipped her wings inside her jacket again, opting to take to the ground with Toke. They had circled around to the far side of the building, and now had their...
Juryokine: Chapter Thirty Three
Chapter Thirty Three "How is this even possible?" Toke asked as he and Zashiel made their way down the dark corridor. Having nothing else to go on, they had elected to follow one of the glowing green pipes in the wall, hoping that it would take...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty Eight
Chapter Twenty Eight Toke clenched his eyes shut as the wind struck his face. After a few seconds, he wriggled his arm free of Zashiel's grip and flipped his hood up. When he opened his eyes again, he couldn't hold in his gasp. "Whoa," he...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty Nine
Chapter Twenty Nine The front door of the school loomed up in front of them, more imposing than Toke remembered it being before. Even on his first day at the academy, when he'd stood on the curb waving goodbye to his parents, those doors hadn't...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty Toke lay on the cool evening grass for a few minutes, letting his frantic heartbeat slow down. His eyes were glued to the spot in the sky where the spearman had vanished. Had he and Zashiel really just gone toe to toe with him, and...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty Six
Chapter Twenty Six Toke's feet dragged on the floor like he was wearing bricks for shoes when he walked through the door to Professor Navras' classroom. "Toke," The old inventor greeted him, and stood up. "How was the visit with your...
Heart of the Forest ~ Chapter 20
_Day 63_ _Morning_ _ _ _It rained again last night..._ Summer blossomed. With it the forest swelled with the scent of fruits and flowers, and as the daylight grew longer so too did the nights shorten, even as they continued to warm up;...
Juryokine: Chapter Thirty Two
Whoa, wait a minute! Is it Saturday already? Nope, even better! It's my birthday! And in typical birthday tradition, the birthday boy will now give birthday presents to all his closet friends... That's you guys. That means one bonus chapter...
Heart of the Forest ~ Chapter 17
The days continued to turn one at a time, each one the same last yet still so different in their own ways. The little hunter's shack out in the woods, once used by Lannon's father, and by _his_ father before him, and by _his_ mother, began to feel more...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Five "What is a dream?" Professor Navras asked. He stood looking at the clock at the front of the workshop, and with a dramatic sweep of his black robe he turned to face his class. "Are they merely visions from our unconscious mind...
Juryokine: Epilogue
Epilogue Boam threw the newspaper down on the table in disgust. "Can you believe this?" he demanded, pointing at it. _Infamous Juryokine, Cassitoka Gnasher, dead in crash,_ the headline read. _Attempted attack on Sorakine city thwarted._ "It's...